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Comparison

Deno Deploy vs Dokku

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

Comparison spaces

Updated

Comparison facts

Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Not supported
Self-Hosted
Supported
Self-Hosted
Supported
Open source / license
—
Open source / license
MIT
Services
Compute
Supported
Compute
Not supported
Databases
Supported
Databases
Not supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Key-Value Store
Not supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Workloads
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Not supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Supported
Static Sites
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Scale to Zero
Supported
Scale to Zero
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Not supported
Docker / OCI
Supported
Kubernetes
Not supported
Kubernetes
Supported
Self-hosted
Supported
Self-hosted
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Not supported
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
Not supported
.NET Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Not supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Deno
Supported
Deno
Not supported
JVM
Not supported
JVM
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Languages
C#
Not supported
C#
Supported
Clojure
Not supported
Clojure
Supported
Elixir
Not supported
Elixir
Supported
Go
Not supported
Go
Supported
Java
Not supported
Java
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Not supported
PHP
Supported
Python
Not supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Not supported
Ruby
Supported
Scala
Not supported
Scala
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Frameworks
Astro
Supported
Astro
Not supported
Django
Not supported
Django
Supported
Docusaurus
Supported
Docusaurus
Not supported
Express.js
Supported
Express.js
Supported
FastAPI
Not supported
FastAPI
Supported
Fresh
Supported
Fresh
Not supported
Hono
Supported
Hono
Not supported
Next.js
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Nuxt
Supported
Nuxt
Not supported
Ruby on Rails
Not supported
Ruby on Rails
Supported
SolidJS
Supported
SolidJS
Not supported
Spring Boot
Not supported
Spring Boot
Supported
Svelte
Supported
Svelte
Not supported
Vue
Supported
Vue
Not supported

Pricing

Software charge
Unknown
Dokku Core and Dokku Pro run on customer-managed servers; infrastructure, storage, transfer, backups, monitoring, and administration are separate.
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Free plan Available in public plans

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Deno-managed infrastructure
  • Customer-operated infrastructure
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • DigitalOcean
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Any compatible Ubuntu or Debian server, virtual machine, dedicated server, or supported K3s cluster
Supported providers
  • Deno-managed infrastructure
  • Customer-operated infrastructure
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • DigitalOcean
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Any compatible Ubuntu or Debian server, virtual machine, dedicated server, or supported K3s cluster
Placement control
  • Global
  • Regional
Unknown

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Deployment Credentials
Unknown
SSH public keys Git deployment access to a self-hosted Dokku instance; host security remains operator-owned
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Context-scoped environment secrets Deno Deploy
Unknown
Encryption in Transit
Managed TLS for deployments Deno Deploy endpoints
Unknown