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VPS One-Click Apps · Docker GUIPortainer VPS hosting.
Install Portainer in one click, run Docker containers and Compose stacks from your browser and keep full root and SSH access.
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Your project. Your setup.
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What is Portainer?
Portainer puts your Docker host in one browser tab.
Portainer is a web GUI for Docker. You no longer need to type docker ps and edit YAML over SSH: you open a browser tab and see every container, image, volume and network on your server. You can restart a service with a click, follow logs live and deploy Compose stacks. With Portainer VPS hosting at ZAP-Hosting, it runs on your own VPS. You install it in one click from the One-Click Apps installer and create your admin account on first launch.
Because this is a real root VPS and not a PaaS container, Portainer talks to the local Docker engine directly. You can use both worlds: click through stacks in the GUI, then SSH in and use the Docker CLI, cron jobs or your own scripts on the same host. You can run Coolify or Dozzle next to it, pick a data center location in Europe or America and decide yourself when to update and where your data lives.
Features
Docker VPS hosting with Portainer preinstalled
A container console, live stats and Git-driven stack updates in the browser, with the Docker CLI just one SSH session away.
Portainer installed in one click
Pick Portainer in the One-Click Apps installer and create your admin account in the browser.
More Docker hosts, one login
Connect more servers through the Portainer Agent and manage them all from one UI.
Root, SSH and Docker CLI included
Open a shell whenever you want: the Docker CLI works right next to the Portainer GUI.
Git-driven stack updates
Push a Compose change to Git and Portainer redeploys the stack for you.
Container console in your browser
Get a shell inside any container without a local terminal or SSH client.
Live stats per container
Find the container eating your RAM before the whole host slows down.
Locations in Europe and America
Your server. Your location.
4 data centers in Europe and America — choose the location closest to your users.
Europe
FFM/Eygelshoven
America
Dallas
Los Angeles
Ashburn
Inside Portainer
What you can do with Portainer
Portainer turns Docker into clickable lists and forms. You can deploy Docker Compose stacks, follow container logs live and see which service is using your resources.
Docker GUIFor admins and homelabbersOpen-source Community EditionCompose stacks
Portainer
Containers
Portainer
Container list with one-click actions
See every container on your VPS, running or stopped, with its status at a glance. Start, stop, restart or remove a service with one click instead of hunting for container IDs in the terminal.
Status badge per containerStart and stop in one clickRestart crashed servicesFilter by name or image
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Portainer on your VPS in minutes — no complicated setup.
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Your VPS stays restorable.
Snapshots let you roll back quickly. ZapX Pass unlocks Restore, manual Backups, and longer retention for daily Backups.
Backups with ZapX Pass
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- Manual Backups
- Keep daily Backups longer
Snapshots for quick rollback
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- Snapshot before deployment
- Jump back immediately
- Snapshot with RAM
More control with ZapX Passextra storage, restore, Pass perks, and Lifetime VPS without activity checks
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What customers say about ZAP-Hosting
Real feedback on support and setup.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Portainer
Answers to the most important questions before you start.
Yes. Order a VPS, open the One-Click Apps installer in the panel and pick Portainer. It is set up on your own server, and you create your admin account the first time you open the web UI. If you want to do it by hand, you can install Docker and Portainer yourself over SSH. Read the One-Click Apps guide
- Portainer runs on your VPS and your data stays on your server
- Create your admin account on first login
Portainer Community Edition is open source and free to use. You only pay for the VPS plan you choose. Current prices for every plan and term are shown live in the pricing section of this page. If you want Portainer's Business Edition, you get its license directly from Portainer.
- Community Edition: free and open source
- VPS billed per term, prices load live from the shop
Portainer itself uses few resources, so size the plan for the containers you want to run alongside it. A few lightweight services fit on the smallest plan. Databases, n8n or several Compose stacks need more RAM and CPU. Start small, watch the live stats in Portainer and move to a bigger plan when your stacks grow.
- Size by your containers, not by Portainer
- Live stats in Portainer show when to scale
Yes. This is a full root VPS, not a managed container platform. Portainer talks to the local Docker engine, and you can SSH in at any time to use the Docker CLI, edit Compose files, set up a firewall or run your own scripts on the same host. How to connect via SSH
- Full root access to the VPS
- Docker CLI and GUI on the same host
Yes. Coolify and Dozzle are also in the One-Click Apps installer. Everything runs on your own Docker host, so you can combine them: Portainer as the general container GUI, Dozzle for quick log viewing and Coolify for Git-based app deployments. Just plan enough RAM for everything you run on the VPS.
- Several One-Click Apps on one VPS
- Each tool manages the same Docker engine
No. Docker is the engine that runs containers. Portainer is a web interface on top of it: it reads and controls the Docker engine on your VPS, so you manage containers, images, volumes and Compose stacks with clicks instead of commands. Everything you do in Portainer is still plain Docker underneath. Set up Docker on Linux
- Docker runs the containers
- Portainer gives you the GUI to manage them
Your VPS runs in the data center you choose from our locations in Europe and America. Pick the one closest to you, your team or your users. Many North American projects start with Ashburn, Dallas or Los Angeles, and the other locations are available to choose when you order.
- Locations in Europe and America to choose from
- Pick the location closest to your users
Yes, you can cancel anytime. The cancellation takes effect at the end of your current term, so your VPS and Portainer keep running until then. You choose the term length when you order, from a few days up to a year.
- Cancel anytime in the panel
- Your server runs until the end of the term
Any more questions?
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Your VPS in the ZapX panel
Live statistics and console access for the server that runs Portainer, all in one panel.
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VPS Console tab
VPS Console tab
ZapX AI Agent
Container acting up? Get a concrete answer.
The ZapX AI Agent helps you read Portainer logs, fix Compose errors and size your VPS. You get explanations and next steps instead of forum threads.
Compose errors explainedLogs made readableRestart loops narrowedVPS sizing advice
The ZapX AI Agent is part of ZapX Pass and applies account-wide to every supported service.
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My container keeps restarting in Portainer.
The last log lines show a missing environment variable.
Where do I add it?
In the container or stack editor in Portainer, then redeploy.
Performance
Measured VPS performance for your containers
These numbers show how much CPU and disk headroom you have to run several Compose stacks side by side while Portainer stays responsive.
Top-tier Performance
High-performance VPS, CPU model depends on the location
ZAP-HostingPowerful server CPUs
Typical budget VPSHardware varies
Typical VPS plans without a published host CPU
confirmed 2026-07-01
Standard CPUPowerful server CPUs, model depends on the location
StorageEnterprise NVMe U.3, Ceph
Support24/7 AI + escalation
Use cases
Who runs Portainer on a VPS?
From side projects to small agencies: how people use a Portainer VPS to keep their Docker containers under control.
Ready when you are
Get Portainer running on your own VPS.
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Your Portainer VPS in your pocket
Check server status, restart the VPS and keep an eye on your plan from the ZapX mobile app, even when you're away from your desk.
Check live server status anywhere
Restart the VPS with one tap
Keep track of your term and invoices
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