Cloudron

Self-hosting platform that installs and keeps open-source applications updated on the customer's own server, with per-app backups and single sign-on.

www.cloudron.iopricing

Self-hosting for people with other jobs.

Classification

Categories: Server management
Operating system: Self-managed
Metal: You bring your own
Use cases: Internal tools, CMS sites, Side projects, API backends
Audience: Solo and freelance, Small and medium businesses, Non-profits

Tech stack

Runtimes: Docker, Anything
Software: WordPress, Ghost, n8n, Directus
Shell: Root shell

Pricing

Pricing model: Fixed tier4
Entry price: $15 to $50 a month 4
Typical ceiling: $50 to $150 a month4
Currencies: EUR 4
Billed: Monthly, Yearly5
Exit: Within a month 5
Free tier: Permanent4

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Cloudron addresses the part of self-hosting that outlasts the install: keeping the applications patched afterwards. It runs on a server the customer owns, installs applications from its own catalogue, and then handles updates, per-application backups, a firewall, mail and single sign-on across all of them.

Plans are graded by how many applications are managed, with a small free tier at the bottom and higher tiers adding user groups, a directory server and multiple backup destinations. The company is explicit that it does not resell the applications — the charge is for the management platform — and equally explicit that it has no access to the customer’s server. Development has run continuously since 2014.

Identity

Reach: ↑1,413 2
Ownership: Independent 6
Wikidata: Q130299941 1

Deployment

Deployment: Control panel, Container image

Regions and law

Headquarters: Germany3

Sources

2026-09-09: Wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130299941
2026-09-07: Reach
majestic.com/reports/majestic-million
2026-08-09: Headquarters
www.cloudron.io/about.html
2026-08-02: Entry price, Typical ceiling, Currencies, Free tier, Pricing model
www.cloudron.io/pricing.html
2026-08-02: Billed, Exit
www.cloudron.io/legal/terms.html
2026-08-21: Ownership
forum.cloudron.io/topic/2196/who-is-building-running-a-business-on-top-of-cloudron-what-s-your-model

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