Comparison

Pelican is a fork of Pterodactyl. However, Pelican has many Improvements over it now!

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General

• Rework allocations
• More database types for Database Hosts
• First party Plugin system
• 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)

Frontend

• 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

API

• Integrated API docs
• Application API for Database Hosts
• Application API for Server Transfers
• Application API for Mounts
• Uniform user transformers
• Rename oom_disabled to oom_killer

Auth

• Replace Google reCAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
• OAuth

Setup

• Egg selection during install
• 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

• 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

Node

• 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

Eggs

• Easier Egg installing
• Change Egg format to YAML
• Sortable egg variables
• Import multiple eggs at once
• Easier Egg updating (usage of update_url)

Hub

• 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.

• 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.