Coolify vs Gcore: Complete Comparison (2026)

Why choose Coolify

• Higher Cost score (10/10 vs 7/10)
• Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 7/10)
• Better fit for startups (8/10 vs 6/10)

Why choose Gcore

• Higher Scalability score (8/10 vs 4/10)
• Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)
• Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 3/10)
• Includes Content Delivery Network, which Coolify lacks

Coolify

Pros

• The self-hosted edition is free with no feature limits, so the only cost is the VPS.
• Git push deploys, pull request previews and one-click rollback give a Vercel-like workflow on your own servers.
• A catalog of more than 280 one-click service templates plus managed provisioning for Postgres, MySQL, Redis and MongoDB.
• No vendor lock-in, because apps run as standard Docker containers on servers you control.
• Coolify Cloud is cheap, at $5 per month for two servers, for teams that do not want to host the control panel themselves.

Cons

• You are responsible for OS patching, disk space, security updates and checking that backups restore.
• No auto-scaling, so capacity has to be added by hand.
• No built-in CDN, and application volume backups require manual snapshots.
• Only admin and member roles, which is too coarse for larger or regulated teams.
• Reviewers report thin documentation for advanced setups and occasional proxy problems that need manual fixes.

Gcore

Pros

• The CDN includes 1 TB of traffic and 1 billion requests free each month, and traffic after that starts at 0.01 EUR per GB.
• DDoS protection pricing does not depend on attack size, and mitigation is not metered on any plan.
• The managed Kubernetes control plane is free with high availability, so you pay only for the nodes.
• A large edge footprint, reported at about 210 PoPs and 200 Tbps of capacity, suits latency-sensitive workloads such as gaming and streaming.
• Headquarters in Luxembourg is an advantage for buyers who prefer an EU-based provider.

Cons

• Trustpilot scores are around 2.5 out of 5, with complaints about recurring billing, refunds, and slow support.
• There is no public price list for VMs and bare metal; prices are only available through the calculator.
• The Terraform v2 provider is still in alpha and Gcore says it is not ready for production.
• The product range is very broad, which can make it harder for small teams to understand how pricing works.