Andras (who created both Serverless Horrors and Coolify, which I imagine you're describing as the competitor here) is a pretty solid guy from everything I've seen and I've never seen him ask bait questions or engage in bad faith in discussions here or on other platforms.
Although he calls Coolify a Netlify 'alternative', it's 100% 'bring-your-own-server', and is not at all serverless. Coolify is basically a (very nice and featureful) fancy frontend to Docker with integration with Git.
Coolify is free if you want to install it yourself and don't mind the (minimal) tinkering needed to get it set up and keep it up-to-date, although you can pay a monthly fee to have your own servers managed for you, the main benefits are either to support continued development, or to access priority support. You still need to bring your own server, even if you're paying the management fee.
It's not a competitor to Netlify, it's an alternative.
Although he calls Coolify a Netlify 'alternative', it's 100% 'bring-your-own-server', and is not at all serverless. Coolify is basically a (very nice and featureful) fancy frontend to Docker with integration with Git.
Coolify is free if you want to install it yourself and don't mind the (minimal) tinkering needed to get it set up and keep it up-to-date, although you can pay a monthly fee to have your own servers managed for you, the main benefits are either to support continued development, or to access priority support. You still need to bring your own server, even if you're paying the management fee.
It's not a competitor to Netlify, it's an alternative.