Choose the ServBay Version That Suits You Best

Are you still wasting hours configuring your development environment? ServBay consolidates the fragmented experience of traditional toolchains into a unified foundation of capabilities. Whether you are:
  • A solo developer looking for rapid all-stack environment initiation
  • An enterprise team seeking standardized development processes
  • A technology researcher relying on multi-version parallel debugging
    • ServBay has prepared the right version for you. To help you precisely match your needs and make the best choice, please refer to the comparisons on the following key dimensions to see which version can accelerate your workflow and enhance your productivity.

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    Choose the ServBay Version That Suits You Best

    Which Version of ServBay is Right for Me?

    Efficiency Dimension

    Efficiency Dimension

  • Single Project vs Multiple Project Concurrent Support: Are you focused on a single project or do you need to efficiently manage and handle multiple complex projects? The ServBay Pro version offers more functional support, while the ServBay Team version’s Unified Configuration unifies the development environment.
  • Environment Configuration Speed Comparison: All versions are fast, but the ServBay Pro version offers further deployment optimization for specific large or complex environments, supporting user-customized configurations, while the ServBay Team version offers even more functionalities for enterprise users.
  • Team Collaboration Functionality Differences: Is personal usage sufficient? Or do you need user permission management, environment sharing, standardized configuration distribution, and other team-oriented features?
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    Capability Dimension

  • Completeness of AI/Big Data Toolchain: Does the basic development environment meet your requirements? Or do you need a broader set of advanced tools, such as built-in, richer AI/Big Data development components?
  • Production-level Debugging Tool Coverage: Are the standard debugging tools enough? Or do you require integration of more powerful production-level performance analysis, log aggregation, and traceability capabilities for advanced monitoring and diagnostics?
  • Cross-platform Support Strategy: Do you need deeper integration with other enterprise systems (such as CI/CD, code repositories, project management tools)?
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    Capability Dimension
    Economic Dimension

    Economic Dimension

  • Individual Licensing vs Enterprise Bulk Licensing: Are you looking for a flexible licensing option suitable for individual developers, or a plan that meets the demands of teams or enterprises that can be managed in bulk?
  • Long-term Technical Support Commitment: Can community support meet your needs? Or do you value prioritized technical support, dedicated services, and long-term version maintenance commitments?
  • Price vs Performance: Are you willing to pay extra for better performance and user experience?
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    Pricing
    Pricing
    Free
    $59 ($29 for Education)
    $399.00
    Free Trial
    /
    7 days
    /
    Number of Licensed Users
    /
    1
    10
    Licensed Devices
    /
    2/User
    2/User
    Additional Licensed Users
    /
    /
    ✓
    Additional Licensed User Pricing (per user)
    /
    /
    $39.90

    Functions
    macOS Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Native macOS App
    Swift + SwiftUI
    Swift + SwiftUI
    Swift + SwiftUI
    Installation Package Size
    50 MB
    50 MB
    50 MB
    Upgradable Package
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Security Updates
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Operating System
    Non-Intrusive Installation
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Launch at Login
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Start with System
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    CLI Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    GUI Interface
    System Resource Monitoring Panel
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Quick Control/Menu Bar
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Service Control Panel
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multilingual
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Easy-to-Use Application
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Configurable via GUI
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Easy Backup
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Website Group
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Web Servers
    Apache
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    NGINX
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Caddy
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Hosts/Websites
    Configurable via GUI
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Hosts
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Max Hosts
    5
    Unlimited
    Unlimited
    Custom Domains
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Custom Ports
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Custom SSL Certificates
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Custom TLD Suffixes
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Domains/Aliases
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Selectable PHP Version
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    URL Rewrite (Pseudo Static)
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    CORS Support
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Static Website Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Reverse Proxy
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Docker/Node.js Proxy
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Redirection (301/302)
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    SSL Support
    PKI
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    ACME Certificates
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    ACME Certificate Auto-Renewal
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    ACME - Let's Encrypt
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    ACME - ZeroSSL
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    ACME - Google Trust Services
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Self-Signed SSL
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    ServBay Private CA
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Private Domain Certificates
    10
    Unlimited
    Unlimited
    Private S/MIME Certificates
    2
    10
    30
    Private Code Signing Certificates
    ✗
    2
    10
    Private Document Signing Certificates
    ✗
    5
    30
    ServBay Public CA
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Public Domain Certificates
    ✗
    20
    100
    Public S/MIME Certificates
    ✗
    10
    30
    Public Code Signing Certificates
    ✗
    1
    5
    Public Document Signing Certificates
    ✗
    5
    30

