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.
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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 Woodpecker if teams who already run Gitea / Forgejo / GitHub and will stay on the Apache self-host at $0 while they open a first pipeline log, then keep self-hosting because Woodpecker does
Woodpecker
open-source CI desk
Best for
Coolify Deploys you start at $5 Cloud or OSS $0
Woodpecker Pipelines you start at $0 on your host
Free plan
Coolify $0 · open source. You install and maintain Coolify. Unlimited servers and deployments on hardware you own
Woodpecker $0 · apache-2.0. You run the server + one or more agents + a forge. Confirmed by the repo LICENSE (“Apache License / Version 2.0”)
Lowest paid
Coolify Not published by the vendor
Woodpecker Not published by the vendor
Coding agent
Coolify
Woodpecker Pipelines
Runs where
Coolify Local; you host it
Woodpecker
Watch out
Coolify $5 Cloud is the control plane, not the VPS
Woodpecker $0 is the license, not the agent VM
Last checked
Coolify 2026-10-22 · coolify.io/pricing
Woodpecker 2026-10-23 · github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/blob
Which one, then?
Pick Woodpecker if
teams who already run Gitea / Forgejo / GitHub and will stay on the Apache self-host at $0 while they open a first pipeline log, then keep self-hosting because Woodpecker does not print a hosted Cloud dollar.
Read the Woodpecker page