Runcloud Alternative

Pricing & Plans

The pricing and plans of Runcloud and ServerAvatar are almost the same. So, Let's learn feature differences in plans.

Free Plan

ServerAvatar provides a free plan that you can use for 1 server and 1 site, forever.

Starter Plan ($12/month)

Starter plan in ServerAvatar allows you to manage 5 servers in your account.

Professional Plan ($29/month)

Professional plan in ServerAvatar allows unlimited servers and multiple team management options.

Master and Business Plans

Master ($49/month) and Business ($69/month) plans in ServerAvatar provides you additional features like Log analysis and White-label.

Free plan (Discontinued)

Runcloud used to provide a free plan but it is discontinued after the plans and pricing update.

Essentials ($9/month)

Essentials plan in Runcloud allows you to manage 1 server in your account.

Professional Plan ($49/month)

Professional plan in Runcloud allows you to manage 50 servers and does not provide team management.

Business and Enterprise Plans

Business ($49/month) and Enterprise ($499/month) plans in Runcloud still comes with server limits and does not have white-label and log analysis features.

Tech Stacks

Different tech stacks allow you to host different types of applications on your servers. Let's see the tech stack options we have in both the control panels.

LAMP (Apache) Stack

A tech stack built with Apache, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB along with Redis, Git, and other required services.

LEMP (Nginx) Stack

A tech stack built with Nginx, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB along with Redis, Git, and other required services.

OpenLitespeed Stack

OpenLiteSpeed stack in ServerAvatar is specifically good to host super fast WordPress sites.

MERN Stack

A tech stack built for Node.js, MongoDB, Express.js and React. You can host Node.js based apps on this tech stack.

Apache+Nginx Hybrid Stack

An Apache+Nginx hybrid stack in Runcloud comes with all the services configured just like ServerAvatar.

Openlitespeed stack

OpenLiteSpeed stack in Runcloud is specifically good to host super fast WordPress sites.

MERN Stack

Runcloud does not yet have a complete MERN stack to natively support Node.js based applications on your servers.

Server Management

In this section, we will compare the core server management features in both the panels.

Database management

ServerAvatar provides comprehensive Database and user management with fundamentally secure setup and secured remote access out-of-the-box.

System User Management

ServerAvatar provides complete system user management. You can control access to SSH/SFTP as well as provide isolated environments for each site.

Cronjob management

ServerAvatar provides cronjob management with all the required features.

Automatic Disk Cleaning

One-Click or Automatic disk cleaning in ServerAvatar allows you to clean selected log files and temporary files to free up space for sites.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

ServerAvatar control panel provides one unique feature that helps you find issues in any part of the server very quickly.

Ioncube Support

ServerAvatar provides one-click Ioncube installation to help you deploy sites that require Ioncube support.

Service Management

You can easily monitor (CPU and RAM) used by various services and also restart, stop or reload any service.

Automatic Site Migration

The automatic site migration feature allows you to migrate your sites between servers with a few clicks.

Advanced Log Viewer

ServerAvatar provides an in-built log viewer that allows you to search and filter through logs to help you debug quickly.

Automatic Backups

ServerAvatar provides automatic backups for whole applications, databases or files.

Control Panel Access

Provide control panel access to user with URL, username and password. ServerAvatar account is not required to access the server.

Database Management

Runcloud provides fully capable database management but in comparison with ServerAvatar, it has limitations like remote access, and controlled database access.

System User Management

Runcloud also provides a complete set of user management features including password change, controlling access and isolated environments.

Cronjob management

Runcloud provides cronjob management with all the required features.

Automatic Disk Cleaner

Runcloud does not provide automatic disk cleaner or similar feature.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

Runcloud does not provide one-click server troubleshooting or similar feature.

Ioncube support

Runcloud provides ioncube support to help you deploy applications that require Ioncube to function.

Service Management

Runcloud provides service management to help you restart, stop or reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

The automatic site cloning feature in runcloud allows you to migrate site betwen servers with a few clicks.

Limited Log Viewer

Runcloud allows you to view server job logs however it is limited on features.

Automatic Backups

Runcloud provides a complete suite to create and restore backups for your applications.

Control Panel Access

Runcloud does not provide direct control panel access where user can access the server without runcloud account.

Application Management

Application management is equally important to manage and maintain your applications after deployment. Let's see different application management features provided by both the control panels.

Application Auto-installers

ServerAvatar provides 12+ Auto-installers for applications built in PHP and Node.js.

Deploy From Git

You can deploy your custom PHP/Node.js applications from Github, Gitlab as well as BitBucket.

Scriptable Deployments

Create and maintain the deployment scripts for your Laravel and custom projects.

Push to Deploy

ServerAvatar provides push-to-deploy functionality along with deployment logs.

Automatic SSL Certificates

The SSL certificates for your sites can be installed with one-click and renewed automatically, for free!

Automatic Staging Area

ServerAvatar provides an automatic staging area for your applications to test or integrate new features.

File manager

You can quickly access your application files from the web based file manager. Edit, create, extract, anything is possible.

Per Site PHP Version and Settings

You can manage PHP versions and various PHP.ini settings from the control panel for your apps, individually.

Node.js Support

Install and configure your server to host Node.js based applications with one-click.

Supervisord/Queue Management

ServerAvatar allows you to create and manage processes with Supervisor, very efficient and easy for Queue worker management.

