DevOps, PaaS & Hosting
Top 2 Self-Hosted Open-Source Alternatives to Vercel / Heroku / Render (2026)
Vercel / Heroku / Render costs Pro ($20/dev seat + bandwidth/serverless overages) ($240/mo or $2,880/year for 10 seats). Switch to one of the verified open-source Docker replacements below.
★ 38.2k Stars • Apache-2.0
1024MB RAM / 1.0 vCPU
Coolify
Self-hosted open-source Vercel, Netlify & Heroku alternative that turns any $5 VPS into a full PaaS
- ✓Git-push PR preview deployments like Vercel
- ✓1-click Postgres, Redis, MySQL with S3 backups
- ✓Free Let's Encrypt wildcard SSL certificates
ghcr.io/coollabsio/coolify:latest
TCO & Docker Compose →
★ 14.5k Stars • MIT
512MB RAM / 1.0 vCPU
Dokploy
Lightweight, blazing-fast Docker & Traefik deployment panel for apps, Docker Compose, and databases
- ✓Native Docker Compose visual stack deployments
- ✓Multi-server cluster support
- ✓Built-in CPU/RAM monitoring & alerts
dokploy/dokploy:latest
TCO & Docker Compose →