Waxum Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Waxum hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Waxum, a WhatsApp REST API gateway, so your own apps can send and receive WhatsApp messages through an API you run. xCloud brings up the pinned Waxum 0.13.0 image with a private NATS JetStream sidecar behind managed HTTPS on your domain, generates the superadmin token and keeps sessions on persistent storage. It is not an official WhatsApp product.

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What is Waxum?

Waxum is a WhatsApp REST API gateway written in Rust, according to its README: a native single binary with multi-session support, webhooks signed with HMAC, JWT and bearer authentication, Swagger, Prometheus metrics and optional NATS JetStream. Each session runs on WhatsApp's multi-device protocol, paired by QR or pairing code, or on Meta's official WhatsApp Cloud API, behind the same routes. A self-hosted Waxum is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs Waxum 0.13.0 and NATS 2.10, both pinned by digest, with only the web console and API published over HTTPS. A generated superadmin token is the console login and the API bearer. Session stores and the SQLite registry sit on whatsapp_sessions and the JetStream store on nats_data. This is not an official WhatsApp, Meta or Waxum offering.

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

Self-hosting a WhatsApp gateway means a Docker host, a domain, a certificate, a NATS sidecar and a token to protect. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Waxum from the OneClick catalog and choose a domain. There are no other fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Waxum 0.13.0 image with its NATS sidecar, publish it over HTTPS and generate your superadmin token.
Step 03
Pair Your Number
Sign in at /login with the saved token, create a session and pair it by QR code or 8-character pairing code.

Everything Waxum Does, On Your Own Server

One WhatsApp API for your apps, running on infrastructure you control.

One API For Messaging
Send text, media, location, contacts, polls and reactions, and manage groups and broadcast lists, all under one REST API.
Multi-Session On One Process
Pair each number by QR code or pairing code, or run a session on Meta's official WhatsApp Cloud API behind the same routes.
Signed Webhooks, Replayable
HMAC-SHA256 signed WhatsApp webhook events with event filters, a circuit breaker and a dead-letter queue you can replay.
Scheduled And Bulk Sends
Schedule messages or run a blast queue with pacing, dedup and retry for bulk messaging.
Ops Console And Swagger
A built-in console, per-session playground, Swagger UI (OpenAPI 3.1) and Prometheus metrics.
Survives A Restart
Sessions, session-scoped API tokens and the SQLite registry survive an xCloud Restart, verified on QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Messaging API 24/7

Managed hosting for Waxum, so the HTTPS, storage and server upkeep are not your problem.

Waxum 0.13.0 deployed instantly
Superadmin token generated for you
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Waxum

Send WhatsApp messages from your own app
Call the REST API with your superadmin token to send text, media, polls and more from a backend you control.
Receive messages as webhooks
Point signed webhooks at your own service so incoming WhatsApp events reach your application.
Run several numbers from one gateway
Create multiple sessions in the console, each paired with its own number by QR or pairing code.
Try the API in the browser
Open the Swagger UI with the same bearer token to explore endpoints before writing code.

Waxum vs Alternatives

Hosted WhatsApp API providers: Commercial services that run the gateway for you. A Waxum alternative to hosted WhatsApp API providers runs on your own Cloud VPS, with sessions on your volume, and you remain responsible for complying with WhatsApp's terms.
Evolution API: Evolution API has its own OneClick page. In a Waxum vs Evolution API comparison, both are self-hosted WhatsApp API gateways, so compare endpoints, session handling and the database each needs against your use.
Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API: Meta's official hosted API. Upstream notes Waxum can use the Cloud API as an optional provider, behind the same routes, in place of the multi-device protocol.
Matrix Synapse: Matrix Synapse has its own OneClick page. It is a chat server for the Matrix network, not a WhatsApp gateway, but it suits teams that want a messaging platform they run themselves.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More paired sessions and heavier webhook 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

Waxum 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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Waxum is a self-hosted WhatsApp REST API gateway; this is the managed server it runs on. The template baseline is 1 CPU, 256 MB of RAM and 4 GB of disk, so this page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore.

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Ready To Connect Your WhatsApp API?

Waxum on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Keep your sessions. 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 Waxum free?

Yes. Waxum is MIT licensed, so the gateway has no licence fee. Your cost is the Cloud VPS running Waxum and NATS, and if you use Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API as a provider, Meta bills separately under its own terms.

How much RAM does Waxum need?

The manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 4 GB of disk, and QA saw about 19 MiB idle with no paired phone. Paired sessions use more, so the 6 GB plan leaves room for several numbers.

Can you self-host Waxum with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Waxum Docker hosting without the setup: the fdciabdul/waxum 0.13.0 image and a private NATS sidecar, both pinned by digest, generated token and JWT secret, two volumes and HTTPS. NATS has no host port.

How do I sign in to Waxum?

Open /login on your domain and paste the superadmin token from your installation credentials. The same token works as a bearer credential for the API and Swagger UI. Requests without a valid token get 401, and there is no open signup.

How do I connect a WhatsApp number to Waxum?

Create a session in the console and pair it with a QR code or pairing code. Upstream also supports sessions that use Meta's official WhatsApp Cloud API. Allow about 30 seconds on first boot while the registry is created.

Is Waxum an official WhatsApp product?

No. It is a third-party gateway, and neither WhatsApp, Meta nor xCloud endorses it. Sessions use WhatsApp's multi-device protocol or Meta's Cloud API, and you are responsible for following WhatsApp's terms, including for bulk or scheduled sending.

Is anything in Waxum reachable without the token?

Yes: /health and /livez answer without login for the health check, and upstream's /metrics endpoint answers without login and exposes counters only, so treat it as public. Everything else, including the console, API and Swagger, requires the superadmin token.

How do I back up Waxum?

Back up whatsapp_sessions and nats_data together, plus your environment values, with writes stopped so the SQLite and JetStream files are consistent. whatsapp_sessions holds the session stores, registry and any call recordings. Keep the superadmin token and JWT secret with the copy.

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How do I upgrade Waxum?

The install stays on Waxum 0.13.0 and NATS 2.10 until you adopt a newer template version. Read the upstream release notes, back up both volumes and never delete volumes during an upgrade. Nothing upgrades the app automatically.

Is there a Waxum cloud service I can use?

This page is your own Waxum cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source gateway, with sessions on volumes of your own. It is a private instance rather than a shared service, and only holders of your superadmin token can use it.

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.