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Comparison

Coolify vs Northflank

No clear leader: Northflank (62.7) and Coolify (59.0) 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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Coolify59
Northflank63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Coolify59 / 100low · 40%
Northflank63 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Model
Coolifyfreemium
Northflankcommercial
Price level
Coolifylow
Northflanklow
Starting price
Coolify$5
Northflank$0.00
Transparent
Coolify✓
Northflank✓
Integrations
Count
Coolify10
Northflank23
Security
Certifications
Coolify–
NorthflankSOC 2 Type II
Hipaa
Coolify–
Northflank✓
Soc2
Coolify–
Northflank✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Coolify–
Northflank✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Coolify0
Northflank–
Github stars
Coolify62,602
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
Content
Faq
Coolify7 items
Northflank7 items

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
NorthflankBuildpacks
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

Deploy applications, databases, and services to your own servers using an open-source alternative to commercial managed deployment platforms.

Independently observed

Northflank

Infrastructure deployment system that runs code in isolated sandbox environments with automatic preview environments, access controls, secrets management, and support for both managed cloud and customer-owned 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 $5/moHybridFree tier

Free self-hosted tier. Cloud from $5/month (includes 2 servers) + $3/month per additional server; 20% discount for annual billing.

  • Self-hostedFree
    • Full access to all features
    • No limitations or restrictions
    • Community support
    • Automated or self-managed updates
    • All upcoming features included
  • Cloud$5/month base (2 servers included) + $3/month per additional server; save 20% with annual billing
    • Connect unlimited servers
    • Unlimited deployments per server
    • Free email alerts for Coolify events
    • Community + limited email support
    • Founder-tested updates
as of verify ↗

Northflank

from $0.00/GB-hrUsage-based

From $0.01667/vCPU-hr (PaaS, billed per second). BYOC available with management fees from $0.01389/vCPU-hr.

  • PaaS$0.01667/vCPU-hr, billed per second
  • BYOCCloud provider charges plus $0.01389/vCPU-hr and $0.00139/GB-hr management fee
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✓
Air-gapped
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

17 total - 14 not shared
  • Gitea
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Docker
  • S3
  • Discord
  • Telegram
  • SMTP
  • Email
  • Slack
  • Pushover
  • Cloudflare
  • AWS S3
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
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Coolify or Northflank: which one depends on you

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