Coolify vs Okteto (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Coolify if

• Fits if you have your own servers and want a deploy dashboard
• Works for developers comfortable with SSH and Docker

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you do not have a server, as neither edition supplies one
• Not for you if you want someone else to handle updates and backups when self-hosting
• Tight if you want fast support, as it is community plus limited email on Cloud
• Pricey if you add many servers on Cloud, at $3 a month each past two

Pick Okteto if

• Fits if your team already runs Kubernetes and wants per-developer environments
• Makes sense if you have 5 or fewer developers and can self-host

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you don't run Kubernetes, since every tier is self-hosted
• Tight if you need SSO or RBAC, which start at Scale with no published price
• Watch out: OpenID Connect and the SLA need Enterprise
• Watch out: Starter has no cost controls or environment templates

Coolify

• Coolify does not supply servers: both editions need servers you bring, and Cloud charges $3 a month for each server beyond the first two.
• Self-hosting means you handle installation, updates and backups, with community support.
• Cloud support is described as community plus limited email support.
• Some pricing FAQ answers, including trial and discount questions, were not readable on the page, so no trial is recorded.

Okteto

• Scale and Enterprise prices are not published; you contact the vendor.
• Starter has no SSO, RBAC, environment templates or cost controls; those need Scale.
• OpenID Connect and the SLA need Enterprise, and SAML 2.0 is listed as coming soon.
• All tiers are self-hosted; Enterprise adds a bring-your-own-cloud option.

Coolify

Deploy from Git

Integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Gitea give push-to-deploy and separate deployments for pull requests.

Flexible builds

Applications can be built with Nixpacks, Railpack, a Dockerfile or Docker Compose, served as static sites, or run from a prebuilt Docker image.

One-click databases and services

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, KeyDB, Dragonfly and ClickHouse start in seconds, alongside a catalog of 360+ one-click services.

Any server over SSH

Resources can be deployed to your own server, a VPS, a Raspberry Pi or providers such as Hetzner and DigitalOcean, across one or many servers.

SSL, backups and monitoring

Let's Encrypt certificates renew automatically, databases back up to S3-compatible storage, and servers and deployments are monitored with notifications.

API and MCP server

An API automates deployments and resources, and an MCP server lets AI clients list resources, deploy and read logs with the same API tokens.

Okteto

Development environments

Self-service environments on Kubernetes with local-to-cloud code synchronization and remote debugging.

Preview environments

Shareable environments created with each pull request, and test environments that run tests directly inside them.

Agent environments

Coding agents run in their own isolated environments, with integration for coding agents on every tier.

Divert

Share one environment and deploy only the services you change, per the vendor's feature list.

Cost controls

Garbage collection and a resource manager on Scale and Enterprise; pricing is per user, never per environment.

Access and audit

Role-based access control, namespace and environment sharing, and audit logs of every action.

Coolify

• Self-hosted$0

  Install Coolify yourself on your own infrastructure with all features and unlimited servers and teams. Support comes from the community, and you handle updates and backups.

• Cloud$5

  per month for up to 2 servers, then $3 per extra server

  Coolify hosts the dashboard at app.coolify.io; you bring your own servers. Unlimited deployments, email alerts, and limited email support.

Okteto

• Starter$0

  Up to 5 users, unlimited environments, self-hosted, community forum support.

• ScaleCustom

  Unlimited users, RBAC, SSO with GitHub and Google, SOC 2 Type 2, ticketing support. Priced per user; contact for pricing.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds OpenID Connect, an SLA, dedicated Slack support, and self-hosted or bring-your-own-cloud deployment. Contact sales.

Coolify

• Annual discount

  20% off Cloud with annual billing

  The pricing page's billing toggle marks annual billing as 20% cheaper than monthly for Coolify Cloud.

Okteto

No public discounts listed.