Caddy vs Sourcegraph
The ultimate side-by-side head-to-head analysis for 2026.
Short answer
- Price: not directly comparable — Caddy is free, Sourcegraph is free tier available.
- How to start: Caddy is free, Sourcegraph is free tier available.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. We do not publish a quality score, because we do not have one we can stand behind. They cannot tell you which tool fits your workflow — the sections below are there for that. How we score tools.
Caddy
Sourcegraph
Category
Developer Tools
Developer Tools
Base Price
Free
Free tier
Public API
Yes
Yes
Mobile app
No
No
Open source / self-hostable
Yes
Yes
SSO (SAML)
No
Yes
Choose Caddy if:
Anyone who wants a correctly configured HTTPS server without ceremony.
Choose Sourcegraph if:
Engineering organisations with enough repositories that finding code is a daily problem.
Caddy: pros & cons
- HTTPS configured correctly by default
- Configuration is short and legible
- Single binary, easy to deploy
- Smaller community than nginx
- Fewer third-party guides
- Some advanced setups need plugins
Sourcegraph: pros & cons
- Search that actually works across many repositories
- Follows definitions across service boundaries
- Batch changes across repos
- Priced for larger engineering organisations
- Self-hosting is a real deployment
- Overkill for a handful of repos
Our verdict on Caddy
The easiest path to good TLS defaults. nginx still wins on ecosystem and examples.
Our verdict on Sourcegraph
Genuinely valuable past a certain repo count. Below that, your editor's search is enough.