MapleDeploy vs FullHost
Two Canadian ways to run an app. Here's how a usage-billed platform and a managed Coolify server compare.
FullHost is a Victoria company that sells managed web hosting, WordPress hosting, email, Linux and Windows virtual machines, managed VPS plans and FullHost.Cloud, a container platform for developers. MapleDeploy runs Coolify on a dedicated VM in Toronto, for apps you deploy from git or as containers. Both offer hosting in Canada, so the difference is how each one runs your app and how it bills. This page explains when each one fits.
Side by side
What you get
- FullHost
- Web hosting, virtual machines, managed VPS, or apps on the FullHost.Cloud container platform
- MapleDeploy
- Dedicated VM with your own Coolify instance
Deploy platform
- FullHost
- FullHost.Cloud: Git or Docker images, with automatic scaling
- MapleDeploy
- Coolify, installed and updated
Server management
- FullHost
- Unmanaged VMs; managed VPS, 8 GB plan at C$120.35/mo
- MapleDeploy
- Included
Billing
- FullHost
- VMs and VPS by plan; FullHost.Cloud by reserved and used resources, measured each hour
- MapleDeploy
- Flat monthly price
Location
- FullHost
- FullHost.Cloud in Montreal and Vancouver; VMs in four Canadian cities
- MapleDeploy
- Toronto
Customer contract
- FullHost
- Pretecs Networks Inc., under British Columbia law
- MapleDeploy
- Ontario business, under Ontario law
Entry pricing
- FullHost
- Web hosting from C$13.90/mo billed yearly, 4 GB VM at C$26.70/mo billed monthly
- MapleDeploy
- From $45 CAD/mo
When FullHost is the right choice
FullHost.Cloud suits apps whose load moves a lot. It deploys from Git or Docker images, runs stacks for Java, PHP, Node.js, Ruby, Python, .NET and Go, and scales your containers up and down automatically. You reserve a baseline and pay for what your app uses above it, measured each hour, and you can run in two Canadian regions, Montreal and Vancouver.
FullHost also fits if you want one Canadian provider for everything. It sells web and WordPress hosting, email, domains and Windows VMs next to its developer platform, and it offers support around the clock. FullHost says it is Canadian-owned, with roots in hosting going back to 2004. If you want a server of your own, its VMs give you full root access.
When MapleDeploy is the right choice
MapleDeploy fits when you want a predictable bill and a server that is yours. You get a dedicated VM at a flat monthly price that includes a bandwidth allowance, with no per-project or usage fees.
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. Coolify is open source, so what you build on it isn't tied to us: you could run upstream Coolify on any server later. A FullHost VM can run that kind of stack too, but on an unmanaged VM the patching and upkeep are yours. Our guide to self-hosting Coolify vs managed Coolify covers that trade.
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
FullHost.Cloud bills by use. Resources are counted in units of 128 MiB of memory, measured each hour: you pay for the units you reserve, plus any your app uses above them. Disk space, external traffic and public IP addresses are billed separately. A small or idle app can cost less than a fixed server, and a busy one can cost more.
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. FullHost's Starter VM, with 4 GB of memory, 1 vCPU and 50 GB of SSD storage, is listed at C$26.70 a month on monthly billing, unmanaged. Its managed VPS plan with 8 GB of memory and 2 CPU cores is C$120.35 a month on monthly billing. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial.
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