# Monica hosting in the EU

> Run your own Monica, an alternative to Clay and Dex. One-click install, HTTPS, servers in the EU. Free plan, no card.

Web page: https://blitz.cloud/apps/monica/
Updated: 2026-10-14

Monica: keep notes on the people in your life, birthdays, calls and conversations included. On blitz.cloud you install it from the App Store in one click. It gets its own address with HTTPS, 1 GB of storage and the MariaDB it needs, and it runs on servers in the EU. You can run it on the free plan, without a credit card.

## A self-hosted alternative to Clay and Dex

Monica does the job of Clay or Dex, but it is your own copy: your data sits in your app, not in somebody else's account, and nobody changes the price or the rules on you. Self-hosting usually means renting a server and keeping it patched. Here the App Store sets it up and keeps it running.

## What it needs

| Need | Monica |
|---|---|
| Memory | 256 MB reserved from your plan |
| Storage | 1 GB |
| Database | MariaDB, created and connected for you |
| Plan | Free or Pro |

## Install it

1. [Start the install of Monica](https://blitz.cloud/get/monica/). Without an account you create one with Google, GitHub or your email.
2. Pick your address, like `yourname.blitz.cloud`. The app's page in the App Store opens right after.
3. Click Install. It lists what gets created, the database included, and is online about a minute later, at an address like `monica.yourname.blitz.cloud`.
4. Open the app's address and register the first account; it becomes the owner.
5. In Settings, turn off new registrations once you are the only one who should sign up.

## Good to know

The first account to sign up owns it; after that, turn signups off in Settings so nobody else can join.

## Deploy button for your README

Do you maintain Monica or write about it? Put this button in a README or a post. A click opens Monica in the blitz.cloud App Store, ready to install; someone without an account signs up for free first.

```markdown
[![Deploy on blitz.cloud](https://blitz.cloud/badge/deploy.svg)](https://dashboard.blitz.cloud/store/monica?src=badge-monica)
```

## Questions

### Can I host Monica for free?

Yes. The free plan runs it without a card and without an end date. The app sleeps after 30 minutes without visitors, and the next visit wakes it.

### Where is my Monica data stored?

On blitz.cloud's servers in the EU, run by BlitzWorks, a company in Germany. Once signed in, you can download the [data processing agreement](https://dashboard.blitz.cloud/account/dpa?lang=en) as a PDF.

### Can I use my own domain for Monica?

Yes, on Pro, or on the free plan by making this one app a Pro app. HTTPS for the domain is set up for you.

### Is Monica backed up?

Its database is backed up every night: 7 nights are kept on the free plan, 30 on Pro. On Pro the app's files are copied every night too.

### How does Monica get updates?

With automatic updates on, it gets new versions of its version line overnight. If a new version doesn't start, the one before it keeps running.