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Dokploy vs Incus

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Dokploy and Incus — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Dokploy vs Incus: at a glance

FeatureDokployIncus
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score2.55.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesself-hosted-paas, dokploy-cloud, billing, security-hardeningcontainer manager, live migration, sr-iov, project isolation
Last editorial update4h ago1h ago
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What is Dokploy?

Dokploy's 0.30 line lands as cloud billing and a Docker network UI, with quiet patches since.

This feed jumps from v0.29.14 to v0.30.10, dated October 22, a tag with no notes. The GitHub releases in between show v0.30.0 adding a Docker network management UI, then Cloud onboarding, billing and trial work in September. Before that, the 0.29 line added encrypted environment variables and closed a git clone command injection.

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What is Incus?

Incus 7.6 fixes 18 security issues, eight critical, and adds SR-IOV NIC live migration

Incus 7.6, released October 30, carries 18 security fixes, eight rated critical, many of them about restricted projects reaching the default project or the host, plus an authentication bypass through unverified client certificate chains. Its features aim at larger environments: live migration for VMs using SR-IOV NICs, multifd for VM live migration, cluster healing options, compression for block volumes, and OIDC opaque tokens. 7.5 before it added live migration between projects, cluster metrics and NVIDIA GPU cliques. The 7.0 LTS branch received a second patch, 7.0.2, with no described changes.

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Dokploy vs Incus: editorial side-by-side

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Dokploy
INFRA · APIS
2.5

Dokploy's 0.30 line lands as cloud billing and a Docker network UI, with quiet patches since.

◆ Current state

This feed jumps from v0.29.14 to v0.30.10, dated October 22, a tag with no notes. The GitHub releases in between show v0.30.0 adding a Docker network management UI, then Cloud onboarding, billing and trial work in September. Before that, the 0.29 line added encrypted environment variables and closed a git clone command injection.

◆ Where it's heading

The commercial thread predicted from the plan limits has become concrete: the 0.30 releases include Cloud onboarding and trial handling alongside the self-hosted product. Hardening continues in smaller steps, including a Node.js security bump in v0.30.9. Patch notes have grown thinner, and two recent tags carry no change list at all.

◆ Prediction

Expect further Cloud billing and onboarding work on the 0.30 line. With v0.30.10's notes empty, its content cannot be judged.

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Incus
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Incus 7.6 fixes 18 security issues, eight critical, and adds SR-IOV NIC live migration

◆ Current state

Incus 7.6, released October 30, carries 18 security fixes, eight rated critical, many of them about restricted projects reaching the default project or the host, plus an authentication bypass through unverified client certificate chains. Its features aim at larger environments: live migration for VMs using SR-IOV NICs, multifd for VM live migration, cluster healing options, compression for block volumes, and OIDC opaque tokens. 7.5 before it added live migration between projects, cluster metrics and NVIDIA GPU cliques. The 7.0 LTS branch received a second patch, 7.0.2, with no described changes.

◆ Where it's heading

Live migration is still the through-line: 7.4 made it near-live for dependent disks, 7.5 took it across projects, and 7.6 extends it to VMs using SR-IOV NICs. The other thread is multi-tenancy under scrutiny. The size of the 7.6 security batch, with several critical items in project isolation, shows that restricted projects are now being tested as a real boundary, and the release adds a build and threat model for Anthropic's OSS Scanner.

◆ Prediction

Expect a 7.6.x patch or further security fixes, because the project-isolation findings cover a wide surface. The monthly feature cadence should continue with more live-migration throughput work, given multifd and the throughput improvements in this release.

Alternatives to Dokploy and Incus

Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Dokploy or Incus.

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Recent activity from Dokploy and Incus

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoIncus18 security fixes, SR-IOV NIC live migration and multifd
  2. 10d agoDokployv0.30.10: tag with no release notes
  3. 16d agoIncusSecond patch on the 7.0 LTS branch
  4. 1mo agoIncusLive migration across projects, cluster metrics, NVIDIA GPU cliques
  5. 2mo agoIncusIncus 7.4 adds near-live migration and Secure Boot key management ⚡
  6. 2mo agoDokployv0.29.14: fixes only, including Postgres argument-limit rewrites
  7. 3mo agoIncusNative Windows and macOS installers; QMP command timeouts
  8. 3mo agoDokployv0.29.13 closes an OS command injection in git clone
  9. 3mo agoDokployv0.29.12 encrypts environment variables at rest with AES-256-GCM ⚡
  10. 3mo agoIncusFirst patch release on the 7.0 LTS branch
  11. 3mo agoDokployv0.29.11 pins the install script to each release
  12. 3mo agoDokployv0.29.10 introduces plan limits

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Dokploy and Incus?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Incus is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Dokploy better than Incus?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Incus is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Dokploy?

Top Dokploy alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Dokploy alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/dokploy for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Incus?

Top Incus alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Incus alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/incus for the full list with editorial commentary on each.