DigitalOcean App Platform is a managed PaaS that builds apps from buildpacks or Dockerfiles and runs them on shared or dedicated containers. Pages here cover running the same apps on Coolify or Dokku.
Comparing App Platform's per-container pricing and managed builds with Coolify running on Droplets or any Linux server: build packs, databases and backups, preview deployments, scaling limits and who handles patches and incidents.
App Platform against Dokku on a single Droplet: Cloud Native Buildpacks and Dockerfile builds on both, Procfile process types, datastores through Dokku plugins against DigitalOcean databases, and the operating work Dokku adds.
Moving App Platform apps to Coolify: reading the YAML app spec for components, build settings, environment variables and routes, rebuilding with a Dockerfile or build pack, moving the database and switching domains with minimal downtime.
Cost of ownership by component: App Platform container sizes, bandwidth overage, development databases and dedicated egress IPs, against Droplets or other servers running free self-hosted Coolify and the time to operate them.
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