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Temps vs Dokploy

Self-hosting with everything built in

Choose Temps if you want analytics, error tracking, session replay, and uptime monitoring built in; choose Dokploy if you want first-class Docker Compose/Swarm and a larger community. Both are free and self-hosted — the core difference is that Temps ships the full observability stack as a single binary, while Dokploy delegates it to external tools you set up separately.

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Monthly cost at a glance

Temps
Dokploy
Self-hosted
$0
$0
Cloud version
From $6/mo
From $4.50/mo per server
With full observability
$0
$0+
5-person team + SSO
$6/mo
$15/mo+
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The short answer

Choose Temps if you…

  • You want error tracking, analytics, and monitoring without extra tools
  • You prefer a single binary with minimal operational overhead
  • You need session replay to debug user-facing issues
  • You want uptime monitoring and alerting included
  • You need transactional email built into your platform
  • You want OIDC SSO without an enterprise tier

Choose Dokploy if you…

  • You need first-class Docker Compose orchestration
  • You want Docker Swarm mode for multi-container microservices
  • You already have a separate observability stack you prefer
  • You need SSO/SAML on the Enterprise tier
  • You prefer Dokploy's larger community (32k+ GitHub stars)

Why teams switch from Dokploy

Built-in observability stack
Dokploy delegates analytics, error tracking, and monitoring to external tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry). Temps includes all four built-in.
Single binary, zero dependencies
Temps is one Rust binary. Dokploy is a distributed Node.js application that requires Docker, Traefik, and multiple containers to run.
Sentry-compatible error tracking
Drop-in Sentry replacement included. Use your existing SDK — just change the DSN endpoint. Dokploy has no error aggregation.
Session replay built-in
Watch real user sessions to debug UX issues. Dokploy requires external tools like OpenReplay or FullStory.

Feature comparison

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

  • Git push deployments

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Docker support

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Docker Compose support

    Temps

    No

    Dokploy

    Yes
    First-class, with Swarm mode

  • Automatic SSL

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Custom domains

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Preview deployments

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Managed PostgreSQL

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Managed Redis

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • Managed MongoDB

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes

  • S3-compatible storage

    Temps

    Yes
    Built-in (RustFS, MinIO supported)

    Dokploy

    No

  • Error tracking

    Temps

    Yes
    Sentry-compatible

    Dokploy

    No
    External tools required

  • Analytics

    Temps

    Yes
    Privacy-first, unlimited

    Dokploy

    No
    External tools required

  • Session replay

    Temps

    Yes
    Built-in

    Dokploy

    No

  • Uptime monitoring

    Temps

    Yes
    Built-in checks + alerting

    Dokploy

    No
    Uptime Kuma recommended

  • Transactional email

    Temps

    Yes
    SMTP, SES, Scaleway, Cloudflare built in

    Dokploy

    No

  • Multi-server cluster

    Temps

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes
    Docker Swarm mode

  • Team management

    Temps

    Yes
    Basic roles

    Dokploy

    Yes
    Multi-org with RBAC

  • SSO

    Temps

    Yes
    OIDC built in

    Dokploy

    Yes
    SAML on Enterprise tier

  • Open source

    Temps

    Yes
    MIT / Apache 2.0

    Dokploy

    Yes
    Apache 2.0

What it actually costs

Both are free to self-host. Dokploy Cloud is ~$4.50/server but has no built-in observability — you either run and maintain Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry/GlitchTip, and Uptime Kuma yourself, or pay $30–100+/mo for the SaaS equivalents. Temps includes the equivalent stack in one binary.

ScenarioTempsDokploy
Self-hosted$0$0
Cloud versionFrom $6/moFrom $4.50/mo per server
With full observability$0 (included)$0 + 4 extra services to run, or $30–100+/mo SaaS
5-person team + SSO$6/mo (Temps Cloud)$15/mo + observability costs

Migrating from Dokploy

Easy difficulty

Both platforms use identical Docker-based deployments. Connect your git repos to Temps, replicate your environment variables, and redeploy — typically under an hour per app. Docker Compose stacks may need converting to individual Temps services if you want the built-in observability to instrument each container separately, but the app code is entirely portable.

Frequently asked questions

Dokploy vs Temps: which should I choose?

Choose Temps if you want deployments plus built-in observability — it bundles web analytics, Sentry-compatible error tracking, session replay, and uptime monitoring into a single Rust binary, so you don't wire up Prometheus, Grafana, or Sentry yourself. Choose Dokploy if first-class Docker Compose and Docker Swarm support matter to you, or if you want the larger community (32k+ GitHub stars). Both are free, open-source, and self-hosted with git-push deploys, automatic SSL, preview environments, and managed PostgreSQL/Redis/MongoDB.

What does Temps include that Dokploy doesn't?

Temps includes four things Dokploy delegates to external tools: web analytics (privacy-first, unlimited), error tracking (Sentry-compatible — point the official Sentry SDK at a Temps DSN), session replay, and uptime monitoring with alerting. It also bundles S3-compatible object storage and transactional email. Dokploy handles deployments well but expects you to run Prometheus/Grafana for metrics, an external Sentry or GlitchTip for errors, OpenReplay or FullStory for replay, and Uptime Kuma for monitoring.

What does Dokploy do better than Temps?

Dokploy has first-class Docker Compose support with Docker Swarm mode for multi-server clusters, a larger community (32k+ GitHub stars), multi-org RBAC team management, and SSO/SAML on its enterprise tier. Temps does not have first-class Docker Compose at the platform level and its team roles are more basic. If your workflow is built around docker-compose.yml stacks, Dokploy is the more natural fit.

How much does each cost?

Both are free to self-host on your own server, and both offer a managed option. Temps Cloud is ~$6/mo (Hetzner infrastructure cost plus a 30% margin, with no per-seat fees or bandwidth overages). Dokploy Cloud hosts the control plane starting around $4.50/mo per server, while your apps still run on your own servers. The practical cost difference shows up in the observability stack: with Dokploy you also pay for (or self-host and maintain) separate analytics, error tracking, replay, and monitoring tools; with Temps those are included in the one binary.

Ready to switch from Dokploy?

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