Alternatives / Sevalla
Looking for an open source Sevalla alternative? We compared 7 open source self-hosted PaaS tools by license, deployment model, and maintenance. Coolify, Dokploy, and Dokku are the established choices, Appwrite is a backend platform, and /dev/push, Temps, and Stormkit are newer.
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Coolify | Any SSH server, 280+ services | Apache-2.0 |
| Appwrite | Backend platform | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dokploy | Docker Compose and Swarm | Apache-2.0 core + source-available components |
| Dokku | Heroku-style Git push | MIT |
| /dev/push | GitHub deploys with previews | MIT |
| Temps | Deployments plus analytics | Apache-2.0 |
| Stormkit | CI/CD, environments, previews | AGPL-3.0 Community Edition |
We looked for open-source platforms that deploy apps and databases from Git. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Coolify deploys apps, databases, and 280+ one-click services over SSH with Git integration and automatic SSL. Dokploy manages apps on any VPS with Docker Compose and Swarm, and Dokku is a Docker-based PaaS with Heroku-style Git push.
Appwrite is a backend platform for databases, authentication, hosting, and security, which goes beyond deployment.
/dev/push deploys from GitHub with zero-downtime and preview URLs, but several features are upcoming. Temps is a single binary with deployments, error tracking, analytics, and uptime monitoring for small teams. Stormkit has CI/CD, multiple environments, and previews.
Dokploy's core is Apache-2.0 with some source-available components, and Stormkit's Community Edition is AGPL-3.0. /dev/push's last commit was in March 2026.
Coolify and Temps are Apache-2.0. Appwrite is BSD-3-Clause. Dokku and /dev/push are MIT.
Most had commits within weeks of this update.
Sevalla is a proprietary managed platform priced by usage. Self-hosted PaaS tools run on servers you pay for, but you handle updates and backups.
Apache-2.0 self-hosted PaaS for deploying applications, databases, and preconfigured services to VPS or bare-metal servers over SSH. Supports Git repositories, Docker images, Compose, buildpacks, automatic HTTPS, custom domains, preview deployments, backups, monitoring, and multiple servers. Deployed services continue running on your infrastructure independently of the control plane.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform; server and infrastructure costs are separate.
BSD-3-Clause application platform combining web hosting and serverless functions with databases, authentication, object storage, realtime APIs, messaging, and SDKs. It can be self-hosted with Docker or used as a managed cloud service; its role is broader and more backend-oriented than Vercel's frontend deployment focus.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform and managed cloud service.
Self-hosted PaaS with an Apache-2.0 core and separately licensed code in the /proprietary directory. It provides Git deployments, Docker and Compose, Traefik, SSL, databases, backups, multi-node deployments, monitoring, templates, team permissions, terminal access, and MCP support.
Pricing: Self-hosted core with separate proprietary/source-available functionality.
MIT lightweight PaaS that provides a Heroku-style Git deployment workflow on infrastructure you control. Applications can be built with buildpacks or Docker, with plugins for domains, TLS, databases, and other services. It favors a smaller CLI-first model over a large integrated control panel.
Pricing: Free and open-source self-hosted software.
MIT deployment platform designed as a self-hosted Vercel, Render, and Netlify alternative. Connects to GitHub and builds on branch pushes, with zero-downtime deployments, preview URLs, environments, logs, rollback, teams, encrypted variables, custom domains, automatic Let's Encrypt SSL, and Docker-based builds for Python, Node.js, and PHP.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform; provide the server infrastructure.
Apache-2.0 platform implemented primarily in Rust that combines application deployments with analytics, session replay, error tracking, OpenTelemetry, uptime monitoring, transactional email, AI sandboxes, and an AI gateway. Its CLI exposes many operations for scripted and agent-driven infrastructure workflows.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform.
Deployment platform for modern web applications with automated CI/CD, environment management, custom domains, preview-style deployments, monitoring, and self-hosting. Community Edition code under src/ce is AGPL-3.0; Enterprise Edition functionality under src/ee is commercially licensed.
Pricing: Self-hosted Community Edition with commercial Enterprise functionality and hosted option.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolify | Self-hosted PaaS | Apache-2.0 | Yes | Closest replacement |
| Appwrite | Backend platform | BSD-3-Clause | Yes | Full backends |
| Dokploy | Self-hosted PaaS | Apache-2.0 + source-available parts | Yes | Docker users |
| Dokku | Self-hosted PaaS | MIT | Yes | Simple deployments |
| /dev/push | Self-hosted PaaS | MIT | Yes | Python and Node.js apps |
| Temps | Self-hosted platform | Apache-2.0 | Yes | Small teams |
| Stormkit | Self-hosted PaaS | AGPL-3.0 (Community) | Yes | Frontend teams |
Want a UI with many services
Coolify has S3 backups and team permissions.
Want a full backend
Appwrite combines databases, authentication, and hosting.
Want a Heroku workflow
Dokku uses buildpacks and Git push deploys under MIT.