Cube Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Cube hosting and run a self-hosted semantic layer that serves one set of metrics to every app, dashboard and AI agent from your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Cube Core v1.6.39 image with a private PostgreSQL 17 data source and a Cube Store sidecar, generates the API secret, mounts persistent volumes and publishes the REST and GraphQL API over HTTPS in minutes — with an example cube ready so your first query works straight away.

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What is Cube?

Cube Core is an open-source, self-hosted semantic layer and headless BI API, so self-hosted Cube sits between your data sources and everything that asks questions of them. It defines metrics, dimensions and business logic in one place so the same numbers come back everywhere. Its README says it can power embedded analytics in your applications, your own business intelligence tool or context for AI agents, with REST, GraphQL and a Postgres-compatible SQL API.

On xCloud this template deploys Cube Core v1.6.39 with a Cube Store sidecar and a bundled PostgreSQL 17 data source, all pinned by digest. The cubejs_conf, cubejs_db and cubejs_store volumes hold your data model, database and Cube Store data, and the API is served over HTTPS on your domain. It is API-only: there is no dashboard, login page or developer Playground.

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

A Cube stack normally means the Cube server, a Cube Store, a data source, an API secret, volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first query. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Cube (Cube Core) from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up Cube Core, a Cube Store sidecar and PostgreSQL 17 — all pinned by immutable digest, with the database and Cube Store kept off the public internet — mount the cubejs_conf, cubejs_db and cubejs_store volumes, generate the API secret and SQL API password, and publish the API over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Run Your First Query
Copy the API secret from the installation credentials, sign an HS256 JWT with it and call the REST API at your HTTPS URL. Query the example cube that is created on first boot, then add your own data model files.

Everything Cube Does, On Your Own Server

Cube Core runs in full here as a headless API: your metrics are defined once and served over three interfaces, from a server you control.

A Semantic Layer For Your Metrics
Define metrics, dimensions and business logic once in a data model, then reuse them across BI tools, embedded analytics and AI agents.
REST, GraphQL And SQL APIs
Query the same data model over REST and GraphQL on your HTTPS domain, or through the Postgres-compatible SQL API on its own TCP port.
Token-Protected By Default
Every data request needs an HS256 JWT signed with the generated API secret; requests without a valid token are rejected.
Bundled PostgreSQL Data Source
A private PostgreSQL 17 database is included and wired up. Point Cube at your own warehouse later by editing the CUBEJS_DB_* settings in the Environment editor.
Cube Store Included
A Cube Store sidecar runs alongside the server, so production mode can serve queries and pre-aggregations can be built once you enable the refresh worker.
An Example Cube On First Boot
A one-cube example model with five sample rows, grouped by plan, is created on first boot so you can test a query before writing your own data model.

Everything You Need To Run Your Analytics API 24/7

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

Cube Core v1.6.39 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
API secret and SQL password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Cube

Embedded analytics in your product
A product team serves charts and numbers to its own users from a token-protected API, with metric definitions kept in one data model instead of scattered across front-end code.
One definition of every metric
An analytics team writes revenue, active users or any other measure once, and every tool that connects to the API gets the same answer instead of re-deriving it in each report.
Context for AI agents
A team building agents gives them a governed, queryable description of its data through the same APIs, rather than letting the agents guess at raw tables and joins.
Build a headless BI API for your own front end
A developer builds a custom analytics interface on the REST or GraphQL API, or connects SQL clients through the Postgres-compatible SQL API, with no vendor dashboard in the way.

Cube Screenshots

Cube API root served over HTTPS in production mode

Cube API rejecting a request that carries no token

Cube vs Alternatives

Looker: Looker is a separate BI product. Cube Core is an open-source semantic layer that is decoupled from any one BI tool, so the same metrics are reachable through standard APIs from every application.
dbt Semantic Layer: The dbt Semantic Layer is a separate product. Cube Core is the open-source option this template deploys, with REST, GraphQL and SQL APIs and its own caching engine on a server you rent.
Metabase: Metabase is a BI tool with a built-in interface for exploring data. Cube Core has no built-in interface and instead exposes a semantic layer over APIs for other tools to use.
Apache Superset: Apache Superset is a full business intelligence web application with its own dashboards, and it has its own OneClick page. Cube Core is headless: it provides the metrics and APIs, and you bring the front end.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Cube sits alongside other analytics and data tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Cube Core is licensed by its maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Cube 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.
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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.

What is Cube used for?

Cube is used to define metrics and dimensions once, in a semantic layer, and serve them to many consumers: embedded analytics in your product, BI tools, your own custom front end and AI agents. This template exposes it as an API on your domain, with no dashboard of its own.

Is Cube Core free and open source?

Yes. Cube Core is open source under the Apache-2.0 licence, linked from this page at the pinned v1.6.39 tag. The xCloud bill covers the dedicated Cloud VPS beneath it, separate from the licence, and Cube Core adds no per-query charge.

Can I self-host Cube with Docker?

Yes, and this Cube Docker hosting template does it for you: the official Cube Core, Cube Store and PostgreSQL images, all pinned by digest, run under Docker Compose on your Cloud VPS with three named volumes, an HTTPS domain and a generated API secret.

What APIs does Cube provide?

REST and GraphQL on your HTTPS domain, plus a Postgres-compatible SQL API. REST and GraphQL need an HS256 JWT signed with your API secret. The SQL API uses a separate TCP port with a user and password, and that port is public, so restrict it to your SQL clients.

Does Cube have a dashboard or UI?

No. Cube Core is headless, and this template runs it as an API only: there is no login page, no dashboard and no developer Playground. Query it with a signed token from curl, your own application or a SQL client, and use a separate BI tool for charts.

Which databases does Cube connect to?

Upstream says Cube Core was designed to work with all SQL data sources, including Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Presto, Amazon Athena and Postgres. This template starts with a bundled PostgreSQL 17; to use another source, edit the CUBEJS_DB_* settings in the Environment editor and redeploy.

Edit environment variables and redeploy

How much RAM does Cube need?

Cube's manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one CPU core and 5 GB of disk across Cube, Cube Store and PostgreSQL; idle use in QA was about 166 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves ample headroom as your data model and query load grow.

What is the difference between Cube Core and Cube Cloud?

Cube Core is the open-source semantic layer this template deploys on your own server. Upstream's README separately describes Cube as a fully integrated BI platform built on Cube Core, with managed infrastructure. This page covers only Cube Core and implies no affiliation with that product.

Is it safe to run Cube in development mode in production?

No, and this template does not. Upstream's quick start uses CUBEJS_DEV_MODE=true locally, but here development mode stays off and the image runs in production mode, so the Playground is disabled and every REST request needs a valid token. Only the health endpoints answer without one.

What should I back up?

Include the three named volumes together in one backup: cubejs_conf (your data model and config), cubejs_db (the bundled PostgreSQL data) and cubejs_store (Cube Store data, rebuildable from your source), plus the stable .env values. Keep the generated credentials private and test a restore.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Cube?

Upgrades are not automatic. The template pins Cube Core v1.6.39 and its sidecars by immutable digest, and existing sites keep them. Back up all volumes first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the image tags and digests together on your own schedule.

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.