Pyo vs OpenShip
Autoscaling, a web application firewall and databases that fail over on your own servers, all from one dashboard. Here's how Pyo compares, feature by feature.
| Feature | Pyo | OpenShip |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | ||
| Control plane on your laptop | No: Runs on your servers | Yes: The desktop app drives servers over SSH |
| Desktop app | No: A web dashboard | Yes: macOS, Windows and Linux |
| Mail server | No: Not built in | Yes: Sends and receives, with webmail |
| Deploying | ||
| Deploy from Git | Yes: On every push | Yes: On every push |
| Deploy any container image | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| Docker Compose | Yes: Dashboard, API or pyo deploy -f | Yes: Yes |
| Zero-config builds | Yes: Detects your framework | Yes: Detects your stack |
| Zero-downtime deploys | Yes: With 2 or more replicas | Partly: For containers, not host processes |
| One-click rollback | Yes: To any earlier version | Yes: To any healthy earlier version |
| Automatic rollback | Yes: A failed deploy undoes itself | Yes: Keeps the running version |
| Health checks | Yes: HTTP, TCP or command | Yes: Compose-style, per service |
| Deploy hooks | Yes: A secret URL for CI | Partly: Run the CLI from CI with a token |
| Cron jobs | Yes: With run history and failure alerts | Yes: With run history and notifications |
| One-click templates | Yes: Databases, tools and apps | Yes: Yes |
| Adopt running containers | No: Not built in | Yes: From Coolify, Dokploy or Dokku servers |
| Scaling | ||
| Autoscaling | Yes: On CPU and memory, from min to max | No: Not on your own servers |
| Replicas across servers | Yes: As many as your servers fit, from the dashboard | Yes: Up to 100, on a k3s or Swarm cluster |
| Databases that fail over | Yes: Postgres, MySQL and KV, with replicas on other servers | Partly: Postgres and Redis replicas, on a k3s cluster |
| Services move if a server fails | Yes: Stateless services, automatically | Partly: On a k3s cluster |
| Clusters | Yes: Built in from the start | Yes: k3s, or an existing Docker Swarm |
| Multiple servers | Yes: Joined over Tailscale | Yes: Connected over SSH |
| CPU and memory limits | Yes: For every service | Yes: For container services |
| Traffic | ||
| Web application firewall | Yes: OWASP and custom rules, off by default | No: Not built in |
| Firewall by IP, range or country | Yes: Per service | Yes: Per route |
| Rate limits | Yes: Per visitor, for websites | Yes: Per route |
| TCP and UDP ports | Yes: Through Pyo Gateway, or from your servers | Yes: Published from the server |
| Observability | ||
| Analytics | Yes: No script to add | Yes: From the edge, no script to add |
| CPU and memory metrics | Yes: Servers and services, no Prometheus | Yes: Servers and containers |
| Live logs | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| Terminal into a service | Yes: From the dashboard | Yes: From the dashboard |
| Security | ||
| Encrypted secrets | Yes: A separate key for each team | Yes: Every value, at rest |
| Network isolation | Yes: Between projects | Yes: A Docker network per project |
| External secret stores | Yes: Vault, OpenBao, Infisical, AWS, GCP, Azure and Doppler | No: Not built in |
| Team roles | Yes: Owner, admin, developer and viewer | Yes: Owner, admin, member and restricted |
| Scoped API keys | Yes: Read, deploy or full, per team | Yes: Read-only, or limited to chosen resources |
| Automation | ||
| CLI | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| API | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| SDK | No: Use the API | Yes: JavaScript and TypeScript |
| MCP for AI assistants | Yes: 131 tools, covering the whole API | Yes: Yes |
| Data | ||
| One-click databases | Yes: Postgres, MySQL and KV. MongoDB as a template | Yes: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis |
| Persistent volumes | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| Scheduled backups | Yes: Volumes and databases. Volumes are encrypted and restore in one click | Yes: Volumes and databases. Restore in one click |
| Your own S3 bucket | Yes: Yes | Yes: Or SFTP, a server or a local disk |
Based on OpenShip's public docs, checked November 9, 2026. Features and plans change, so check their site for the latest. OpenShip is a trademark of its owner. Pyo isn't affiliated with or endorsed by OpenShip.
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