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AppHarbor vs Dokku: What are the differences?
Developers describe AppHarbor as "Instantly deploy and scale .NET applications". AppHarbor is a fully hosted .NET Platform as a Service. AppHarbor can deploy and scale any standard .NET application to the cloud. On the other hand, Dokku is detailed as "Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash". Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen.
AppHarbor and Dokku can be primarily classified as "Platform as a Service" tools.
"Has a totally free account option" is the top reason why over 7 developers like AppHarbor, while over 20 developers mention "Simple" as the leading cause for choosing Dokku.
Dokku is an open source tool with 17.7K GitHub stars and 1.44K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Dokku's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of AppHarbor
- Has a totally free account option8
- Low cost2
- GitHub integration2
- BitBucket integration2
- Startup friendly2
- Wide choice of integrations2
- Service bus2
- Document database2
- Relational database2
- PostgreSQL2
- .NET Webhosting1
- Add on easy setting1
Pros of Dokku
- Simple23
- Open Source12
- Built on Docker11
- Free11
- Yay, it works like a charm4
- Git deploy4
- HTTP proxy from public hostname to container IP address2
- Zero downtime deploys2
