onWatch Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy onWatch hosting and watch your AI provider quotas from one dashboard on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned onWatch 2.14.11 container on a dedicated server, generates the admin password and metrics token, mounts a persistent data volume and publishes the dashboard over HTTPS in minutes — your usage history stays in an embedded SQLite database on your server.

Deploy your onWatch

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What is onWatch?

onWatch is a free, open-source dashboard for monitoring AI API and coding-plan quotas. It fills the gap between the current usage snapshot your provider shows and the historical, per-cycle, cross-session view developers need: reset-cycle detection, usage rate and projections, per-session tracking and a combined view across providers.

It is a single Go binary that stores its history in SQLite and serves a web dashboard with dark and light modes. Upstream describes it as zero-telemetry, with all data kept in a local SQLite file; the only outbound calls are to the provider quota APIs you configure.

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

Running onWatch yourself normally means a container, a reverse proxy, a certificate, a data volume and a password you have to invent. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick onWatch 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 the official onWatch container, pinned by immutable digest, mount the onwatch_data volume for the database, API integration data and logs, generate the admin password and metrics token, and publish the dashboard over HTTPS on your domain. There are no other services.
Step 03
Sign In And Add Provider Keys
Save the admin password and metrics token from the installation credentials, open your HTTPS onWatch URL and sign in as admin. The dashboard starts empty: add provider keys such as OPENROUTER_API_KEY or ZAI_API_KEY in the environment editor and redeploy, and onWatch starts polling.

Everything onWatch Does, On Your Own Server

onWatch runs in full here: a login-protected quota dashboard for your AI providers, with its own database and a metrics endpoint for your monitoring stack.

Many Providers, One Dashboard
Upstream tracks Synthetic, Z.ai, Anthropic, Codex, GitHub Copilot, MiniMax, OpenRouter and more, with a side-by-side view of every configured provider.
Usage History And Forecasts
Quota cards show usage against the limit with a countdown to reset, a time-series chart from one hour to 30 days, and burn-rate insights.
Alerts On Your Terms
Beta upstream: email via SMTP, browser push and webhook notifications can fire when a quota crosses a warning or critical threshold.
Prometheus Metrics
A /metrics endpoint for Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager (Beta upstream), protected by the generated bearer token — it returns 401 without it.
Login On Every Page
Every page except sign-in requires a login and there is no public sign-up. The upstream default password was verified to be rejected on this template.
A Single Container
onWatch is one Go binary with embedded SQLite, so there is no database or sidecar service to run, patch or secure.

Everything You Need To Run Your AI Usage Dashboard 24/7

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

onWatch 2.14.11 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password and metrics token generated
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 onWatch

Stay ahead of rate limits
See how fast a coding-plan quota is burning and when it resets, so you can pace work before you hit throttling.
Watch several providers at once
Put the quotas of every configured provider on one screen instead of opening each provider's own usage page.
Share visibility across a small team
Run one instance behind HTTPS and a login so people sharing API keys can all see consumption in the same place.
Feed usage into your monitoring stack
Scrape the token-protected /metrics endpoint from Prometheus and graph or alert on quota use alongside your other services.

onWatch vs Alternatives

Your provider's own usage page: Shows the current quota usage; onWatch adds historical trends, reset-cycle detection and a unified view across providers, according to upstream.
Grafana with Prometheus: A general monitoring stack that onWatch can feed through its /metrics endpoint; onWatch itself provides the provider-specific quota dashboard.
onWatch on your own machine: Upstream also ships a binary, Homebrew formula and desktop menubar companion for running it locally; hosting it on a server keeps one always-on instance reachable at an HTTPS address.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if onWatch sits alongside other monitoring and developer 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. onWatch itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own AI Usage Dashboard?

onWatch 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 do I sign in?

Use the username admin and the generated password shown in the installation credentials. There is no public sign-up, and every page except the sign-in page requires a login.

Which providers does onWatch track?

Upstream lists Synthetic, Z.ai, Anthropic, Codex, GitHub Copilot, MiniMax, OpenRouter, Cursor and others. Add the provider's key or token in the environment editor and redeploy so onWatch starts polling it.

Why is the dashboard empty after install?

onWatch needs at least one provider key or token before it has anything to show. Add a key such as ZAI_API_KEY or OPENROUTER_API_KEY in the environment editor and redeploy.

Can it read my local Claude Code or Codex credentials?

No. Providers that read credentials from a local home directory, such as ~/.claude or ~/.codex, cannot work inside a container. Use the provider's API key or token variables instead.

Is /metrics public?

No. It returns 401 without the bearer token shown in the installation credentials. Prometheus metrics are a Beta feature upstream.

What runs alongside onWatch?

Nothing. onWatch is a single container with an embedded SQLite database, so there is no separate database or sidecar service.

Does onWatch need internet access?

Yes, outbound. It polls the provider quota APIs you configure, so the server must be able to reach them.

What happens if I change the admin password?

The generated password is used on first start only. Once you change it in Settings, the stored password wins and editing the value in the environment file has no effect.

What should I back up?

The onwatch_data volume, as one unit: it holds the database, API integration data and logs. Provider keys sit in the environment file, so limit who can view it.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Dashboard settings and history on the onwatch_data volume, which is a persistent named volume; they survived an xCloud Restart in QA.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update onWatch?

No. The template pins onWatch 2.14.11 by immutable digest and the in-app updater is not used; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 128 MB of RAM and 1 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 7 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung of the OneClick plans, which leaves large headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with onWatch?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the onWatch project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source onWatch project, licensed under GPL-3.0.

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.