dokploy vs supabase
Two of the top projects in Backends, databases and hosting, side by side: who leads on each score part and who each one suits, then setup, license, activity and what each review found.
dokploy
Self-hosted PaaS for deploying apps and databases across Docker Swarm nodes
supabase
Postgres backend with auth, storage, realtime and edge functions
Verdict
dokploy ranks higher, 85 to 74. Of the 5 score parts we measure for both, dokploy leads on 2, supabase on 2 and 1 is even.
- Adoptionsupabase leads by 17 points, 98 to 81: a wide gap.
- FreshnessEven at 100.
- Maintenancedokploy leads by 13 points, 85 to 72.
- Easy to rundokploy leads by 50 points, 83 to 33: a wide gap.
- Agent-readysupabase leads by 30 points, 85 to 55: a wide gap.
Pick dokploy if you are
Self-hosters who want a Vercel or Heroku-style deploy workflow on their own VPS
- Installs on a VPS with a single curl script
- Native Docker Compose and Docker Swarm multi-node support
Pick supabase if you are
Developers needing a Postgres backend with auth, storage and vectors
- Built on Postgres, PostgREST, GoTrue and Realtime, so the data layer is plain SQL
- Official clients for JavaScript/TypeScript, Flutter, Swift and Python
| What we compare | dokploy | supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Score parts, out of 100 | ||
| Adoption | 81, widely used | 98, widely used |
| Freshness | 100, active | 100, active |
| Maintenance | 85, healthy | 72, fair |
| Easy to run | 83, very easy | 33, some setup |
| Agent-ready | 55, partly | 85, ready |
| Facts from GitHub and the README | ||
| Stars | 37.9k | 111.8k |
| License | custom license (read the license) | Apache-2.0 (permissive) |
| Last commit | Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Last release | Sep 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Docker | Yes | Yes |
| GPU | Not needed | Not needed |
| arm64 or Apple Silicon | Not stated | Not stated |
dokploy
Dokploy is a self-hostable platform-as-a-service that deploys applications, Docker Compose stacks and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, libsql, Redis) to your own servers. It uses Traefik for routing, Docker Swarm for multi-node scaling, and offers one-click open-source templates, database backups to external storage, and a CLI and API. It has no AI-specific features, so it fits as deployment infrastructure for apps built elsewhere.
Who it is for: Self-hosters who want a Vercel or Heroku-style deploy workflow on their own VPS
Strengths
- Installs on a VPS with a single curl script
- Native Docker Compose and Docker Swarm multi-node support
- Built-in database backups, monitoring and deploy notifications
- Exports logs and metrics to Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, CloudWatch and others
Weaknesses
- License is reported as NOASSERTION; terms need checking before commercial use
- README gives no minimum RAM or CPU requirements
- No AI features; general-purpose deployment tool only
- Hosted Dokploy Cloud is offered alongside; feature split with self-hosted not stated
- no GPU
- Docker
- Needs Docker, Docker Swarm, Traefik
supabase
Supabase bundles a Postgres database with generated REST and GraphQL APIs, JWT-based auth, S3-backed file storage, realtime change feeds over websockets, and edge functions. It also includes a vector and embeddings toolkit for AI workloads. It runs as a hosted platform, can be self-hosted, or run locally, and has official clients for JavaScript, Flutter, Swift and Python.
Who it is for: Developers needing a Postgres backend with auth, storage and vectors
Strengths
- Built on Postgres, PostgREST, GoTrue and Realtime, so the data layer is plain SQL
- Official clients for JavaScript/TypeScript, Flutter, Swift and Python
- Hosted, self-hosted and local development options
- Apache-2.0 license; vector and embeddings toolkit included
Weaknesses
- Many separate services to run when self-hosting; README gives no resource requirements
- Go, Java, Rust, Ruby and C# clients are community-maintained, some partial
- Repo has no Docker or compose files; self-hosting is documented elsewhere
- no GPU
- Compose
- Needs PostgreSQL, S3-compatible storage, Envoy
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