# AnythingLLM

Source: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/product/anythingllm/

## Indicative from-price range

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting AnythingLLM on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Active knowledge workspaces: 10; Indexed documents (millions): 0.1; Peak concurrent chats: 20; Daily document ingest (GB): 1). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $49 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $63 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $262 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west).

Reference workload:
- Active knowledge workspaces: 10
- Indexed documents (millions): 0.1
- Peak concurrent chats: 20
- Daily document ingest (GB): 1

Price snapshot: 2026-10-19. Currency: USD. FX snapshot: 2026-10-19.

Configuration: Low end: 1 x basic-2vcpu-4gb (DigitalOcean, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, about $24 per server per month). High end: 1 x rise-m (OVHcloud, 12 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, about $112 per server per month).

Methodology: This range is generated automatically from public provider price lists. It has not been reviewed by a person, it is not a quote, and it may differ from the total the calculator chooses for your own workload with its AI step. Method: the calculator's offer shortlist for the reference workload (the same ranking it builds before the AI step, up to 12 offers across providers; 12 here) is priced at its monthly list price in USD. The low end is the cheapest of the per-provider from-prices below and the high end is the median server of the combined shortlist, each multiplied by 1, the smallest baseline topology (local-all-in-one). The from-price for each provider applies the same method to that provider's own shortlist (the calculator's ranking restricted to that provider), so it is the cheapest server that ranking offers there, not a recommendation. Prices are taken from the price snapshot dated 2026-10-19; prices quoted in EUR are converted with the ECB reference rate dated 2026-10-19. Servers with fewer than 2 vCPU or less than 4 GB RAM are not priced. Only server rental list prices for the product's own servers are counted: dependencies, licences, support, traffic charges, taxes and setup fees are not included.

Price sources:
- [Amazon Web Services](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.json)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets)
- [Google Cloud](https://cloudbilling.googleapis.com/v1/services/6F81-5844-456A/skus)
- [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_en_EUR.json)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices)
- [OVHcloud](https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/eco?ovhSubsidiary=FR)
- [Servers.com](https://www.servers.com/products/scalable-bare-metal)

AnythingLLM is an open-source, all-in-one AI application from Mintplex Labs that lets users chat with their own documents, run multi-agent workflows, and connect a choice of LLM and vector database backends from one self-hostable interface. It ships as both a desktop app and a Docker-deployable server.

## What gets deployed with it

- Qdrant (required): First dependency target for vector retrieval and document embedding storage.

## Baseline topologies

- local-all-in-one: 1 node minimum; roles: anythingllm
- shared-rag-service: 2 nodes minimum; roles: anythingllm, anythingllm

## What drives the cost

- Active knowledge workspaces: Approximate number of active knowledge workspaces or teams served by the deployment.
- Indexed documents (millions): Approximate number of indexed documents across all workspaces.
- Peak concurrent chats: Expected peak number of simultaneous chat or retrieval sessions.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does it cost to self-host AnythingLLM?

Indicative from-price range for self-hosting AnythingLLM on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Active knowledge workspaces: 10; Indexed documents (millions): 0.1; Peak concurrent chats: 20; Daily document ingest (GB): 1). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $49 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $63 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $262 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west). This is an automatically generated indicative figure from public price lists (price snapshot 2026-10-19), not a quote.

### What drives the cost of self-hosting AnythingLLM?

The sizing inputs the calculator uses for AnythingLLM are: Active knowledge workspaces; Indexed documents (millions); Peak concurrent chats. Cost also depends on the number of servers and the provider chosen.

### What is the minimum number of servers for AnythingLLM?

The smallest baseline topology in the calculator's profile for AnythingLLM is local-all-in-one (1 server). Other baseline topologies: shared-rag-service (2 servers minimum). The reference range above is computed for 1 server.

Size AnythingLLM for your own workload: https://calc.onpremeasy.com/?product=anythingllm

## Sources

- https://anythingllm.com/
- https://docs.anythingllm.com/
- https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm