How Gritiva compares
Gritiva sits between two categories that usually stay separate: tools that deploy applications, and tools that connect machines. These pages explain the overlap honestly — including the cases where the other tool is the right answer.
Which category does Gritiva belong to?
None of them cleanly. Self-hosted PaaS tools deploy applications but assume the network already works. Mesh VPNs connect machines but do not manage what runs on them. Orchestrators do both but expect a cluster. Gritiva combines connectivity, isolation and management without requiring a cluster.
| Category | Examples | What it does not cover |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted PaaS | Coolify, Dokploy, CapRover, Dokku | Cross-network connectivity between hosts |
| Mesh VPN | Tailscale, ZeroTier, Netbird | Running or isolating workloads |
| Container GUI | Portainer | Networking between hosts; non-container workloads |
| Orchestrator | Kubernetes, Nomad | Nothing — but requires a cluster and its operational cost |
Which comparison should I read?
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