Getting Started
Alban T.
Directeur General
A really easy and powerful way to manage PHP-based servers. I've been using ServerAvatar since 2 years, managing 10 servers and many sites on them.
ServerAvatar vs xCloud.host
This is a well-researched comparison between ServerAvatar and xCloud.host.
Fundamentals
At fundamentals, Both the systems are server management panels. One major difference of xCloud is, It is a hosting provider too.
For fair comparison, 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 apps.
Control Panel + Hosting Provider
- xCloud.host is limited to WordPress sites only in both the cases.
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 for unlimited servers and team management.
xCloud.host offers pay-as-you-grow pricing starting at $5/month/server. xCloud also provides discounts when you start managing more servers in your account.
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
- Google 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)
- Nginx Stack
- Optimised LAMP (Apache)
- OLS (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 apps
- WordPress
- CodeCanyon Scripts
- Open-source Applications
- All Other PHP 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
- WordPress
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
- Custom (Using URL)
- Using Custom URL, You can also deploy from Github, Gitlab and BitBucket.
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
- In addition to these monitoring features, ServerAvatar also has "InsightHub" add-on for detailed request analysis. (20+ Metrics)
- Live Server Stats
- Server Health Monitoring (2 Metrics)
- Invidivual Site Resource Usage
- Server Load Monitoring
- MySQL Query Monitoring
- E-mail Alerts
- Request Analysis
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.
Other than integrations, Both the control panels support custom Ubuntu servers.
- Application Management
- Database Management
- Application User Management
- Cronjob Management
- Advanced Log Viewer
- Service Management
- 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
- Fail2Ban Management
- Sudo User Management
- Application Management
- Database Management
- Sudo User Management
- Basic Log Viewer (only Nginx)
- Service Management
- Application User Management
- Cronjob Management
- 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
- One-Click Site Migration
- Setup Notification Channels
- Fail2Ban Management
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.
- Due to Generic nature of ServerAvatar, ServerAvatar provides very detailed PHP settings management in comparison with xcloud.host.
- 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
- Manual SMTP Configuration (Plugin)
- Redirection Settings via File Manager
- WP-Config Editing via File Manager
- Automatic Basic Auth
- Automatic WordPress Updates
- WordPress Magic Login
- Multiple Domains
- Temporary Domains (Staging/Demo)
- Automatic SSL Certificates only
- Automatic WordPress Updates
- Redirection Settings
- Automatic SMTP Configuration
- SFTP/SSH Access
- Access/Error Log Management
- WP-Config File Editing
- Automatic Basic Auth
- Cloudflare Integration
- Application Level PHP Versions
- WordPress Magic Login
- Custom Webroot
- File Manager
- Dedicated Staging Area
- Custom SSL Certificates
- Automatic Site/Database Cloning
- Supervisor Process Management
- One-Click Fix File Permissions
- One-Click Maintenance Mode
- Application Level PHP Settings
- Web Based Code Editor
- Fail2Ban Management
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
- Adminer
- 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
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Device management
- Authentication via SSH Keys
- One-Click Firewall Toggle
- Firewall Rules Management
- Enable/Disable SSH/SFTP Access
- Automatic Security Updates
- Isolated Environments
- IP Whitelisting
- Fail2Ban Management
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.
- Multiple Teams
- Role Management
- Permission Management
- Single Server Sharing
- Full Application Backups
- Files-Only or Database-Only Backups
- Instant Backups
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- On-site Backups
- Multiple Teams
- Role Management
- Permission Management
- Single Server Sharing
- Full Application Backups
- Instant Backups
- Scheduled Backups
- Cloud Storage Integrations
- On-Site Backups
- Files-Only or Database-only Backups
It is a No Brainer Decision.
Get Started with ServerAvatar
Monthly
Annual
Get 2 Months Free!
Newbie
$
9
/ month
Perfect for freelancers
- All Features
- Manage Upto 3 Servers
- Unlimited Applications
- Team Collaboration
No credit card required
Popular
Pro
$
29
/ month
Perfect for businesses
- All Features
- Manage Unlimited Servers
- Unlimited Applications
- Team Collaboration
No credit card required
Newbie
$
90
/ year
Perfect for freelancers
- All Features
- Manage Upto 3 Servers
- Unlimited Applications
- Team Collaboration
No credit card required
Popular
Pro
$
290
/ year
Perfect for businesses
- All Features
- Manage Unlimited Servers
- Unlimited Applications
- Team Collaboration
No credit card required
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Nitin Yawalkar
Founder
The simple UI and UX for connecting different servers is the most valuable thing I like the best in ServerAvatar. I used it to connect AWS server and it just work out of the box.
EI Mostapha M.
Co-founder
Simplicity, stability, security, ease of use, awesome support, active and responsive founder, and best pricing in the industry for the value it gives.
Jyll Stuard
CTO at Mailchimp
ServerAvatar helps me achieve my goals in providing isolated servers for my clients that I can custom tweak and support.
