DeployManage provisions hardened servers, ships zero-downtime deploys with instant rollback, and manages databases, mailboxes, SSL, firewalls and queues from one dashboard. Your cloud accounts, your billing, your servers.
Works with Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode, OVHcloud and custom VPS.
DeployManage is a RunCloud alternative that provisions hardened servers and runs zero-downtime, atomic deployments with instant rollback across Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode, OVHcloud and any custom VPS. Where RunCloud is built around PHP and WordPress server management, DeployManage is built around the deploy pipeline and the fleet: reusable provisioning recipes, health-checked releases, managed MySQL and PostgreSQL, per-domain mailboxes, and a fleet-wide activity log covering every server. You keep your own cloud accounts and billing, so there is no hosting lock-in. There is a free plan to start, and RunCloud publishes tiered plans from a single-server entry tier up to team and business tiers (check runcloud.io/pricing for current numbers).
Last updated July 2026
Bring up hardened, firewalled servers on Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode, OVHcloud or a custom VPS. Connect each provider once with your own credentials, then drive the whole fleet from one place.
Atomic releases with health checks and instant rollback. The new release only takes traffic after it passes, and a bad ship is one click away from being undone.
Create MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and users, wire them to apps, and manage them without opening a shell or memorizing another set of grant statements.
Add mailboxes and forwarders for each domain next to the sites they belong to. No separate mail vendor for the small client domains that just need an inbox.
Save your provisioning steps as recipes so every server in the fleet comes up identically configured. New box, same baseline, every time, and it is recorded.
Every deploy, server change and command is logged across all servers, not just per site. When a client asks what changed last Tuesday, you have an answer.
Add the provider credentials you already have. Keep the account, keep the billing, keep the servers you like.
A hardened, firewalled box online in under a minute, configured from your recipe rather than a shell history.
Link a Git repo and ship an atomic, health-checked release with one-click rollback if it misbehaves.
Databases, mail, SSL, firewall, queue workers and scheduled jobs for every site, with one audit log across all of it.
An honest, feature-first comparison. Pricing was checked in 2026 and vendors change plans, so confirm current numbers on each vendor's site before you buy. RunCloud's pricing page is rendered client side and third-party sources disagree, so we do not quote a figure we could not verify: check runcloud.io/pricing directly.
| Feature | DeployManage | RunCloud | Laravel Forge | Ploi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud providers | Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode, OVHcloud, custom VPS | Any VPS or cloud over SSH (DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, custom) | DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner, Vultr, custom | DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner, Vultr, Linode, UpCloud, custom |
| Zero-downtime deployments | Atomic releases, health checks, instant rollback | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WordPress-specific tooling | General PHP and app deploys | Strong, a core focus | Limited | Yes |
| Managed databases | MySQL and PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mailboxes per domain | Yes | No | No | No |
| Provisioning recipes / templates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Activity and audit log | Fleet-wide, every server | Per server | Per site | Per site |
| Free plan | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Starting paid price | Free to start | See runcloud.io/pricing | $12/mo (Hobby) | $10/mo (Basic) |
Twenty clients on six providers is normal, and it is where per-server dashboards fall apart. One fleet view, one audit trail, one place to answer who deployed what.
RunCloud is comfortable for classic PHP hosting. When you start shipping custom apps with queues, schedulers and rollbacks, you want a deploy pipeline, not just a server panel.
Move workloads to Hetzner for cost, keep a client on AWS for their procurement rules, add Vultr for a region. Same panel, same recipes, no retooling.
Atomic deploys with health checks mean a failed build never reaches users, and instant rollback means a bad ship is a minute of annoyance, not an outage.
A fleet-wide activity log records every deploy, server change and command, which is what auditors and enterprise clients actually ask to see.
Stop maintaining a personal provisioning script that only you understand. Recipes make the setup repeatable and readable by whoever comes next.
Let's be fair to RunCloud first, because a comparison page that pretends the competitor is bad is a page you should not trust. RunCloud is a mature, PHP-focused cloud server management panel. It connects over SSH to any VPS or cloud you own, and it is genuinely strong at WordPress: staging, multiple PHP versions, backups, monitoring and firewall style hardening, backed by a long track record with PHP hosting shops. If WordPress hosting is your business, RunCloud is a reasonable choice and we are not going to argue you out of it.
Teams start shopping when the job changes. The usual pattern: an agency that started with WordPress now ships custom Laravel or PHP applications, and the questions become deployment questions. How do I release without dropping requests? How do I roll back at 2am without SSHing into a box? Which of the four people with server access changed the staging PHP version last week? Server management and deployment are related problems, but a panel tuned for the first does not automatically solve the second.
