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Servoke vs aaPanel

aaPanel builds out from a free core with a one click App Store, mail, DNS and an AI Assistant, and keeps hosting accounts for its Pro edition. Servoke includes hosting accounts, resellers and per-account CPU, memory and IO limits in one price per server, describes every action in OpenAPI, verifies the signature of every update before it installs, and has Michael propose each step for you to approve.

A one click App Store with 200+ applications
WP Toolkit for WordPress sites
A built in AI Assistant for the server

Servoke and aaPanel, area by area

Pricing. Servoke: $4.99 a server a month. $3.99 each from 100 servers. A quote from 500 servers. aaPanel: Free edition. Pro is $28.80 a month, $198 a year or $699 for life, per server (list prices).
Accounts per licence. Servoke: Unlimited on every server. No fee per account, ever. aaPanel: Hosting accounts are a Pro feature, with up to 30 sub-users on each licence.
Licence. Servoke: Commercial licence per server, checked on the server from a signed document. aaPanel: A free edition with source on GitHub. Pro is licensed per server and tied to one IP address.
Websites, PHP and certificates. Servoke: nginx with PHP-FPM, Apache and OpenLiteSpeed engines, certificates issued and renewed for you. aaPanel: Nginx, Apache, OpenLiteSpeed or Tomcat, chosen per site, with Let's Encrypt.
Email hosting. Servoke: Postfix, Dovecot and Rspamd, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC written for you, and webmail. aaPanel: Postfix, Dovecot and Rspamd, with optional Roundcube webmail.
DNS hosting. Servoke: PowerDNS zones created with each domain. aaPanel: A built in DNS server, or records kept at providers such as Cloudflare.
Databases. Servoke: MariaDB and PostgreSQL. aaPanel: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server and Redis.
Resellers. Servoke: Reseller accounts with their own packages and limits. aaPanel: Hosting packages and sub-users in Pro, with WHMCS provisioning.
Per-account resource limits. Servoke: CPU, memory and IO limits per account on cgroup v2, with no add-on. aaPanel: Pro packages cap disk, bandwidth, sites, databases and PHP processes for each account.
Firewall and brute force guard. Servoke: Firewall, brute force guard, web application firewall and a security advisor. Every change in the audit log. aaPanel: A firewall with port, IP and country rules and SSH brute force lockout. The WAF is in Pro.
AI that reads the server. Servoke: Michael reads the real server and proposes each step for you to approve. Paid with JagAI credits. aaPanel: An AI Assistant reads server resources, sites, logs and databases and can run commands. Basic models are free and extra quota is paid.
API, CLI and MCP. Servoke: Every console action is an /api/v1 call in OpenAPI. The CLI mirrors it, and an MCP server is built in. aaPanel: An HTTP API signed with a key and an IP allow list, which the vendor says covers every panel function.
Updates. Servoke: Checks hourly, verifies the signature, saves its state and puts the last build back if a new one is unhealthy. aaPanel: Updated from the Update button in the panel or the bt command.
Moving from cPanel. Servoke: Installs beside cPanel and imports its accounts. Take over stops cPanel and WHM in one click while every site, mailbox and zone keeps running, and Bring cPanel back is one click. aaPanel: A migration tool moves WordPress sites and SSL certificates from cPanel.
Core runtime. Servoke: One Rust daemon with the consoles built in. Privileged changes are typed operations, never shell strings. aaPanel: Python, with a JavaScript interface.

When aaPanel is the better fit

If a specific App Store application is central to your workflow, check that Servoke covers it before you move.

From aaPanel to Servoke

Install Servoke on a fresh server: Keep the old server running while you move.
Move sites and databases: Copy files with SFTP and load MySQL or PostgreSQL databases with the database tools. Engines Servoke does not host, such as MongoDB, need a home of their own.
Point DNS and mail: Move the zones and mailboxes once the sites check out.

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