--- title: Coolify slug: coolify url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/coolify" homepage: "https://coolify.io" categories: vercel-alternatives last_verified: 2026-11-07 dataset_version: 0738be72 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # Coolify > Open-source self-hosted PaaS: git push to your own server, with previews and cron. - Turns a plain Linux box into something that behaves like Heroku. - Git-connected builds, automatic TLS through Traefik, per-PR preview deployments, scheduled tasks, one-click databases. - You supply the server and on-call rotation, and pay nothing for the software. - A hosted control plane exists for a few dollars a month, but the servers and the pager are still yours. ## Identity | | | | --- | --- | | Name | Coolify | | Company | coolLabs | | One-liner | Open-source self-hosted PaaS: git push to your own server, with previews and cron. | | Site | https://coolify.io | | Docs | https://coolify.io/docs | | Repo | https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify | | Founded | 2021 | | Funding | Sponsorship-funded open source | | Open source | Yes | | Licence | Apache-2.0 | | Compared in | 1 | ## Where it is compared ### [Vercel alternatives](https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives) Ranked **#1 of 13** on default weights. | Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Frameworks | nextjs, nuxt, sveltekit, astro, dockerfile | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--framework_support | | Next.js parity | self-managed | Inferred | - | - | You run the framework's own server, so nothing is missing except a CDN and a shared ISR cache. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--nextjs_parity | | Runtime model | container | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--runtime_model | | Fn timeout | N/A | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://coolify.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--function_timeout | | Cold start | 0ms | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--cold_start | | Cron jobs | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--cron_jobs | | Preview deploys | ● | Inferred | - | - | Per-PR preview deployments with automatic subdomains, genuinely surprising for free software. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--preview_deploys | | WAF & DDoS | ○ | Inferred | - | - | Nothing sits in front of your box unless you put Cloudflare there yourself, which most people do. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--waf_ddos | | Observability | included-basic | Inferred | - | - | Container logs and host metrics, with no retention and no tracing. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--observability | | Sydney region | ● | Inferred | - | - | Trivially, you choose the server, so you choose the country. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--sydney_region | | Monorepo support | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--monorepo_support | | Rollback | redeploy | Inferred | - | - | Redeploy a previous commit; images are not always retained. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--rollback_speed | | Overage behaviour | throttle | Inferred | - | - | There is no meter to exceed. A traffic spike saturates the box and requests get slow or fail, you never receive an invoice for it. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--overage_behaviour | | Bandwidth price | N/A | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://coolify.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--bandwidth_price | | Price @ 1 TB | N/A | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://coolify.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--price_1tb_egress | | Build minutes incl. | N/A | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://coolify.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--build_minutes | | Image opt billing | byo | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--image_opt_billing | | Analytics cost | N/A | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://coolify.io/pricing | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--analytics_cost | | Free tier | 5 | Inferred | - | - | The software is free forever; the hosted control plane is optional and cheap. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--free_tier | | Self-hostable | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--self_hostable | | Exit friction | 1 | Inferred | - | - | Docker Compose underneath. Moving means pointing DNS somewhere else. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--lockin_score | | CLI quality | 2 | Inferred | - | - | There is a REST API and webhook deploys, but the dashboard is the product. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--cli_quality | | Agent/CI deploy | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | API and deploy webhooks work headlessly; initial server setup expects a human. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--agent_deploy | | GA year | 2021 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--launched | | Funding | oss-community | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--funding_stage | | Pricing clarity | 5 | Inferred | - | - | Your invoice is a VPS invoice. It does not move. | https://toolweight.com/compare/vercel-alternatives#coolify--pricing_clarity | **Verdict.** Astonishingly complete for free software, in exchange for the pager, disk alerts and nobody helping at 3am. ## Alternatives - [AWS Amplify Hosting](https://toolweight.com/tools/aws-amplify), Managed Next.js and static hosting inside AWS, billed per GB with no spend cap. - [Cloudflare Workers & Pages](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-workers), V8 isolates on 300+ PoPs, with zero egress charges and near-zero cold starts. - [Deno Deploy](https://toolweight.com/tools/deno-deploy), Web-standard JavaScript at the edge, with built-in OpenTelemetry and a global KV. - [Dokploy](https://toolweight.com/tools/dokploy), Open-source self-hosted PaaS on Docker Swarm, with multi-node clustering built in. - [Fly.io](https://toolweight.com/tools/fly-io), Firecracker microVMs in 35+ regions including Sydney, driven from the CLI. - [Hetzner + Coolify](https://toolweight.com/tools/hetzner-coolify), The DIY baseline: a €4 CX22 running Coolify, with 20 TB of traffic included. - [Netlify](https://toolweight.com/tools/netlify), The original Jamstack host: strong build pipeline, punishing bandwidth overage. - [Northflank](https://toolweight.com/tools/northflank), Container platform with bring-your-own-cloud, GPUs and a sandbox-shaped API. - [Railway](https://toolweight.com/tools/railway), Container PaaS with the best developer experience in the category and usage billing. - [Render](https://toolweight.com/tools/render), Heroku-shaped container host with blueprints, managed Postgres and calm billing. - [Sevalla](https://toolweight.com/tools/sevalla), Kinsta's developer platform: apps, static sites, databases and object storage on GCP. - [Vercel](https://toolweight.com/tools/vercel), The frontend cloud that ships Next.js: best-in-class DX, metered everything. ## Logo & brand colours SVG files: https://toolweight.com/teams/coolify/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/coolify/mono.svg. 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