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 Elestio
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 Elestio if small teams who will start on a $11 / month dedicated VM while they open a first PostgreSQL card, then buy Level 2 at $50 / month when they want a printed SLA and 14-day backups.
Best for
Coolify Deploys you start at $5 Cloud or OSS $0
Elestio A catalog VM you do not patch yourself
Free plan
Coolify $0 · open source. You install and maintain Coolify. Unlimited servers and deployments on hardware you own
Elestio No free plan
Lowest paid
Coolify Not published by the vendor
Elestio Disk $0.15
Next step up
Coolify
Elestio BYO cloud $5
Runs where
Coolify Local; you host it
Elestio Hosted
Watch out
Coolify $5 Cloud is the control plane, not the VPS
Elestio $11 / month is a starting VM, not unlimited software
Last checked
Coolify 2026-10-22 · coolify.io/pricing
Elestio 2026-10-23 · elest.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Elestio if
small teams who will start on a $11 / month dedicated VM while they open a first PostgreSQL card, then buy Level 2 at $50 / month when they want a printed SLA and 14-day backups.
Read the Elestio page