ServerAvatar vs Laravel Forge
If you’re in search of a Laravel Forge alternative for WordPress hosting, ServerAvatar is an outstanding option. ServerAvatar delivers a fast, secure, and cutting-edge solution for managed WordPress hosting. As a superior alternative to Laravel Forge, our platform is optimized specifically for speed, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted hosting experience that sets us apart from the competition.
Fundamentals
At fundamentals, Both the systems are server management panels.
we will only compare the server management services of both the products.
Control Panel Only
- ServerAvatar is a generic system that supports all PHP/WordPress/Node.js apps.
Control Panel
- Laravel Forge is a server management and deployment service that helps developers easily manage and deploy PHP applications, especially Laravel projects.
Pricing
The pricing of the control panel matters a lot when you scale your applications. Let’s see the pricing of both the control panels.
ServerAvatar offers five pricing plans: “Free” ($0/month) for 1 server and 1 site, “Starter” ($19/month) for up to 5 servers and unlimited sites, “Professional” ($39/month) for unlimited servers and team management, “Master” ($59/month) for unlimited servers with a monitoring panel, and “Business” ($99/month) for unlimited servers with a monitoring panel and white-label suite.
Laravel Forge has three price plans: “Hobby” at $12/month for managing one server and infinite sites; “Growth” at $19/month for managing unlimited servers and basic support; and “Business” at $39/month for managing unlimited servers and priority assistance.
Supported Servers
Cloud Platform integrations allow you to bypass the server creation and connection process. Just like any other managed cloud platforms, You can create servers directly from the control panels.
Custom Servers: If you already have an ubuntu server or your cloud platform is not available in integrations, You can still create a VPS and connect with both of the control panels.
- Digitalocean
- Vultr
- Linode
- AWS Lightsail
- Hetzner
- Custom Servers
- Digitalocean
- Vultr
- Linode
- AWS EC2
- Hetzner
- Custom Servers
Technology Stacks
When you first create a server at cloud platform or VPS provider. It only comes with the OS installed. To host any site on the server, You have to configure it with a specific tech stack.
- Optimised LAMP (Apache)
- Optimised LEMP (Nginx)
- OLS (OpenLiteSpeed)
- Node (MERN)
- Optimised LEMP (Nginx)
Supported Apps
A specific control panel can only support specific type of applications depending on the current stage of development of a control panel.
- WordPress
- Codecanyon Scripts
- Open-source Applications
- All other PHP & Node.js apps
- WordPress
- PHP / Laravel / Symfony
- Static HTML/ Nuxt.js / Next.js
App Auto-installers
Auto-installers allow you to quickly deploy new applications on your servers without going through the manual installation process.
- WordPress
- Mautic
- Moodle
- Prestashop
- Joomla
- PHPMyAdmin
- Akaunting
- Nextcloud
- UptimeKuma
- Node RED
- n8n
- NodeBB
- All Custom PHP Apps
- All Custom Node.js Apps
- WordPress
- PHPMyAdmin
Git Deployments
Git deployments allow you to deploy custom or open-source applications directly using the repository link and deployment scripts.
- Github
- Gitlab
- BitBucket
- Custom (Using URL)
- Github
- Gitlab
- BitBucket
- Custom (Using URL)
Monitoring & Alerts
Server and application monitoring is essential when it comes to web/cloud hosting. Both the applications provide monitoring features to help you monitor the health of your sites and servers.
- Live Server Stats
- Server Load Monitoring (2 Metrics)
- Server Health Monitoring (3 Metrics)
- MySQL Query Monitor (5 Metrics)
- E-mail Alerts
- E-mail Alerts
- Live Server Stats
- Server Load Monitoring (2 Metrics)
- Server Health Monitoring (3 Metrics)
- MySQL Query Monitor (5 Metrics)
Server Management
Cloud Platform integrations allow you to bypass the server creation and connection process. Just like any other managed cloud platforms, You can create servers directly from the control panels.
- Application Management
- Database Management
- Application User Management
- Cronjob Management
- Advanced Log Viewer
- Firewall Managment
- Service Management
- Service Monitoring
- One-Click Fix Server Configuration
- PHP-CLI Version Management
- IonCube Support
- NPM & Node.js Installation
- Change SSH Port
- Enable/Disable Root Login
- Enable/Disable Password Login
- Automatic Disk Cleaner
- One-Click Site Migration
- Setup Notification Channels
- Server Activity Log
- Customize Web Server Defalt Page
- Customize Application Disable Page
- Redis Support - (Memcached Not Configured)
- Default PHP Settings (We are giving limited settings.)
