Coolify is an open-source (Apache-2.0), self-hostable PaaS that deploys apps and databases as Docker containers on servers you provide. Quave ONE Connect runs a managed platform in your own cloud account, and Direct runs it on our regions.
Facts checked on November 10, 2026, with a source link on every row.
Coolify is free to self-host with every feature, works on any server you can reach over SSH, supports Dockerfiles, Compose and PR previews, and has an MCP server. If you want full control and are happy to run servers, OS updates, backups and on-call yourself, it is hard to beat on price.
Quave ONE is for teams that want the platform run for them. Coolify databases are single containers without built-in replication, it has no built-in autoscaling, and log retention and metric threshold alerts need external tools. Quave ONE manages databases with backups, autoscaling, logs kept 20 days, alerts, and email support from our team. Connect does that inside your own cloud account, from $399/month plus a setup fee and a 12-month minimum.
| Quave ONE | Coolify | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Direct: usage-based, $7.50 per zCloud per month (0.5 vCPU + 0.5 GB RAM), billed hourly. Overage lines apply to disk above 5 GB per zCloud, backups above 30 GB per environment, and builds above 600 minutes per month. Connect: a platform license from $399/month, and you pay your cloud provider directly.Source | Self-hosted: free, you pay only for your servers. Coolify Cloud (hosted control plane): $5/month for 2 servers, plus $3 per extra server; your servers are billed by your provider.Source |
| Smallest always-on app | 1 zCloud (0.5 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM) for $7.50/month in standard regions (US-5, EU-3, BR-1), after a free Professional upgrade review. Logs, metrics, alerts, backups, MCP and support are included. EU-4 London is $26.50.Source | Whatever your server costs at your provider; Coolify adds nothing self-hosted.Source |
| Free option | Hobby account: deploy apps and databases to the US-1 Hobby region to evaluate. No charge and no credit card. Not for production.Source | Self-hosted Coolify is free with every feature. Coolify Cloud has no trial.Source |
| Bandwidth | No extra network fees. In US-5, BR-1, EU-3 and EU-4, 10 GB of outbound traffic per zCloud per month is included; contact support if you need more.Source | Coolify does not charge for bandwidth; egress depends on your server provider.Source |
| Managed databases | Managed MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and ClickHouse, with managed backups kept 7 days by default. A single-node MongoDB starts at 1 zCloud ($7.50/month).Source | One-click PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse and more, running on your server. Each is a single container with no built-in replication or failover; scheduled backups to S3.Source |
| Long-running apps and WebSockets | Long-running containers, so WebSockets work. Idle connections close after 60 seconds without data by default; keep-alive pings (such as Meteor DDP heartbeats) keep them open.Source | Standard long-running Docker containers on your servers behind a Traefik or Caddy proxy.Source |
| Regions | Direct: Ashburn (US-5), Frankfurt (EU-3), London (EU-4) and São Paulo (BR-1). Connect: your own cloud account; the license covers one region and provider, more may cost extra.Source | No Coolify regions: you choose servers anywhere. The Coolify Cloud control plane runs in Falkenstein, Germany.Source |
| Run in your own cloud | Yes, with Connect: the same platform in your AWS, GCP, Azure or OCI account, or on-premise. 12-month minimum and a one-time setup fee.Source | Yes, on any server reachable over SSH. You own OS updates, hardening and backups, even with Coolify Cloud.Source |
| Autoscaling | CPU- and memory-based autoscaling for app environments, enabled per account on request. Scale to zero is Connect-only.Source | No built-in autoscaling. Multi-server deploys need an external load balancer and exclude apps with persistent storage.Source |
| Logs and metrics | Included: logs kept 20 days, Grafana metrics, alerts to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, email or webhooks, and OpenTelemetry tracing (enabled per account).Source | Built-in server and container metrics and event notifications (deploys, backups, disk). Log retention, CPU or memory threshold alerts and APM need external tools.Source |
| Preview environments | Branch previews per pushed branch with the Quave ONE CLI and GitHub Action, cleaned up after a TTL.Source | Pull-request preview deployments, deleted when the PR closes.Source |
| Support | Email support, Monday to Friday, 9AM–5PM São Paulo time, usually answered within an hour. 24/7 on-call for infrastructure outages on every plan.Source | Community support for self-hosted. Coolify Cloud adds limited email support. No paid support tier listed.Source |
| Compliance | Working towards SOC 2 (preparing for the audit). Customers with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications run on Quave ONE; with Connect, workloads stay in your own cloud account.Source | Runs on your servers, under your own controls. A Data Processing Agreement is linked from the site.Source |
| AI agents (MCP) | Remote MCP server included: AI clients can inspect logs, review deployments, manage environments and run approved Jobs, within your account permissions.Source | Official MCP server with team-scoped API tokens.Source |
Every fact on this page links to the public page it came from: our own docs for Quave ONE, and the vendor's own pricing or docs pages for everyone else. We checked them on November 10, 2026. Prices and features change, so check the source before you decide. If something here is wrong or out of date, email support@quave.one and we will fix it.