--- title: MapleDeploy vs Web Hosting Canada (WHC) - which fits your project description: >- Compare MapleDeploy and Web Hosting Canada. WHC sells cPanel web hosting and VPS plans in Canada. MapleDeploy runs Coolify on a dedicated Toronto VM. keywords: - web hosting canada alternative - whc alternative - whc vs mapledeploy - canadian cpanel hosting vs paas - host docker app in canada faq: items: - question: Is MapleDeploy an alternative to Web Hosting Canada? answer: >- For some projects. WHC sells cPanel web hosting, which suits WordPress and PHP sites at a low price. MapleDeploy runs Coolify on a dedicated VM, which suits apps you deploy from git or as containers, along with their databases. Both host your data in Canada. - question: Why is WHC web hosting so much cheaper than MapleDeploy? answer: >- Because it's a different product. WHC's web hosting plans are listed from $2.79 CAD a month and give your site a slice of a cPanel server. MapleDeploy starts at $45 CAD a month for a whole VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage, running your own Coolify instance. - question: How does a WHC cPanel VPS compare to MapleDeploy? answer: >- WHC's VPS plans with cPanel/WHM start at $56.48 CAD a month for 4 cores, 4 GB RAM and 50 GB of storage. MapleDeploy starts at $45 CAD a month for 4 GB RAM and 2 vCPUs, with Coolify instead of cPanel and the OS, Coolify updates and weekly snapshots handled for you. 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/web-hosting-canada' --- {% hero-section title="MapleDeploy vs Web Hosting Canada" %} Two Canadian hosts built for different jobs. Here's how to tell which one your project needs. {% button href="https://app.mapledeploy.ca/signup" size="large" %} Start your free trial {% /button %} {% /hero-section %} {% intro-section %} Web Hosting Canada (WHC) is a Montreal-based host that sells cPanel web hosting, VPS plans, managed WordPress, domains and email, with servers in Canada. MapleDeploy runs Coolify on a dedicated VM in Toronto, for apps you deploy from git or as containers. Shared hosting is much cheaper, because it's a different product. This page explains when each one fits. {% /intro-section %} {% comparison-table-section title="Side by side" competitor="WHC" %} | Feature | WHC | MapleDeploy | | --- | --- | --- | | What you get | cPanel web hosting, or a VPS | Dedicated VM with your own Coolify instance | | Control panel | cPanel | Coolify | | Built for | WordPress and PHP sites, email, domains | Apps deployed from git or containers, with their databases | | Location | Servers in Canada | Toronto, Canada | | Entry pricing | Web hosting from $2.79 CAD/mo, cPanel VPS from $56.48 CAD/mo | From $45 CAD/mo | {% /comparison-table-section %} {% content-section title="When WHC is the right choice" %} For a WordPress site, a PHP site or a small business site with email, WHC is the better fit and the better price. Its web hosting plans are listed from $2.79 CAD a month, with cPanel, SSL, backups and email included, and it also sells domains. If you want a cPanel server of your own, its VPS plans from $56.48 CAD include cPanel/WHM, and WHC offers management that covers OS, kernel and PHP updates. Teams who know cPanel well have no reason to leave it for a site like that. {% /content-section %} {% content-section title="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](/one-click-services). Our article on [what matters in Canadian web hosting](/blog/canadian-web-hosting-what-matters) covers how the hosting market got here. {% /content-section %} {% content-section title="What MapleDeploy handles" %} MapleDeploy runs the server and Coolify together, on a [dedicated VM in Toronto](/canadian-hosting). - **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. {% /content-section %} {% content-section title="Comparing the cost" %} If a cPanel plan does what you need, it will cost far less than a MapleDeploy server. WHC's web hosting is listed from $2.79 CAD a month as an introductory price on an annual plan, with a regular price of $9.99 CAD. MapleDeploy starts at [$45 CAD/month](/#pricing) for a dedicated VM with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 35 GB of storage, with no per-project or usage fees. That's closer to WHC's cPanel VPS range, listed from $56.48 CAD a month billed annually. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial. {% /content-section %} {% 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. {% /image-content-section %} {% cta-section title="Running an app, not a website?" %} Deploy it with a git push to a dedicated Toronto VM. {% /cta-section %}