--- title: Dokku Reviews meta_title: 'Dokku Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 55 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Dokku works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 55 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # Dokku Reviews **Vendor:** Dokku **Category:** [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 55 ## About Dokku The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen. Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 200 lines of Bash ## Dokku Reviews ### 1. My little Experience with Dokku **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Dokku?** I used Dokku for my AR Project and it's one of the best Tools for PaaS implementation, it's Free and Opensource and it's a Good factor. **What do you dislike about Dokku?** 1- Core team photos in official website(Kidding)\ 2- I can't see any online demo before start **What problems is Dokku solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had some limitation in My project so i decided use my own Paas service and Dokku very helpful for this matter. ### 2. Amazing tiny PaaS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Dokku?** The ease of deploying Meteor application to my production servers is the best thing I've ever seen. **What do you dislike about Dokku?** Dokku lacked caching feature when I used it for my servers. **What problems is Dokku solving and how is that benefiting you?** Due to Dokku, I was able to ship the product easily to the custom server which was cheap as compared to other PaaS providers, so I was able to save a lot using this. ### 3. docker is pretty cool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Dokku?** The ease of use and the web UI, usually I like to get the most out of online services and this is one of them. **What do you dislike about Dokku?** I would have improved the tutorials, i thought they could hae used more videos **Recommendations to others considering Dokku:** Get familiar with the tutorials. **What problems is Dokku solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving containeriziation problems that would not have been possible before and thusly are profitable ### 4. A simple way to host your apps **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Dokku?** Dokku is simple to use, it's fast to install. **What do you dislike about Dokku?** Dokku runs only on Ubuntu, you cannot install it on CentOS. **Recommendations to others considering Dokku:** Use it only for apps that you don't need to scale. **What problems is Dokku solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provide a simple hosting for apps that don't require scaling. ### 5. Very good for rapid prototyping **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Dokku?** It's ability to allow a herokuesque experience without worrying about the baremetal configs. **What do you dislike about Dokku?** This isn't a dislike, but the overall devOps community has evolved very much, dokku is becoming less customizable. **Recommendations to others considering Dokku:** For small companies only **What problems is Dokku solving and how is that benefiting you?** Rapid prototyping for deployment demos - [View Dokku pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/dokku/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-15+02%3A50%3A23+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=fdeb7c15-e246-4916-a97a-d0bf28afb782&secure%5Btoken%5D=2cac337f9c901c366bef8bf97841036ac38138c0ed141550feadf55aa3bc4f6f&format=llm_user) ## Dokku Features **Development** - Application Deployment - Language Support **Database** - Analytics - Backup / Recovery - Storage **Infrastructure** - Networking - Virtual Machines - Security ## Top Dokku Alternatives - [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (143 reviews) - [AWS Elastic Beanstalk](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elastic-beanstalk/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (177 reviews) - [Google App Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (192 reviews)