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Gamemanage vs the alternatives
Where another tool is the better pick, we say so. Here is how Gamemanage lines up against txAdmin, Pterodactyl and Multicraft.
| Feature | Gamemanage | txAdmin | Pterodactyl | Multicraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games covered | FiveM, RedM, Rust, CS2, Minecraft, Palworld | FiveM and RedM | Many, via community eggs | Minecraft |
| Hosting model | Hosted, agent dials out | Runs on your server box | Self-hosted, you run the panel | Self-hosted or via a host |
| You manage a VPS or daemon | No | Yes, the FXServer box | Yes, panel plus Wings daemon | Yes, the panel and daemon |
| Open inbound ports | None, outbound only | Web port on the box | Panel and daemon ports | Panel and daemon ports |
| Cross-server bans | Yes, identities and HWIDs follow the player | Per server | Not built in | Not built in |
| Backups and rollback | Palworld today | FiveM data via the box | File backups you configure | Scheduled world backups |
| Price | Free tier, then 9 to 49 a month flat | Free | Free and open source | Paid license per slots |
When to use which
The honest version
txAdmin
Pick it for
Running a single FiveM or RedM server from the box it lives on. It is free, official, and deeply tied into FXServer.
Where Gamemanage differs
Once you run more than one server, or want bans that follow a player across servers, or a second game, Gamemanage gives you one panel for all of it instead of one txAdmin per box.
Pterodactyl
Pick it for
Hosts and tinkerers who want to run their own multi-game panel and do not mind maintaining a Linux box, the panel, and the Wings daemon.
Where Gamemanage differs
Gamemanage is hosted, so there is no panel server or daemon to keep patched. The agent dials out, so there are no panel ports to expose.
Multicraft
Pick it for
Minecraft hosts who license a panel to resell server slots to customers.
Where Gamemanage differs
Gamemanage is for the person running the servers, not reselling them, and it covers five more games next to Minecraft in the same dashboard.
The cleanest way to compare is to connect one server free and look.