Lobe Chat VPS hosting.

Yes. Lobe Chat (also written LobeChat) is the open-source AI chat interface that the project now publishes under the LobeHub name. It connects to many AI providers, supports plugins and MCP tools and includes a knowledge base for your own files. Here you run it self-hosted on your own ZAP-Hosting VPS instead of a hosted cloud account.

• LobeChat, Lobe Chat and LobeHub name the same project
• Self-hosted: your API keys stay on your VPS

Order a VPS, open One-Click Apps in the dashboard and pick Lobe Chat from the catalog. Coolify pulls the container, sets up the environment and routes it, so you don't write a Docker Compose file yourself. Then open the URL Coolify shows, set an access code and add your first AI provider. One-Click Apps guide in the Help Center

• No manual Docker Compose or database setup
• Root and SSH stay available for custom changes

It depends on how you use it. Smaller plans cover a personal Lobe Chat that talks to cloud APIs. Pick more RAM and CPU if several people share the instance, if you run the server-database version with a knowledge base, or if you host other apps on the same VPS. Local models through Ollama need the most RAM. Compare all plans in the configurator.

• Personal use with cloud APIs: a smaller plan
• Teams, database version or RAG: more RAM and CPU
• Ollama on the same VPS: plan generous RAM

The Lobe Chat software is open source and free to download. Running it self-hosted means you pay for your VPS plan, shown live in the configurator, plus whatever your AI provider charges for API usage. If you only use local models through Ollama, there are no per-token API costs, but the VPS needs more resources.

• VPS: billed by ZAP-Hosting for your chosen term
• API usage: billed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others

For cloud models, yes. You add your own keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and other providers, and each provider bills your usage directly. The keys live on your server, not in a third-party chat service. For local models, Lobe Chat can connect to an Ollama endpoint instead; those models run on the VPS CPU, so match model size to your plan.

• Cloud models: your own provider keys
• Local models: connect Ollama instead

Yes. Create an A record for a domain or subdomain that points to your VPS IP, then enter that domain for Lobe Chat in Coolify. Coolify's proxy can issue a TLS certificate as soon as DNS resolves, so you and your team reach the chat over HTTPS. How to set DNS records

• Works with a domain or a subdomain like chat.example.com
• Certificate is requested once DNS points to the VPS

Every VPS includes a daily automatic Backup. With ZapX Pass you also get your own manual Backups, snapshots and the tools to manage and restore them. Updates stay in your hands: redeploy Lobe Chat in Coolify to pull a newer image, or keep the version you trust. Coolify guide in the Help Center

• Daily automatic Backup included with every VPS
• Manual Backups, snapshots and restore with ZapX Pass

Yes, cancel anytime. Your cancellation takes effect at the end of the current term, and you choose the term length when you order. VPS locations are available in Europe and America, so pick the one closest to you and your users. Many North American teams start with Ashburn, Dallas or Los Angeles.

• Cancel anytime, effective at the end of the term
• Pick the location closest to your users