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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 Docker Swarm mode for multi-server clusters and a larger community. Both are free and self-hosted, and both deploy Docker Compose stacks directly — 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
Coming soon
From $4.50/mo per server
With full observability
$0
$0+
5-person team + SSO
Free
$15/mo+
$curl -fsSL https://temps.sh/deploy.sh | bash

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 want Docker Swarm mode for multi-server, multi-container clusters
  • 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

    Yes

    Dokploy

    Yes
    Also offers Docker 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 versionComing soonFrom $4.50/mo per server
With full observability$0 (included)$0 + 4 extra services to run, or $30–100+/mo SaaS
5-person team + SSOFree — your own VPS$15/mo + observability costs

Migrating from Dokploy

Easy difficulty

Both platforms use identical Docker-based deployments, and both deploy Docker Compose stacks directly. Connect your git repos to Temps, replicate your environment variables, and redeploy — typically under an hour per app, including Compose-based apps via the Docker Compose preset. Converting a Compose stack into individual Temps services is optional, only useful if you want the built-in observability to instrument each container separately.

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 Docker Swarm mode for multi-server clusters matters to you, or if you want the larger community (32k+ GitHub stars). Both are free, open-source, self-hosted, and deploy Docker Compose stacks directly, 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 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' team roles are more basic and it has no Swarm-style multi-server orchestration. Both platforms support docker-compose.yml stacks as a first-class deployment method.

How much does each cost?

Both are free to self-host on your own server, and both offer a managed option. A Temps VPS costs only the server, 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?

Self-host Temps for free, or wait for Temps Cloud, our upcoming managed add-on for telemetry retention, backups, and AI credits.

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