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Dokploy vs Kuberns

Compared as
Application platforms

Platform

Hosting model
BYOC
BYOC
Managed
Managed
Self-Hosted
Self-Hosted
Open source / license
Apache-2.0
Open source / license
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Services
Compute
Compute
Databases
Databases
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
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
Docker Swarm
Docker Swarm
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#
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
FastAPI
FastAPI
Fastify
Fastify
Laravel
Laravel
Next.js
Next.js
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot

Pricing

Software charge
Dokploy can be self-hosted at no software charge on customer-managed infrastructure; infrastructure and operations remain the customer's responsibility.
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 Linux server or VPS with Docker and SSH access
  • Customer-managed infrastructure
  • Amazon Web Services
Supported providers
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • DigitalOcean
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Any compatible Linux server or VPS with Docker and SSH access
  • Customer-managed infrastructure
  • Amazon Web Services
Placement control
Unknown
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Built-in roles with Enterprise custom roles Dokploy organizations; exact role set varies by Cloud, standard self-hosted, and Enterprise edition
Granular project, service, and action roles Kuberns platform
Single Sign-On
OIDC and SAML Dokploy Enterprise Cloud and licensed Enterprise Self-Hosted
Unknown
Audit Logging
Unknown
Deployment, configuration, and user actions Kuberns management plane
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Deploy-time external vault references Dokploy v0.30+; values are fetched at deployment and not stored in Dokploy; external provider remains operator-owned
End-to-end encrypted secret storage Kuberns deployments
Encryption in Transit
Let's Encrypt TLS certificates Dokploy-managed application domains on customer or Dokploy-operated servers
Automatic TLS for service endpoints Kuberns deployments
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Unknown
Isolated service runtimes and ephemeral builds Kuberns managed platform