---
title: MapleDeploy vs Canner - two Canadian hosting platforms compared
description: >-
  Compare MapleDeploy and Canner, two Canadian platforms. Canner is a hosted
  platform with pooled resources. MapleDeploy runs Coolify on your own dedicated
  VM.
keywords:
  - canner alternative
  - canner vs mapledeploy
  - canadian paas comparison
  - canadian-owned hosting platform
  - dedicated vm vs shared paas canada
faq:
  items:
    - question: Are MapleDeploy and Canner both Canadian?
      answer: >-
        Yes. Canner Inc. operates from Montreal and says it stores customer data
        in Quebec. MapleDeploy runs in Toronto on a privately owned Canadian
        provider with no US parent company. Both are hosted in Canada, so the
        choice comes down to how each platform works and what it costs.
    - question: What is the difference between MapleDeploy and Canner?
      answer: >-
        Canner is a hosted platform: you deploy projects into it and draw on a
        pool of application memory set by your plan. MapleDeploy gives you a
        dedicated VM with your own Coolify instance, so the RAM, CPU and storage
        on that VM are yours, and everything on it runs all the time.
    - question: How does MapleDeploy pricing compare to Canner?
      answer: >-
        Canner's Starter plan is free, with projects that sleep after 3 hours
        idle, and its Live plan is $9 CAD/month with 2 GB of application memory
        and two always-on projects, with add-ons for more. MapleDeploy starts at
        $45 CAD/month for a dedicated VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of
        storage.
lastUpdated: '2026-11-13'
type: article
author: Ross Hill
locale: en_CA
site_name: MapleDeploy
slogan: Powerful hosting on Canadian soil
organization_url: 'https://mapledeploy.ca/'
logo: 'https://mapledeploy.ca//api/logo/lockup'
creator: MapleDeploy
publisher: MapleDeploy
founding_date: '2026-01-13'
email: hello@mapledeploy.ca
geo_region: CA-ON
geo_placename: Toronto
address_country: CA
area_served: Canada
application_category: DeveloperApplication
app_url: 'https://app.mapledeploy.ca'
llms_txt: 'https://mapledeploy.ca/llms.txt'
offers: >-
  Starter $45/mo, Pro $95/mo, Ultra $195/mo, Ultra 32 $395/mo, Ultra 64 $695/mo
  CAD
in_language: en-CA
canonical_url: 'https://mapledeploy.ca/compare/canner'
---

{% hero-section title="MapleDeploy vs Canner" %}
Two Canadian platforms. One gives you a dedicated server, the other a hosted platform with pooled resources.
{% button href="https://app.mapledeploy.ca/signup" size="large" %}
Start your free trial
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{% intro-section %}
Canner describes itself as 100% Canadian-owned, and so is MapleDeploy. Both host your apps in Canada, Canner in Quebec and MapleDeploy in Toronto. Where they differ is the shape of the product. Canner is a hosted platform with plans built around a pool of application memory. MapleDeploy gives you a dedicated VM running your own Coolify instance. This page covers what that means for resources, pricing and the platform underneath.
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{% comparison-table-section title="Side by side" competitor="Canner" %}
| Feature | Canner | MapleDeploy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ownership | Canadian-owned, per Canner | Canadian-owned |
| Location | Quebec | Toronto |
| Architecture | Hosted platform, pooled application memory | Dedicated VM per customer |
| Always-on apps | Two on Live, more as a paid add-on | Everything on your VM |
| Platform | Canner | Coolify (open source) |
| Entry pricing | Free (sleeps when idle), Live $9 CAD/mo | From $45 CAD/mo |
{% /comparison-table-section %}

{% content-section title="When Canner is the right choice" %}

Canner is a good fit for small projects and for trying ideas. Its free Starter plan needs no card, and its Live plan keeps two projects always on for $9 CAD a month. If your apps are light and you'd rather not think about servers at all, that is hard to beat on price.

It also covers a lot in one place, with git deploys, managed Postgres, object storage and scheduled jobs. It adds branch previews, a CLI, an API and an MCP server, as well as paid compliance and enterprise options. And like MapleDeploy, it hosts your data in Canada.

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{% content-section title="Dedicated resources vs a pooled plan" %}

On Canner, your plan sets a pool of application memory that your projects share, and you buy more pooled or dedicated memory, storage or always-on slots as add-ons as you grow.

MapleDeploy gives each customer a [dedicated VM](/canadian-hosting). On Starter that's 4 GB of RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage, all yours. Deploy as many apps, databases and workers as fit, and they all run continuously, with no cold starts and no per-app charges. When you need more, you move to a bigger plan.

{% /content-section %}

{% content-section title="Open-source Coolify underneath" %}

MapleDeploy runs [Coolify](/open-source-stack), the open-source deployment platform, licensed under Apache 2.0. You deploy through the Coolify dashboard, with git push deploys and [one-click services](/one-click-services) for databases and common tools.

Because Coolify is open source and free to self-host, the workflow you learn isn't tied to us. Our guide to [self-hosting Coolify vs managed Coolify](/blog/self-hosted-vs-managed-coolify) covers how the options compare.

{% /content-section %}

{% content-section title="What MapleDeploy handles" %}

MapleDeploy runs the server and Coolify together, so you deploy through the dashboard and we look after the machine underneath.

- **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](/open-source-stack) 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.

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{% content-section title="Comparing the cost" %}

For a single small app, Canner costs less: free if it can sleep, $9 CAD a month if it can't. The add-ons start to count as you add always-on apps, memory or dedicated databases.

MapleDeploy starts at [$45 CAD/month](/#pricing) for the whole VM, with no per-project or usage fees. It pays off when you run several services, or anything that needs to stay up and have resources of its own. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial.

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{% image-content-section title="Try it free for 30 days" src="dashboard-checkout-trial-zoom-summary" width=824 height=952 href="https://app.mapledeploy.ca/signup" %}

Start with $0 due today. Your first charge comes after the trial. One flat price for a server that's yours.

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{% cta-section title="Need a server of your own?" %}
Coolify on a dedicated Toronto VM, patched and backed up for you.
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