Must have
Installation requirements
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.
Application hosting
Hosting Budibase
A platform for building internal applications and workflows. Self-hosted deployments use several cooperating services rather than a single static website.
- Min vCPU
- Not specified
- Min memory
- Not specified
- Min storage
- Not specified
Understand the setup
Check runtime, storage and installation requirements before choosing a server.
See requirementsBudget your resources
Allow room for the operating system, database and your actual workload.
Open resource plannerBuild your shortlist
Compare plan details and review which requirements still need checking.
Explore plansRecommended
Planning guidance
No further general recommendations are published for this version.
Capacity depends on your workload
The guide refers to Docker prerequisites and recommends Linux for production; it does not establish a fixed workload capacity or RAM minimum.
We only compare what providers publish. A RAM figure alone can't confirm compatibility or production capacity.
Deploy with
Supported paths
The host must provide
Runtime
- CouchDB
- Database service in the documented stack
- MinIO
- Object storage in the documented stack
- NGINX
- Stack proxy
Storage
Persistent data
Preserve database and object-store volumes. Back up configuration and application data before upgrades.
Step by step
Plan a Budibase deployment
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Prepare configuration
Use the maintained Compose, environment and LiteLLM configuration files.
Official instructions -
Replace secrets
Change the example environment secrets before starting a publicly accessible deployment.
Official instructions
Security
Before you go public
- Restrict internal service access.
- Keep database and file-storage credentials private.
Cost
Beyond the server price
- Budget for all stack services, persistent data and backups.
Matching plans
Explore hosting options
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CPX12 (Germany and Finland)
1
vCPU
2 GB
RAM
40 GB
Storage
20 TB
Transfer
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CPX22 (Germany and Finland)
2
vCPU
4 GB
RAM
80 GB
Storage
20 TB
Transfer
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CPX32 (Germany and Finland)
4
vCPU
8 GB
RAM
160 GB
Storage
20 TB
Transfer
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CPX42 (Germany and Finland)
8
vCPU
16 GB
RAM
320 GB
Storage
20 TB
Transfer
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CPX52 (Germany and Finland)
12
vCPU
24 GB
RAM
480 GB
Storage
20 TB
Transfer
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CPX62 (Germany and Finland)
16
vCPU
32 GB
RAM
640 GB
Storage
20 TB
Transfer
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Compatibility unclear from published plan data
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- Docker Engine and Docker Compose.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
- Network communication between the application, worker, database, object store and proxy.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
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