This seems like an unfair comparison for Dokku. I haven’t used the rest, but I have used Dokploy and Dokku. Dokku has had every single feature I could want or need, even accounting for weird edge cases. It just doesn’t have a UI.
With Dokploy, on the other hand, I found the UI difficult to navigate, which would be fine if the documentation was good but it was lacking.
But for many of the features their comparison claims Dokku doesn’t have, it actually does: database support, scheduled jobs, docker compose support. It has some form of monitoring. Overall Dokku has been a pretty robust solution for me and anything it might be missing, like in monitoring for instance, I can just add at the system level.
To be clear, I’m not anti-Dokploy and I think the more these tools improve the better. Just wanted to share my experience in defense of Dokku. Being able to spin up your apps on a cheap VPS is incredibly empowering over having to pay 10x more for managed services like Heroku or Render.
As a current CS student who’s getting tired of stressing out over grades, thank you. I think I was starting to have this realization but someone else putting it into words really helped.
This problem has been the basis of my own studies.
I’m studying computer science in an interdisciplinary build-your-own major style program, focusing on AI ethics. I’m not in any position to make these kinds of claims but I do think that, as you’ve mentioned, these issues will only become more serious in the near future.
At first I was a little worried that not having the traditional CS degree on my resume would hinder me from career opportunities but learning about problems within this space has been incredibly inspiring in its own right.
I don't believe that this is true. FL Studio had a bit of a dated 00's design for a while. Cubase, Reason, and Pro Tools were also not flat either. I'm not sure that "always" is accurate.
With Dokploy, on the other hand, I found the UI difficult to navigate, which would be fine if the documentation was good but it was lacking.
But for many of the features their comparison claims Dokku doesn’t have, it actually does: database support, scheduled jobs, docker compose support. It has some form of monitoring. Overall Dokku has been a pretty robust solution for me and anything it might be missing, like in monitoring for instance, I can just add at the system level.
To be clear, I’m not anti-Dokploy and I think the more these tools improve the better. Just wanted to share my experience in defense of Dokku. Being able to spin up your apps on a cheap VPS is incredibly empowering over having to pay 10x more for managed services like Heroku or Render.