Self-Hosted DocuSeal on Your Own VPS.

Order a VPS, open One-Click Apps in your panel and deploy DocuSeal through Coolify. The container starts on its own. Then you connect your domain in Coolify, the HTTPS certificate is issued automatically, and you create the first admin account in your browser. Read the One-Click Apps guide

• Deploy DocuSeal from One-Click Apps via Coolify
• Connect your own domain with HTTPS
• Create your admin account in the browser

The simplest route is DocuSeal as a Docker container managed by Coolify, which takes care of the proxy, HTTPS and redeploys for you. A smaller VPS plan is usually enough to get started; add RAM and storage as your document volume grows or when you move to the PostgreSQL variant. With full root access you can also run DocuSeal with plain Docker if you prefer. Learn more about Coolify

• Coolify handles proxy, HTTPS and redeploys
• Start small, scale RAM and storage later
• Plain Docker works too thanks to root access

You only pay for your VPS plan, at the live prices shown in the pricing section. The open-source DocuSeal edition (AGPLv3) is free to self-host, and ZAP-Hosting charges no per-document or per-signer fees. Optional Pro features such as automated reminders, bulk send and embedding are licensed separately by DocuSeal.

• Open-source edition without license fee
• No per-document or per-signer fees
• Pro features licensed by DocuSeal

Self-hosted DocuSeal runs the open-source edition on your own VPS: you control your data, your domain and when you update, and you only pay for the VPS. DocuSeal Cloud is the hosted service run by DocuSeal itself. Pro features such as automated reminders, bulk send or SSO are licensed separately by DocuSeal.

• Open-source edition on your own VPS
• You control data, domain and updates
• Pro features licensed by DocuSeal

Coolify offers both variants. The default setup with SQLite keeps everything in one container and is a good fit for getting started or for a small team. DocuSeal with PostgreSQL runs a separate database service and fits growing teams, many templates and heavy API use better. Decide before you go live, because switching later means migrating your data.

• SQLite: simple start for small teams
• PostgreSQL: for growing document volumes
• Pick your variant before going live

By default on your VPS disk, inside the DocuSeal volume. If you prefer object storage, you can connect an S3-compatible bucket in DocuSeal. Either way, you decide who can access the server, the database and the signed PDFs, and your contracts are not stored with a signing SaaS provider.

• Local VPS storage by default
• S3-compatible storage as an option
• You control access to every document

In DocuSeal's settings you enter the SMTP details of your mail provider. Signing links, completed copies and notifications then go out from your own domain. Afterwards, send a test request to yourself to check that the emails arrive.

• SMTP settings in DocuSeal
• Send from your own domain
• Test with a request to yourself

Every VPS includes a daily automatic Backup. With the ZapX Pass you can view and restore these daily Backups, create manual Backups and snapshots, and keep daily Backups longer depending on your tier. To update DocuSeal, redeploy the service in Coolify to pull the latest image; export your data or create a manual Backup with the ZapX Pass beforehand.

• Daily automatic Backup included
• Restore, manual Backups and snapshots with ZapX Pass
• Updates via redeploy in Coolify

You choose from ZAP-Hosting locations in Europe and America when you order. Pick the one closest to your team and your signers; many North American teams start with Ashburn, Dallas or Los Angeles. The available locations can vary by plan.

• Locations in Europe and America to choose from
• Pick the site closest to your signers

Yes, you can cancel your VPS anytime. The cancellation takes effect at the end of your current term, and your DocuSeal instance keeps running until then. You pick a flexible term that suits you when you order.

• Cancel anytime
• Flexible terms to choose from