The other trigger is fleet scale. Ten servers, one at a time, is fine. Sixty servers across five providers for twelve clients, with contractors coming and going, is a different exercise. That is when a fleet-wide audit log stops being a nice feature and becomes the thing that answers a client's question in thirty seconds instead of an afternoon. DeployManage keeps what works about the server panel model (you own the servers, the cloud accounts and the billing) and puts the deploy pipeline and the audit trail at the center: atomic releases, health checks, instant rollback, reusable provisioning recipes, and one activity log across every server you run.
Skip the feature checklist and ask four questions instead. First: whose servers are these? A panel that provisions into your own cloud account keeps your billing, your data and your exit path under your control. If leaving a vendor means migrating hosting too, that is lock-in wearing a nicer shirt. DeployManage provisions on Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode, OVHcloud and custom VPS boxes with your own credentials, so leaving means disconnecting a panel, not moving a business.
Second: what happens when a deploy is bad? Not if, when. Look for atomic releases (the new version is built alongside the old one, then swapped in), health checks that gate the swap, and a rollback you can trigger from a phone. Third: can you reproduce a server? Provisioning recipes turn tribal knowledge into a repeatable artifact, which matters the day the person who built the original box is on vacation. Fourth: what is logged, and at what scope? Per-site logs answer per-site questions. Fleet-wide logs answer what you get asked in a client review or a security questionnaire.
Then check what else the panel covers. Databases, SSL, firewall, queue workers, scheduled jobs and mailboxes are all things a real production app needs, and each one you bolt on separately is another vendor, another invoice, another credential to rotate. DeployManage handles all of them, per-domain mailboxes and forwarders included, which most panels in this category do not.
On price: RunCloud publishes tiered plans, from a single-server entry tier up through team and business tiers. We will not quote a dollar figure, because their pricing page is JavaScript-gated and third-party numbers contradict each other. Check runcloud.io/pricing yourself. For the vendors we could verify: Laravel Forge is $12, $19 and $39 per month (Hobby, Growth, Business) with no free plan, and Ploi has a free plan plus $10, $16 and $36 per month tiers. DeployManage has a free plan to start on. All checked in 2026, and vendors change plans, so confirm before you buy.
You do not have to tear anything down, and you should not try to do it in one weekend. The safe migration is boring and incremental. Connect the cloud account you already use, provision one fresh server from a recipe that matches your current stack, and deploy a single low-stakes site to it. Verify TLS, cron, queue workers and mail on that one box before you touch anything that matters.
Then move sites one at a time. Deploy the app to the new server, point a test hostname at it, and check it under real conditions while the RunCloud-managed server keeps serving production. When you are satisfied, lower the DNS TTL, cut the record over, and watch. The old server stays up and reachable throughout, so if something looks wrong you flip DNS back. The cutover window is a DNS propagation window, not an outage.
Because provisioning runs from recipes, server number twelve comes up exactly like server number one, so the migration gets faster as you go instead of more error-prone. Keep your provider, keep your billing, keep the servers that are working. The only thing that changes is the control layer on top, and the audit log starts recording the moment the first server is connected.
It depends on what you deploy. DeployManage is the strongest fit for teams that want any-cloud provisioning, zero-downtime atomic deploys with rollback, per-domain mailboxes and a fleet-wide audit log. Ploi is good for broad provider support, and Laravel Forge is the tightest fit for pure Laravel shops.
Yes. DeployManage has a free plan you can start on, and Ploi offers a free tier as well. RunCloud publishes tiered paid plans starting with a single-server entry tier, so check runcloud.io/pricing for current numbers. A free plan lets you provision a server and ship a deploy before committing budget.
Open source server panels do exist, but you become the operator: you host the control plane, patch it, secure it and fix it at 3am. DeployManage is managed instead, while still provisioning into your own cloud accounts with your own billing, so you get control without owning the panel's maintenance.
RunCloud is a general PHP and WordPress server management panel with monitoring, staging, backups and multiple PHP versions. Laravel Forge is built by the Laravel team and centers on deploying Laravel applications. RunCloud leans server management, Forge leans Laravel deployment, and DeployManage covers both across any cloud.
Yes. WordPress is one of RunCloud's genuine strengths, with dedicated tooling, staging, backups, multiple PHP versions and firewall style hardening, plus years of track record with PHP hosting shops. If WordPress hosting is your whole business, RunCloud is a fair choice. If you also ship custom apps, compare deploy pipelines.
Yes. Provision a new server in the cloud account you already own, deploy the site there, and test it on a temporary hostname while RunCloud keeps serving production. Then lower your DNS TTL and cut over. The old server stays reachable throughout, so you can flip back instantly if needed.
Connect the cloud account you already have, provision a hardened server, and ship a zero-downtime deploy in minutes. Free plan to start.