Is Coolify or Logto better?

Neither clearly leads. Coolify starts at Free and Logto at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Coolify or Logto?

Coolify starts at Free and Logto at Free.

Does Coolify or Logto run on more platforms?

Coolify runs on Web, Linux, Docker, Self-hosted. Logto runs on web, api.

Can I use Coolify for free?

Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.

What is Coolify best used for?

Coolify is most often used for replacing a managed platform bill with a single hetzner or digitalocean instance running a dozen small applications, an agency hosting many low-traffic client sites on shared servers with certificates handled automatically, self-hosting analytics, databases and internal tools from the one-click catalogue without writing compose files, deploying inside a country or jurisdiction where no managed platform operates a region. Of those, replacing a managed platform bill with a single hetzner or digitalocean instance running a dozen small applications and an agency hosting many low-traffic client sites on shared servers with certificates handled automatically are not what Logto is typically brought in for.

What can Coolify do that Logto cannot?

Coolify covers Git push deployments, One-click services, Automatic certificates, Managed databases. Logto covers Prebuilt sign-in UI, Social connectors, Role-based access control, Multi-factor authentication.

Cloud · head to head

Coolify vs Logto

Coolify

Cloud

Open source self-hosted platform that deploys applications and databases to servers you already own

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Logto

Cybersecurity

Open-source identity and authentication infrastructure for apps and APIs

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Coolify commit history since June 2026 shows one maintainer at 73 commits and a second at 15 with nobody else above one, and the same two people also ship four other coolLabs products, so the project depends on a very small number of individuals.; Logto advanced features like RBAC, organizations, MFA, and enterprise SSO are billed as separate paid add-ons rather than included in Pro.
They diverge on capability: Coolify covers Git push deployments, Logto covers Prebuilt sign-in UI.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Coolify and Logto actually diverge.

Attributes where Coolify and Logto differ
Attribute	Coolify	Logto
Pricing model	Open source, no licence fee	freemium
Platforms	Web, Linux, Docker, Self-hosted	web, api
Category	Cloud	Cybersecurity

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Coolify

Git push deployments
One-click services
Automatic certificates
Managed databases
Docker Compose support
Notifications

Only in Logto

Prebuilt sign-in UI
Social connectors
Role-based access control
Multi-factor authentication
Machine-to-machine apps
Audit logs

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Coolify

Replacing a managed platform bill with a single Hetzner or DigitalOcean instance running a dozen small applicationsnot Logto
An agency hosting many low-traffic client sites on shared servers with certificates handled automaticallynot Logto
Self-hosting analytics, databases and internal tools from the one-click catalogue without writing Compose filesnot Logto
Deploying inside a country or jurisdiction where no managed platform operates a regionnot Logto

Logto

Adding sign-in to a new SaaS productnot Coolify
Implementing SSO for B2B customersnot Coolify
Securing internal APIs with M2M tokensnot Coolify
Adding RBAC and organizations to a multi-tenant appnot Coolify

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Coolify

Commit history since June 2026 shows one maintainer at 73 commits and a second at 15 with nobody else above one, and the same two people also ship four other coolLabs products, so the project depends on a very small number of individuals.
Multi-server support is documented as experimental, load balancer configuration is manual, every server must share the same CPU architecture, and moving images between hosts requires you to run your own Docker registry.
In self-hosted mode the Coolify machine holds every SSH key and secret with no documented high availability, so the dashboard host is a single point of failure that the paid Cloud tier fixes and self-hosting does not.
Scheduled S3 backups cover PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB only, so application persistent volumes are your responsibility and a restore is untested unless you test it yourself.
Release cadence is fast enough that six patch versions shipped inside ten days in August 2026 against several hundred open issues, and because instances can update themselves a regression can reach a production host before you have read the changelog.

Logto

Advanced features like RBAC, organizations, MFA, and enterprise SSO are billed as separate paid add-ons rather than included in Pro.
Enterprise pricing is not published and requires contacting sales.
Token-based billing can make cost forecasting harder than flat per-MAU pricing for high-traffic apps.

Pricing, plan by plan

Coolify

Free

Self-hostedFree
- Apache-2.0, no features held back
- Unlimited servers, applications and users
- You run, update and back up the dashboard yourself
Cloud$5/month
- Connects 2 servers, then 3 US dollars a month per extra server
- Managed and updated Coolify dashboard with high availability
- Managed backups of the Coolify instance itself

Logto

Free

FreeFree
- Up to 50,000 MAU
- 50K tokens included
- 3 applications
Pro$24/month
- Unlimited MAU and applications
- 3 included API resources
- Passkey sign-in

Which should you pick?

Choose Coolify if

You need git push deployments.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Linux, Docker, Self-hosted.
You also want one-click services.

Coolify review

Choose Logto if

You need prebuilt sign-in ui.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, api.
You also want social connectors.

Logto review

Questions people ask

Is Coolify or Logto better?: Neither clearly leads. Coolify starts at Free and Logto at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Coolify or Logto?: Coolify starts at Free and Logto at Free.
Does Coolify or Logto run on more platforms?: Coolify runs on Web, Linux, Docker, Self-hosted. Logto runs on web, api.
Can I use Coolify for free?: Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Coolify best used for?: Coolify is most often used for replacing a managed platform bill with a single hetzner or digitalocean instance running a dozen small applications, an agency hosting many low-traffic client sites on shared servers with certificates handled automatically, self-hosting analytics, databases and internal tools from the one-click catalogue without writing compose files, deploying inside a country or jurisdiction where no managed platform operates a region. Of those, replacing a managed platform bill with a single hetzner or digitalocean instance running a dozen small applications and an agency hosting many low-traffic client sites on shared servers with certificates handled automatically are not what Logto is typically brought in for.
What can Coolify do that Logto cannot?: Coolify covers Git push deployments, One-click services, Automatic certificates, Managed databases. Logto covers Prebuilt sign-in UI, Social connectors, Role-based access control, Multi-factor authentication.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Coolify: Is anything held back for the paid tier?

No. Coolify Cloud hosts, updates and backs up the dashboard and gives it high availability. Every feature that touches your applications is in the Apache-2.0 build you can run yourself.

Logto: What does Logto cost?

Logto offers a Free plan at $0/month, a Pro plan starting at $24/month with 50K free tokens included, and a custom-priced Enterprise plan. Extra add-ons like RBAC or MFA are billed separately on Pro.

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Coolify: What does Coolify Cloud cost?

Five US dollars a month connects two servers, and each additional server is three dollars a month, with 20 per cent off for annual billing. You still supply and pay for the servers themselves.

Logto: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?

Yes. The Free plan supports up to 50,000 monthly active users, 3 total applications, 1 machine-to-machine app, 3 social connectors, 1 webhook, and 3-day audit log retention.

Source

Coolify: Does it back up my application data?

It backs up PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB to S3 on a schedule. Application persistent volumes are not covered, so anything stored outside a managed database needs your own backup plan.

Logto: How is usage metered?

Logto uses token-based billing: only access tokens issued for authentication and authorization activity are counted, rather than charging purely per MAU.

Source

Coolify: Can I run it across several servers?

Yes, but the documentation calls multi-server experimental. Load balancing is not configured for you, all nodes must share a CPU architecture, and you need to run your own Docker registry.

Coolify vs Logto

Coolify

Logto

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Coolify

Only in Logto

What people use each for

Coolify

Logto

Where each one falls short

Coolify

Logto

Pricing, plan by plan

Coolify

Logto

Which should you pick?

Choose Coolify if

Choose Logto if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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