Comparison
Pelican is a fork of Pterodactyl. However, Pelican has many Improvements over it now!
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- General
- Frontend
- API
- Auth
- Setup
- Server
- Node
- Eggs
- Hub
First party Plugins & Themes
Rework allocations
More database types for Database Hosts
Webhooks
Roles & Permissions for Admins
Replace Nests & Locations with Tags
Config option for Binary Prefix (MiB/GiB)
Improved Settings page
Customization for Users (e.g. Server list layout, Console font)
Localized Frontend
User avatars
Rewrite of Client Area in Filament
Rewrite of Admin Area in Filament
Switch from Webpack to Vite
Timezone configurable per User
Integrated API docs
Application API for Database Hosts
Application API for Server Transfers
Application API for Mounts
Uniform user transformers
Rename
oom_disabled
tooom_killer
Replace Google reCAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
OAuth
Dockerized Installation
Easier Installation process (Web Installer)
PostgreSQL as Panel database
SQLite as Panel database
"Proper" support for MariaDB as Panel database (dedicated driver)
Easier Database Host setup via Step-by-Step Wizard
Server sorting
Activity log for server crashes
Easier Schedule Cron setup
View install logs from within the Panel
Servers without Allocations
IPv6 Support for Allocations
Custom docker labels for server containers
"Delete files" schedule task
Global search for files
Delete backups when server is deleted
More effective wings disk quota
Automatically fetch Node IPs for easier Allocation setup
Better proxy support
Node Ownership (assign nodes to roles)
Node resource statistics
CPU Limit for Nodes
Alias for SFTP address
Automatic cleanup of dangling docker images
Fixed
-1
overallocation
Easier Egg installing
Change Egg format to YAML
Sortable egg variables
Import multiple eggs at once
Easier Egg updating (usage of
update_url
)
Marketplace for Eggs
Marketplace for Plugins & Themes
Open Finances
Support Tickets
Comparison with our competitors.
Pelican | Pterodactyl | PufferPanel | Crafty Controller | Multicraft | TCAdmin | AMP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
File manager | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Scheduled Tasks | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Free and Open Source | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Multilingual | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Database Management | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
OAuth | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Webhooks | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Roles & Permissions | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Announcements | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Themes | 📅 | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Plugins | 📅 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Self update | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Captcha Login | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Remote Backups | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
Features information.
- All features with 📅 are planned.
- Plugins can add any features that Pelican doesn't have by default.
- These values are not constantly updated, and competitors may have implemented some of the features marked with a cross in their latest version.