Who should pick it
Coolify
Pick Coolify if you want a PaaS whose install docs publish the complete minimum line — 2 cores / 2 GB RAM / 10 GB disk — and 360+ one-click services.
Comparison · self-hostable PaaS platforms
Coolify vs Dokploy
Coolify: Self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel/Heroku/Netlify to deploy apps/databases and 360+ one-click services.
Dokploy: Free self-hostable PaaS (open-source alternative to Vercel/Netlify/Heroku) to deploy and manage apps and databases.
Requirements
Side-by-side VPS specs
Every value is taken from each app’s RunOnVPS dataset entry. Badges show whether a figure is an official project figure or a RunOnVPS estimate — never compare the two as if they were equal.
| Resource | Coolify | Dokploy |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum RAM | 2 GB Official | 2 GB Official |
| Minimum CPU | 2 cores Official | Not stated Not stated |
| Minimum disk | 10 GB Official | 30 GB Official |
| Recommended RAM | 4 GB Estimated | 4 GB Estimated |
| Recommended CPU | 2 cores Estimated | 2 vCPU Estimated |
| Recommended disk | Not stated Not stated | Not stated Not stated |
| Suggested VPS tier (our sizing) | 4 GB RAM tier | 4 GB RAM tier |
| GPU | Not required | Not required |
| Docker support | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (core) + Dokploy Source Available License for /proprietary directories |
| GitHub stars | ~64k | ~38k |
| Commercial alternative | Vercel / Heroku / Netlify | Vercel / Netlify / Heroku |
| Category | Automation / AI / Dev | Automation / AI / Dev |
Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage. Full source notes: Coolify requirements · Dokploy requirements.
Who should pick it
Dokploy
Pick Dokploy if you want a PaaS with an official 2 GB RAM minimum and you can give it the larger official disk floor of 30 GB. Note that its installation docs state no CPU minimum.
Verdict
The short version
- Recommended RAM is identical in our dataset (4 GB, estimated for both), so the published differences are disk (10 GB vs 30 GB minimum) and CPU disclosure (Coolify publishes 2 cores; Dokploy publishes none).
- Both are Apache-2.0 at the core; Dokploy’s /proprietary directories are under a separate source-available licence.
- Coolify is larger on GitHub in our dataset (~64k vs ~38k stars, checked 2026-10-24).
- Both figures describe the platform itself — whatever you deploy on top still needs its own RAM and disk on the same server.
Neither verdict nor table scores the apps against each other — the right pick depends on the job, the licence you can accept, and how much of the spec is published rather than estimated. If you plan to run either alongside other apps, add it to a multi-app VPS estimate →