# Coolify vs Vercel

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Vercel

| Attribute | Coolify | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 72 (21% (low)) | 93.2 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 59,957 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source and self-hostable alternative to Vercel, Heroku, Netlify, and Railway for deploying websites, databases, web applications, and 280+ one-click services to your own servers. | Platform for deploying web applications, agents, and serverless functions with global CDN, edge computing, CI/CD, and AI model gateway capabilities. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","regions":"multi","runtimes":"Any language and framework","cli_and_api":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","regions":"global_edge","edge_cdn":true,"runtimes":"Multiple languages (Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, FastAPI, etc.)","autoscaling":"scale_to_zero","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":false,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Gitea"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitLab CI"},{"name":"Bitbucket Pipelines"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"S3"}]` | - |
| language.primary | PHP | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Self-hosted","summary":"Free forever, fully featured","features":["Full access to all features","No limitations or restrictions","Unlimited connected servers","Unlimited team members","Unlimited deployments per server","Community support (21k+ members)","Automated or self-managed updates","All upcoming features free forever","Database deployments","Service/one-click deployments","API access","Custom domain support"],"description":"Deploy Coolify on your infrastructure without restrictions","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud","summary":"$5/month base (includes 2 servers) + $3/month per additional server. Save 20% with annual billing.","features":["Connect unlimited servers","Unlimited deployments per server","Managed Coolify infrastructure","Managed backups","Managed updates","Email alerts","Founder-tested updates","Database deployments","Service/one-click deployments","API access","Custom domain support","Unlimited team members"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"additional server","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Managed Coolify infrastructure; connect your own servers from any cloud provider","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connected_servers_base":"2"}}],"summary":"Free self-hosted forever, or Cloud from $5/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://coolify.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:15:03.147Z","startingPrice":{"amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"Free","features":["Automatic CI/CD","Web Application Firewall","Global automated CDN","Fluid compute","DDoS Mitigation","Traffic & performance insights"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"The perfect starting place for your web app or personal project. Import your repo, deploy in seconds.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"isr_reads":"1M/month","invocations":"1M/month","blob_storage":"1GB/month","edge_requests":"1M/month","fast_data_transfer":"100GB/month","provisioned_memory":"360GB-hrs/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month + usage-based overages","features":["All Hobby features","$20 included usage credit","Advanced spend management","Team collaboration & free viewer seats","Faster builds + no queues","Cold start prevention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything you need to build and scale your app. All Hobby features, plus:","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"usage_credit":"$20/month","edge_requests":"10M/month, then $2/1M","fast_data_transfer":"1TB/month, then $0.15/GB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["All Pro features","Guest & Team access controls","SCIM & Directory Sync","Managed WAF Rulesets","Multi-region compute & failover","99.99% SLA","Advanced Support"],"description":"Critical security, performance, observability, platform SLAs, and support. All Pro features, plus:","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Advanced Deployment Protection","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":150,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier (Hobby). From $20/mo (Pro). Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:21:54.838Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 3 | 20 |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 8 | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Coolify | Vercel |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Dockerfile | Dockerfile |
| Runtime / language breadth | Any language and framework | Multiple languages (Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, FastAPI, etc.) |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | - | Scale-to-zero |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | Multi-region | Global edge |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| **Data** |  |  |
| Bundled managed data services | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Built-in global CDN / edge | - | ✓ |
| Custom domains + automatic TLS | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Env vars & secrets management | - | ✓ |
| Instant rollbacks | - | - |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + deploy API | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:01:05.910Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*