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Open-source alternatives to Vercel / Replit hosting

Monthly price for Vercel / Replit hosting: Vercel Pro $20/mo; Replit $18/mo billed annually (source 1) (source 2) . Below: 2 open-source alternatives.

coollabsio/coolify

What it can do

An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers. (GitHub project description) source

What it can't do

TBD

Minimum hardware

TBD

Setup difficulty

TBD

Freshness

Stars
63,055
Last push
2026-10-16
Latest release
v4.4.6

Running cost (per month, roughly)

VPS: TBD — minimum RAM not verified

Local electricity: $ —/mo watts / 1000 × hours/day × 30 × 0.1831 $/kWh source

Fetched 2026-10-16 from the GitHub API.

Open on GitHub

Dokploy/dokploy

What it can do

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku. (GitHub project description) source

What it can't do

TBD

Minimum hardware

TBD

Setup difficulty

TBD

Freshness

Stars
37,817
Last push
2026-10-16
Latest release
v0.30.8

Running cost (per month, roughly)

VPS: TBD — minimum RAM not verified

Local electricity: $ —/mo watts / 1000 × hours/day × 30 × 0.1831 $/kWh source

Fetched 2026-10-16 from the GitHub API.

Open on GitHub

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