SearXNG VPS hosting.

Order a VPS package, open the Apps tab in your dashboard and deploy SearXNG through Coolify. Coolify pulls the container, generates the secret key and gives you a URL. You can attach your own domain for HTTPS. You don't write a docker-compose file or configure nginx yourself, and you can still edit settings.yml over SSH later. Learn more about One-Click Apps

• Pick a VPS package and location
• Deploy SearXNG from the Apps tab
• Add your domain and open your instance

Yes, SearXNG is free, open-source software under the AGPL-3.0 license, so there is no license fee. You only pay for the VPS it runs on. The price depends on the package you choose, and the pricing section on this page shows the live shop price of every package. You choose a term of up to 365 days when you order and can cancel anytime; the cancellation takes effect at the end of the current term.

SearXNG is lightweight, so a small package covers a personal instance. For a shared family or team instance, heavy JSON API use or extra apps like Open WebUI, pick more RAM and CPU. You can move to a larger package later. Choose from ZAP-Hosting's locations in Europe and America and pick the one closest to you or the people using your instance. Many North American users start with Ashburn, Dallas or Los Angeles.

• Personal use: a small package
• Family or team: more CPU and RAM
• API traffic or extra apps: a larger package

Yes. Every VPS comes with full root access via SSH. Coolify runs the SearXNG container, but you can still edit settings.yml, switch engines on or off, configure the limiter, add firewall rules or run other Docker services next to SearXNG. How to connect via SSH

Yes. Every VPS gets a daily automatic Backup at a fixed time set by the platform, and DDoS protection is included on the network. With the ZapX Pass you can view and restore those daily Backups, keep them longer, create manual Backups and snapshots, and manage your Backup slots and storage.

Public instances are free, but shared: you rely on the operator's logging and settings, and busy instances often get throttled by upstream engines. Your own instance only sends your own queries, and you control settings.yml, logs, engines and the JSON API. Some engines can still throttle server IPs: the stats page shows which engine fails, and you can disable it or switch to other engines in settings.yml.

SearXNG shows no ads, sets no tracking cookies and builds no user profile, and on your own VPS you decide what gets logged. Self-hosting gives you control, not anonymity: if you are the only user, upstream engines can link queries from your server IP. Sharing the instance with family or a team helps, and so do HTTPS and the limiter. Manage the firewall on Linux

• No ads or user profiles
• You control logs and settings
• Use HTTPS and the limiter

Yes. Enable the JSON format in settings.yml and SearXNG answers search requests with structured results that Open WebUI, n8n workflows or your own agents can read. Many users run it next to a self-hosted LLM tool on the same VPS, so the search backend stays on a server they control. In Open WebUI, turn on web search, select SearXNG and enter your instance URL with /search?q=<query>.