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 Northflank
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 Northflank if app teams who will stay on Sandbox at $0 (2 services, 2 jobs, 1 database, $20 of Cloud resources, no seat fee) while they ship a first project canvas, then move to Pay as you
Northflank
usage-metered deploy desk
Best for
Coolify Deploys you start at $5 Cloud or OSS $0
Northflank Workloads you start at $0
Free plan
Coolify $0 · open source. You install and maintain Coolify. Unlimited servers and deployments on hardware you own
Northflank $0 · no card. 2 services, 2 jobs, 1 database. Up to $20/month of resources on Northflank Cloud. 1 BYOC cluster, up to 12 vCPU / 48 GB (your cloud still bills that infra). Always on, no sleeping. 2 projects. Best-effort support
Lowest paid
Coolify Not published by the vendor
Northflank Printed compute plans $12
Runs where
Coolify Local; you host it
Northflank Local; you host it
Watch out
Coolify $5 Cloud is the control plane, not the VPS
Northflank Sandbox is 2 services, 2 jobs, 1 addon, and $20 of Cloud resources
Last checked
Coolify 2026-10-22 · coolify.io/pricing
Northflank 2026-10-23 · northflank.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Northflank if
app teams who will stay on Sandbox at $0 (2 services, 2 jobs, 1 database, $20 of Cloud resources, no seat fee) while they ship a first project canvas, then move to Pay as you go when they need unlimited services and horizontal scale — billed from $0.01667/vCPU-hour on Northflank Cloud.
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