Coolify vs Engine Yard Cloud
Coolify
coolify.io
Engine Yard Cloud
engineyard.comSide by side
| Figure | Coolify | Engine Yard Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $55/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · PaaS tools | 9.3 (#1) | 8.1 (#9) |
| Spec score · Platform As A Service Paas Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.1 (#7) |
| Purpose | 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. | Engine Yard Cloud automates application configuration, deployment, and management on AWS infrastructure. |
| Security | The dashboard supports two-factor authentication and single sign-on with providers including GitHub, GitLab, Google, Azure and Authentik. | Engine Yard documents per-instance 4096-bit RSA SSH keys, optional two-factor authentication, and rotation of platform AWS connection credentials every 90 days. |
| Support | Self-hosted plans include community support, while Cloud includes community support and limited email support. | Standard support is 12x5 and Gold and Platinum are 24x7; the pricing page lists a 30-minute response for production system outages on Gold and Platinum. |
Plans
Engine Yard Cloud
- STANDARD$270 a month
- GOLD$530 a month
- PLATINUM$660 a year
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.
Engine Yard Cloud
Engine Yard Cloud has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.