Pick Coolify if
small teams who will self-host the OSS control plane at $0 while they deploy a first git app, or start Cloud at $5/month (2 servers included, then $3/server) when they do not want to maintain Coolify itself.
Read the Coolify pageCoolify vs Dokploy
Our take
Pick Coolify if small teams who will self-host the OSS control plane at $0 while they deploy a first git app, or start Cloud at $5/month (2 servers included, then $3/server) when they do not want to maintain Coolify itself. Pick Dokploy if small teams who will run the free self-host installer on a 2 GB VPS, or start the 7-day Cloud trial and land on Hobby at $4.50/server/month (Yearly toggle) for one user and two
Best for
Coolify Deploys you start at $5 Cloud or OSS $0
Dokploy Apps you start at $4.50 Cloud or OSS $0
Free plan
Coolify $0 · open source. You install and maintain Coolify. Unlimited servers and deployments on hardware you own
Dokploy $0 · gitHub README: “free, self-hostable Platform as a Service.” curl -sSL https://dokploy.com/install.sh | bash on your VPS (installation). You pay the VPS, not Dokploy
Lowest paid
Coolify Not published by the vendor
Dokploy Startup (Cloud) $15/mo
Runs where
Coolify Local; you host it
Dokploy Local; you host it
Watch out
Coolify $5 Cloud is the control plane, not the VPS
Dokploy $4.50 is per Cloud server on the Yearly toggle
Last checked
Coolify 2026-10-22 · coolify.io/pricing
Dokploy 2026-10-22 · dokploy.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Dokploy if
small teams who will run the free self-host installer on a 2 GB VPS, or start the 7-day Cloud trial and land on Hobby at $4.50/server/month (Yearly toggle) for one user and two environments when they want git → Deploy without a $15+ Startup seat.
Read the Dokploy page