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A PHP and WordPress panel with backup storage included. Atomic deploys and team seats are on the $49 Business plan.

Pick RunCloud if

  • You want to clone apps, not only WordPress sites.
  • You want backup storage included in the plan.
  • You run many PHP servers on one $19 plan.

Pick Nuvlo if

  • Atomic deploys and team roles without the $49 Business plan.
  • Node frameworks as a first-class app type.
  • A free plan for your first server.
  • AI crawler rules per bot group, with a 7-day report per bot.

The cheapest plan that allows each number of servers. Your cloud provider bills the server itself either way.

  • 1 server
    NuvloFreeFree
    RunCloud$9Essentials
  • 5 servers
    Nuvlo€12Starter
    RunCloud$19Professional · No atomic deploys or team seats
  • 20 servers
    Nuvlo€29Pro
    RunCloud$19Professional · No atomic deploys or team seats

FeatureNuvloRunCloud
Plans
Free planYes, 1 server, 1 siteNo
Backups and monitoring on the cheapest paid planYesPartly, Backups only listed
What you can host
WordPressYes, Containers per siteYes
WordPress stagingYes, With one-click cloningYes
Node.js appsYes, 7 frameworksNot listed
Laravel and PHP appsYes, Laravel, Symfony, plain PHPYes
One-click appsYes, 20Not listed
Deploys
Deploy from GitPartly, GitHub; others by hookYes
Zero-downtime deploysYes, Every planPartly, Business plan
Automatic rollback on a failed health checkYesNot listed
Preview deploys for pull requestsNo, Not yetNot listed
AI
AI crawler rules per siteYes, Allow, slow down or block, with a reportPartly, Firewall user-agent rules
Leak check after deploysYes, Keys, open tables, public filesNot listed
AI-written fixes as pull requestsYes, GitHubNot listed
MCP server for AI agentsYes, With an approval stepNot listed
AI help in the panelYes, Explains findings, writes fixesYes, AI Monitoring
Servers and operations
Connect a server you already runYes, Any Ubuntu server, one commandNot listed
Move a WordPress site from another hostYes, Plugin or SSHPartly, Support service, first site free
Backups to your own bucketYes, Any S3-compatibleYes, S3 or SFTP
Alerts by email or chatYes, Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram, webhook, emailNot listed
Malware or vulnerability scansYes, With quarantineNot listed
Teams and agencies
Team rolesYes, From ProPartly, Business plan
White-label or resellerNoNot listed

Plans

Free plan

  • Nuvlo 1 server, 1 site
  • RunCloud Not available

Backups and monitoring on the cheapest paid plan

  • Nuvlo Included
  • RunCloud Backups only listed

What you can host

WordPress

  • Nuvlo Containers per site
  • RunCloud Included

WordPress staging

  • Nuvlo With one-click cloning
  • RunCloud Included

Node.js apps

  • Nuvlo 7 frameworks
  • RunCloud Not stated

Laravel and PHP apps

  • Nuvlo Laravel, Symfony, plain PHP
  • RunCloud Included

One-click apps

  • Nuvlo 20
  • RunCloud Not stated

Deploys

Deploy from Git

  • Nuvlo GitHub; others by hook
  • RunCloud Included

Zero-downtime deploys

  • Nuvlo Every plan
  • RunCloud Business plan

Automatic rollback on a failed health check

  • Nuvlo Included
  • RunCloud Not stated

Preview deploys for pull requests

  • Nuvlo Not yet
  • RunCloud Not stated

AI

AI crawler rules per site

  • Nuvlo Allow, slow down or block, with a report
  • RunCloud Firewall user-agent rules

Leak check after deploys

  • Nuvlo Keys, open tables, public files
  • RunCloud Not stated

AI-written fixes as pull requests

  • Nuvlo GitHub
  • RunCloud Not stated

MCP server for AI agents

  • Nuvlo With an approval step
  • RunCloud Not stated

AI help in the panel

  • Nuvlo Explains findings, writes fixes
  • RunCloud AI Monitoring

Servers and operations

Connect a server you already run

  • Nuvlo Any Ubuntu server, one command
  • RunCloud Not stated

Move a WordPress site from another host

  • Nuvlo Plugin or SSH
  • RunCloud Support service, first site free

Backups to your own bucket

  • Nuvlo Any S3-compatible
  • RunCloud S3 or SFTP

Alerts by email or chat

  • Nuvlo Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram, webhook, email
  • RunCloud Not stated

Malware or vulnerability scans

  • Nuvlo With quarantine
  • RunCloud Not stated

Teams and agencies

Team roles

  • Nuvlo From Pro
  • RunCloud Business plan

White-label or reseller

  • Nuvlo Not available
  • RunCloud Not stated
  • Included
  • Partly, or on a higher plan
  • Not available
  • Not stated on the vendor’s site
  • Hover a cell for plan details

Where Nuvlo is behind today

  • White-label panels and reselling.

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