Comparison

aaPanel vs ServerBox

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

aaPanel

A powerful yet simple web-based control panel for managing Linux servers. It simplifies server administration with one-click installations, visual monitoring, and easy management of websites, databases, and software.

Highlights
  • One-click LNMP/LAMP environment installation
  • Visual file and software manager
  • CPU, memory, and network monitoring
  • Scheduled task management
  • Website and database backup
  • SSL deployment
Features
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aaPanel is the International version for aaPanel (www.aapanel.com) There have millions servers had installed BAOTA panel since 2014 in China. aaPanel, a simple but powerful control panel, can manage the web server through web-based GUI(Graphical User Interface). aaPanel provides the one-click function such as one-click install LNMP/LAMP developing environment and software. Our main goal is helping users to save the time of deploying, thus users just focus on their own project that is fine.What can it do:aaPanel is a server management software that supports the Linux system.It can easily manage the server through the Web terminal, improving the operation and maintenance efficiency.For example:create and manage websites, FTP, and databases, with visual file manager, visual software manager, visual CPU, memory, flow monitoring chart, scheduled tasks and other functions.aaPanel has extremely fast and convenient one-key configuration and management, one-click configuration of server environment (LAMP / LNMP / Tomcat / Node.js /OpenLiteSpeed), one-click deployment of SSL, remote backup;provide SSH open and close services, SSH port changes, ping prohibited , Firewall port release and operation log viewing; CPU, memory, disk IO, network IO data monitoring, you can set the number of days to record and save and view the data of a certain day;scheduled tasks can be added and executed periodically, support SHELL script, provide website, database backup And log cutting, and support one-click backup to another cloud storage space, or other cloud storage space; through the web interface, you can easily manage the server software used for installation, as well as practical extension plug-ins;convenient and efficient file manager integration , Support uploading, downloading, packaging, decompression and file editing and viewing.

About

ServerBox

Manage your Linux servers remotely with SSH and SFTP. Control Docker containers and utilize experimental snippet features. Ping your servers to check connectivity.

Highlights
  • SSH client
  • SFTP client
  • Docker/Podman management
  • Snippet feature (experimental)
  • Ping utility
  • Open Source
Features
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This project is completely OPEN SOURCE. You can click the "App Support" button near the score below to download other system versions or compile them by yourself. Support for major Linux distributions. Support SSH, SFTP, docker/podman management, snippet.(experimental feature) Support Ping.

Screenshots

aaPanel2 screens
ServerBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ServerBox at fortnightly against aaPanel's every 3 months. ServerBox also leads on ratings volume (90 vs 2) and device support (5 vs 3). aaPanel's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for aaPanel against 4.9 for ServerBox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ServerBox has 90 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of aaPanel's written reviews are positive against 91% of ServerBox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

aaPanel ships an update every 3 months, ServerBox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 22, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
aaPanel versus ServerBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteraaPanelServerBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (90 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.1% of reviews
Number of ratings290 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangdong Baota Safety Technology Co., Ltd.吐司工作室

Customer experience

aaPanel

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ServerBox

All ratings90 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

aaPanel

No in-app purchases

None

ServerBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is aaPanel free?
aaPanel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ServerBox free?
ServerBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, aaPanel or ServerBox?
aaPanel is rated higher. aaPanel averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ServerBox averages 4.9 from 90 ratings.
Do aaPanel or ServerBox have ads?
Neither aaPanel nor ServerBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, aaPanel or ServerBox?
aaPanel ships an update every 3 months, and ServerBox fortnightly. Most recently, aaPanel was updated on June 22, 2026 and ServerBox on September 16, 2026.

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