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Comparison

Dokku vs Prisma Compute

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

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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
Managed Databases
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Workloads
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Not supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Not supported
Static Sites
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
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
Not recorded

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Supported
Docker / OCI
Not 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
Not supported
Bun
Not supported
Bun
Supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Not supported
JVM
Supported
JVM
Not supported
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Not supported
Languages
C#
Supported
C#
Not supported
Clojure
Supported
Clojure
Not supported
Elixir
Supported
Elixir
Not supported
Go
Supported
Go
Not supported
Java
Supported
Java
Not supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Not supported
Python
Supported
Python
Not supported
Ruby
Supported
Ruby
Not supported
Scala
Supported
Scala
Not supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Frameworks
Astro
Not supported
Astro
Supported
Django
Supported
Django
Not supported
Express.js
Supported
Express.js
Supported
FastAPI
Supported
FastAPI
Not supported
Hono
Not supported
Hono
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Nuxt
Not supported
Nuxt
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Not supported
Spring Boot
Supported
Spring Boot
Not supported
TanStack Start
Not supported
TanStack Start
Supported

Pricing

Billing basis
Plan based Dokku Software
Plan based Prisma Plans
Software charge
Dokku Core and Dokku Pro run on customer-managed servers; infrastructure, storage, transfer, backups, monitoring, and administration are separate.
$10/month Starter
Starting price
$849 one-time Dokku Pro
$10/month Starter
Free entry / commitment
Free plan Available in public plans
Recurring free allowances No card required

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
Unknown
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
Unknown
Placement control
Unknown
  • Customer-Selected
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Deployment Credentials
SSH public keys Git deployment access to a self-hosted Dokku instance; host security remains operator-owned
GitHub OIDC token exchange or scoped service tokens GitHub deploy-on-push and external CI
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Unknown
Write-only scoped environment variables Production, preview and branch scopes; applied to new deployments