- Automatic Server Reboot
- Control Panel Access - (You can give to single server access without serveravatar account.)
- Customize Nginx Template
- Composer Package Authentication
- Blackfire.io Integration
- Papertrail Integration
- PHP OPcache Support
- Application Management
- Database Management
- Application User Management
- Cronjob Management
- Advanced Log Viewer
- Service Management
- Customize Nginx Template
- Firewall Management
- Server Activity Log
- PHP-CLI Version Management
- NPM & Node.js Installation (Update not Availabel)
- Change SSH Port
- Redis and Memcached Support
- PHP Settings - (Only update Max File Upload Size and Max Execution Time Settings. Other Settings you can go FPM, CLI, and Pool file edit via code editor in Laravel Forge.)
- Composer Package Authentication
- Blackfire.io Integration
- Papertrail Integration
- PHP OPcache Support
- Service Monitoring
- One-Click Fix Server Configuration
- IonCube Support
- Enable/Disable Root Login
- Enable/Disable Password Login
- Automatic Disk Cleaner
- One-Click Site Migration
- Setup Notification Channels
- Automatic Security Updates
- Customize Web Server Defalt Page
- Customize Application Disable Page
- Automatic Server Reboot
- Control Panel Access
Application Management
Application management includes the controls you have to manage your application on your server. In this section, we will list all the application management features both the control panel provides.
- Multiple Domains
- Temporary Domains (Staging/Demo)
- Custom Webroot
- Full Fledged File Manager
- Dedicated Staging Area
- Custom/Automatic SSL Certificates
- Application Level PHP Versions
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Supervisor Process Management
- Access/Error Log Management
- Automatic Site/Database Cloning
- One-Click Fix File Permissions
- One-Click Maintenance Mode
- Cloudflare Integration
- SFTP/SSH Access
- Web Based Code Editor
- Fail2Ban Management
- WordPress Magic Login
- Redirection Settings via File Manager
- WP-Config Editing via File Manager
- Environment Editing via File Manage
- Automatic Basic Auth
- Commands Run in Application Directory
- Envoyer Integration
- Sentry Integration
- Customize Nginx Config
- HTTP Basic Auth
- Multiple Domains
- WP-Config File Editing
- Supervisor Process Management
- Signing Request/Custom/Automatic SSL Certificates
- HTTP Basic Auth
- Redirection Settings
- Site and Nginx Access/Error Log Management
- Application Level PHP Versions
- SFTP/SSH Access
- Site Environment
- Commands Run in Application Directory
- Envoyer Integration
- Sentry Integration
- Customize Nginx Config
- Temporary Domains (Staging/Demo)
- Custom Webroot
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Automatic Site/Database Cloning
- Supervisor Process Management
- One-Click Fix File Permissions
- One-Click Maintenance Mode
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Cloudflare Integration
- Web Based Code Editor
- Fail2Ban Management
- File Manager
- Dedicated Staging Area
- WordPress Magic Login
Database Management
Database management allows you to manage databases on your servers along with the access management. Both the control panel provides databases management.
- Manage Databases
- Manage Databases Users
- Remote Database Access
- PHPMyAdmin (One click Installer also Available on Our Domain)
- Manage Databases
- Manage Database Users
- PHPMyAdmin - (Only One Click Installer Availabel)
- Remote Database Access
Security
Security of your servers and sites is crucial. It is important to make sure you have closed as many doors as possible for a bad guy to access the backend of your sites.
- Fail2Ban Management
- One-Click Firewall Toggle
- Firewall Rules Management
- Isolated Environments
- Two Factor Authentication
- Enable/Disable SSH/SFTP Access
- Automatic Security Updates
- IP Whitelisting
- Authentication via SSH Keys
- Device management
- Aikido Integration
- Fail2Ban Management
- Firewall Rules Management
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Account security/Updates
- Authentication via SSH Keys
- Device management
- Aikido Integration
- One-Click Firewall Toggle
- Isolated Environments
- Enable/Disable SSH/SFTP Access
- Automatic Security Updates
- IP Whitelisting
Team Management
When you are managing multiple projects, You need a team. Both the control panels provide almost the same team management features.
- Multiple Teams
- Role Management
- Permission Management
- Single Server Sharing
- Multiple Teams
- Role Management
- Permission Management
- Single Server Sharing
Backups & Restore
Backups are crucial. When something goes wrong at server or application level, You need backups to restore your sites to latest stable version and resolve the disaster.
- Full Application Backups (Single Only)
- Files-Only or Database-Only Backups
- Instant Backups
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- Full Application Backups (All Application)
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- Files-Only or Database-only Backups
- Instant Backup
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