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Comparison

Coolify vs Porter

No clear leader: Coolify (59.0) and Porter (56.5) 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
Porter57
Score
vioscaleAI score
Coolify59 / 100low · 40%
Porter57 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
Coolify✓
Porter✗
Model
Coolifyfreemium
Portercommercial
Price level
Coolifylow
Porterlow
Starting price
Coolify$5
Porter$6
Transparent
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Integrations
Count
Coolify10
Porter5
Security
Hipaa
Coolify–
Porter✓
Soc2
Coolify–
Porter✓
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Coolify0
Porter–
Github stars
Coolify62,602
Porter–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Coolify100
Porter–
Release
Cadence days
Coolify8
Porter–
History
Coolify20 items
Porter–
License
Spdx
CoolifyApache-2.0
Porter–
Language
Primary
CoolifyPHP
Porter–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Coolify7 items
Porter7 items

Capabilities

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

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Per-PR preview environments
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Build
Build system
CoolifyDockerfile
Porter-
Runtime / language breadth
CoolifyAny language and framework (Docker containers)
PorterJavaScript, Python, Go, and others
Scale
Autoscaling
Coolify-
PorterHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
CoolifyMulti-region
PorterMulti-region
Hosting
CoolifyCloud + self-hosted
PorterCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Coolify-
Porter-
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Coolify✓
Porter-
Instant rollbacks
Coolify✓
Porter-
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Coolify✓
Porter✓

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

Porter

A platform-as-a-service that manages application deployment, scaling, and infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure. Handles CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and cluster management automatically while running on your own cloud account.

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 ↗

Porter

from $6/moUsage-based

Usage-based: $6/GB RAM + $13/vCPU per month. Enterprise volume discounts available.

  • Standard$6/GB RAM/mo + $13/vCPU/mo, prorated hourly
    • Deploy from GitHub
    • Unlimited Applications
    • Preview Environments
    • Autoscaling
    • Jobs & Cron Jobs
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Standard
    • Premium Support
    • Advanced RBAC
    • SAML-based SSO
    • Custom Alerts
    • +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✓
Porter✓
CLI
Coolify✓
Porter✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Coolify✓
Porter✓
Self-hosted
Coolify✓
Porter✓
On-premise
Coolify✗
Porter✓
Hybrid
Coolify✗
Porter✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions

Coolify

17 total - 15 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Gitea
  • GitLab CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Docker
  • S3
  • Discord
  • Telegram
  • SMTP
  • Email
  • Slack
  • Pushover
  • Cloudflare
  • AWS S3
Independently observed

Porter

6 total - 4 not shared
  • Tailscale
  • Helicone
  • Grafana
  • Temporal
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Coolify or Porter: 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.