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Hosting Paperless-ngx

A document management system for importing, indexing and archiving documents. OCR and processing demand depend on the documents you handle.

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Min vCPU
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Min memory
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Min storage
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Understand the setup

Check runtime, storage and installation requirements before choosing a server.

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Budget your resources

Allow room for the operating system, database and your actual workload.

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Must have

Installation requirements

  • Docker and Compose for this installation path.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.

Recommended

Planning guidance

No further general recommendations are published for this version.

Capacity depends on your workload

The example establishes services and volumes, not a universal CPU or memory requirement.

We only compare what providers publish. A RAM figure alone can't confirm compatibility or production capacity.

Deploy with

Supported paths

  • Docker Compose

The host must provide

Runtime

PostgreSQL
The maintained Compose example uses PostgreSQL 18
Valkey
The maintained broker example uses Valkey 9

Storage

Persistent data

Preserve the data, media and database volumes, and the consume/export folders.

Step by step

Plan a Paperless-ngx deployment

  1. Prepare Compose files

    Use the maintained Compose and environment files; change example database credentials.

    Official instructions
  2. Start and protect access

    Pull the images, start the stack and restrict access before importing private documents.

    Official instructions

Security

Before you go public

  • Replace example secrets.
  • Protect documents and backups from public access.

Cost

Beyond the server price

  • Budget for OCR processing, document growth and database backups.

Matching plans

Explore hosting options

DigitalOcean

CPU-Optimized Regular Droplet · 2 vCPU / 4 GiB

2 vCPU
4 GiB RAM
25 GiB Storage
4 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated CPU
  • SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
DigitalOcean

General Purpose Droplet · 2 Dedicated vCPU / 8 GB

2 vCPU
8 GB RAM
25 GB Storage
4 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated vCPU (100% allocatio...
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
FastComet

Starter

1 Websites
10 GB Storage
1 cores Shared CPU
1 GB Shared RAM
  • NVMe
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Google Cloud

Compute Engine e2-medium · 2 vCPU / 4 GB

2 vCPU
4 GB RAM
— Storage
— Transfer
  • Shared vCPU (1.00 sustained)
  • Persistent Disk (billed separa...
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Google Cloud

Compute Engine e2-small · 2 vCPU / 2 GB

2 vCPU
2 GB RAM
— Storage
— Transfer
  • Shared vCPU (0.50 sustained)
  • Persistent Disk (billed separa...
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX13 (Germany and Finland)

2 vCPU
8 GB RAM
80 GB Storage
20 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX23 (Germany and Finland)

4 vCPU
16 GB RAM
160 GB Storage
20 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX33 (Germany and Finland)

8 vCPU
32 GB RAM
240 GB Storage
30 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX43 (Germany and Finland)

16 vCPU
64 GB RAM
360 GB Storage
40 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX53 (Germany and Finland)

32 vCPU
128 GB RAM
600 GB Storage
50 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CCX63 (Germany and Finland)

48 vCPU
192 GB RAM
960 GB Storage
60 TB Transfer
  • Dedicated AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Cloud CPX11 (US locations)

2 vCPU
2 GB RAM
40 GB Storage
1 TB Transfer
  • Shared AMD vCPU
  • NVMe SSD
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 and Compose for this installation path.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.
  • Persistent storage for documents, application data and the database.This prerequisite has no comparable published plan field.

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