Coolify vs Netlify
Coolify and Netlify are both paas and app hosting software. Coolify is open source under Apache-2.0, with 66k GitHub stars. Netlify is a commercial product from Netlify.
Which to pick
- Pick Coolify when
- You want push-to-deploy convenience on your own VPS fleet without Kubernetes.
- Pick Netlify when
- You run static or framework-built sites and want simple deploys with built-in forms and previews.
Side by side
A self-hosted platform for deploying apps, databases and over 360 one-click services to your own servers, like a self-run Heroku or Vercel.
Hosts static and JAMstack sites with git deploys, preview builds, serverless functions, forms and identity.
Your servers and the Coolify instance become your responsibility, including security updates.
Usage-based charges for bandwidth and builds can surprise you on traffic spikes.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service
PHP, Laravel, Docker, PostgreSQL and Redis
Not published
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Netlify
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
66k GitHub stars
2.9k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release v4.6.0.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.