Coolify vs Google App Engine
Coolify
coolify.io
Google App Engine
cloud.google.comSide by side
| Figure | Coolify | Google App Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · PaaS tools | 9.3 (#1) | 7.5 (#22) |
| Spec score · Platform As A Service Paas Software | 9.3 (#1) | 7.5 (#11) |
| 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. | App Engine is a managed platform for building and hosting server-side rendered websites and web applications. |
| Security | The dashboard supports two-factor authentication and single sign-on with providers including GitHub, GitLab, Google, Azure and Authentik. | The product page says App Engine firewall rules can control access and managed SSL/TLS certificates are provided by default for custom domains at no additional cost. |
| Support | Self-hosted plans include community support, while Cloud includes community support and limited email support. | Every Google Cloud customer, including free-trial customers, receives Basic Support with documentation, community forums, billing assistance, and Active Assist. |
Plans
Google App Engine
- Standard environment free tierFree
- Flexible environmentPrice not published
- Standard environment paid usagePrice not published
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.
Google App Engine
Google App Engine has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.