Pyo vs Coolify
Autoscaling, clusters and self-healing on your own servers, all from one dashboard. Here's how Pyo compares, feature by feature.
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| Feature | Pyo | Coolify |
|---|---|---|
| Deploying | ||
| Deploy from Git | Yes: On every push | Yes: Yes |
| Deploy any container image | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| Docker Compose | Yes: Dashboard, API or pyo deploy -f | Yes: Yes |
| Zero-config builds | Yes: Detects your framework | Yes: Yes |
| Zero-downtime deploys | Yes: With 2 or more replicas | Partly: Rolling updates, not for Compose |
| One-click rollback | Yes: To any earlier version | Yes: To images still on the server |
| Automatic rollback | Yes: A failed deploy undoes itself | Yes: Keeps the running container |
| Health checks | Yes: HTTP, TCP or command | Yes: Yes |
| Deploy hooks | Yes: A secret URL for CI | Yes: Yes |
| Cron jobs | Yes: With run history and failure alerts | Yes: Yes |
| One-click templates | Yes: Databases, tools and apps | Yes: Yes |
| Scaling | ||
| Autoscaling | Yes: On CPU and memory, from min to max | No: No |
| Replicas across servers | Yes: As many as your servers fit, from the dashboard | Partly: Swarm, or your own load balancer |
| Databases that fail over | Yes: Postgres, MySQL and KV, with replicas on other servers | No: One container each. Replication is up to you |
| Services move if a server fails | Yes: Stateless services, automatically | Partly: Only with Swarm, which is deprecated |
| Clusters | Yes: Built in from the start | Partly: Swarm, deprecated and due to be removed |
| Multiple servers | Yes: Joined over Tailscale | Yes: Connected over SSH |
| CPU and memory limits | Yes: For every service | Yes: Yes |
| Traffic | ||
| Web application firewall | Yes: OWASP and custom rules, off by default | No: Not built in |
| Firewall by IP, range or country | Yes: Per service | Partly: IP allow lists, as Traefik middleware |
| Rate limits | Yes: Per visitor, for websites | Partly: As Traefik middleware |
| TCP and UDP ports | Yes: Through Pyo Gateway, or from your servers | Yes: Published from the server |
| Observability | ||
| Analytics | Yes: No script to add | Yes: Yes |
| CPU and memory metrics | Yes: Servers and services, no Prometheus | Yes: Servers and containers |
| Live logs | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| Terminal into a service | Yes: From the dashboard | Yes: Yes |
| Security | ||
| Encrypted secrets | Yes: A separate key for each team | Yes: Yes |
| Network isolation | Yes: Between projects | Partly: Docker networks |
| External secret stores | Yes: Vault, OpenBao, Infisical, AWS, GCP, Azure and Doppler | Partly: Vault, Infisical and Doppler |
| Team roles | Yes: Owner, admin, developer and viewer | Yes: Owner, admin and member |
| Scoped API keys | Yes: Read, deploy or full, per team | Yes: Yes |
| Automation | ||
| CLI | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| API | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| MCP for AI assistants | Yes: 131 tools, covering the whole API | Yes: Yes |
| Data | ||
| Persistent volumes | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| Scheduled backups | Yes: Volumes and databases. Volumes are encrypted and restore in one click | Yes: Volumes and databases |
| Your own S3 bucket | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
Based on Coolify's public docs, checked November 9, 2026. Features and plans change, so check their site for the latest. Coolify is a trademark of its owner. Pyo isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Coolify.
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