---
title: MapleDeploy vs Elestio - managed dedicated VMs compared
description: >-
  Compare MapleDeploy and Elestio, an Irish company that deploys managed apps
  and Git pipelines to VMs on clouds you choose. MapleDeploy runs Coolify in
  Toronto.
keywords:
  - elestio alternative
  - elestio alternative canada
  - elestio vs coolify hosting
  - managed open source hosting canada
  - managed paas canada
faq:
  items:
    - question: What is the difference between MapleDeploy and Elestio?
      answer: >-
        Elestio deploys managed open-source apps, and your own code through its
        CI/CD pipelines, to dedicated VMs on a cloud provider you choose, such
        as Hetzner, DigitalOcean or OVHcloud. MapleDeploy gives you a dedicated
        Toronto VM on Canadian-owned infrastructure with your own Coolify
        instance, and looks after the server: OS patches, security hardening,
        Coolify updates and weekly snapshots.
    - question: Can Elestio host in Canada?
      answer: >-
        Yes. Elestio's provider pages list Canadian regions on DigitalOcean
        (Toronto), Linode (Toronto), AWS Lightsail (Canada) and OVHcloud
        (Beauharnois). DigitalOcean, Linode's owner Akamai and Amazon are US
        companies, and OVHcloud is French. You contract with Elestio Limited, an
        Irish company, under Irish law. MapleDeploy runs in Toronto on a
        privately owned Canadian provider, and you contract with an Ontario
        business.
    - question: How does MapleDeploy pricing compare to Elestio?
      answer: >-
        Elestio's plans start at $11 USD a month per managed service, billed by
        the hour. Prices vary by provider and VM size; a small DigitalOcean
        instance is around $13 USD a month. MapleDeploy starts at $45 CAD/month
        for a dedicated VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage.
lastUpdated: '2026-11-15'
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/elestio'
---

{% hero-section title="MapleDeploy vs Elestio" %}
Both give you a managed, dedicated VM. They differ on who runs the hardware and whose law applies.
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Start your free trial
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{% intro-section %}
Elestio is a managed hosting platform based in Dublin. It deploys open-source apps from its catalog, and your own code through CI/CD pipelines, to dedicated VMs on a cloud provider and region you pick. MapleDeploy is managed Coolify on a dedicated VM in Toronto, on Canadian-owned infrastructure. This page covers how each one deploys, what it costs, and where your data is hosted.
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{% comparison-table-section title="Side by side" competitor="Elestio" %}
| Feature | Elestio | MapleDeploy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What you get | Managed apps or CI/CD pipelines on dedicated VMs | Dedicated VM with your own Coolify instance |
| Deploys | Pipelines from GitHub, GitLab or a Docker registry, or a catalog app | Git push or container image, through Coolify |
| Infrastructure | Your choice of about 10 cloud providers, or your own VM | LunaNode, a Canadian-owned provider |
| Canadian locations | Toronto (DigitalOcean, Linode), Canada (AWS Lightsail), Beauharnois (OVHcloud) | Toronto |
| OS updates | Minor updates applied weekly by default; major versions by cloning to a new VM | Security updates applied automatically, with kernel reboots in a fixed window |
| Customer contract | Elestio Limited, under Irish law | Ontario business, under Ontario law |
| Pricing | From $11 USD/mo per service, billed hourly, varies by provider | From $45 CAD/mo |
{% /comparison-table-section %}

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

Elestio's catalog is its strength. It runs more than 400 open-source tools as managed services, each on its own VM, so you can stand up a database, a Git server or an analytics tool without installing it yourself. Its CI/CD pipelines take your code from GitHub, GitLab or a Docker registry and deploy it to a new VM it creates, or one you already run.

It also gives you a wide choice of where to run. You pick from about ten cloud providers and more than a hundred regions, which suits teams that already standardize on a provider or need regions outside Canada. Its starting price is low, and it bills by the hour.

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{% content-section title="How the two compare on hosting in Canada" %}

Elestio can put your VM in Canada. Its provider pages list Toronto on DigitalOcean and Linode, a Canadian region on AWS Lightsail, and Beauharnois on OVHcloud. The VM then runs on that provider's infrastructure: DigitalOcean, Akamai (which owns Linode) and Amazon are US companies, and OVHcloud is French. Your contract is with Elestio Limited, under the laws of Ireland.

That distinction matters to some teams and not to others. **Jurisdiction follows the company, not the data centre**, which is why US providers with Canadian regions remain subject to the **CLOUD Act**.

MapleDeploy runs on [Canadian infrastructure](/canadian-hosting) in Toronto, with a privately owned Canadian provider that has no US parent company. Your code and your data are hosted under **Canadian jurisdiction**, on infrastructure built for **PIPEDA** compliance, on every plan.

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

MapleDeploy runs the server and the Coolify instance together. You get a [dedicated VM in Toronto](/canadian-hosting), ready in minutes, and you deploy through the Coolify dashboard.

- **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" %}

Elestio's plans start at $11 USD a month per managed service. Prices vary by provider and VM size, and are billed by the hour; a small DigitalOcean instance, which can run in Toronto, is around $13 USD a month. Each catalog app runs on its own VM, and pipelines can share a VM you choose as their target.

MapleDeploy starts at [$45 CAD/month](/#pricing) for a dedicated VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage. Your apps, databases and one-click services share that server, with no per-project or usage fees. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial.

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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="Want your server in Canada, run by a Canadian company?" %}
Coolify on a dedicated Toronto VM, patched and backed up for you.
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