CapRover is a free, open-source, self-hosted platform that deploys apps and databases with Docker, Nginx, and Let's Encrypt. CloudPloy deploys to a server you own or rent at cost, on a flat plan, and lets your AI agent deploy over MCP.
| Topic | CapRover | CloudPloy |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A free, open-source, self-hosted platform that deploys apps and databases with Docker, Nginx, and Let's Encrypt. | A hosted deploy control plane. Deploy from git or from your AI agent to servers you own or rent at cost |
| Pricing | Free and open source (Apache 2.0) | Free plan, then $9.99, $19, or $39 per month. Compute billed separately at the provider rate |
| Where apps run | Your own server with a public IP | Any server you own over SSH, or one you take from CloudPloy at the provider rate |
| Frameworks | Anything that runs in a Docker container | Node, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Java, PHP, and static sites via Nixpacks, plus Laravel and WordPress presets |
| Managed or self-hosted | Self-hosted; you install and maintain it | Hosted control plane; nothing to install or maintain on your side beyond your servers |
| Scaling | Add nodes to a Docker Swarm cluster | Up to 10 replicas of an app on its server; load balancing across servers is coming soon |
| Databases | One-click MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Postgres, and others as containers | Run databases such as MySQL on your server next to your apps |
| AI agent access | CLI, web dashboard, and webhooks; no MCP server stated | HTTP MCP server on every plan, with OAuth sign-in and scoped tokens |
| Free tier | Entirely free; you pay only for servers | Free forever: 1 server, 1 app, up to 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM |
CapRover details checked in October 2026 on caprover.com, caprover.com/docs/get-started.html, caprover.com/docs/cli-commands.html. They change; verify on CapRover's site. CloudPloy numbers match our pricing page.
CapRover is a free, open-source, self-hosted platform that deploys apps and databases with Docker, Nginx, and Let's Encrypt. CloudPloy is a hosted control plane: you connect a server you own, or take one at the provider rate, and deploy from git or from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Best fit for CapRover: Developers who want a free Heroku-like dashboard on a VPS and are happy to maintain it. Best fit for CloudPloy: teams that want a flat plan, no markup on compute, and an AI agent that can deploy for them.
Connect your git repo to a CloudPloy server, copy your environment variables, deploy, then move your database and switch DNS.
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