Docker

Anyport vs CapRover

CapRover

Docker Swarm

With nginx in front.

Runtime

Anyport

Kubernetes

Anyport can install k3s on a bare machine if you do not have a cluster.

CapRover is the lightest thing in this comparison and it is honest about what it is: Docker Swarm and nginx, free forever, Apache-2.0, installable on a small VPS in minutes.

If that description fits your problem then it is a better answer than Anyport, which needs a Kubernetes cluster before it does anything at all.

01Common ground

What both of them do

This much both products do, so the table below is only about where they differ.

Deploy from a Git repository or a Dockerfile.
Automatic HTTPS on your own domains.
A one-click catalogue of common services.
Your workloads run on hardware you own and pay for directly.

02The differences

Where they differ

Each row asks one question and sets the two answers across a seam. The highlighted row is the one this comparison turns on.

CapRover	Question	Anyport
CapRover A self-hosted PaaS You install it on one server.	What it is	Anyport A hosted control plane For Kubernetes clusters you already run.
CapRover Docker Swarm With nginx in front.	Runtime	Anyport Kubernetes Anyport can install k3s on a bare machine if you do not have a cluster.
CapRover On your server	Where the control plane runs	Anyport Hosted by us There is nothing for you to install, upgrade or back up.
CapRover It runs on the infrastructure	How it reaches your infrastructure	Anyport Your cluster connects out The agent dials us and holds one connection open.
CapRover A domain pointed at the server Plus the ports nginx serves on.	What your infrastructure must expose	Anyport Nothing No inbound port, no public IP, no reachable API server.
CapRover You do	Who provisions the machines	Anyport You do, or Anyport does Attach machines you own, or have Anyport Cloud run the cluster and bill what it uses.
CapRover Free forever Apache-2.0, with no feature gates.	Price	Anyport $5/mo or $50/yr 3 clusters free, then $2 a month each, billed by the hour. Compute on your own clusters is never metered.
CapRover None claimed	Compliance	Anyport Not certified yet Controls are published in full on the security page instead.

03The decision

Which one to choose

Each list is written to be true. If the first one describes you, the better product is theirs.

Choose CapRover if

One server, a handful of apps, and a preference for the smallest thing that works.
You want it free under a permissive licence with no account and no vendor.
You would rather run a mature, slow-moving project than a fast-moving one.

Choose Anyport if

You are already on Kubernetes and adding Swarm beside it would mean operating two orchestrators.
Your clusters cannot accept inbound traffic, so a server with a public domain pointed at it is not available to you.
You want managed databases, scheduled backups, previews per pull request and cron tasks without assembling them.
More than one cluster, and one place to see all of them.
You have no server yet. Anyport Cloud runs the cluster for you, and servers you attach later join the same console.

04In their words

What CapRover is

Taken from their own documentation and pricing.

CapRover describes itself as powered by Docker and nginx, using Docker Swarm for orchestration, installed on a server you own.

It is Apache-2.0 and free forever, with a one-click app catalogue and no paid tier gating features.

Development moves more slowly than the newer products in this tier, which is a fair trade if you value a stable target over a moving one.

05Questions

Questions people ask

Does CapRover support Kubernetes?

No. CapRover's orchestration is Docker Swarm.

What does Anyport require of a cluster?

A Kubernetes cluster you can run one command against, or a bare Linux machine where Anyport installs k3s first. No inbound port, no public IP, no load balancer that can obtain one, and no kubeconfig handed to us. The agent opens a connection outward and holds it open. With no cluster at all, Anyport Cloud runs one for you on Pro, billed for what your apps use.

What does Anyport cost?

Three clusters are free with every feature and unlimited members, apps and projects. Pro is $5 a month with $5 of credit back each month; clusters past the free three are $2 a month each, and clusters on Anyport Cloud $5, billed by the hour. Compute on your own clusters is never metered because it is not ours, and the one counted resource there is traffic our gateway carries for clusters with no public address of their own: 10 GB a month free, 100 GB on Pro, then $0.02 per GB. A cluster on Anyport Cloud runs on our hardware instead and is billed for what your apps use, at $12 per vCPU and $6 per GiB of memory a month, from credit.

Is Anyport audited or certified?

Not yet. In place of a report, the security page documents what the agent runs with inside your cluster, what crosses the boundary and how secrets are stored, so a reviewer can evaluate the controls directly. Two of them hold regardless of certification: we never receive credentials for your Kubernetes API, and your workloads keep serving whether or not our control plane is reachable.

Start with three free.

Connecting a cluster is one command and takes a few minutes. Three clusters are free with every feature, and the pricing page works out what yours would cost.

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