Budibase Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Budibase hosting and run a self-hosted low-code platform, an internal tool builder self-hosted on your own server, for admin panels, forms and automations. xCloud brings up the pinned Budibase v3.48.0 stack, wires the app, worker, CouchDB, MinIO file storage, Redis and the LiteLLM AI gateway together on a private network, creates your administrator account from the install form and publishes only the Budibase endpoint over HTTPS in minutes.

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What is Budibase?

Self-hosted Budibase is a low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, forms and automations on top of your own data. Upstream's README calls it an open-source operations platform for agents, apps and automations, and says you can self-host it on your own infrastructure or use Budibase Cloud instead. It is the self-run alternative to hosted low-code platforms such as Retool. Its licensing is mixed: GPL v3 for the core, MPL for client and component libraries, and a Business Source License for paid features.

On xCloud the template runs Budibase v3.48.0 as eight containers pinned by immutable digest: proxy, app and worker, CouchDB, MinIO file storage, Redis, and the LiteLLM AI gateway with its PostgreSQL database, all on a private network. Only the Budibase endpoint is published, over HTTPS. The couchdb3_data, minio_data, redis_data and litellm_data volumes persist your apps and uploads.

From Sign-Up to a Live Workspace In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted Budibase stack normally means a proxy, app and worker services, a document database, file storage, a cache, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before the first table. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Budibase from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the administrator email and password, or leave the password empty to have one generated.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the Budibase proxy, app and worker services with private CouchDB, MinIO, Redis and LiteLLM (with its PostgreSQL database), none of them on a host port, mount the couchdb3_data, minio_data, redis_data and litellm_data volumes, generate the internal secrets and publish the proxy over HTTPS on your domain. First boot takes a few minutes while the bundled services set up their databases.
Step 03
Sign In And Create A Workspace
Save the administrator credentials shown in the protected installation credentials, open your HTTPS Budibase URL and sign in with that email and password. Create your first workspace, then invite your team from the Budibase portal.

Everything Budibase Does, On Your Own Server

Budibase runs in full here: a visual builder, built-in data tables, automations and role-based user management on a stack you own.

Internal Tools And Admin Panels
Build internal tools, admin panels and forms on top of your own data with the visual builder.
Built-In Data Tables
Create tables in the built-in Budibase database and work with rows from the Data tables view, with import and export available on each table.
Automations And Agents
Upstream describes Budibase agents and automations that run workflows, create records and route approvals. AI features are optional and use the provider keys you add inside Budibase.
Connections And API
Connect databases, AI models and business apps from the Connections area, and use the Budibase public API to treat Budibase as a backend.
Users, Roles And Invitations
Invite your team from the portal and control who can see and change what with role-based access, from one self-hosted instance.
Private Services Only
Only the Budibase endpoint is exposed. CouchDB, MinIO, Redis, the app and worker services and the AI gateway have no host ports.

Everything You Need To Run Your Internal Tools 24/7

Managed hosting for Budibase, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Budibase v3.48.0 deployed instantly
Images pinned by immutable digest
Administrator account created for you
Database, storage and cache kept private
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Budibase

Internal tools on top of your own data
Give your team a purpose-built app over the tables and data sources they already work from, instead of passing spreadsheets around.
Admin panels for your products
Build a back-office view where support and operations staff can look up and edit records without direct database access.
Forms and approvals
Collect structured requests with forms and route them through automations to the people who need to act.
Role-based access for a team
Invite colleagues from one self-hosted instance and control what each role can see and change.

Budibase Screenshots

Budibase workspace home with the sidebar, resource tabs for Agents, Automations, Apps and Data, and a list of resources

Budibase Data tables view with a table open, showing its title and number columns and the Import, Export and Automations buttons

Budibase vs Alternatives

Retool: Retool is one of the hosted low-code platforms Budibase is compared with. Budibase is open source with a mixed licence and, as deployed here, runs on a server you control with your data on your own volumes.
Appsmith: Appsmith is another self-hosted internal-tool builder people weigh against Budibase. Budibase's README describes an operations platform for agents, apps and automations, with file storage and role-based access in this stack.
Baserow: Baserow is an open-source no-code database. Budibase is aimed at building internal apps, admin panels and automations on top of data, including data held elsewhere.
Directus: Directus puts an API and an admin app over a SQL database. Budibase adds a visual app builder and automations on top of your data.
n8n: n8n is a workflow automation tool. Budibase pairs automations with the apps and forms people use to trigger them.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Budibase hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

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Budibase on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How much RAM does Budibase need?

The template's baseline asks for 2 CPU cores, 4096 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk, and about 2.6 GB (2611 MiB) was in use under the verify run's test workload. This page sells the 16 GB tier as the entry rung, because a 4 GB minimum leaves little headroom on a 6 GB server.

Is Budibase open source?

Partly, and the licence is mixed. Per its README the core is GPL v3 and the client and component libraries are MPL, while paid features are under the Business Source License. Read the LICENSE at the v3.48.0 tag before redistributing, and do not assume one licence covers the whole repository.

Budibase LICENSE

Is Budibase free to self-host?

You pay no licence fee for the GPL v3 core when you self-host it, but paid features sit under the Business Source License. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated Cloud VPS this eight-container stack runs on; your apps, rows and uploaded files stay on your own volumes.

How do I self-host Budibase with Docker?

Upstream documents Docker, Docker Compose and Kubernetes installs, and this is Budibase Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs the v3.48.0 proxy, app and worker images with CouchDB, MinIO, Redis and LiteLLM, all pinned by digest, on a private network behind HTTPS on your domain.

How do I update a self-hosted Budibase?

Nothing updates it for you: the template pins Budibase v3.48.0 by immutable digest, and existing sites are not upgraded automatically. With all four volumes copied and the upstream release notes read, adopt a newer template version or raise the readable tag and digest together.

How do I back up and migrate a self-hosted Budibase?

A backup needs the four named volumes together: couchdb3_data for application data, minio_data for uploads, redis_data and litellm_data. Keep the generated secrets too, because stored datasource credentials need the original encryption key and stored AI provider keys need the original LiteLLM salt.

Backups in xCloud

What data sources can Budibase connect to?

Per its README, Budibase integrates with databases, AI models and business apps, so automations can act across your systems. The template preconfigures none of those connections: add each datasource inside Budibase after you sign in, using credentials you hold for that system.

Does Budibase have a built-in database?

Yes. Budibase combines a visual builder, a built-in database, file storage and role-based access. In this template the data lives in the bundled CouchDB, with uploads in MinIO, on the couchdb3_data and minio_data volumes of your own server, so an app can start without an outside database.

Is this Budibase cloud hosting?

It is your own Budibase on a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions, not Budibase Cloud, which is upstream's own hosted service. The stack, the volumes and the administrator account belong to your install, and xCloud publishes only the Budibase endpoint over HTTPS.

How do I sign in, and do I need AI keys?

Use the administrator email and password from the protected credentials panel; the account is created on first start and registration is not open. Allow a few minutes for first boot. AI features are optional and need your own provider keys, added inside Budibase.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.