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.

    Download for macOS 12+ & Windows 10+ / Server 2012+
    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 (Edu Plan: $29)
    $399.00
    Free Trial
    /
    7 days
    /
    Licensed Users
    /
    1
    10
    Licensed Device
    /
    2/User
    2/User
    Additional User License
    /
    /
    ✓
    Additional User Pricing (per user)
    /
    /
    $39.90

    Features
    macOS Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Native macOS App
    Swift + SwiftUI
    Swift + SwiftUI
    Swift + SwiftUI
    Supports macOS system versions
    macOS 12+
    macOS 12+
    macOS 12+
    Windows support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Native Windows Application
    C# + AvaloniaUI
    C# + AvaloniaUI
    C# + AvaloniaUI
    Supports Windows system versions
    Windows 10/11 & Windows Server 2012+
    Windows 10/11 & Windows Server 2012+
    Windows 10/11 & Windows Server 2012+
    Installer Size
    50 MB
    50 MB
    50 MB
    Upgradeable Package
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Security Updates
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

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

    GUI Interface
    System Resource Monitor Panel
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Quick Control / Menu Bar
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Service Control Panel
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multilingual
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    User-friendly Application
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Configurable via GUI
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Easy Backup
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Website Grouping
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

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

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

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

    Programming Languages
    PHP Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PHP Versions
    5.3 ~ 8.6
    5.3 ~ 8.6
    5.3 ~ 8.6
    PHP 8.4
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    PHP 8.5
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PHP Instances
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Instant PHP Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js 22
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Node.js 23
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Node.js Versions
    12 ~ 25
    12 ~ 25
    12 ~ 25
    Instant Node.js Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Bun supported
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Deno Supported
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    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
    Instant Python Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Go Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Go Versions
    1.11 ~ 1.26
    1.11 ~ 1.26
    1.11 ~ 1.26
    Instant Go Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Java Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Java Versions
    7(1.7.0) ~ 25
    7(1.7.0) ~ 25
    7(1.7.0) ~ 25
    Instant Java Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    .NET Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple .NET Versions
    2.0 ~ 10.0
    2.0 ~ 10.0
    2.0 ~ 10.0
    Instant .NET Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Mono Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Mono Versions
    6.x
    6.x
    6.x
    Ruby Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Ruby Versions
    2.4 ~ 4.0
    2.4 ~ 4.0
    2.4 ~ 4.0
    Instant Ruby Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Rust Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple Rust Versions
    1.x
    1.x
    1.x

    Databases
    MySQL Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MySQL Versions
    5.1 ~ 9.6
    5.1 ~ 9.6
    5.1 ~ 9.6
    Multiple MySQL Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instant MySQL Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    MariaDB Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MariaDB Versions
    10.4 ~ 12.1
    10.4 ~ 12.1
    10.4 ~ 12.1
    Multiple MariaDB Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instant MariaDB Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    PostgreSQL Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PostgreSQL Versions
    10 ~ 18
    10 ~ 18
    10 ~ 18
    Multiple PostgreSQL Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instant PostgreSQL Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    MongoDB Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MongoDB Versions
    5.0 ~ 8.2
    5.0 ~ 8.2
    5.0 ~ 8.2
    Multiple MongoDB Instances
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Instant MongoDB Version Switching
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Redis Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Memcached Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    SQLite 3
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    AI
    Ollama
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Multi-threaded Model Download
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    AI Gateway
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    MCP Server
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    AI Client Integration
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    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
    ServBay
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Cloudflared
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    FRP
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Ngrok
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Pinggy.io
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Search Engine
    Typesense
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Meilisearch
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Object Storage
    MinIO
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Tools
    phpMyAdmin
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Adminer
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Git
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    SVN (Subversion)
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    OpenSSL
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Composer 2.2 LTS
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Composer
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    cURL
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    npm
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    pnpm
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    yarn
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Apache Maven
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

    Customization
    Project-level Custom Configuration
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Custom 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
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Email Server Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Ollama Settings
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Backup
    Backup to External Storage
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Automatic Scheduled Backup
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Scheduled Backup - Daily
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Scheduled Backup - Weekly
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Scheduled Backup - Monthly
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Manual Backup
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Manual Backup Restore
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    ServBay Configuration
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Website
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Single / Multiple Websites
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    SSL Certificate
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Single / Multiple SSL Certificates
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    MySQL
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MySQL Servers
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Single / Multiple MySQL Databases
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    MariaDB
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple MariaDB Servers
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Single / Multiple MariaDB Databases
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    PostgreSQL
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Multiple PostgreSQL Servers
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Single / Multiple PostgreSQL Databases
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓

    Development Tools
    Development Libraries
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Recompilation Support
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Additional PHP Extension Compilation
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

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

    Support
    AI Assistant
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Self-service Diagnostic Tool
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Documentation
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Community
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Email
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Paid Support
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Discord
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    Telegram
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓
    WhatsApp
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    Line
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    WeCom
    ✗
    ✓
    ✓
    WeChat Group
    ✓
    ✓
    ✓

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