MapleDeploy vs Coolify Cloud
Both run Coolify for you. Only one runs the server too.
Coolify Cloud is the official hosted version of Coolify, run by the team that builds it. It hosts the Coolify control panel and deploys your apps onto servers you bring. MapleDeploy is managed Coolify with the server included: a dedicated Toronto VM with your own Coolify instance, both looked after for you. This page covers what each one manages, what it costs, and where it runs.
Side by side
What you get
- Coolify Cloud
- Hosted Coolify control panel
- MapleDeploy
- Dedicated VM with your own Coolify instance
Servers
- Coolify Cloud
- Bring your own, from any provider
- MapleDeploy
- Included
Server OS updates and hardening
- Coolify Cloud
- You
- MapleDeploy
- Handled for you
Coolify updates
- Coolify Cloud
- Handled for you
- MapleDeploy
- Handled for you
Server backups
- Coolify Cloud
- You
- MapleDeploy
- Weekly full-server snapshots included
Control panel location
- Coolify Cloud
- Falkenstein, Germany (Hetzner)
- MapleDeploy
- Toronto, Canada
App location
- Coolify Cloud
- Wherever your servers are
- MapleDeploy
- Toronto, Canada
Coolify code
- Coolify Cloud
- Official Coolify
- MapleDeploy
- Public fork, rebased regularly against upstream
Pricing
- Coolify Cloud
- $5/mo for 2 servers, +$3/mo each after, plus your server bills
- MapleDeploy
- From $45 CAD/mo, server included
When Coolify Cloud is the right choice
Coolify Cloud is a good deal for what it does. For $5 a month, the Coolify team hosts, updates and backs up the control panel, and you never give a server's CPU or RAM to running Coolify itself.
It fits best when you already run servers you're happy with. Maybe you have a few machines across providers, or a fleet you already patch with your own tooling. Connecting them to a hosted panel takes one thing off your list without changing anything else.
It's also a direct way to pay the people who build Coolify. If that matters to you, it's a fair reason on its own.
What Coolify Cloud leaves to you
Coolify Cloud manages the control panel, not your servers. Coolify's own documentation is clear about the split. Server OS updates, hardening and firewall policy are yours. So are your application and database data, and your application backups and restores.
Its managed updates cover Coolify only. Coolify's pricing page notes they don't include changes to the resources you deploy.
That means the server maintenance from self-hosting is still there. Kernel patches, closing ports, watching the disk fill with Docker images, and restoring a lost machine all stay with you. We cover that list in more detail in self-hosting Coolify vs managed Coolify.
What MapleDeploy handles
MapleDeploy runs the server and the Coolify instance together. You get a dedicated VM in Toronto, not a shared container, and it's ready in minutes.
- 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
The two prices buy different things, so compare the totals.
With Coolify Cloud, the bill is $5 a month for up to two connected servers and $3 for each one after that, plus whatever your server provider charges. The other cost is your time: the server upkeep above is still yours.
MapleDeploy starts at $45 CAD/month for a dedicated VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage. The server, Coolify, patches and snapshots are in that price, with no per-project or usage fees. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial.
If you enjoy running servers, Coolify Cloud plus a VPS will usually cost less. If you'd rather not, the difference buys back the evenings.
Where your data lives
Coolify's documentation says Coolify Cloud runs on Hetzner infrastructure in Falkenstein, Germany. Your apps and their data run on whichever servers you connect, so their location is up to you.
MapleDeploy keeps both halves in one place. Your Coolify instance and the server it deploys to are hosted in Toronto, under Canadian jurisdiction, on infrastructure built for PIPEDA compliance. If you need your apps and the panel that manages them hosted in Canada, that's included on every plan.
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The same Coolify you know, on a dedicated Toronto VM we look after.