CapRover vs Aptible
A detailed comparison to help you choose between CapRover and Aptible.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
CapRover
0 reviews
3.6/5
Aptible
0 reviews
CapRover is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.6). CapRover is a free, open source PaaS that runs on your own server. Deploy apps via CLI, dashboard, or GitHub Actions. One-click app templates for WordPress, Ghost, Mattermost, Nextcloud, and 100+ more. Aptible is a compliance-focused PaaS for deploying HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant applications. Automated vulnerability scanning, audit logs, and managed security configurations. Used by 500+ healthcare companies.
CapRover Self-hosted app deployment — free open source PaaS | Aptible HIPAA-compliant PaaS for healthcare apps | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | free | paid |
| Starting price | Free✓ | From $499/mo |
| Best for | Developers and small teams wanting a free, self-hosted Heroku-style PaaS with one-click apps on their own VPS | Healthtech and regulated-industry teams that must ship HIPAA-eligible apps quickly and cannot staff a compliance-focused platform engineering function |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | AWS regions: 6 shared-stack regions, 14 dedicated-stack regions |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tieropen sourceself hostable | managed optionus datacenterteam featuressso |
| Visit CapRover → | Visit Aptible → | |
CapRover
Pros
- + Free forever, Apache 2.0, no feature gating or license keys
- + One-click app catalog (WordPress, MySQL, MongoDB, and more) deploys in minutes
- + Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS with one-click redirects
- + Deploys from dashboard, CLI, webhook, or Git; runs on any VPS you choose
- + Docker-native: any language or service that runs in a container
Cons
- - Largely solo-maintained — feature development has slowed and the bus factor is low
- - You own server ops: patching, backups, monitoring, and build sizing
- - Rougher edges and docs than commercial PaaS; support is community-only with no SLA
- - No autoscaling, managed backups, or Kubernetes-grade orchestration
Aptible
Pros
- + HIPAA, HITRUST and SOC 2 controls applied by the platform with automated evidence collection
- + Dedicated Stacks give network-level isolation — infrastructure never shared with other customers
- + Managed databases with automatic backups, encryption by default and PostgreSQL point-in-time recovery
- + Fits real workflows: CLI, dashboard, Terraform provider and CI/CD integrations
Cons
- - $499/month base fee before any usage on the Production plan required for HIPAA
- - Metered usage stacks on top of the base fee — containers, databases, endpoints and storage all bill
- - The only published uptime SLA (99.95%) is on Enterprise contracts
- - No bare metal, GPU or object storage — a compliance PaaS, not a general cloud
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