MapleDeploy vs 4GoodHosting
Two Canadian hosts built for different jobs. Here's how to tell which one your project needs.
4GoodHosting sells cPanel shared hosting, managed WordPress, Linux and Windows VPS plans, dedicated servers and domains, from server facilities in Vancouver and Toronto. MapleDeploy runs Coolify on a dedicated VM in Toronto, for apps you deploy from git or as containers. Both host your data in Canada, so the difference is the kind of project each is built for. Shared hosting is much cheaper, because it's a different product. This page explains when each one fits.
Side by side
What you get
- 4GoodHosting
- cPanel shared hosting, or a Linux or Windows VPS
- MapleDeploy
- Dedicated VM with your own Coolify instance
Control panel
- 4GoodHosting
- cPanel on shared hosting; cPanel/WHM as a VPS add-on
- MapleDeploy
- Coolify
Built for
- 4GoodHosting
- WordPress and PHP sites, email, domains
- MapleDeploy
- Apps deployed from git or containers, with their databases
Server management
- 4GoodHosting
- Optional VPS services: managed support from $35/mo, security scanning and patching $25/mo
- MapleDeploy
- Included
Location
- 4GoodHosting
- Vancouver and Toronto
- MapleDeploy
- Toronto
Entry pricing
- 4GoodHosting
- Shared hosting from $2.95 CAD/mo on a 36-month introductory term, 4 GB VPS at $49.99 CAD/mo billed monthly
- MapleDeploy
- From $45 CAD/mo
When 4GoodHosting is the right choice
For a WordPress site, a PHP site or a small business site with email, 4GoodHosting is the better fit and the better price. Its shared hosting starts at $2.95 CAD a month on a 36-month introductory term, prepaid, and renews at the regular 36-month rate of $3.95 a month. Every shared plan includes cPanel, webmail and daily backups.
It also suits teams that want a long-running Canadian provider they can call. 4GoodHosting says it has been Canadian-owned since 2002, and it offers phone support. If you want a server of your own, its Linux VPS plans give full root access, with cPanel/WHM available as an add-on, and it also sells Windows VPS plans.
When MapleDeploy is the right choice
MapleDeploy fits when your project is an application rather than a website: a Node.js, Python or Go app, a Docker image, a worker, or a stack of services with a Postgres or Redis database alongside.
You deploy with a git push or from a container image, and Coolify builds and runs it. Databases and common tools install from one-click services. A 4GoodHosting VPS can run that kind of stack too. Its base price covers the server, and management, patching and backups are optional services on top. MapleDeploy manages a server running Coolify, a platform built for deploying apps from git and containers. Our article on what matters in Canadian web hosting covers how the hosting market got here.
What MapleDeploy handles
MapleDeploy runs the server and Coolify together, on a dedicated VM in Toronto.
- Security hardening. SSH key authentication, fail2ban, outbound SMTP blocking, and automatic security patches, applied before you first log in.
- OS patches. Operating system updates and kernel patches are applied for you. When a kernel update needs a reboot, it happens in a fixed 07:50 UTC window.
- Coolify itself. We run a public fork of Coolify that we rebase regularly against upstream. Changes are limited to Canadian branding and MapleDeploy integrations.
- Snapshots. Weekly full-server snapshots covering the OS, Coolify, containers, volumes and databases.
Snapshots are disaster recovery, not granular restores. For production databases, you should still set up Coolify's S3 database backups on a daily schedule.
Comparing the cost
If a cPanel plan does what you need, it will cost far less than a MapleDeploy server. 4GoodHosting's shared hosting starts at $2.95 CAD a month on a 36-month introductory term.
MapleDeploy starts at $45 CAD/month for a dedicated VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage, with no per-project or usage fees. 4GoodHosting's closest VPS, Linux VPS Enterprise, is listed at $49.99 CAD a month on monthly billing, or $33.99 a month on a 36-month introductory term prepaid in full, before any managed support, patching or backup services. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial.
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