Morphic Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Morphic hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted AI search engine that answers questions with cited, grounded results rendered in a generative interface. Deploy Morphic from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned image with private Postgres, Redis and a bundled SearXNG search service behind a Basic Authentication gateway, generates the credentials and mounts three volumes. You supply an LLM provider key, and everyone with the login shares one user.

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What is Morphic?

Morphic is, in its README's words, an AI-powered search engine with a generative UI. It lists AI-powered search with grounded, cited answers, answers rendered as rich inline components, Quick and Adaptive search modes, a model selector across providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Ollama, several search providers, chat history in PostgreSQL and shareable result links. Self-hosted Morphic is a search engine you run yourself instead of a hosted AI search product such as Perplexity. It is licensed under Apache-2.0.

On xCloud this template deploys Morphic with its own Postgres 17, Redis and a bundled SearXNG service, so no search API key is needed. A Caddy gateway puts Basic Authentication in front of everything, and the prebuilt image cannot turn on user login, so everyone with the credentials shares one anonymous user and your LLM key. File uploads stay disabled until you add storage credentials.

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

Self-hosting Morphic normally means a search backend, chat storage, a gateway, an LLM integration, a domain and a certificate before your first question. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Morphic from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, an admin username (default admin) and paste your OpenAI API key.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up Morphic, SearXNG, Postgres, Redis and a Caddy gateway, all pinned by immutable digest, generate a 32-character admin password, and enforce HTTP Basic Authentication on every path over HTTPS.
Step 03
Sign In And Ask A Question
Wait one to two minutes for first-boot database migrations, open your HTTPS URL, sign in with the admin username and generated password, pick a model and ask your first question.

Everything Morphic Does, On Your Own Server

Morphic runs in full here — cited search answers, a generative UI and a choice of model providers, on infrastructure you control.

Cited, Grounded Answers
Returns sourced answers rendered with a generative UI — images, grids and headings — instead of plain markdown.
Bundled SearXNG Search
Search runs through a bundled SearXNG service, so no Tavily or Exa key is needed to get started.
Bring Your Own Model
OpenAI on the install form, or Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Vercel AI Gateway or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint through Environment.
Quick And Adaptive Search Modes
Switch between search modes and models driven by the provider keys you set, right from the interface.
Gateway Password Protection
A Basic Authentication gateway covers the whole interface, so strangers can't spend your LLM key.
Chat History That Persists
Chat history, Redis data and SearXNG data sit on named volumes and survive a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your AI Search 24/7

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

Morphic v1.7.0 deployed instantly
Generated gateway password
Bundled SearXNG search backend
Private Postgres and Redis
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Morphic

Ask questions and get cited answers
You search in plain language and read an answer with sources, rendered with images and structured blocks.
Use your own model provider
You bring an OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or Ollama key and pick the model from the selector under the question box.
Keep search history on your own server
A team that does not want its questions stored by a hosted product keeps chat history in a Postgres volume it controls.
Share a result
You share a search result with a unique link, so a colleague sees the same cited answer.

Morphic vs Alternatives

Perplexity: Perplexity is a hosted AI search product. Morphic is a self-hosted alternative where you supply the model key and run the search, and this page makes no quality comparison.
Vane: Vane is a separate self-hosted AI search tool with its own OneClick page. Compare its interface and model support with Morphic's before choosing.
Open WebUI: Open WebUI is a separate self-hosted chat interface for language models with its own OneClick page. It centres on chat, while Morphic centres on cited search answers.
SearXNG: SearXNG is a separate meta search engine with its own OneClick page, and Morphic uses a bundled copy of it. Run SearXNG alone if you only want classic search results.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More concurrent users and heavier search traffic.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Morphic alongside a whole self-hosted AI stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 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. Morphic itself is free under the Apache-2.0 licence.

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Ready To Own Your AI Search Engine?

Morphic 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 Morphic free?

Yes. Morphic is open source under Apache-2.0, with the licence file linked from this page at the pinned v1.7.0 tag. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Morphic. You still pay your own LLM provider for every answer, and the bundled search service needs no key.

Can you self-host Morphic with Docker?

Yes, and this Morphic Docker hosting template does it for you: the ghcr.io/miurla/morphic image, pinned by digest, runs beside private Postgres, Redis and SearXNG containers on your own server, behind an authenticated HTTPS gateway. It is not a Morphic cloud account, so history stays with you.

How much RAM does Morphic need?

The template manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 10 GB of disk as a floor for Morphic, Postgres, Redis and SearXNG together. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves wide headroom above that floor. Model inference happens at your provider, not on this server.

How do I sign in to Morphic?

Use the generated admin username and password from the credentials, which the Caddy gateway requires on every path as HTTP Basic Authentication. Morphic itself has no signup. First boot runs database migrations and takes one to two minutes, then you pick a chat model under the question box.

Do I need a search API key for Morphic?

No. Search uses the bundled SearXNG service, so no Tavily or Exa key is required. You can add Tavily, Exa or Brave through the Environment editor if you want them. You do need an LLM provider key, which the install form asks for.

Which models can Morphic use?

OpenAI by default. Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Vercel AI Gateway and OpenAI-compatible providers are available by setting their keys in the Environment editor and redeploying. To use another provider only, paste a placeholder OpenAI key at install, then configure that provider.

Can anyone with the URL use my Morphic?

No, the gateway enforces Basic Authentication on every path. But everyone who has the credentials shares one anonymous Morphic user and can use your configured LLM key, because the prebuilt image cannot turn login on. Treat the admin password like the key itself.

Can I upload files in Morphic?

Not until you add storage. File uploads stay disabled until you add R2 or S3-compatible credentials in the Environment editor, and then the app accepts files up to 5 MB. Use a private bucket, and remember that uploads are visible to everyone sharing the login.

What if Morphic answers fail with a configuration error?

That means the provider key is missing or invalid. Set it in the Environment editor and redeploy. Check that the key matches the provider whose model you selected, because the model selector lists only models from providers whose keys are set.

How do I back up Morphic?

Back up postgres_data, which holds chat history, redis_data and searxng_data together, with the stack stopped for a consistent copy. Keep your provider keys in your own records. Never run a command that deletes volumes on an install you want to keep.

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How do I upgrade Morphic?

A running install stays on its pinned image until you adopt a newer template version, so catalog updates leave it alone. A newer upstream tag exists. Back up the volumes first and read the release notes, then sign in and run a test search.

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.