Lago Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Lago hosting and run a self-hosted usage-based billing platform on your own server. xCloud runs the pinned Lago v1.55.0 images with a private PostgreSQL database, Redis, a Sidekiq worker, a scheduler and a PDF renderer, creates your first administrator and organization with a generated password, mounts persistent volumes and publishes the dashboard and API over HTTPS on two domains.

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What is Lago?

Self-hosted Lago is open-source monetization infrastructure. Its README describes metering tokens, compute, API calls or any product usage and turning it into pricing, credits, entitlements, invoices, payments and revenue, with a REST API, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server. It is API-first, keeps metering and pricing separate from payment processing, and stands in for a hosted billing service such as Stripe Billing or Chargebee, under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud the template runs the getlago v1.55.0 images with PostgreSQL, Redis, a worker, a scheduler and a PDF renderer, all pinned by immutable digest, with three persistent volumes. The dashboard and API get separate HTTPS domains. Public sign-up is off, and outbound email is off until you add SMTP settings.

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

A Lago stack normally means a Rails API, a worker, a scheduler, a dashboard, PostgreSQL, Redis, a PDF service, signing keys, two domains and certificates before the first invoice. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Lago from the OneClick catalog. Choose one domain for the dashboard and one for the API, then enter the administrator email and, optionally, an organization name.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the Lago API, dashboard, Sidekiq worker, scheduler and PDF renderer from official images pinned by immutable digest, with PostgreSQL and Redis kept off the public internet. The lago_postgres_data, lago_storage_data and lago_redis_data volumes are mounted, the administrator password, API key and encryption keys are generated, and both domains get HTTPS.
Step 03
Send Your First Usage
Save the administrator password and API key shown in the protected installation credentials. The first start runs database migrations and takes three to five minutes; then sign in to the dashboard, create your first billable metric and send events to the API domain with the API key as the bearer token.

Everything Lago Does, On Your Own Server

Lago runs in full here: a billing dashboard and API on your own domains, backed by a database you own.

Usage-Based And Subscription Billing
Define billable metrics, plans and charges, then issue invoices and credit notes from the usage your product reports.
REST And GraphQL API
Send usage events to the API domain using the ready-made organization API key as a bearer token.
Webhooks, Wallets And Credits
Push billing events to your own systems with webhooks, and use wallets and credits for prepaid balances.
Invoice PDFs Included
A bundled PDF rendering service produces invoice PDFs on the same server, with files kept in the lago_storage_data volume.
Sign-Up Disabled
The generated administrator is the only account until you invite others; the public sign-up endpoint returns signup_disabled.
Private Database And Queue
PostgreSQL, Redis, the worker, the scheduler and the PDF renderer publish no host port and stay inside the install's private network.

Everything You Need To Run Your Billing Platform 24/7

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

Lago v1.55.0 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
Administrator login and API key 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 Lago

Bill customers by usage
Send usage events to the API, define billable metrics and charges, and let Lago turn them into invoices.
Offer credits and wallets
Use the wallets and credits Lago supports so customers can prepay and draw down against usage.
React to billing events
Receive webhooks when invoices and other billing events happen, and wire them into your own systems.
Keep billing data on your own server
Usage records, plans and invoices live in a PostgreSQL volume you control, not with a hosted billing vendor.

Lago Screenshots

The Lago dashboard after signing in as the generated administrator

A billable metric created through the Lago API and shown in the dashboard

Lago vs Alternatives

Stripe Billing: Stripe Billing is a hosted billing product from a payment provider. As a lago alternative to stripe billing, Lago is open source and runs on your own server, while upstream says it connects to Stripe for payments rather than replacing it.
Chargebee: Chargebee is a hosted subscription billing service. As a lago alternative to chargebee, Lago is AGPL-3.0 licensed and you operate the database and the encryption keys yourself.
Orb: Orb is a hosted usage-based billing service. Lago is open source and, as deployed here, keeps invoices and usage records on your own server.
Invoice Ninja: Invoice Ninja is self-hosted invoicing software with its own xCloud template. In a lago vs invoice ninja comparison, Lago is built for metered, usage-based charges sent as events through an API.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Lago sits alongside your product and other 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. Lago itself is licensed by Lago's maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Ready To Run Your Own Billing Platform?

Lago 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 Lago need?

The manifest asks for 2 CPU cores, 2048 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk, and QA measured roughly 1 GB in use. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold on this page leaves real headroom for PostgreSQL, Redis, the worker and the PDF renderer.

Is Lago free and open source?

Yes. Lago is AGPL-3.0 licensed, per the LICENSE file at the v1.55.0 tag, so there is no licence fee. Lago Cloud and Premium features are separate and not included. xCloud bills only for the dedicated Cloud VPS.

Can you run Lago with Docker?

Yes, and this is Lago Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs the official getlago images with PostgreSQL, Redis, a worker, a scheduler and a PDF renderer, all pinned by immutable digest, so it works as Lago cloud hosting on your own VPS.

What is the difference between Lago and Invoice Ninja?

Lago meters usage events and turns them into charges and invoices through an API, while Invoice Ninja is invoicing software for clients, quotes and recurring billing. Invoice Ninja has its own xCloud page, so compare the two.

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How do I sign in to Lago?

Use the administrator email you entered at install and the generated password from the protected credentials. Public sign-up is disabled, so the generated administrator is the only account until you invite others. The first start runs migrations, so allow three to five minutes.

Why does Lago need two domains?

The dashboard is a browser app that calls the API across origins, so the API gets its own domain. The dashboard is the primary address, and your applications send events to the API domain with the API key as the bearer token.

Is the Lago API address safe to share?

Share it only with your integrations, and keep the API key private. The API domain also serves unauthenticated operational metrics at /metrics, so restrict access in front of it if that matters for your environment.

Does Lago send email out of the box?

No. Outbound email stays off until you add the LAGO_FROM_EMAIL and LAGO_SMTP settings in the Environment editor and redeploy. Until then invoices and invitations will not be emailed, so test one message after configuring it.

Can I change the Lago secret or encryption keys later?

No. Do not change SECRET_KEY_BASE or the LAGO_ENCRYPTION values after the first start: Lago encrypts stored payment-provider credentials with them and cannot read existing data with different keys. Keep a private copy of them, because losing them is unrecoverable.

What should I back up on a Lago server?

The lago_postgres_data volume, which is the billing database, and lago_storage_data, which holds uploads, invoice PDFs and the RSA private key. Back them up together, copy them off the server, keep the keys private, and test a restore before you need it.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Lago?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the install stays on pinned release v1.55.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the volumes first, read the upstream release notes, then check sign-in and an existing invoice afterwards.

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.