CapRover vs Coolify
CapRover
caprover.com
Coolify
coolify.ioSide by side
| Figure | CapRover | Coolify |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Platform As A Service Paas Software | 8.0 (#8) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Spec score · PaaS tools | 8.0 (#10) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Purpose | CapRover is a self-hosted platform for deploying and managing applications on infrastructure you control. | Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Heroku, Netlify and Railway for deploying websites, databases, web applications and 280+ one-click services to your own server. |
| Self-hosting requirements | The standard setup requires a machine with a public IP, Docker 25 or later, and a domain for HTTPS; CapRover can also be installed locally, with extra setup needed for external access or HTTPS. | The documentation lists 2 CPU cores, 2 GB RAM and 10 GB free disk as the standard minimum, and says Coolify runs only on Linux-based operating systems. |
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In their own words
Coolify
Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable deployment platform for websites, databases, web applications, and more than 280 one-click services. It builds each commit and deploys over SSH to a connected server. Projects can use Nixpacks, Railpack, Dockerfile, Docker Compose, static serving, or a prebuilt registry image. Push-to-deploy connections include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Gitea, including self-hosted instances. One-click databases include PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, KeyDB, Dragonfly, and ClickHouse. Operations include pull-request deployments, scheduled tasks, shared environment variables, monitoring, S3-compatible database backups, and rollbacks. An API and MCP server let AI clients such as Claude and Cursor manage resources, deployments, logs, and restarts. Coolify runs only on Linux; the documented minimum is 2 CPU cores, 2 GB RAM, and 10 GB disk. Self-hosted use is free forever. Cloud costs $5 a month plus $3 server.