    Programming Languages
    PHP Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PHP Versions
    5.6 ~ 8.5
    5.6 ~ 8.5
    5.6 ~ 8.5
    PHP 8.4
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    PHP 8.5
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PHP Instances
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Instantly Switch PHP Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js 22
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js 23
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Node.js Versions
    12 ~ 23
    12 ~ 23
    12 ~ 23
    Instantly Switch Node.js Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Python Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Python 2.x
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Python 3.x
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Python Versions
    2.7 & 3.5 ~ 3.14
    2.7 & 3.5 ~ 3.14
    2.7 & 3.5 ~ 3.14
    Instantly Switch Python Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Go Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Go Versions
    1.11 ~ 1.24
    1.11 ~ 1.24
    1.11 ~ 1.24
    Instantly Switch Go Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Databases
    MySQL Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MySQL Versions
    5.1 ~ 9.1
    5.1 ~ 9.1
    5.1 ~ 9.1
    Multiple MySQL Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instantly Switch MySQL Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    MariaDB Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MariaDB Versions
    10.4 ~ 11.8
    10.4 ~ 11.8
    10.4 ~ 11.8
    Multiple MariaDB Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instantly Switch MariaDB Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    PostgreSQL Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PostgreSQL Versions
    10 ~ 17
    10 ~ 17
    10 ~ 17
    Multiple PostgreSQL Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instantly Switch PostgreSQL Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    MongoDB Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MongoDB Versions
    5.0 ~ 8.0
    5.0 ~ 8.0
    5.0 ~ 8.0
    Multiple MongoDB Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instantly Switch MongoDB Versions
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Redis Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Memcached Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    SQLite 3
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    AI
    Ollama
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Mail Server
    Built-in Mail Server
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    SSL/TLS
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    STARTTLS
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    SMTP
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    POP3
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Mail Relay
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Webhook
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    SpamAssassin
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    DNS
    Built-in DNS Server
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Custom Domains
    5
    Unlimited
    Unlimited
    Hosts File Management GUI
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Domain Resolution via /etc/hosts
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Domain Resolution via Local Built-in DNS Server
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Tunnels/Reverse Proxy
    Cloudflared
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    frpc
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Ngrok
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Pinggy.io
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Tools
    phpMyAdmin
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Adminer
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    SVN (Subversion)
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    OpenSSL
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Composer
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    cURL
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    npm
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    pnpm
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    yarn
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Configuration
    Project-Level Custom Configuration
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    PHP Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    PHP FPM Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    PHP Extension Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js Settings
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Python Settings
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Redis Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Memcached Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    MySQL Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    MariaDB Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    PostgreSQL Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    MongoDB Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    E-Mail Server Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Ollama Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Development Tools
    Development Library
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Recompile Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Additional PHP Extension Compilation
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Team
    Team Management
    ✗
    ✗
    ✓
    Share to Team
    ✗
    ✗
    Coming Soon
    Unified Configuration
    ✗
    ✗
    Coming Soon
    Virtual Dev Network
    ✗
    ✗
    Coming Soon

    Support
    Troubleshooting Tools
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Documentation
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Community
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    E-Mail
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Paid Support
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Discord
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Telegram
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    WhatsApp
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Line
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    WeChat Group
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    The Next Generation Development Tool

    1 app, 2 clicks, and 3 minutes are all you need to set up your web development environment. No need to compile and install dependencies, non-intrusive to the system. Includes various versions of programming languages, databases, domain names, SSL certificates, email servers, and reverse proxies.

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