Dokku vs Google Cloud Run
Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.
Comparison space
Updated
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Not supported
Managed
Supported
Self-Hosted
Supported
Self-Hosted
Not supported
Open source / license
MIT
Open source / license
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Services
Compute
Not supported
Compute
Supported
Functions
Not supported
Functions
Supported
GPU Compute
Not supported
GPU Compute
Supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Not supported
AI Inference
Supported
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Data Processing
Not supported
Data Processing
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Not recorded
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Not recorded
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Scale to Zero
Not recorded
Scale to Zero
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Development & Execution
Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Supported
Docker / OCI
Supported
Kubernetes
Supported
Kubernetes
Not supported
Self-hosted
Supported
Self-hosted
Not supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Not supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
Supported
.NET Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Deno
Not supported
Deno
Supported
JVM
Supported
JVM
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Languages
C#
Supported
C#
Supported
Clojure
Supported
Clojure
Not supported
Elixir
Supported
Elixir
Not supported
Go
Supported
Go
Supported
Java
Supported
Java
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
Kotlin
Not supported
Kotlin
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Supported
Ruby
Supported
Rust
Not supported
Rust
Supported
Scala
Supported
Scala
Not supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Frameworks
Django
Supported
Django
Supported
Express.js
Supported
Express.js
Supported
FastAPI
Supported
FastAPI
Supported
Fastify
Not supported
Fastify
Supported
Laravel
Not supported
Laravel
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Supported
Spring Boot
Supported
Spring Boot
Supported
SvelteKit
Not supported
SvelteKit
Supported
Pricing
Billing basis
Plan based
Resource based
Software charge
Dokku Core and Dokku Pro run on customer-managed servers; infrastructure, storage, transfer, backups, monitoring, and administration are separate.
$0.000024
Starting price
$849 one-time
$0.000024
Free entry / commitment
Free plan
Recurring free allowances
Infrastructure & Availability
Infrastructure provider
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- DigitalOcean
- Google Cloud Platform
- Any compatible Ubuntu or Debian server, virtual machine, dedicated server, or supported K3s cluster
- Google Cloud Platform
Supported providers
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- DigitalOcean
- Google Cloud Platform
- Any compatible Ubuntu or Debian server, virtual machine, dedicated server, or supported K3s cluster
- Google Cloud Platform
Placement control
Unknown
- Regional
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Deployment Credentials
SSH public keys
Unknown
Access Control
Unknown
Resource-level IAM and authenticated invocation
Audit Logging
Unknown
Cloud Audit Logs
Encryption & secrets
Encryption at Rest
Unknown
Customer-managed encryption key for deployed container image
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Unknown
VPC Service Controls perimeter and VPC ingress/egress
Assurances & programs
FedRAMP
Unknown
FedRAMP High
HIPAA
Unknown
HIPAA-eligible use