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Coolify

Replaces Heroku

License stamp
Open source. Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved, whole repository)
GitHub says
Apache-2.0
Self-host difficulty
●●○○○ 2 distinct container images in its compose file. Provisional, see how we score.
Activity
★ 65,863 stars · last push 2026-11-09 · checked 2026-11-10
Repository
github.com/coollabsio/coolify
GitHub description
"An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 360+ one-click services on your own servers."

Self-host vs Heroku

Example values: replace every number with your own. None of them is vendor data.

Self-hosting saves about $1,260 a year for 20 seats: SaaS $2,400 vs self-host $1,140 (server $144, backups $36, admin time $960). Break-even at about 10 seats at these numbers.

Admin hours start from our guess for difficulty 2 and are yours to edit. Heroku price: $5 a month flat (Eco plan). No per-seat price. Per-dyno, no per-seat price: Eco $5/mo, Basic $7/mo, Standard-1X $25/mo, Standard-2X $50/mo, Performance-M $250/mo. Corroborated from third-party reads of the vendor page. Source: vendor pricing page, checked 2026-11-10.

Other Heroku alternatives

Pl. 01
OPEN CORE

Dokploy

replaces Heroku

Apache-2.0 core; content under /proprietary is under a proprietary licence

★ 38kunratedpush 2026-11-09