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Self-hosting platforms & PaaS, ranked by value — not ad spend

The tools that make everything else in this directory one command away: open PaaS layers that turn a $5 VPS into your own Heroku. This is the category ValueIndex's own managed-install service will build on.

No paid placement. Ranked by evidence against four principles: transparency, value density, privacy, efficiency. How we rank →
Our pick
Homepage — Fast, static-generated homelab dashboard 4.8
#ToolT·V·P·EIndexType
1 Homepage
Fast, static-generated homelab dashboard
4.8 self-host ~
2 Coolify
Self-hosted Heroku/Netlify/Vercel alternative
4.5 self-host
3 CapRover
One-click apps on your own server
4.5 self-host ~
4 Dokku
Smallest PaaS you'll ever see (git push deploy)
4.5 self-host ~
5 Portainer CE
Container management UI
4.0 self-host ~

Max ~7 listings per category, by design — curation is the product. Think something belongs here? Submit it; it has to displace an incumbent.