Dokku vs Google App Engine
No clear leader: Dokku (58.9) and Google App Engine (55.1) 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Dokku
Dokku is a self-hosted deployment platform that enables you to build, deploy, and scale applications using Docker and Heroku-compatible buildpacks. You can push code via Git to your own Dokku server, and it will automatically build and run your application in isolated containers, providing a Heroku-like experience on hardware you control.
Google App Engine
A managed cloud platform that automatically handles server deployment and scaling, allowing developers to deploy applications without managing underlying infrastructure or configuration.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Dokku
Free open source. Dokku Pro available (pricing not disclosed).
- Open SourceFree
- Git push deployment
- Buildpack/Dockerfile support
- Docker container management
- Environment variables
- Domain/SSL configuration
- +4 more
Google App Engine
Free tier: 29 hours F1 instances + 9 hours B1 instances per day, 1 GB outbound data per day. $300 free credits available. Usage-based pricing from $0.05–$0.40/hour depending on instance class.
- B1Free
- B2Free
- B4Free
- B4_1GFree
- B8Free
- F1Free
- F2Free
- F4Free
- F4_1GFree
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Dokku
- Docker
- Heroku Buildpacks
- nginx
- Heroku
- Git
- GitHub
- Slack
- Airbrake
- Tailscale
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Redis
- RabbitMQ
- CouchDB
- Elasticsearch
- RethinkDB
- MongoDB
- MariaDB
- Clickhouse
- Varnish
Google App Engine
- Cloud Monitoring
- Cloud Logging
- Cloud Run
Dokku or Google App Engine: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.