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Comparison

Coolify vs Northflank

No clear leader: Northflank (62.7) and Coolify (62.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Coolify62
Northflank63
Score
Vioscale score
Coolify62 / 100low · 40%updating
Northflank63 / 100medium · 72%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Model
Coolifyfreemium
Northflankcommercial
Price level
Coolifylow
Northflanklow
Transparent
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Integrations
Count
Coolify12
Northflank23
Security
Hipaa
Coolify–
Northflank✓
Soc2
Coolify–
Northflank✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Coolify–
Northflank✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Coolify0
Northflank–
Github stars
Coolify61,077
Northflank–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Coolify100
Northflank–
Release
Cadence days
Coolify8
Northflank–
History
Coolify20 items
Northflank–
License
Spdx
CoolifyApache-2.0
Northflank–
Language
Primary
CoolifyPHP
Northflank–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Per-PR preview environments
Coolify-
Northflank✓
Build
Build system
CoolifyDockerfile
Northflank-
Runtime / language breadth
CoolifyAny language and framework (Docker containers)
NorthflankPolyglot; any language or framework
Scale
Autoscaling
Coolify-
NorthflankHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
CoolifyMulti-region
NorthflankMulti-region
Hosting
CoolifyCloud + self-hosted
NorthflankCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Coolify-
Northflank-
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Coolify-
Northflank✓
Instant rollbacks
Coolify-
Northflank✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Coolify✓
Northflank✓

What each one is

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

Coolify

Open-source deployment platform for running applications, databases, and services on your own infrastructure without vendor lock-in. Supports git-driven deployments, Docker containers, and 280+ one-click services across single or multiple servers.

Independently observed

Northflank

Manages containerized application deployment, scaling, and execution with support for databases, GPU workloads, isolated execution sandboxes, and multi-region deployment across cloud or self-hosted 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.

Coolify

from $3/moHybridFree tier

Free forever (self-hosted). Cloud: from $5/month + $3/month per additional server.

  • Self-hostedFree
    • Full access to all features
    • No limitation or restrictions
    • Community support
    • Automated or self-managed updates
    • Includes all upcoming features
  • Cloud$5/month base (2 servers) + $3/month per additional server. Save 20% billed annually.
    • Connect unlimited servers
    • Unlimited deployments per server
    • Email alerts for Coolify events
    • Email support
    • Managed Coolify infrastructure
as of verify ↗

Northflank

from $0.01/moUsage-based

From $0.01667/vCPU-hour (per second billing). Storage from $0.15/GB-month.

  • Usage-based$0.02 per vCPU-hour + $0.01 per GB-hour + $0.15 per GB-month
    • Per-second CPU billing
    • Per-hour memory billing
    • Storage provisioning
    • GPU support
    • Sandbox isolation
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
CLI
Coolify✗
Northflank✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Self-hosted
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
On-premise
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Hybrid
Coolify✓
Northflank✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket

Coolify

12 total - 9 not shared
  • Gitea
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Docker
  • S3
  • Discord
  • Telegram
  • SMTP
Independently observed

Northflank

23 total - 20 not shared
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Azure
  • Oracle Cloud
  • EKS
  • GKE
  • AKS
  • Rancher
  • OpenShift
  • Tanzu
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • MinIO
  • Amazon S3
  • pgvector
  • Llama
  • Deepseek
  • MCP
Independently observed

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