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Opfield vs Coolify

Coolify and Opfield both run on your own servers. Coolify is a self-hosted PaaS for shipping apps from Git. Opfield is a control plane for a fleet of servers, with failover, managed databases, private connections and team access in one place.

Who it is for

Coolify

Developers and small teams who want a Heroku-style experience on their own server: connect a repository, push, and get a running app with HTTPS, plus one-click services and databases.

Who it is for

Opfield

Companies that run production on several servers and want the whole service layer in one place: ingress, workloads, failover, databases, backups, monitoring, and precise access for a team and its AI agents.

Side by side

ApproachCoolifySelf-hosted PaaS: apps, services and databases deployed from Git or Docker images.OpfieldControl plane for a fleet: each server joins as a Node with its roles, such as ingress, Docker, storage, builds and monitoring.
Deploying appsCoolifyDeploys from Git with build packs, Dockerfiles or Docker Compose, and preview deployments for pull requests.OpfieldContainers on every plan. Compose projects and zero-downtime releases with rollback from Personal; deploy on git push with isolated build workers from Business.
Several serversCoolifyAdds remote servers and manages them over SSH.OpfieldEach server runs small daemons that connect out to Opfield. One list of servers with health, metrics and logs.
DatabasesCoolifyOne-click databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis, with scheduled backups to S3.OpfieldManaged PostgreSQL, Redis and Valkey, ClickHouse and S3 object storage with private connections and scheduled backups from Personal; on several servers with failover from Business.
HTTPS and routingCoolifyA built-in reverse proxy with automatic Let’s Encrypt certificates.OpfieldRoutes and Domains on nginx ingress servers with automatic certificates, access lists and maintenance pages; one route served by several ingress servers on Business.
Team accessCoolifyTeams with member roles.OpfieldPermissions per person or group, down to one server, container, database or route, and one audit log for people, tokens and AI agents.
LicenseCoolifyOpen source (Apache 2.0). A hosted Coolify Cloud is also offered.OpfieldPublic source under PolyForm Perimeter, a source-available license. Community is free for up to 25 servers and 3 users.

What this page says about Coolify comes from public documentation, checked in October 2026. If something is out of date, tell us and we will fix it. Tell us

What Opfield adds

Opfield is one control plane for many servers, built so production keeps running and a team can share it safely.

One control plane for many serversEach server joins with one command. Opfield enrolls it, updates it and watches its health, metrics and logs.
Failover across serversWorkloads, databases and object storage keep running on another server when one fails. Business and Enterprise.
Managed databases and backupsPostgreSQL, Redis and Valkey, ClickHouse and S3 object storage, with private connections and scheduled backups. Personal and higher.
No open portsTraffic and private connections go through relays over outbound connections. Workloads and databases need no open ports.
Permissions and one audit logGive a person or a group one server, container, database or route. Every action by people, API tokens and AI agents is recorded.
AI agents over MCPOpfield is an MCP server. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client works under the same permissions and audit as people.

When Coolify is the better choice

  • You run a handful of apps on one or two servers and want the shortest path from a repository to a URL.
  • You want a large catalog of one-click services to start from.
  • You need an OSI-approved open-source license.

Moving to Opfield

Move one service or one layer at a time, and keep the old setup until each part answers through Opfield.

  1. 01Install Opfield on its own host and add your servers as Nodes with the one-line command. Containers already running there appear in Opfield without an import.
  2. 02Only one proxy can own ports 80 and 443 on a server. Move all of a server’s sites at once, or serve them from a separate Opfield ingress server.
  3. 03For each hostname, create the Domain and the Route, issue the certificate, then point DNS at the ingress server.
  4. 04Adopt Compose projects (Personal and higher): paste the Compose file and named volumes keep their names and data. Replace env_file with variables, and move bind mounts into the image or a named volume.
  5. 05Register existing databases as external connections for monitoring and backups, then restore a backup into a managed database when you are ready.
Step-by-step guide in the docs
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