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Coolify vs Kuberns

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Application platforms

Platform

Hosting model
BYOC
BYOC
Managed
Managed
Self-Hosted
Self-Hosted
Open source / license
Apache License 2.0
Open source / license
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Services
Compute
Compute
Databases
Databases
Infrastructure Automation
Infrastructure Automation
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Static Sites
Static Sites
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Preview Environments
Preview Environments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Bare metal / VM
Bare metal / VM
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Languages
C#
C#
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Kotlin
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Astro
Astro
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
Fastify
Fastify
Laravel
Laravel
Next.js
Next.js
Nuxt
Nuxt
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
SvelteKit
SvelteKit

Pricing

Software charge
Coolify software is free when self-hosted; infrastructure, maintenance, backups, and operations remain the customer's responsibility.
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
Free plan Available in public plans
Usage is billed without a long-term commitment resource configuration and consumption drive the total cost.

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • DigitalOcean
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Any compatible Linux VPS, server, Raspberry Pi, laptop, or bare-metal machine with Docker and SSH access
  • Customer-selected workload servers
  • Amazon Web Services
Supported providers
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • DigitalOcean
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Any compatible Linux VPS, server, Raspberry Pi, laptop, or bare-metal machine with Docker and SSH access
  • Customer-selected workload servers
  • Amazon Web Services
Placement control
Unknown
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Team roles and scoped API tokens Coolify instance; team isolation and API permission scopes
Granular project, service, and action roles Kuberns platform
Single Sign-On
OAuth Coolify instance login; operator-configured identity provider
Unknown
Audit Logging
Unknown
Deployment, configuration, and user actions Kuberns management plane
Encryption & secrets
Encryption in Transit
Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates Coolify proxy on operator-managed servers; HTTPS domain configuration required
Automatic TLS for service endpoints Kuberns deployments
Secrets Management
Unknown
End-to-end encrypted secret storage Kuberns deployments
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Per-stack isolated bridge networks Coolify-generated Docker configuration; host and cross-stack exposure remain operator controlled
Isolated service runtimes and ephemeral builds Kuberns managed platform
IP Allow List
Allowed IPs for API tokens Coolify API; operator configured
Unknown