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Temps vs CapRover

Same deploys. Observability included.

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Monthly cost at a glance

Temps
CapRover
Software
$0
$0
Infrastructure
Your own VPS
Your own VPS
With full observability
$0
$0 plus tools to run yourself,
With HA databases
$0
Single containers
$curl -fsSL https://temps.sh/deploy.sh | bash

The short answer

What they share
Both are free, Apache-2.0, self-hosted PaaS platforms with git-based deploys and automatic SSL.
Where they diverge
Temps includes analytics, error tracking, session replay, uptime monitoring and HA-capable managed databases. CapRover leaves observability and database HA to you — matching what Temps bundles costs $50–150+/month of SaaS or several more services to operate.
What CapRover has that Temps doesn't
A large one-click app catalogue and years of production use on Docker Swarm. Temps is a younger project (v0.1.0) with a smaller catalogue.

Scored, dimension by dimension

  • Licence and hosting cost

    Tie

    Temps

    $0, Apache 2.0, self-hosted

    CapRover

    $0, Apache 2.0, self-hosted

  • Built-in observability

    Temps

    Temps

    Analytics, errors, replay, uptime

    CapRover

    None — $50–150+/mo of SaaS to match

  • Managed databases

    Temps

    Temps

    Postgres, MySQL, Mongo, Redis with HA

    CapRover

    Single containers, HA is yours to build

  • One-click app catalogue

    CapRover

    Temps

    Smaller

    CapRover

    Large, genuinely useful catalogue

  • Maturity

    CapRover

    Temps

    Young project (v0.1.0)

    CapRover

    Years of production use on Docker Swarm

Why teams switch from CapRover

CapRover and Temps are the closest comparison on this site: both are free, open-source (Temps MIT / Apache 2.0, CapRover Apache 2.0), self-hosted platforms that deploy by git push and scale across nodes. The difference is not deployment — it is that CapRover's core has no analytics, error tracking or uptime monitoring, and Temps includes all three.

Observability in the core
CapRover deploys apps; monitoring is something you add from the one-click app store and then operate yourself. Temps includes analytics, error tracking, session replay and uptime checks in the same binary.
Preview environments per pull request
Temps creates a preview environment for every pull request automatically. On CapRover this is an app-per-branch convention you script and tear down yourself.
Managed databases with HA
CapRover's databases come from one-click apps — single containers you back up yourself. Temps provides managed PostgreSQL with high-availability clusters and scheduled backups.
One binary, no Swarm to operate
CapRover builds on Docker Swarm, so scaling means understanding Swarm. Temps handles multi-node itself, which is one fewer system in the failure path.

Feature comparison

What each platform includes out of the box, and what needs a separate subscription.

  • Git push deployments

    Temps

    Yes

    CapRover

    Yes

  • Web dashboard

    Temps

    Yes

    CapRover

    Yes
    Long-standing strength

  • Dockerfile and buildpack builds

    Temps

    Yes

    CapRover

    Yes

  • Multi-server / clustering

    Temps

    Yes
    Built in

    CapRover

    Yes
    Via Docker Swarm nodes

  • Automatic SSL

    Temps

    Yes

    CapRover

    Yes

  • One-click app store

    Temps

    No

    CapRover

    Yes
    Large catalogue — a real advantage

  • Preview environments

    Temps

    Yes
    Per pull request

    CapRover

    No
    Manual app-per-branch

  • Managed PostgreSQL

    Temps

    Yes
    HA clusters, scheduled backups

    CapRover

    Yes
    One-click container, no HA

  • S3-compatible storage

    Temps

    Yes
    Built in

    CapRover

    No
    Not in core; MinIO available as a one-click app

  • Analytics

    Temps

    Yes
    Privacy-first, built in

    CapRover

    No
    Not in core

  • Error tracking

    Temps

    Yes
    Sentry-compatible

    CapRover

    No
    Not in core

  • Session replay

    Temps

    Yes
    rrweb-based

    CapRover

    No

  • Uptime monitoring

    Temps

    Yes
    60s checks + alerting

    CapRover

    No
    Not in core

  • Transactional email

    Temps

    Yes
    SMTP, SES, Scaleway, Cloudflare

    CapRover

    No

  • Open source

    Temps

    Yes
    MIT / Apache 2.0

    CapRover

    Yes
    Apache 2.0

  • Free forever

    Temps

    Yes

    CapRover

    Yes

What it actually costs

Both are free and open source, so this is not a pricing comparison. The cost that differs is operational: on CapRover, analytics, error tracking and uptime monitoring are either four more services you run or four more SaaS subscriptions you buy.

ScenarioTempsCapRover
Software$0 — MIT / Apache 2.0$0 — Apache 2.0
InfrastructureYour own VPSYour own VPS
With full observability$0 (included)$0 plus tools to run yourself, or $50-150+/mo SaaS
With HA databases$0 (included)Single containers — HA is yours to build

Which one should you choose?

Choose Temps if you…

  • You want analytics, error tracking and uptime monitoring without adding services
  • You want preview environments created per pull request automatically
  • You need managed Postgres with high availability rather than a single container
  • You would rather not operate Docker Swarm to scale across nodes
  • You want session replay and transactional email in the same platform

What CapRover does better than Temps

  • The one-click app store matters to you — it is a large, genuinely useful catalogue
  • You already run Docker Swarm and are comfortable with it
  • You want a mature project with years of production use behind it
  • Deployment is all you need and you have observability elsewhere
  • You prefer assembling your own stack from one-click components

Migrating from CapRover

Easy difficulty

Both are container-based, so images and Dockerfiles port directly and captain-definition build settings map to Temps service definitions. Environment variables move one for one. Databases deployed as CapRover one-click apps need a dump and restore rather than a live migration. The one thing without an equivalent is the one-click app store, so check what you have deployed from it before switching.

Frequently asked questions

Is CapRover free?

Yes. CapRover is released under the Apache 2.0 licence and is free forever, with no paid tier and no vendor lock-in.

Does CapRover support multiple servers?

Yes. CapRover supports clustering by adding nodes to a Docker Swarm cluster, and handles load balancing across them.

Does CapRover include monitoring or analytics?

Not in its core. Monitoring tools can be deployed from the one-click app catalogue, but you run and maintain them yourself. Temps includes analytics, error tracking, session replay and uptime monitoring in the platform.

Is Temps or CapRover easier to start with?

They are comparable for a first deployment. CapRover has the larger one-click catalogue; Temps needs less assembly if you want observability, because it is already there.

How we researched this comparison

CapRover's licence, clustering model and feature scope read from caprover.com. Temps capabilities from this repository. No benchmarks were run.

Disclosure: Temps publishes this page and is one of the products being compared.

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