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Websoft9by Websoft9.

Websoft9 is a self-hosted PaaS and app store for deploying and managing 300+ open source apps on one server.

Verified October 13, 2026

This profile was compiled by Beag Labs, which makes a competing product (Papyrus). It is built from public documentation, not hands-on testing, and every statement links to its source.

At a glance

Evidence coverage
7 / 8

attributes with a sourced answer

Cited claims
7

records in the Claim Ledger

Documentation gaps
1

attributes not documented in sources checked

Deployment
  • Self-hosted
Licensing
  • Open source
Azure Marketplace
  • Azure VM
Last verified
October 13, 2026

Profile, attribute by attribute.

What it does

Verified

App store with one-click install of 300+ apps, plus app lifecycle, file manager, terminal, proxy/SSL, backups, monitoring.

Source: BL-CLM-54 ↗

Does not establish: Platform for deploying other apps; no AI-agent features documented on pages checked; AI agents would depend on deployed third-party apps.

Deployment model

Verified

Self-hosted on your own server, running as Docker containers.

Source: BL-CLM-55 ↗

Does not establish: Does not describe managed hosting options in detail (pricing page mentions private cloud and managed hosting via customer success).

Azure Marketplace offer

Verified

Docs say Websoft9 is an Azure Marketplace partner; products are VM images deployed to an Azure VM.

Source: BL-CLM-56 ↗

Does not establish: Page is for version 1.0, flagged by the site as no longer actively maintained; Marketplace listing page itself returned HTTP 403 so was not read.

Human approval

Not documented

No approval or human-in-the-loop controls documented for agent actions.

2 sources checked

Does not establish: Platform has no documented agent-action concept.

Licensing

Verified

Repository states LGPL-3.0 and homepage says 100% open source; republishing images to cloud marketplaces without authorization is prohibited.

Source: BL-CLM-57 ↗

Does not establish: License badge and text are inconsistent (LGPL vs GPL link); read the repository license file before relying on it.

Security controls

Verified

Multi-user accounts with role-based access; SSL certificates via Let's Encrypt; apps isolated through Docker.

Source: BL-CLM-58 ↗

Does not establish: No SSO, audit logging, data residency or certifications documented on pages checked; role definitions not described.

Intended buyer

Verified

Cloud architects, IT teams and SMBs without dedicated IT, plus software vendors, integrators and cloud providers.

Source: BL-CLM-59 ↗

Does not establish: Vendor-stated personas; page in Chinese.

Public pricing

Verified

Software plans: Free 0, Starter CNY 20/mo, Standard CNY 99/mo (per vendor pricing page); Azure image billing not described.

Source: BL-CLM-60 ↗

Does not establish: Pricing page is in CNY and is for support subscriptions; Azure Marketplace VM/image pricing not verified.

May fit well when

May fit less well when

  • Buyers needing documented approval gates or audit logging for agent actions; these are not documented.Basis:Human approvalSecurity controls (BL-CLM-58)

Methodology and disclosure

How these comparisons are built and checked.

We disclose our interest

Beag Labs makes Papyrus, one of the platforms compared here. Papyrus cells cite our own pages and are labelled first-party. Read every comparison with that in mind.

Every statement is cited

Each Verified or Not supported cell links to a record in the Claim Ledger with the source URL, where on the page it appears, the date we checked it, approved wording, and what it does not prove.

Documentation, not hands-on testing

These comparisons are built from vendor documentation, official listings and repositories. Beag Labs has not run hands-on tests of the compared products. We classify what is documented; we do not score or rank quality, and nothing here is a benchmark.

Missing documentation is not a missing feature

If we cannot find a capability in official sources we say Not documented and list what we checked. We only say Not supported or Partially supported when a source itself says so.

Verified
An official source we fetched states it. The cell links to the claim record.
Partially supported
An official source documents the capability but states a limit: one surface, a subset of actions, or an explicit exclusion. The cell says what the limit is.
Not documented
We checked official sources and found nothing either way. This is not evidence the capability is absent.
Not supported
An official source explicitly says the capability is absent or unsupported.