Cloudflare Integration

Cloudflare integration allows you to manage the SSL levels, forced SSL, and many other settings directly from ServerAvatar.

Temporary Domains/Sites

In ServerAvatar, You can quickly spin up a new site without needing your own domain for testing purposes.

One-click Fix File permissions

Facing an irritating file permission error? One-Click fix all file permission issues in ServerAvatar.

Application Auto-installers

Runcloud provides 10 auto-installers but the applications are limited to PHP as it does not support MERN stack natively.

Deploy from Git

You can deploy your PHP/Laravel applications from Github, Gitlab, BitBucket as well as custom Git servers.

Scriptable Deployments

Create and maintain the deployment scripts for your Laravel and custom projects.

Push to Deploy

Runcloud also provides push-to-deploy functionality similar to ServerAvatar.

Automatic SSL Certificates

The SSL certificates for your sites can be installed with one-click and renewed automatically, for free!

Automatic Staging Area

Runcloud also provides quick staging area for your applications but it is limited by plan.

File Manager

Runcloud also provides an easy-to-use file manager to quickly make changes to your application files.

Per Site PHP Version and Settings

You can manage PHP versions and various PHP.ini settings from the control panel for your apps, individually.

Node.js Support

While you can manually setup node.js and other required packages, Runcloud does not provide native support.

Supervisord/Queue Management

Runcloud allows you to create and manage processes with Supervisor, very efficient and easy for Queue worker management.

Cloudflare Integration

Cloudflare integration in Runcloud allows you to manage DNS records directly from your account.

Temporary Domains/sites

Runcloud also provides temporary domains to help you deploy temporary sites for testing purposes.

One-click Fix File permissions

Facing an irritating file permission error? One-Click fix all file permission issues in Runcloud too.

Security & Monitoring

Monitoring and Security is must for any cloud hosting setup. Both the control panels provide different level of features in this section. Let's see them in detail.

UFW Firewall Management

ServerAvatar's easy to use firewall management allows you to manage ufw status as well as firewall rules.

Isolated Environments

Each application deployed on ServerAvatar has isolated environment to avoid speading infections on server.

Manage SSH Credentials

Manage SSH access as well as credentials for your system users and control access on your infrastructure.

IP WhiteListing and 2FA

Allow log in to your account from white-listed IP addresses only. Further secure your account with 2FA.

Automatic Security Updates

ServerAvatar performs regular security updates on all your servers. You can also set the frequency.

Fail2Ban Management

ServerAvatar provides Fail2Ban management to secure login forms on your applications.

Basic Authentication

Basic authentication allows you to temporarily/permanently enable additional authentication layer on your app.

Server Health Monitoring

Server Health Monitoring in ServerAvatar includes CPU, RAM and Disk usage along with 5 min and 15 min load average.

MySQL/mariadb query monitoring

ServerAvatar allows you to monitor the number of queries executed every 5 minutes on your database server.

Log analysis (access logs)

Explore Request, Error, Bot Traffic, User agent and bandwidth usage information with Insighthub in ServerAvatar.

6G and 7G Firewall (coming soon)

ServerAvatar does not provide 6G and 7G firewall yet, but it will be launched in upcoming updates.

Firewalld Firewall Management

Runcloud allows you to manage Firewalld rules and status directly from the control panel.

Isolated Environments

Each application deployed on Runcloud has isolated environment to avoid speading infections on server.

Manage SSH Credentials

Manage SSH access as well as credentials for your system users and control access on your infrastructure.

IP Whitelisting and 2Fa

Just like ServerAvatar, Runcloud also provides white-listed IP addresses and 2FA to secure your account.

Automatic Security Updates

Runcloud also performs automatic security updates on your servers to keep them safe from vulnerabilities.

Fail2Ban Management

Runcloud provides Fail2Ban so that you can secure the login forms on your applications

Basic Authentication

Runcloud also provides Basic authentication to add one more layer of authentication on your apps.

Server Health Monitoring

Server Health Monitoring in Runcloud includes CPU, RAM and Disk usage only.

MySQL/mariadb query monitoring

Runcloud does not provide similar feature.

Log Analysis

Runcloud does not provide similar feature.

6G and 7G Firewall

Runcloud provides 6G and 7G firewall out-of-the-box for your applications.

Team Management & Sharing

Team management features allow you to share access to your infrastructure with your team or clients. Let's see how both the control panels differ in this case.

Manage Multiple Teams

In ServerAvatar, You can create multiple organisations to manage multiple teams.

Control Access with Permissions

ServerAvatar provides detailed permission management to ensure controlled access to the servers.

White-Labelled Control Panels for Clients

In addition, ServerAvatar also allows you to white-label the server control panels and share them with clients.

Manage Multiple Workspaces

In Runcloud, You can create multiple workspaces to manage multiple teams in your account.

Control Access with Permissions

Runcloud also provides detailed permission management to ensure controlled access to servers.

White-Labelled Control Panels for clients

Runcloud does not offer you any white-label option as of now.

Fundamentals

Pricing & Plans

Free Plan

Tech Stacks

LAMP (Apache) Stack

Server Management

Database management

Application Management

Application Auto-installers

Security & Monitoring

UFW Firewall Management

Team Management & Sharing

Manage Multiple Teams

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