Leaving Coolify? Ship is your lightweight, self-hosted alternative
Coolify powers 3,641+ deployments but demands 2+ GB RAM and charges per server. Ship is the self-hosted alternative with lower resource needs. Opsily manages the infrastructure for you, with EU data residency included and flat-rate pricing.
Why teams choose Ship as a self-hosted Coolify alternative
Coolify is mature and powerful. But three problems push teams away. Ship solves them all. Opsily manages Ship so you don't have to.
Cost clarity, not surprise scaling
Coolify Cloud charges $5/month for 2 servers, then $3 for each additional one. A 3-server setup costs $11/month. A 5-server setup costs $17/month. Opsily's flat €20-70/month tier replaces all that guessing. You know your cost upfront. Ship never punishes you for growth.
EU data residency without DIY hosting
Coolify has no managed EU option. You source your own EU VPS, configure Coolify, monitor it, update it. Ship on Opsily: EU data residency is built in. Your apps run in German data centers. GDPR? Handled. Your work? Eliminated.
Lightweight & zero ops overhead
Coolify's control panel alone requires 2+ GB RAM. Add applications and you're paying $14-20/month just for a VPS it barely fits. Ship's resource footprint is leaner. But better: Opsily manages all infrastructure, backups, monitoring, and SSL renewal. You deploy. We handle everything else.
Coolify vs. Ship on Opsily: Side by side
Pricing as of September 2026. Coolify Cloud includes 2 servers in the $5 base tier.
Why teams leave Coolify
Coolify is exceptional: 280+ one-click services, GitHub integration, preview deployments, automatic SSL from Let's Encrypt. The problem is not what Coolify does—it's what it costs you to run it.
Hungry infrastructure. Coolify's control panel alone needs 2+ GB RAM. Add your applications and you're looking at €12-18/month just for a VPS that barely fits it all. Dokploy, CapRover, and Dokku run comfortably on 1 GB, leaving room for your actual apps. Opsily's managed Ship? We handle the infrastructure math for you.
Unpredictable pricing. Coolify Cloud is metered: $5 for your first 2 servers, then $3 per additional server. One app on two servers? $5/month. Three apps across three servers? $11/month. Five deployments across four servers? $17/month. The bill grows with your success. That's a feature for Coolify, a bug for your budget. Opsily charges one flat rate: €20 to €70/month, and scales with you inside it.
EU compliance friction. Coolify offers no managed EU option. If your customers are in the EU and GDPR applies, Coolify Cloud runs wherever their default is (not EU). You source your own EU VPS, install Coolify yourself, handle backups, apply security patches, and own the monitoring. Ship on Opsily includes EU data residency in the base product. No extra work. No vendor negotiation. No surprise data-transfer fees.
What you get with managed Ship
We run the infrastructure, monitoring, and operations. You deploy your apps. That's it.
Migrate from Coolify to Ship in 4 steps
No downtime. No drama. Three hours from start to finish.
Email and password. No credit card for the trial. We'll ask for billing info only when you're ready to upgrade.
Connect your GitHub account, select a repo, and click deploy. Ship auto-detects your stack (Node.js, Python, Go, etc.) and builds it.
Coolify exports databases and configuration cleanly. Ship imports them in seconds. We provide the exact commands.
Email and password. No credit card for the trial. We'll ask for billing info only when you're ready to upgrade.
Connect your GitHub account, select a repo, and click deploy. Ship auto-detects your stack (Node.js, Python, Go, etc.) and builds it.
Coolify exports databases and configuration cleanly. Ship imports them in seconds. We provide the exact commands.
Create your Opsily account
Email and password. No credit card for the trial. We'll ask for billing info only when you're ready to upgrade.
Deploy your first app to Ship
Connect your GitHub account, select a repo, and click deploy. Ship auto-detects your stack (Node.js, Python, Go, etc.) and builds it.
Export and import your Coolify data
Coolify exports databases and configuration cleanly. Ship imports them in seconds. We provide the exact commands.
Switch traffic and cancel Coolify
Update your DNS. Your apps now run on Ship. Cancel your Coolify subscription. Your monthly cost drops by €12-18.
Simple, predictable pricing
All plans include EU hosting, automatic backups, SSL, monitoring, team collaboration, and 24/7 support. Upgrade whenever you need more resources: no per-server fees.
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Built for compliance
GDPR, uptime, and data security are not add-ons. They're the foundation.
GDPR Compliant
All data processing follows GDPR. We never export or mirror data outside the EU.
EU Data Residency
Hosted in German data centers with full EU data protection compliance.
Daily Encrypted Backups
Every Ship instance is backed up daily. Encryption at rest. Restore to any point in time.
99.9% Uptime SLA
Monitored 24/7. Automatic failover. Infrastructure redundancy across zones.
Common questions about switching from Coolify
Ship is an open-source deployment platform that does what Coolify does: builds Docker containers, deploys applications, manages databases, and handles SSL/TLS. The key difference: Ship offers a desktop app for solo development (unique to Ship), plus a self-hosted server and managed cloud option. Openship has 13.8K GitHub stars and an Apache 2.0 license. It auto-detects your application stack (Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.), builds it, and deploys it in seconds. Like Coolify, Ship supports GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, and Bitbucket.
Stop paying per server. Stop managing Coolify.
Ship on Opsily: EU-hosted, flat-rate, zero ops. Deploy your first app free. No credit card required.