Dokploy vs Netlify
Dokploy and Netlify are both paas and app hosting software. Dokploy is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 38k GitHub stars. Netlify is a commercial product from Netlify.
Which to pick
- Pick Dokploy when
- You want a self-hosted deploy platform with Docker Compose and multi-server support.
- Pick Netlify when
- You run static or framework-built sites and want simple deploys with built-in forms and previews.
Side by side
Deploys apps and databases to your own servers with backups, schedule jobs, rollbacks and notifications.
Hosts static and JAMstack sites with git deploys, preview builds, serverless functions, forms and identity.
You run the server yourself, and code under its proprietary directory is not Apache-licensed.
Usage-based charges for bandwidth and builds can surprise you on traffic spikes.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service
TypeScript and Docker
Not published
Open source, license unclear on GitHub
Closed source, sold by Netlify
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
38k GitHub stars
2.9k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v0.31.0.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.