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AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs Dokku

Both stand on cloud platform as a service (paas) software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Free plan APILinuxWeb+1

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Choose Dokku if you want an open-source, self-hosted deployment platform built around Git pushes and extensible plugins. Look elsewhere if you need a managed hosting service, or choose carefully if you want Dokku Pro but do not have a supported existing installation.

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The facts

	AWS Elastic Beanstalk	Dokku
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Linux, Web, Windows	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Dokku Pro: $849, paid once
Plans published	2	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	aws.amazon.com	dokku.com
On cloud platform as a service (paas) software	#1 of 31	#3 of 31

AWS Elastic Beanstalk: what it does well

Dokku: what it does well

Builds deployments from Heroku buildpacks, Dockerfiles or Docker images.
Can deploy to a single server, Docker containers or a K3s cluster.
Supports rollback and deployment audit logs.
Official plugins cover several databases, Elasticsearch and Let's Encrypt.
Self-hosting lets users choose their hardware.

What to know first

Dokku Pro requires an existing Dokku installation.
Dokku Pro is a $849 as a one-time purchase.
Minimum memory is 1 GB for Docker scheduler or 2 GB per K3s node.
Dokku Pro requires a Debian-based AMD64 or ARM64 system.

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