Matrix Synapse Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Matrix Synapse hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted Matrix homeserver on your own domain. Deploy Matrix Synapse and xCloud runs the pinned official image beside a private PostgreSQL and an nginx gateway for client, federation, media and discovery routes, creates the administrator you name, closes public registration, publishes it over HTTPS, and keeps the signing key and database on persistent volumes. Sign in from any Matrix client.

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What is Matrix Synapse?

Self-hosted Matrix Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver implementation, written and maintained by Element. Matrix is the open standard for secure and interoperable real-time communications, so users on your server can message people on other Matrix servers. The source is available under the AGPL, with a commercial licence from Element as an alternative, and Element provides no support without a subscription. Element also ships it as part of the Element Server Suite distributions.

On xCloud the template runs matrixdotorg/synapse v1.159.0, PostgreSQL 17.4 and an nginx gateway, all pinned by digest. The Matrix server name is your install domain and cannot safely be renamed after first start. The synapse_data and postgres_data volumes hold the signing key, media, users, rooms and events. Public registration is disabled.

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

Self-hosting Matrix normally means a homeserver, a database, a reverse proxy with federation and discovery routes, a signing identity and a domain and certificate before a single message sends. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Matrix Synapse from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain carefully — it becomes the permanent Matrix server name — then set an administrator username and let xCloud generate a strong password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Synapse 1.159.0 image and a private PostgreSQL 17.4, both pinned by immutable digest, behind an nginx gateway serving Matrix's discovery routes, mount the synapse_data and postgres_data volumes, generate a registration shared secret, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Start Messaging
Open a Matrix client such as Element, set the homeserver to your HTTPS URL, and sign in as @yourusername:yourdomain with the generated administrator password. Create a private room, send a message, and upload a small file to confirm messaging and media both work.

A Private Matrix Server: Everything Matrix Synapse Does

Synapse runs in full here — federated rooms, messaging, media and discovery, on infrastructure you control.

Federated Matrix Homeserver
Talk to other Matrix homeservers over the open, standards-based Matrix protocol — not locked to a single provider's network.
Private Rooms, Messaging And Media
Create rooms, send messages and share files from any Matrix client pointed at your own homeserver.
Matrix Discovery And Federation Routes
The gateway serves the .well-known client and server routes other homeservers and clients need to find yours automatically.
Generated Administrator, Closed Registration
Sign in immediately after provisioning with a generated administrator account, while public self-service sign-up stays disabled.
Private PostgreSQL Database
Rooms, users, events and devices live in a PostgreSQL instance with no public port — only the gateway is exposed.
Persistent Signing Identity And Data
The homeserver's signing key, local media and full database state persist together on their own volumes, surviving a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Homeserver 24/7

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

Matrix Synapse 1.159.0 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digests
Administrator account generated for you
Private PostgreSQL, not exposed to the internet
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Matrix Synapse

Run team chat on your own server
A team creates private rooms, sends messages and uploads files through a Matrix client, with the homeserver and its database on infrastructure it controls.
Message people on other Matrix servers
A user talks to contacts on other homeservers through federation, which Matrix is built for, using the normal HTTPS endpoint of your domain.
Keep your own identity
An organisation gives people Matrix IDs on its own domain, so accounts, rooms and message history are not tied to a public server.
Add users deliberately
An admin creates accounts from the server command line, or configures a supported registration service, instead of leaving sign-up open to strangers.

Matrix Synapse vs Alternatives

Slack: Slack is a hosted team chat service. As a Matrix Synapse alternative to Slack, your messages live in a homeserver you run, and people can still talk to other Matrix servers.
Rocket.Chat: Rocket.Chat is a team chat platform with its own OneClick page. Matrix Synapse vs Rocket.Chat: Synapse implements the open Matrix protocol and federates with other Matrix servers.
Zulip: Zulip is a threaded team chat app with its own OneClick page. Matrix Synapse is a homeserver, so you choose any Matrix client to use with it.
Mastodon: Mastodon is a federated social network with its own OneClick page. Matrix is the federated option for messaging and rooms rather than public posts.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Matrix Synapse and its private PostgreSQL database. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Heavier federation traffic and a larger user base.

$84.99per month

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8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
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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. The 6 GB rung sold elsewhere on this site is deliberately absent: Synapse's own template minimum is 4 GB across the homeserver, gateway and database, which does not fit comfortably under it. Matrix Synapse itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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Ready To Run Your Own Matrix Homeserver?

Matrix Synapse 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.

Is Matrix Synapse free and open source?

Yes. Synapse is available under the AGPL-3.0 licence, with a separate commercial licence from Element as an alternative. The template uses the open-source image. xCloud bills the dedicated Cloud VPS, and Element provides no support unless you hold a subscription.

Can I run Matrix Synapse with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Matrix Synapse Docker hosting without the assembly. It starts matrixdotorg/synapse v1.159.0, PostgreSQL 17.4 and an nginx gateway, all pinned by digest, proxies the gateway behind HTTPS and mounts the synapse_data and postgres_data volumes.

How much RAM does Matrix Synapse need?

The manifest floor is 4 GB of RAM, two cores and 30 GB of disk, so we sell the 16 GB Cloud VPS for a Matrix Synapse cloud install. Active rooms, federation traffic and uploaded media are what grow memory and disk.

Which Matrix client can I use with Synapse?

Any Matrix client, for example Element. The template ships no client. Set the homeserver to your domain and sign in as the administrator, whose Matrix ID is the username you chose followed by your domain. Create a private room and upload a small file to test.

Can I change my Matrix server name later?

No, not safely. The Matrix server name is your installation domain, and the signing identity belongs to it, so it cannot safely be renamed after first start. Choose the domain carefully before you install, and keep it for the life of the server.

Can anyone register on my Synapse?

No. Public registration is disabled. Add users from the Synapse command line, or configure a supported registration service deliberately. A registration shared secret is generated for the install, and you should keep it stable and private.

Does Synapse federate with other servers?

Yes, that is the point of Matrix. The gateway serves the client and server discovery files under the well-known path, and federation uses the normal HTTPS endpoint of your domain. Check federation with a contact on another server before you rely on it.

How do I back up Matrix Synapse?

Back up synapse_data and postgres_data as one consistent set. The first holds configuration, the signing key and local media; the second holds users, rooms, events and devices. Do not regenerate the data volume or rotate the shared secret separately, and test a restore.

Backup and Restore Docker Apps

How do I update Matrix Synapse?

Your install stays on its pinned v1.159.0 version until you adopt a newer template version. Take a coordinated backup of both volumes first and read the upstream upgrade notes. Afterwards sign in, send a message and check that federation still works.

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.