Free plan
- Nuvlo 1 server, 1 site
- Ploi 1 server, 1 site
- Laravel Forge Not available
- RunCloud Not available
- Coolify Self-hosted
- xCloud 1 server, 10 sites
- ServerAvatar Separate product
How Nuvlo compares with Ploi, Laravel Forge, RunCloud, Coolify, xCloud and ServerAvatar on price and features. Checked on 26 September 2026 against each vendor’s own site, including the rows where they are ahead.
Pick how many servers you run. Each bar is the cheapest plan that allows it, and the note says what that plan leaves out.
Euros
- Ploi€8Basic · No backups or monitoring
- Nuvlo€12Starter
US dollars
- ServerAvatar$12Newbie · List price after the first month
- Coolify$14Cloud · Self-hosting is free
- Laravel Forge$19Growth · No backups or monitoring
- RunCloud$19Professional · No atomic deploys or team seats
- xCloudfrom $20Per server · $5 per extra server
Monthly list prices on each vendor’s own site, checked 26 September 2026. Each price is the cheapest plan that allows that many servers, in the vendor’s currency; euros and dollars are not converted. The server itself is billed by your cloud provider in every case.
| Feature | Nuvlo | Ploi | Laravel Forge | RunCloud | Coolify | xCloud | ServerAvatar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plans | |||||||
| Free plan | Yes, 1 server, 1 site | Yes, 1 server, 1 site | No | No | Yes, Self-hosted | Yes, 1 server, 10 sites | Yes, Separate product |
| Backups and monitoring on the cheapest paid plan | Yes | No, From Pro | No, Business plan | Partly, Backups only listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| What you can host | |||||||
| WordPress | Yes, Containers per site | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, As a service | Yes | Yes |
| WordPress staging | Yes, With one-click cloning | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| Node.js apps | Yes, 7 frameworks | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes, Any Docker app | Yes | Yes |
| Laravel and PHP apps | Yes, Laravel, Symfony, plain PHP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| One-click apps | Yes, 20 | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes, 300+ | Yes, 370+ | Yes, 15+ |
| Deploys | |||||||
| Deploy from Git | Partly, GitHub; others by hook | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zero-downtime deploys | Yes, Every plan | Partly, From Pro | Partly, One server per site | Partly, Business plan | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Automatic rollback on a failed health check | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Preview deploys for pull requests | No, Not yet | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| AI | |||||||
| AI crawler rules per site | Yes, Allow, slow down or block, with a report | Partly, Block-all-robots header | Not listed | Partly, Firewall user-agent rules | Not listed | Yes, Block toggle, 180+ bots | Yes, Block toggle |
| Leak check after deploys | Yes, Keys, open tables, public files | Not listed | Partly, Repository scans via Aikido | Not listed | Not listed | Partly, Blocks sensitive files | Not listed |
| AI-written fixes as pull requests | Yes, GitHub | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes, With an approval step | Yes, From Pro | Not listed | Not listed | Yes, Scoped tokens | Yes, Read or read and write | Not listed |
| AI help in the panel | Yes, Explains findings, writes fixes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes, AI Monitoring | Not listed | Partly, OpenClaw repair agent | No, Announced, not released |
| Servers and operations | |||||||
| Connect a server you already run | Yes, Any Ubuntu server, one command | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Move a WordPress site from another host | Yes, Plugin or SSH | Partly, rsync guide | Not listed | Partly, Support service, first site free | Not listed | Yes, Plugin, free | Partly, Guide with a third-party plugin |
| Backups to your own bucket | Yes, Any S3-compatible | Partly, From Pro | Partly, Business plan | Yes, S3 or SFTP | Yes, S3-compatible | Yes | Partly, Their storage, per GB |
| Alerts by email or chat | Yes, Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram, webhook, email | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Malware or vulnerability scans | Yes, With quarantine | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes, Plugins and themes | Not listed |
| Teams and agencies | |||||||
| Team roles | Yes, From Pro | Partly, Unlimited plan | Partly, Business plan | Partly, Business plan | Yes | Partly, PRO plan | Yes |
| White-label or reseller | No | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Backups and monitoring on the cheapest paid plan
- Nuvlo Included
- Ploi From Pro
- Laravel Forge Business plan
- RunCloud Backups only listed
- Coolify Included
- xCloud Not stated
- ServerAvatar Not stated
What you can host
WordPress
- Nuvlo Containers per site
- Ploi Included
- Laravel Forge Included
- RunCloud Included
- Coolify As a service
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Included
WordPress staging
- Nuvlo With one-click cloning
- Ploi Included
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Included
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Included
Node.js apps
- Nuvlo 7 frameworks
- Ploi Included
- Laravel Forge Included
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Any Docker app
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Included
Laravel and PHP apps
- Nuvlo Laravel, Symfony, plain PHP
- Ploi Included
- Laravel Forge Included
