Home Assistant VPS hosting.

Yes. A Home Assistant VPS fits best when most of your devices are cloud-connected, or when you want an always-on automation hub, a remote dashboard or a second instance. Smart homes built mainly on local radios work best as a hybrid: a small device at home handles the radios, and the VPS runs everything else.

• Cloud-based integrations work from any location
• Ideal for remote dashboards and second instances
• Hybrid setups keep local radios at home

You get a full VPS with Home Assistant deployed as a container through the Coolify marketplace, persistent storage for your configuration and history, DDoS protection and root access via SSH. After the first boot, you finish onboarding in the browser, create your account and add your integrations. SSH access guide in the Help Center

• Home Assistant container deployed via Coolify
• Root and SSH access to the whole VPS
• Room for MQTT, Node-RED or a database

No. Home Assistant Cloud is the official subscription that adds remote access, voice assistant links and cloud Backups to an instance you already run. A Home Assistant VPS is the server that runs Home Assistant itself, with full control over the system, the services around it and where your data lives. You can combine both.

• Cloud: add-on service for an existing instance
• VPS: the server running Home Assistant itself
• Both can be used together

Usually yes. USB radio sticks for Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread or Bluetooth plug into hardware at your home, not into a data-center VPS. Keep the radio at home on a network coordinator or a small device running Zigbee2MQTT or Z-Wave JS, and connect it to the VPS through MQTT or a VPN. Cloud-connected devices need no extra hardware.

• Network coordinators work over the LAN or a VPN
• Zigbee2MQTT bridges radios to the VPS via MQTT
• Cloud devices connect directly

Home Assistant itself is lightweight, so a smaller plan covers a typical home with dozens of devices. Plan more RAM and storage for long history, camera streams, a separate database or extra services like MQTT and Node-RED. Every plan scales by RAM, CPU and storage, so you can move up as your setup grows.

• Smaller plans suit typical smart homes
• More RAM for databases and companion services
• More storage for long history and recordings

Yes. Create a Backup in your current installation, copy the configuration folder to the VPS via SFTP or SSH and start Home Assistant with it. Afterwards, check every integration that relies on your home network, such as local devices or USB radios, and reconnect them through a VPN or a local bridge.

• Back up your current configuration first
• Transfer files via SFTP or SSH
• Re-check integrations tied to your home LAN

Your VPS has its own public IP address, so you don't need to open ports on your home router. Serve Home Assistant over HTTPS behind a reverse proxy with your own domain, and link your home network to the VPS through a VPN like WireGuard when local devices must be reached. Reverse proxy guide in the Help Center

• HTTPS via reverse proxy and your own domain
• WireGuard tunnel to your home network
• No open ports on your home router

Pick the location closest to your home and to the people using the dashboard, which keeps automations and app responses snappy. ZAP-Hosting offers VPS locations in Europe and America; many North American users start with Ashburn, Dallas or Los Angeles, and every region delivers low latency for people nearby.

• Choose the location nearest to your home
• VPS locations in Europe and America
• Low latency when you pick a nearby region