# Appliku review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Django deployment dashboard that runs apps on servers you own Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Appliku is a deployment platform for Django apps. You connect a Git host and a cloud account (or any Ubuntu or Debian server with SSH), and it builds the app, runs migrations, starts web and worker processes and sets up HTTPS. The servers stay in your own cloud account, and a CLI and API let scripts or AI coding agents drive it. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Appliku - **Website:** https://appliku.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't use Django, as the product is built for it. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Appliku has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month, or $100 a year (Hobby). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 1 server, 1 application and 3 successful deployments per week, with unlimited databases and community support. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1 server, 1 application, 3 successful deployments a week, unlimited databases, Celery and other queue workers, community support. | | Hobby | $10 per month, or $100 a year | 1 server, unlimited applications and deployments, cluster deployment, custom domains, unlimited team members and email support. | | Growth | $18 per month, or $180 a year | Everything in Hobby, plus 3 servers, cron jobs and database backups. | | Business | $39 per month, or $390 a year | Everything in Growth, plus 6 servers. | | Enterprise | $159 per month, or $1590 a year | Everything in Business, plus unlimited servers and priority support with a 24-hour first response. | Read from https://appliku.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Appliku before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free on yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly prices are ten times the monthly price, for example Hobby at $100 a year against $10 a month. Source: https://appliku.com/pricing ## Key features - **Git-based deployments:** Code is deployed from GitHub, GitLab or a custom Git server, and each push can start a repeatable release. - **Your own servers:** Apps run on servers in a cloud account you connect, such as DigitalOcean, AWS or Hetzner, or on any Ubuntu or Debian machine reachable by SSH. - **Django process types:** Web processes (Gunicorn or Uvicorn), Celery workers and beat, release commands and cron jobs are run from one dashboard. - **Databases and queues:** PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ can be created beside the app, with credentials managed and scheduled backups on paid plans. - **CLI, API and AI agents:** A CLI and API cover the same tasks as the dashboard, and an Appliku skill is offered so AI coding agents can deploy and read logs. - **Free migration:** Every paid plan includes a done-for-you migration of an existing app onto a server you own. ## Good for - Django developers who want a Heroku-style workflow on cheap servers - Solo developers and small teams that already pay for a cloud server - Projects that need Celery workers and cron jobs without hand-written server setup ## Worth knowing - Built for Django; other frameworks are not what the product page describes. - The server itself is billed separately by the cloud provider you connect; the plans here cover Appliku's fee only. - The Free plan allows 1 application and 3 successful deployments a week, and cron jobs and database backups start at Growth. - Orders are handled by Paddle as merchant of record; refunds are given only for a technical problem Appliku cannot resolve. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Appliku deploys Django apps to servers in your own cloud account, running web and worker processes with HTTPS and databases. The free plan allows 1 server, 1 app and 3 deploys a week, you pay your cloud provider separately for the servers, and it is built for Django only. - **Value for money: C.** Hobby is $10 a month ($100 a year), level with the $10.99 middle of hosting. That is Appliku's fee only; the server is billed by your cloud provider on top. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free plan: 1 server, 1 application and 3 successful deployments a week, with community support. You will hit the deploy cap. - **Features: C.** Git deploys, Celery workers, cron jobs, PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ, a CLI and an API. It targets Django only, and cron and database backups start at Growth. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect a Git host and a cloud account or SSH server before the first deploy. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web dashboard with GitHub, GitLab, DigitalOcean, AWS and Hetzner, plus a CLI and API. No desktop or phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Appliku's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - Appliku's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 74 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 24. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 57 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 50 of the 107 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** Appliku sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $100 a year. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: It plugs into other products, GitHub, GitLab and DigitalOcean among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with GitHub, GitLab, DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ **Tags:** Public API, Databases, AI features ## Alternatives - [Coolify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/coolify): Open-source platform to deploy apps and databases to your own servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appliku-vs-coolify) - [Dokploy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dokploy): Open-source platform to deploy apps and databases on your own servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appliku-vs-dokploy) - [CapRover](https://toolgpa.com/tools/caprover): Free, self-hosted platform for deploying apps with Docker. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appliku-vs-caprover) - [Render](https://toolgpa.com/tools/render): Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appliku-vs-render) - [Heroku](https://toolgpa.com/tools/heroku): Platform for deploying apps in containers called dynos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appliku-vs-heroku) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://appliku.com/pricing - https://appliku.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/appliku Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).