- RunCloud Included
- Coolify Included
- xCloud Not stated
- ServerAvatar Included
One-click apps
- Nuvlo 20
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify 300+
- xCloud 370+
- ServerAvatar 15+
Deploys
Deploy from Git
- Nuvlo GitHub; others by hook
- Ploi Included
- Laravel Forge Included
- RunCloud Included
- Coolify Included
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Included
Zero-downtime deploys
- Nuvlo Every plan
- Ploi From Pro
- Laravel Forge One server per site
- RunCloud Business plan
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Not stated
- ServerAvatar Not stated
Automatic rollback on a failed health check
- Nuvlo Included
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Not stated
- ServerAvatar Not stated
Preview deploys for pull requests
- Nuvlo Not yet
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Included
- xCloud Not stated
- ServerAvatar Not stated
AI
AI crawler rules per site
- Nuvlo Allow, slow down or block, with a report
- Ploi Block-all-robots header
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Firewall user-agent rules
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Block toggle, 180+ bots
- ServerAvatar Block toggle
Leak check after deploys
- Nuvlo Keys, open tables, public files
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Repository scans via Aikido
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Blocks sensitive files
- ServerAvatar Not stated
AI-written fixes as pull requests
- Nuvlo GitHub
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Not stated
- ServerAvatar Not stated
MCP server for AI agents
- Nuvlo With an approval step
- Ploi From Pro
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Scoped tokens
- xCloud Read or read and write
- ServerAvatar Not stated
AI help in the panel
- Nuvlo Explains findings, writes fixes
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud AI Monitoring
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud OpenClaw repair agent
- ServerAvatar Announced, not released
Servers and operations
Connect a server you already run
- Nuvlo Any Ubuntu server, one command
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Included
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Included
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Included
Move a WordPress site from another host
- Nuvlo Plugin or SSH
- Ploi rsync guide
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Support service, first site free
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Plugin, free
- ServerAvatar Guide with a third-party plugin
Backups to your own bucket
- Nuvlo Any S3-compatible
- Ploi From Pro
- Laravel Forge Business plan
- RunCloud S3 or SFTP
- Coolify S3-compatible
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Their storage, per GB
Alerts by email or chat
- Nuvlo Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram, webhook, email
- Ploi Included
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Included
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Not stated
Malware or vulnerability scans
- Nuvlo With quarantine
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Plugins and themes
- ServerAvatar Not stated
Teams and agencies
Team roles
- Nuvlo From Pro
- Ploi Unlimited plan
- Laravel Forge Business plan
- RunCloud Business plan
- Coolify Included
- xCloud PRO plan
- ServerAvatar Included
White-label or reseller
- Nuvlo Not available
- Ploi Not stated
- Laravel Forge Not stated
- RunCloud Not stated
- Coolify Not stated
- xCloud Included
- ServerAvatar Included
- Included
- Partly, or on a higher plan
- Not available
- Not stated on the vendor’s site
- Hover a cell for plan details
- Nuvlo vs PloiA mature, PHP-first panel with a free single-site plan. Backups, server monitoring and zero-downtime deploys start on its Pro plan.
- Nuvlo vs Laravel ForgeBuilt by the Laravel team, with unlimited servers from $19. Database backups, server monitoring and role-based access are on the $39 Business plan.
- Nuvlo vs RunCloudA PHP and WordPress panel with backup storage included. Atomic deploys and team seats are on the $49 Business plan.
- Nuvlo vs CoolifyOpen source and free to self-host, or $5 a month on Coolify Cloud for two servers plus $3 per extra server. Runs anything Docker can package.
- Nuvlo vs xCloudWordPress-focused, with one free server and per-server pricing after that. Strong on staging, white-label reselling and alert channels.
- Nuvlo vs ServerAvatarBring-your-own-server panel for PHP, WordPress and Node, with white-label and reseller tools. Backup storage is billed per gigabyte.
Where Nuvlo is behind today.
- White-label panels and reselling.
How did you check these?
Every competitor value comes from that vendor’s own pricing or feature pages, checked on 26 September 2026. Each comparison links its sources. Where a page doesn’t say, the table shows “Not listed” instead of guessing.
Why are some prices in dollars?
Each vendor is shown in the currency it lists. Converting would add an exchange rate nobody agreed on, so the numbers stay as published.
What if a vendor changes its plans?
Vendors change plans often, so the check date is shown on every comparison. Anything after 26 September 2026 may differ; their own pricing page is the source of truth.
Do I still pay for the server?
Yes, with every panel on this page. Your cloud provider bills the server; the panel price is on top.
Your first server and site are free, with no card and no time limit. Connect a provider token and Nuvlo starts building it.