Find the way
you want to build.
Different tools make different tradeoffs.
Start with how you
deploy, connect services, and recover when something goes wrong.
Start with an app.
Keep its services together.
Choose Hakopod if you want to deploy, connect and scale the services around an app in one workflow. Keep their configuration in a reviewable TOML file, with the same application available in the dashboard, CLI and API.
It is a development release. Evaluate it with your own services, backup plan, and operating responsibilities before relying on it.
See an application definition↗Look a little closer.
Five documented areas, side by side.
No scores or universal winner.
Hakopod & Dokploy
For teams that want Git, images, Compose, and Swarm workflows in a Docker-centered platform.
Compare the workflows↗Hakopod & Dokku
For developers who like a Git-push workflow, a command-line interface, and a plugin model.
Compare the workflows↗Hakopod & Coolify
For teams looking for a dashboard over Docker resources and repository-backed or pasted Compose services.
Compare the workflows↗Hakopod & CapRover
For app-oriented deployments using captain-definition, a CLI, webhooks, and one-click templates.
Compare the workflows↗Based on the official documentation checked on 13 September 2026. These are workflow differences, not performance rankings. Hakopod is a development release and its shared Cloud service is planned. Editions, licenses and hosted pricing can change; confirm the current terms with each project.
Bring your real application.
Try a normal change.
Use your repository, build steps, variables, and credentials. Review where each setting lives.
First application↗02 / CONNECTTest the boundaries.
Make one public route and one private connection. Check what other services can reach.
Private networking↗03 / RECOVERRehearse the repair.
Inspect a failure, roll back configuration, and restore data. They are different operations.
Backup and recovery↗