2026-05-25
Coolify is great
Coolify can replace your entire Heroku free tier with $5
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Background
Heroku's free-tier pricing is confusing and can be expensive. However, if you have a set of websites that barely receive any traffic, a combination of Hetzner and Coolify is great.
How to:
Coolify already handles the domain + reverse-proxy + ssl. Just make sure domains have this comma-separated format
https://<app>.coolify.hesamian.com,https://www.<app>.coolify.hesamian.com
And to set up the domain:
Domain: hesamian.com
Name: coolify
Type: A
Value: <Hetzner Coolify server IPv4>
Name: coolify
Type: AAAA
Value: <Hetzner Coolify server IPv6>
Name: *.coolify
Type: CNAME
Value: coolify.hesamian.com