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Coolify vs Neon

Side-by-side comparison of two indie startups from the Startup Spotlight directory.

Option A
Coolify

Coolify

Developer Tools

Self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable PaaS that runs on any server — used by indie devs who want Heroku UX on a $5 VPS.

Founder
Andras Bacsai
Founded
2021
Team
1-10
Listing
Free (nofollow)
Listed
May 2026
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Option B
Neon

Neon

Developer Tools

Serverless Postgres.

Neon is a serverless, branchable Postgres database — the indie-and-startup-friendly Postgres host, with a generous free tier.

Founded
2021
Team
51-200
Listing
Free (nofollow)
Listed
May 2026
View Neon →

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