Comparisons / Coolify
Comebye vs. Coolify
Coolify is a self-hostable Heroku/Netlify alternative — connect a repo, get a build pipeline and a one-click catalog of 280+ services. Comebye doesn't build or deploy your app; it governs the Docker hosts you're already running containers on: who can touch what, staged promotion, and rollback. Many teams will eventually want both.
Choose Coolify if: you want git-push deploys and a large one-click app catalog, and self-hosting on 1-2 servers is fine. Choose Comebye if: you already run containers across multiple hosts and need RBAC, audit, and a staged canary → prod promotion workflow across a whole fleet.
Coolify's self-hosted edition is free with no feature gating; Coolify Cloud (a managed control-plane, not managed servers) is priced separately from what it manages. Comebye's node-based meter is the mirror image: it prices the fleet it manages, not the control plane that manages it.
| Comebye | Coolify | |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | fleet governance for existing hosts | git-push PaaS / build & deploy |
| Self-hosted cost | free ≤5 nodes, $399/yr Team includes 15 | free, no feature gating |
| Managed/cloud cost | n/a — always self-hosted | Coolify Cloud from $5/mo for 2 connected servers |
| RBAC / team roles | yes, free tier | not documented as a dedicated fleet RBAC layer |
| Staged promote + health gate + rollback | yes, free tier | not the product's focus |
| One-click app catalog | no | yes, 280+ services |
| Source availability | FSL → Apache-2.0 in 2 yrs | Apache-2.0 |
Coolify figures reflect its public pricing page and docs as of this writing — verify at coolify.io/pricing before quoting. We couldn't confirm a documented team-RBAC feature at time of writing; if that's changed, we'll update this page.