ServerAvatar vs Gridpane
If you are seeking a dependable alternative to Gridpane for WordPress hosting, ServerAvatar is an exceptional choice. ServerAvatar delivers a secure, high-performance, and innovative solution for managed WordPress hosting. Our platform is meticulously optimized for speed, ensuring a seamless and efficient hosting experience that distinguishes us from other Gridpane alternatives.
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
- GridPane is a server management platform focused on optimizing WordPress hosting.
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.
Gridpane offers 3 pricing plans: “Panel” at $100/month got managing unlimited servers and up to 50 sites, “Developer PLUS” at $500/month got managing unlimited servers and unlimited sites with team management, and “Agency” at $1500/month got managing unlimited servers with Whitelabel / Co-Branding.
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 lightsail
- Up Cloud
- 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)
- Nginx HTT/3 Open Beta
- Openlitespeed
Supported Ubuntu Versions
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.
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
Supported PHP Version
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.3
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.3
Supported Databases
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- MongoDB
- Percona
- MariaDB
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 apps and Node apps
- WordPress
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
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 Git
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
- Live Server Stats
- Using Integration of M/monit
- Server Load Monitoring (2 Metrics)
- Server Health Monitoring (3 Metrics)
- MySQL Query Monitor (5 Metrics)
- E-mail Alerts
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 Management
- Service Management
- Service Monitoring
- One-Click Fix Server Configuration
- PHP-CLI Version Management
- IonCube Support
- NPM & Node.js Installation and Update
- 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 Default Page
- Customize Application Disable page
- Redis Support
- Automatic Server Reboot
- Control Panel Access
- You Can give single server access without serveravatar account
- Change Server Time zone
- Security Updates Automatic Reboot with Time
- Application Management
- Database Management Via phpmyadmin
- Advance Log Viewer
- Service Management
- Services Monitoring
- Redis Support
- Security Updates Automatic Reboot with Time
- One-Click Site Migration
- Change Server Timezone
- Setup Notification Channels
- Application User Management
- Cronjob Management
- Firewall Management
- PHP-CLI Version Management
- PHP Settings
- IonCube Support
- Server Activity Log
- One-click Fix Server Configuration
- NPM & Node.js Installation and Update
- Change SSH Port
- Enable/Disable Root Login
- Enable/Disable Password Login
- Automatic Disk Cleaner
- Automatic Server Reboot
- Customize Web Server Default Page
- Customize Application Disable Page
- One-Click Site Migration
- Change Server Timezone
- Setup Notification Channels `
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
- Site Cloning
- Separate Filesystem and 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
- Maintenance Mode
- WP-Config Editing via File Manager
- Http Based Authentication
- Support Wildcaed Subdomain
- Change Web Application Owner
- Nginx FastCGI Cache Support
- Predefined Nginx Config
- DNS Manager
- WordPress Canvas
- Multiple Domains
- Automatic generated SSL Certificate
- Support Wildcard subdomain
- Change Web Application Owner
- Access/Error Log Management
- Application Level PHP Version
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Site Cloning
- One-Click Fix File Permission
- Cloudflare Integration
- DNS Made Easy Integration
- SMTP Mailgun Integration
- SFTP/SSH Access
- Dedicated Staging Area
- WordPress Magic Login
- Nginx FastCGI cache Support
- Temporary Domains (Staging/Demo)
- Full Fledged File Manager
- Supervisor Process Management
- Separate Filesystem and Database Cloning
- One-Click Maintenance Mode
- Web Based Code Editor
- Fail2Ban Management
- Maintenance Mode
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
- PHPMyAdmin
- Manage all actions in PHPMyAdmin
- Manage Databases
- Manage Databases Users
- 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
- Automatic Security Updates
- IP Whitelisting
- Authentication via SSH Keys
- Suspend Site
- ModSecurity
- 6G/7G Firewall
- HTTP Authentication
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Isolated Enviornments
- Two Factor Authentication
- Automatic Security Updates
- Authentication via SSH Keys
- ModSecurity
- 6G/7G Firewall
- Fortress- Wp Plugin
- HTTP Authentication
- Suspend Site
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Enable/Disable SSH/SFTP Access
Team Management
When you are managing multiple projects, You need a team. Both the control panels provide almost the same team management features.
- Yes
- Yes
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
- Files-Only or Database-Only Backups
- Instant Backups
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- Archive Backups
- Full Application Backups
- File-Only or Database-Only Backup
- Instant Backup
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- Archive Backup
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