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Dokku vs Kuberns

Compared as
Application platforms

Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Self-Hosted
Self-Hosted
Open source / license
MIT
Open source / license
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Services
Compute
Compute
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
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Self-hosted
Self-hosted
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Languages
C#
C#
Clojure
Clojure
Elixir
Elixir
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Scala
Scala
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
FastAPI
FastAPI
Fastify
Fastify
Next.js
Next.js
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot

Pricing

Software charge
Dokku Core and Dokku Pro run on customer-managed servers; infrastructure, storage, transfer, backups, monitoring, and administration are separate.
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 Ubuntu or Debian server, virtual machine, dedicated server, or supported K3s cluster
  • Amazon Web Services
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
  • Amazon Web Services
Placement control
Unknown
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Deployment Credentials
SSH public keys Git deployment access to a self-hosted Dokku instance; host security remains operator-owned
Unknown
Access Control
Unknown
Granular project, service, and action roles Kuberns platform
Audit Logging
Unknown
Deployment, configuration, and user actions Kuberns management plane
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Unknown
End-to-end encrypted secret storage Kuberns deployments
Encryption in Transit
Unknown
Automatic TLS for service endpoints Kuberns deployments
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Unknown
Isolated service runtimes and ephemeral builds Kuberns managed platform