BUT CAN'T DOKPLOY DO THAT?
Alfredo vs Dokploy
“Can't Dokploy do the same thing on my VPS?”
Dokploy solves the same deploy problem as Alfredo; Alfredo's wiring and dashboard layer sits above that problem, not inside it.
YOU KEEP
Dokploy, if it is your deploy engine today.
Alfredo and Dokploy, across the seven things
The honest version, side by side. Green is automatic, amber is manual work you own, a grey ring is not possible.
| CAPABILITY | Alfredo | Dokploy |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on your servers | Any VPS you can SSH into. Alfredo runs on your servers; it does not host your projects. | Yes — open source, Apache-2.0. |
| Deploys your projects | Built in. Pick the integrations a project needs and deploy — there is no separate PaaS underneath. | Yes — Docker Compose native, database provisioning with backups, multi-server via Swarm. |
| Wires each project at birth | The core claim. Auth, email, database, analytics and payments are configured at creation, secrets are moved for you, and integrations already running are reused. | No integration wiring and no shared services. |
| One dashboard across projects | One HQ across every project you deploy. | No. Real-time CPU/memory/storage/network per resource; monitoring stops at the container boundary. |
| Sees your business, not just CPU | Payments and email delivery sit next to traffic, errors and uptime — business signals, not just CPU. | No. Infra only. |
| Works without assembly | Zero setup — the cross-project view is assembled for you, not built. | On the deploy side, yes. |
| Flat cost for many projects | Flat: you pay for your own box, not per host, per project or per module. | Free OSS self-hosted; new paid Dokploy Cloud from $4.50/mo per server, Startup from $15/mo (2026-07-18). |
ALFREDO ADDS
The wiring and HQ layer that has no equivalent in Dokploy. Adopting Alfredo alongside means running a second deploy stack or switching — a real cost, said plainly. Alfredo is a prototype; Dokploy deploys real projects today.
DOKPLOY'S REAL WINS
Fast-growing, Docker Compose native, clean interface, free.
STAY ON DOKPLOY IF
Stay put if Dokploy already deploys your projects and deploys are your main need. Switching stacks to get a prototype's dashboard is hard to justify. Alfredo is an early, unproven prototype; Dokploy is the mature, proven thing.