Dokploy hosting guides: install, secure, back up and scale a self-hosted PaaS on a VPS, with pricing, sizing and comparisons. 30 articles from the MassiveGRID engineering teams.
Umami gives you page views, referrers, countries and custom events without cookies or consent banners, from a Node.js app and a PostgreSQL database. Dokploy deploys it as a template in minutes. What the template contains, the first-login change you must make, how to add the script to your sites, and how to keep the data safe.
Read MoreExit code 137, a build log that stops at "npm ci", or deploys that take thirty seconds one hour and five minutes the next. Three different problems, three different fixes. Diagnose in a minute with top, dmesg and docker stats, then apply the seven changes that make Dokploy builds fast and predictable.
Read MoreThe app deployed, the domain is added, and the browser shows a certificate warning, a 404 or a Bad Gateway. Every one of those has a specific cause in how Traefik, DNS and your container fit together. Here are the eight causes Dokploy documents, how to tell them apart, and the fix for each.
Read MoreThe browser spins on http://your-ip:3000 or shows "connection refused". Work through the causes in the order they actually occur, with the exact commands from the Dokploy troubleshooting docs, and the two prevention steps that stop it recurring.
Read MoreDokploy updates with a single command and moves between servers with its own backup and restore. The steps, in order, including the version pin for cautious teams, what to back up first, the post-restore fixes (server IP, Git providers, DNS) and how long applications are down. Spoiler: they are not.
Read MoreA 0.x version number and a two-year-old project make cautious teams pause. Here is the evidence either way: release cadence, what fails when the control plane is down, the documented failure modes, and the twelve things to do before a Dokploy server carries paying customers.
Read MoreBoth put Docker containers on servers you rent, both do zero-downtime deploys and automatic TLS, both are free. Kamal is a command-line tool built by 37signals for its own apps; Dokploy is a web platform. Where each is stronger, what each assumes about your team, and how to choose.
Read MoreLaravel Forge and Vapor are convenient and cost per server or per request. Dokploy gives you the same push-to-deploy flow on a VPS you own. This guide builds the whole production shape: web app, queue worker, scheduler, MySQL, Redis, storage, HTTPS, with the Dockerfile and the Dokploy settings spelled out.
Read MoreThey both put a web UI on Docker, which is where the similarity ends. Dokploy is a deployment platform: Git in, running app with a domain and certificate out. Portainer is a container manager with a free Community Edition and a paid Business Edition. What each does, what each lacks, and the setup where they complement each other.
Read MoreManaged platforms price per seat, per vCPU-hour and per gigabyte; a VPS prices per month. We take one realistic small stack and build its bill on Vercel, Railway, Render and Heroku from their current price lists, then on Dokploy running on a single MassiveGRID server.
Read MoreDjango deploys are the same checklist every time: a WSGI server, static files, a database, migrations, a worker and a certificate. Dokploy turns that into one project with four services. Here is the Dockerfile, the settings that matter behind Traefik, and the Dokploy configuration for each piece.
Read MoreDokploy runs on any Linux VPS, so the question is which one. Six providers priced on the same 2 vCPU, 4 GB server on the same day, with contract terms, included traffic and failover spelled out, MassiveGRID labelled as our own, and a verdict by buyer.
Read MoreThe installer asks for 2 GB of RAM and 30 GB of disk. That runs the dashboard, not your apps. What each service really takes, why builds are the spike that sizes the CPU, how Docker eats disk, and the four server sizes that cover one app to twenty.
Read MoreGhost(Pro) is the easy path and prices by audience. Self-hosting Ghost on Dokploy is a one-click template plus three settings most guides skip: the public URL, transactional mail and newsletter sending. What the template contains, how to finish it, and how to back up the MySQL database that holds every post.
Read MoreSearching for "Dokploy pricing" returns three different numbers because there are three different things: the open-source core, the hosted Cloud plans and the server you run it on. What each costs, what is optional, and a worked monthly bill for three typical setups.
Read MoreDokploy Cloud hosts the dashboard for $4.50 per server, but every app still needs a server you pay for. The two bills side by side for one, three and ten servers, what the Cloud fee actually buys, and when self-hosting on one VPS is the better deal.
Read MoreDocker Swarm vs Kubernetes for Small Teams: What Docker Swarm Does Well, What Kubernetes Adds, The Complexity Tax and When Swarm + Dokploy Is Enough.
Read MoreHow to Set Up Automatic Database Backups with Dokploy: Understanding Dokploy's Backup System and Setting Up PostgreSQL Backups.
Read MoreSelf-Hosting Supabase with Dokploy: Why Self-Host Supabase, What Dokploy Deploys, Infrastructure Sizing, Step-by-Step Deployment and Configuration.
Read MoreRunning Dokploy Multi-Node with Docker Swarm on Dedicated Infrastructure: When to Go Multi-Node, Architecture Design and Step-by-Step Swarm Setup.
Read MoreThe managed PaaS market has settled into a predictable pattern: low entry prices that balloon as your application grows.
Read MoreWhy Developers Are Leaving Vercel: The Vercel Pricing Escalation, The Self-Hosting Movement, What Self-Hosting Actually Requires and The Real Cost Comparison.
Read MoreVercel made deploying Next.js trivially easy. Push to main, get a preview URL, merge, and your production site updates. That workflow is genuinely great.
Read MoreYour Dokploy builds sometimes finish in 30 seconds, other times take 5 minutes. Same code, same Dockerfile. You have not changed anything.
Read MoreDokploy gives you a deployment platform that rivals Heroku and Vercel, but with one critical difference: you own the server.
Read MoreThe two self-hosted PaaS platforms most teams shortlist, compared head to head: footprint, build types, Compose and multi-server support, backups, monitoring, the paid Cloud plans, and the server each one needs. CapRover gets a footnote, not a column.
Read MoreCoolify vs Coolify Cloud vs Dokploy vs CapRover: The Four Options at a Glance, Decision Framework by Use Case and Feature Comparison Matrix.
Read MoreThe Self-Hosting Renaissance: A Brief History of How We Deployed Things, The Catalysts Driving the Shift and The Enabling Technology: Open-Source PaaS Tools.
Read MoreBest VPS for Dokploy in 2026: CPU: Builds Are the Bottleneck, RAM: The Quiet Accumulator, Storage: Docker Images Accumulate and Network and Location.
Read MoreEvery self-hosting guide starts the same way: spin up a server, run an install script, and celebrate when you see a login screen.
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