A practical comparison
Cubeship vs Dokploy
Cubeship is 100% free.
Every feature, every server, every user. No plans, no cloud.
Dokploy sells plans from $4.50/mo per server, with unlimited users, unlimited environments, unlimited servers, SSO and audit logs behind its tiers.
| Feature | Cubeship | Dokploy |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | ||
| Open source | ||
| Every feature free, no plans | ||
| Unlimited servers without paying | ||
| Unlimited users without paying | ||
| Unlimited environments without paying | ||
| One-command install on your own server | ||
| Deploying | ||
| From a Dockerfile | ||
| From a repository with no Dockerfile | ||
| From an image on any registry | ||
| Docker Compose stacks | ||
| One-click templates | ||
| Built-in registry — docker push is the deploy | ||
| Deploy on push from GitHub | ||
| GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea | ||
| Preview deployments | ||
| Zero-downtime deploys | ||
| Health checks | ||
| Data | ||
| Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB | ||
| Scheduled backups to S3 | ||
| Restore from the dashboard | ||
| Backup coverage report per database | ||
| Object storage attached to apps, keys injected | ||
| Machines | ||
| More than one server | ||
| Servers join with no port open to the internet | ||
| Private network between servers | ||
| Copies of an app spread over servers | ||
| CPU-based autoscaling | ||
| Per-container CPU and memory limits | ||
| Stable internal address per app | ||
| Host firewall managed from the dashboard | ||
| Operating | ||
| Charts for every container and the machine | ||
| Logs in the dashboard | ||
| Users and roles | ||
| Certificates issued and renewed | ||
| API | ||
| CLI | ||
| MCP endpoint for agents | ||
| Terminal in the browser | ||
| Shell on every server with no SSH port open | ||
| Deploy notifications | ||
Checked against Dokploy's site and README, September 2026. Wrong or out of date? Say so.
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