Comparison

Caddy vs Pomerium

No leader: the top candidate Pomerium has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Caddy full profile →Pomerium full profile →

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Caddy53

Pomerium77

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Caddy	Pomerium
Vioscale score	53 / 100low · 38%	77 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$7
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	14	8
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	9.2	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcaddyserver%2Fcaddy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: CRITICAL	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2,153	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	75,225	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	28	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	24	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Caddy53 / 100low · 38%

Pomerium77 / 100low · 26%

Pricing

Free tier

Caddy✓

Pomerium✓

Model

Caddycommercial

Pomeriumfreemium

Price level

Caddyfree

Pomeriumlow

Starting price

Caddy–

Pomerium$7

Transparent

Caddy–

Pomerium✓

Integrations

Count

Caddy14

Pomerium8

Security

Gdpr

Caddy–

Pomerium✓

Hipaa

Caddy✓

Pomerium–

Pci

Caddy✓

Pomerium–

Scorecard

Caddy9.2

Pomerium–

Vulnerabilities

CaddyCount: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcaddyserver%2Fcaddy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Pomerium–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Caddy2,153

Pomerium–

Github stars

Caddy75,225

Pomerium–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Caddy28

Pomerium–

Release

Cadence days

Caddy24

Pomerium–

History

Caddy20 items

Pomerium–

License

Spdx

CaddyApache-2.0

Pomerium–

Language

Primary

CaddyGo

Pomerium–

Market

Availability

Caddy–

PomeriumAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for reverse proxies. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Reverse Proxies
Capability	Caddy	Pomerium
Capabilities
Tls termination	-	-
Automatic HTTPS acme	-	-
HTTP caching	-	-
Hot config reload	-	-
Clustering ha	-	-
Rate limiting	-	-
Identity aware proxy	-	-

Capabilities

Tls termination

Caddy-

Pomerium-

Automatic HTTPS acme

Caddy-

Pomerium-

HTTP caching

Caddy-

Pomerium-

Hot config reload

Caddy-

Pomerium-

Clustering ha

Caddy-

Pomerium-

Rate limiting

Caddy-

Pomerium-

Identity aware proxy

Caddy-

Pomerium-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Caddy

An open-source HTTP server that automatically enables and renews HTTPS certificates for all domains, provides flexible JSON-based configuration with adapters for other formats, and includes a fully-managed internal PKI system for securing internal services and clusters.

Independently observed

Pomerium

Pomerium provides secure access to internal applications through identity and context-based authorization policies. It serves as a centralized gateway that authenticates and authorizes users before granting access, with a self-hosted data plane keeping sensitive information within organizational infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Caddy

Open sourceFree tier

Open source with optional paid commercial support through sponsorship tiers

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Pomerium

from $7/user/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier up to 10 users. Business from $7/user/mo billed annually. Enterprise custom pricing.

ZeroFree
- Web-based secure application access
- Managed control plane
- Self-hosted reverse proxy
- Unified control plane UI
- 1 admin user
- +1 more
Business$7/user/mo billed annually
- Web-based secure application access
- Self-hosted reverse proxy and data plane
- Managed control plane
- Custom domain support
- 5 admin users
- +17 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Fully self-hosted, on-premise deployment
- Full Pomerium API access
- No usage limits
- Dedicated customer support
- Dedicated Slack channel
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Caddy	Pomerium
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Caddy✗

Pomerium✓

macOS

Caddy✓

Pomerium✗

Windows

Caddy✓

Pomerium✗

Linux

Caddy✓

Pomerium✗

CLI

Caddy✓

Pomerium✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Caddy✗

Pomerium✓

Self-hosted

Caddy✓

Pomerium✓

On-premise

Caddy✗

Pomerium✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Kubernetes

Caddy

14 total - 13 not shared

Cloudflare
Google Cloud DNS
TencentCloud DNS
Docker
Consul
CrowdSec
Umami
Bunny CDN
OAuth 2.0
LDAP
OpenID Connect
SAML
Google Cloud KMS

Independently observed

Pomerium

8 total - 7 not shared

Keycloak
Nextcloud
LetsEncrypt
Helm
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
ChatGPT
Open Policy Agent

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.