Yes, and Coolify Cloud costs $5 per month. You rent the servers separately.

Who backs up my databases?

With Coolify, you do: Coolify Cloud only backs up its dashboard. With while, every database is backed up every day, and a production backup is tested every day.

Can my agent move from Coolify to while?

Yes, it takes over your code, copies the database and carries over your variables.

Coolify vs while: the French alternative for your AI agent

Coolify turns your servers into a PaaS, open source and free. while spares you from having servers at all: your AI agent deploys over MCP, and backups, updates and security are already handled.

What changes between Coolify and while

What matters	Coolify	while
Who it’s for	People who want a PaaS on their own servers¹	People who build their apps with an AI agent, solo or as a team
Your AI agent	A built-in MCP server, with limited-permission tokens and a confirmation before a destructive action⁶	Connected over MCP, with OAuth: it deploys, creates the database, reads the logs and fixes things
What protects production	Your agent’s token permissions, and a confirmation in your AI tool⁶	Sensitive actions, like deleting a production database, wait for a person
The database	On your server, backed up according to your settings, with no point-in-time recovery³	PostgreSQL in while, backed up every day, with point-in-time recovery
Who opens your app	A single password, shared by every visitor	Everyone, a password, or the company account with the Pro plan
In France	If you rent your server in France	Yes, with Nextmap, a French company
To get started	Free, or $5 per month for Coolify Cloud, plus your servers²	A trial without an account. Then €0 to get started, and €13.75 per month for an app and its database

Try while on your app, without an account. Copy the instructions

Coolify, the open-source PaaS you install yourself

Coolify turns any server into a PaaS: git push, a Dockerfile, more than 360 one-click services, and a built-in MCP server for your agent^1,4. The software is open source and free, and your apps keep running even if you stop paying for Coolify Cloud².

With while, your AI agent does the rest

No server to maintain. No system to update, no disk to watch, no certificate to renew: your agent deploys, and the rest is taken care of.
Your databases are backed up for you. Every day, with point-in-time recovery, and a production backup tested every day.
Nothing serious happens without you. Deleting a production database waits for your approval, before it runs, and every action is recorded in a signed activity log.
Your keys stay secret. Your app uses them, your agent never sees them.
Your colleagues sign in with the company account. Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, on the Pro plan, with no sign-in page to code.

Moving from Coolify to while

Take over your app

You, to your agent: Move our Coolify app to while.

Your agent writes while.yaml from your code or your Dockerfile, and deploys the app.

Copy your PostgreSQL database

You, to your agent: Copy our PostgreSQL database to while.

Your agent exports the database with pg_dump, then loads it into while.

Carry over your variables

You, to your agent: Carry over our environment variables.

Your agent carries your settings over to while. You enter your secret keys yourself: it never sees them.

Which one to choose

Choose Coolify if you want to keep your own servers, and backups and updates don’t scare you.
Choose while if you want your AI agent to deploy with no server to maintain, with your databases backed up and your keys kept safe.

Next steps

Deploy a Docker container

Coolify vs while: which one to choose when your AI agent deploys?