Self-hosted BookStack,
fully managed.
Simple, organized documentation and wikis for teams.
Billed yearly on a 1 GB server, or $6 month to month. BookStack itself is $0.
- Daily snapshots
- Free migration
- 500% SLA
- 4.4 on Trustpilot
- 500% SLA credited automatically
- Engineers 24/7, real humans
- Free migration of your BookStack
- Since 2001, independent
At a glance
BookStack here, in four lines.
What it is, what we install, what management covers and what it needs. The rest of this page is detail.
- What it is
- BookStack is the wiki people actually keep updated: pages organized into books and shelves, a WYSIWYG editor, and permissions simple enough that documentation stops being one person's job.
- What we install
- The playbook deploys the current BookStack on PHP with a tuned MariaDB, HTTPS forced, mail configured for the MailChannels relay (when added) for invites and resets, and authentication ready for your team, local accounts or your identity provider.
- What managed covers
- PHP, database, and server updates; daily snapshots and optional Dual Backups of every page and revision; monitoring, the managed firewall, and working email. Your documentation stays yours, on hardware that is not shared with strangers.
- What it needs
- 1 GB RAM
Fits on SC-1GB, from $5/mo. Bigger sizes leave room for the apps you stack beside it.
Your options
Three ways to run BookStack.
Installing BookStack is the easy part. The real question is who keeps it running.
| Do it yourselfOn any unmanaged VPS | One-click imageAt most clouds | RemarkableCloudManaged BookStack, from $5/mo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installing BookStack | You: dependencies, database, HTTPS | Preinstalled once, then it is yours | Deployed by a tested playbook, database and HTTPS wired |
| Updates | You | You | Us, with a snapshot first |
| Monitoring and security | You | You | Us, 24/7: monitoring, firewall and IDS |
| Backups | You | Usually a paid add-on | Daily snapshots included, Dual Backups optional |
| Other apps on the server | Yours to wire up | One app per server | As many as fit, $0 each |
| When something breaks | You fix it | You fix it | Our engineers fix it, day or night |
Built for
What people run on BookStack here.
On your own server, using it more never costs more.
Internal company wikis
Books, chapters and pages mirror how teams actually organize knowledge. Simple enough that people use it.
Product documentation
Clean public docs with your branding, search that works, and drawings via the built-in diagrams editor.
Runbooks and SOPs
The place your procedures live when they must survive the person who wrote them. Role permissions keep sensitive pages scoped.
Client-facing knowledge bases
Agencies publish per-client docs with per-shelf permissions, all on one small server.
Stack it
BookStack works better with company.
Everything here can run on the same server as BookStack, at $0 per app. The server only needs the room.
Pick your server
Choose the size. BookStack is $0.
BookStack needs 1 GB. Bigger servers leave room for the apps you stack beside it. Every size is fully managed, and you can resize in minutes.
SC-1GB
The right size for BookStack
$6 month to monthSave 17% yearly
- 1 GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 25 GB NVMe
- 2.5 TB transfer
SC-2GB
BookStack plus a few more apps
$8 month to monthSave 17% yearly
- 2 GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50 GB NVMe
- 5 TB transfer
SC-4GB
A fuller stack beside BookStack
$16 month to monthSave 17% yearly
- 4 GB RAM
- 2 vCPU
- 100 GB NVMe
- 10 TB transfer
Prefer to self-host? The exact BookStack image we deploy is public and free to pull, with a full production guide.
The details
BookStack here, in plain words.
Straight answers to what people ask before they choose where to run it.
What does managed BookStack hosting include?
The install, the database, SSL, snapshots of every revision, monitoring, and mail for account flows, all inside the one server price. Internal documentation is exactly the thing you want on infrastructure someone maintains.
Why self-host documentation at all?
Because your runbooks, credentials procedures, and client notes are the last data that belongs on a third-party wiki's servers under a third-party wiki's terms. Self-hosted BookStack keeps it on your server, behind your access rules, backed up to destinations you can name.
Can BookStack share a server with other apps?
Yes, and it is a natural sidecar: a Gitea for the code and a BookStack for the docs on the same managed server is a complete internal platform for a small team, at the price of one server.
Will you migrate an existing wiki?
Yes, free. Existing BookStack instances move directly with attachments and revisions. Coming from another wiki, we set up BookStack and help with the import path rather than leaving you to copy-paste.
FAQ
BookStack hosting, answered.
Still deciding? These are the questions we hear most.
How much RAM does BookStack need?
1 GB covers BookStack and its database for most teams. It is one of the lightest apps in the catalog, which makes it an easy stack addition.
Can we restrict who reads what?
Yes, BookStack's roles and shelf, book, and page permissions handle it, and for network-level privacy a WireGuard from the catalog can put the whole wiki behind a VPN.
Does email work for invites?
Yes, when the relay is active (the MailChannels add-on, from $8/mo): the install sends through the MailChannels gateway, so invites and password resets deliver.
Does it support SSO or LDAP?
Yes, BookStack supports LDAP and social/OIDC authentication via configuration. On Fully Managed we wire it to your provider for you.
How much server does a wiki need?
Very little. BookStack is one of the lightest apps in the catalog; the smallest plan carries a serious internal wiki with room to stack another app beside it.
Is this BookStack on a VPS or on shared hosting?
A VPS. BookStack runs on your own private virtual server with dedicated, non-oversold resources and its own IP. You get real isolation and performance, with the setup, TLS and hardening handled for you.
Can I run other apps on the same server?
Yes. Add any other catalog app to this server from your client area, one click each, no per-app charge. How much fits is a question of RAM, and resizing is minutes.
Do you migrate my existing BookStack?
Yes, migration help is free. Open a ticket with access to the current setup and we move it, verify it, and hand it back running. Nothing switches until you approve.
Can I upgrade or downgrade the plan later?
Anytime. Plans resize from the client area in minutes, annual billing keeps its flat 17% discount at every size, and there is never a fee to change tiers.
BookStack runs. You sleep.
Managed BookStack from $5/mo, free migration and a 30-day money-back guarantee.