ServerAvatar vs RunCloud
If you’re searching for a RunCloud alternative for hosting WordPress sites, ServerAvatar is an excellent choice. ServerAvatar offers a fast, secure, and robust solution for managed WordPress hosting. Unlike RunCloud, our platform is fine-tuned for speed, ensuring a seamless and continuous hosting experience that distinguishes us 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
- RunCloud is an excellent automated server management tool that seamlessly integrates with all your cloud servers. It supports PHP, WordPress, and Node.js applications.
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 two pricing plans: “Newbie” at $9/month for managing up to 3 servers and unlimited sites, and “Pro” at $29/month
RunCloud offers three pricing plans: the “Basic” plan at $8 per month for managing one server and unlimited sites, the “Pro” plan at $15 per month for managing unlimited servers and sites with site backup, and the “Business” plan at $45 per month for managing unlimited servers with team management capabilities..
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
- AWS Lightsail
- Hetzer
- UpCloud
- Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- 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 LAMP (Apache)
- Nginx + Apache2 Hybird
- Nginx + Docker
- Custom Nginx
- Openlitespeed
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 and Node apps
- WordPress
- Codecanyon Scripts
- Open-source Applications
- All other PHP apps
- All Node apps
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
- Next Cloud
- UptimeKuma
- Node RED
- n8n
- NodeBB
- All Custom PHP APPS
- All Custom Node.js Apps
- WordPress
- Concrete5
- Prestashop
- Joomla
- PHPMyAdmin
- Drupal
- Matomo
- Grave Core
- Grave Core + Admin Plugin
- MyBB
- OctoberCMS
- phpBB
- All custom PHP Apps
- All Custom Node.js Apps
Git Deployments
Git deployments allow you to deploy custom or open-source applications directly using the repository link and deployment scripts.
Features: Both the applications provide push-to-deploy functionality using webhooks.
- Github
- Gitlab
- BitBucket
- Github
- BitBucket
- Gitlab
- Custom GIT Server
- Azure
- Self Hosted Gitlab
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
- Storage Details
- Live Server Stats
- Server Health Monitoring (3 Metrics)
- E-mail Alerts
- Storage Details
- Server Load Monitoring (2 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 Management
- 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 Default Page
- Customize Application Disable Page
- Redis Support
- Automatic Server Reboot
- Control Panel Access
- you can access single server without serveravatar account
- Change Server Time zone
- Server level Supervisor
- Application Management
- Database Management
- Application user Management
- Cronjob Management
- Service Management
- Service Monitoring
- Firewall Management
- PHP-CLI Version Management
- Redis Support
- Server Activity Log
- Enable/Disable Root Login
- Enable/Disable Password Login
- Server Level Supervisor
- Setup Notification Channels
- Advance Log Viewer
- PHP Setting
- IonCube Support
- Control Panel Access
- One-Click Fix Server Configuration
- Change SSH Port
- Automatic Disk Cleaner
- Automatic Server Reboot
- Customize Web server Default Page
- Customize Application Disable Page
- One-Click Site Migration
- Change Server Time zone
- NPM & Node.js Installation and Update
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
- Rebuild Web App Config
- Application Level PHP Versions
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Application Level Supervisor Process Management
- 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
- File Manager Upload/Download
- File Manager Compress/Decompress with different type of extensions
- WP-Config Editing via File Manager
- Http Based Authentication
- Support Wildcard Subdomain
- Change Web Application Owner
- Nginx FastCGI Cache Support
- Predefined Nginx Config
- DNS Manager
- WordPress Canvas
- Multiple Domains
- Temporary Domains (Staging/Demo)
- Automatic/Manual WP Config Manager
- Custom/Automatic SSL Certificates/Self-Signed Certificate
- Http Based Authentication
- Support Wildcard subdomain
- Rebuild Web Config
- Change Web Application Owner
- Application Level PHP Versions
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Access/Error Log Management
- Custom Webroot
- Site Cloning
- One-Click Fix File Permissions
- Cloudflare Integration
- Web Based Code Editor
- Dedicated Staging Area
- WordPress Magic Login
- Nginx FastCGI Cache Support
- Predefined Nginx Config
- DNS Manager
- WordPress Canvas
- File Manager Compress/Decompress With Different Type of Extentsions
- Application level Supervisor Process Management
- Separate Filesystem and Database Cloning
- One-click Maintenance Mode
- SFTP/SSH Enable/Disable
- Fail2Ban Managment
- File Manager Upload/Download
- File Manager Compress/Decompress With Different Type Of Extensions
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
- Manage Databases
- Manage Database Users
- PHPMyAdmin
- 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
- ModSecurity
- Fail2Ban Management
- One-Click Firewall Toggle
- Firewall Rules Management
- Isolated Environment
- Two Factor Authentication
- Automatic Security Updates
- IP Whitelisting
- Authentication Via SSH Keys
- ModSecurity
- 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
- Backup Frequency
- Hourly Based
- Backup Retention Period
- Up to 24 Months
- Incremental Backup
- Full Application Backups
- Files-Only Or Database-Only Backups
- Incremental Backup
- Instant Backups
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- Backup Frequancy
- Start From 12 Hours
- Backup Retention Period
- Only 1 Month
- Archive Backups
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