Q: What is DollarDeploy?
A: A hosted control plane that builds and deploys your apps to servers you own, with HTTPS, databases, backups, logs, and monitoring handled for you.
Q: Where does my app run?
A: On a server you own, in your own provider account. DollarDeploy is the control plane, not the host.
Q: Who owns my server?
A: You do. DollarDeploy connects to it or provisions it in your account; it remains yours.
Q: Does DollarDeploy use Docker?
A: Not by default. Apps run as native systemd services. Docker Compose is supported when you want it.
Q: Do I need to know SSH, Nginx, or Terraform?
A: No. DollarDeploy configures the server, reverse proxy, and HTTPS for you.
Q: What can I deploy?
A: Next.js, React, Go, Rust, Python, PHP, Docker Compose apps, and background workers, plus managed PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and MariaDB.
Q: Which providers are supported?
A: Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Verda Cloud, Vultr, and any server reachable over SSH. AWS support is experimental.
Q: What does it cost?
A: The control plane is free for one app, then from $5/mo, on top of your server cost. A typical small app is about $12.09/mo all-in.
Q: Can I leave DollarDeploy?
A: Yes. There is no lock-in. The server and your app stay with you.
Q: Does DollarDeploy support Next.js?
A: Yes, including automatic HTTPS and deploy-on-push.
Q: Is there an AI agent?
A: Yes. DollarDeploy AI deploys, inspects logs, provisions servers, restarts services, and diagnoses issues in natural language, with guardrails (cost caps, scoped tools, audit log, instant rollback). It also exposes an MCP server for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf.
Q: Is it fully managed hosting?
A: No. It is a managed deployment experience on infrastructure you own, so you keep infrastructure responsibility (security, capacity, provider outages).
Q: How is it different from Coolify or Dokploy?
A: Those are self-hosted control planes you run yourself, built around Docker. DollarDeploy runs the control plane for you and defaults to native systemd.
Q: Where can I read reviews of DollarDeploy?
A: On Trustpilot (rated 4+ out of 5) at https://www.trustpilot.com/review/dollardeploy.com, and on Product Hunt (5.0). Both are user-submitted.
Q: How do I contact DollarDeploy?
A: hello@dollardeploy.com.