Paperless AI Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Let an AI model title, tag and sort the documents in your Paperless-ngx server, with HTTPS, generated secrets and persistent storage handled by xCloud. Paperless AI hosting adds AI document classification to a Paperless-ngx archive you already run, without changing that server.

Deploy your Paperless AI

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to a Live Paperless AI Install In Just 3 Easy Steps

Wiring an AI classifier to an existing Paperless-ngx server normally means a secrets file, a persistent volume and a setup page you have to race to claim first. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Paperless AI from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. There are no extra fields — xCloud generates the session secret and API key.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Paperless AI 3.0.9 image, generate the JWT secret and API key, and publish the app over HTTPS on your domain. The first start downloads embedding models, which takes 5-10 minutes.
Step 03
Finish Setup And Connect Paperless-ngx
Open /setup right away — the first visitor becomes the administrator. Enter your Paperless-ngx URL and API token, your AI provider key, and tick the write-back options for tags, title, correspondent and document type; they start unticked.

Everything Paperless AI Does, On Your Own Server

Paperless AI runs in full here — automatic classification and document chat for an existing Paperless-ngx archive, on infrastructure you control.

Automatic Classification For New Documents
Propose a title, tags, correspondent and document type for every new Paperless-ngx document, using your own OpenAI, Ollama or OpenAI-compatible provider.
Verified AI Write-Back On xCloud
In verification, a scanned invoice was analysed by the model and its title, tags, correspondent, document type and date were written back into Paperless-ngx.
Chat With Your Archive
Ask questions about a document and get answers drawn from its content, from the app's chat page.
Works Alongside Your Existing Paperless-ngx
Connects to a Paperless-ngx server you already run, including xCloud's own Paperless-ngx OneClick template, with no change to that server.
Your Credentials Stay On Your Own Server
Your Paperless-ngx token and AI provider keys are stored on your own install, not shared with a third-party service.
Settings And History Survive A Restart
App settings, processing history and the app database live in a persistent volume and were still present after an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Classification On Autopilot

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

Paperless AI 3.0.9 deployed instantly
Generated JWT secret and API key
Persistent data volume for settings and history
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More documents, more embedding and chat traffic.

$59.99per month

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

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Paperless AI alongside a whole self-hosted 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. Paperless AI itself is free under the MIT License.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Paperless AI on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Document Archive?

Paperless AI 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.

What is Paperless AI?

Paperless AI is an AI add-on for an existing Paperless-ngx server: it proposes titles, tags, correspondents and document types for new documents and lets you chat with your archive. This template deploys version 3.0.9.

What does Paperless AI need to work?

A running Paperless-ngx server with an API token (available as its own xCloud OneClick app) and an AI provider key, or an Ollama endpoint. It is an add-on, not a replacement for Paperless-ngx.

Is Paperless AI free?

Yes. Paperless AI is released under the MIT License. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on, plus whatever your own AI provider charges for usage.

What runs alongside it?

Nothing else: it is one container, and Paperless-ngx is a separate install you connect it to.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

The generated session secret (JWT_SECRET) and API_KEY, the persistent data volume, the domain and the HTTPS route.

How do I sign in?

Complete the setup wizard at /setup immediately after install — the first visitor to that page becomes the administrator — then sign in with the account you created there.

Why were no tags applied to my documents?

The write-back options for tags, title, correspondent and document type start unticked in the wizard. Tick them in the wizard or in Settings, or only the document date will change.

What should I back up?

The paperless_ai_data volume — it holds app settings, the SQLite database, the vector index and logs — plus the generated JWT_SECRET and API_KEY.

Backups in xCloud

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Paperless AI?

No. The template pins Paperless AI 3.0.9 by immutable digest; to upgrade, bump the readable tag and digest together after reading the upstream release notes.

Where do I configure the Paperless-ngx connection?

In the app itself, not the environment editor — uncommented environment values override the saved settings after every restart.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 2 CPU cores, 2048 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk as a floor (a conservative estimate, since upstream publishes no sizing). This page sells the 6 GB tier.

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.