Hoodik Cloud Is Live: Managed Hosting, Same Encryption

Hoodik Cloud is live at hoodik.cloud. It is managed hosting for Hoodik: we run the server, you keep the keys. The instances run the same open-source code that powers every self-hosted Hoodik installation, operated by the same team that writes it.

If you've wanted end-to-end encrypted storage but didn't want to maintain a server to get it, this is for you.

What You Get

When you sign up, you get your own Hoodik instance. Behind it, your instance gets its own dedicated storage bucket, with credentials scoped to that one bucket and nothing else. The bucket sits on object storage designed for eleven nines (99.999999999%) of annual durability, and everything in it is encrypted again at rest with AES-256 — on top of the end-to-end encryption your files already arrive with.

The at-rest encryption protects the storage layer; the end-to-end encryption protects you from everyone, including us.

The Encryption Doesn't Change

Hoodik Cloud uses exactly the same cryptography as self-hosted Hoodik, because it runs exactly the same code:

• Files are encrypted client-side with AEGIS-128L before upload
• File keys are wrapped with a post-quantum hybrid of X25519 and ML-KEM-768
• Ed25519 handles signing
• Login uses OPAQUE, so your password never leaves your device

The server stores ciphertext. It never sees plaintext file content, file names, or your keys. That guarantee comes from the protocol rather than from a policy document: there is nothing on our servers to read. We've written about what end-to-end encryption means in practice and why the key exchange is post-quantum if you want the details.

Plans and Pricing

Two plans:

Both come with a 14-day free trial. A card is required at signup and the trial converts to a paid subscription automatically, so if you're only kicking the tires, set a reminder to cancel. Paddle is the merchant of record, and prices are localized at checkout.

Per gigabyte, this is more expensive than consumer encrypted clouds, and the difference deserves an explanation rather than a shrug. A consumer cloud sells you an account on one large shared system, where the marginal cost of another user is mostly disk. A Hoodik Cloud subscription provisions your own instance: its own database, and a dedicated storage bucket that only its credentials can open. The price covers running that instance and the work of keeping it patched and monitored; the storage is the cheapest part of the bill. If inexpensive gigabytes are all you need, a consumer cloud genuinely is the better deal. What the instance model buys you is everything else on this page: isolation enforced by credentials rather than promises, and an export that hands you the whole instance as something you can run yourself.

EU or US Region

At signup you pick a region: EU or US. EU instances run on EU servers, and their storage buckets are created in the EU.

To be clear about what this buys you: region affects latency and residency, not privacy. Your files are ciphertext before they leave your device, so where the ciphertext sits doesn't change who can read it — nobody without your passphrase, in either region. Pick the region closest to you, or the jurisdiction you prefer your encrypted data to live under.

The Export Guarantee

This is the part we care most about. You can export your entire instance at any time. The export is a runnable copy of open-source Hoodik with your encrypted data inside — point Docker at it and you are self-hosting. Only your passphrase decrypts the data, and that stays true through the export.

There is no lock-in because there is nothing to lock: the code is open source and the export is a download. If we ever disappoint you, leaving costs you one Docker command.

Why a Managed Option From a Self-Hosting Project

Hoodik started as self-hosted software and the self-hosted server isn't going anywhere. But we've been honest in the past about what self-hosting asks of you: you apply the updates and you own the uptime. Plenty of people want the encryption without the operations. Until now their options were commercial E2E providers with closed-source servers, or nothing.

Hoodik Cloud closes that gap: the same open-source code, run by the people who write it. The export takes you straight back to self-hosting if you ever want out. If you enjoy running your own server, keep running it — nothing changes for you. If you'd rather not, this is the version where the server is our problem.

We've also written a decision guide comparing managed and self-hosted if you're unsure which fits.

Works With the Apps

Your Hoodik Cloud instance works with the same clients as any Hoodik server: the web interface in any browser, plus the native apps for iOS and macOS and Android. Point the app at your instance and log in.

Who Is Behind This

Hoodik is built by Hudik d.o.o., a Croatian company, in the EU. The server code is public at github.com/hudikhq/hoodik — the same code your Cloud instance runs.

If you want to try it, hoodik.cloud is open. If you'd rather self-host, the getting started guide is where it always was.