Coolify
The 'Vercel for your own server'. One-click deploy databases, apps, and static sites on a $5 VPS. Massive growing trend in 2025.
Pricing
Free tier
Hybrid
Adoption
→StableLicense
Open Source
Data freshness
—Overview
What is Coolify?
The self-hostable Heroku / Vercel alternative
Key differentiator
“The 'Vercel for your own server'. One-click deploy databases, apps, and static sites on a $5 VPS. Massive growing trend in 2025.”
Capability profile
Strength Radar
Honest assessment
Strengths & Weaknesses
↑ Strengths
Catalog data
Catalog data
Catalog data
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Catalog data
Catalog data
Fit analysis
Who is it for?
✓ Best for
Replacing Vercel/Netlify with your own VPS (Hetzner/AWS)
Recommended use case
Deploying Docker containers easily
Recommended use case
Cost-conscious developers needing a PaaS experience
Recommended use case
✕ Not a fit for
Enterprises needing 99.999% SLA purely managed by vendor
Not recommended
Totally stateless serverless functions (better on Vercel)
Not recommended
Cost structure
Pricing
Free Tier
Available
Self-hosted version is free forever
Starts at
Free (Self-hosted) / $5/mo (Cloud)
Model
Hybrid
Enterprise
None
Performance benchmarks
How Fast Is It?
Ecosystem
Relationships
Next step
Get Started with Coolify
Step-by-step setup guide with code examples and common gotchas.