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Comparison

Dokku vs Stacktape

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

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Comparison facts

Platform

Hosting model
BYOC
Not supported
BYOC
Supported
Self-Hosted
Supported
Self-Hosted
Supported
Open source / license
MIT
Open source / license
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Services
Authentication
Not supported
Authentication
Supported
CDN
Not supported
CDN
Supported
Databases
Not supported
Databases
Supported
Functions
Not supported
Functions
Supported
Infrastructure Automation
Not supported
Infrastructure Automation
Supported
Load Balancing
Not supported
Load Balancing
Supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Queues
Not supported
Queues
Supported
Workloads
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Supported
Static Sites
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Bare metal / VM
Not supported
Bare metal / VM
Supported
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
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
Astro
Not supported
Astro
Supported
Django
Supported
Django
Supported
Express.js
Supported
Express.js
Supported
FastAPI
Supported
FastAPI
Not supported
Fastify
Not supported
Fastify
Supported
Laravel
Not supported
Laravel
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Next.js
Supported
Nuxt
Not supported
Nuxt
Supported
Remix
Not supported
Remix
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Supported
Spring Boot
Supported
Spring Boot
Supported
SvelteKit
Not supported
SvelteKit
Supported

Pricing

Software charge
Dokku Core and Dokku Pro run on customer-managed servers; infrastructure, storage, transfer, backups, monitoring, and administration are separate.
The custom-priced Enterprise plan includes a self-hostable Stacktape platform.
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
  • 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
Generated IAM permissions and security-group rules Stacktape connectTo configuration in the customer AWS account; raw overrides remain customer-owned
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Unknown
AWS Secrets Manager-backed $Secret references Stacktape configuration and deployment in the customer AWS account
Encryption in Transit
Unknown
Automatic AWS-managed TLS certificates Supported Stacktape resources and domains in the customer AWS account
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Unknown
Private services and generated VPC connectivity Stacktape-managed configuration in the customer AWS account