Pliego Connect vs ParaPort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pliego Connect
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Pliego Connect brings everything you manage into one app: your NAS, your containers, your virtual machines and your SSH servers. No laptop, no jumping between web dashboards. UNRAID • Dashboard with CPU, memory, temperature and array status. • Docker: start, stop and update containers, follow live logs and open a console. • Virtual machines, disks, parity, shares and server notifications. • “Stop everything for maintenance” and bring it all back up in order. PORTAINER AND DOCKHAND • Containers, stacks, images, volumes and networks across all your environments. • Image update alerts, and container updates that keep their configuration. • Whole-stack logs, bulk actions on several containers and app templates. AND MUCH MORE • Full SSH terminal and files over SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, SMB and NFS. • Proxmox, TrueNAS, Cloudflare and remote desktop over VNC. • Private access away from home with built-in Tailscale or WireGuard. EVERYWHERE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. • Shortcuts and Siri. • Control Center controls and a parity check Live Activity. • Background checks and notifications when something goes wrong. • Works on iPhone and iPad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pliego Connect talks directly to your servers. No accounts, no middleman servers, no ads, no analytics. Keys and passwords stay in the iOS Keychain, and you can lock the app with Face ID. Pliego Connect is an independent app and is not affiliated with Lime Technology (Unraid), Portainer.io, Proxmox, iXsystems (TrueNAS) or Cloudflare.
ParaPort
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ParaPort is a native developer workspace for iPhone and iPad. Work with local files and projects, connect to servers over SSH and SFTP, edit code in tabs, and use Codex from within the app. Features: • local projects or one-time work without creating a project; • saved server connections; • a native SSH/SFTP client with host-key verification; • a UTF-8 editor with syntax highlighting, undo, and redo; • editor tabs and visual SVG preview; • Quick Look for non-text files; • search across file names and contents; • SSH terminal and guided server setup; • SQLite browsing and MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL access through a secure HTTPS gateway; • Codex assistance using your own OpenAI API key; • Russian and English interface. Passwords, private SSH keys, and the API key are stored in the system Keychain. Git is optional, so ParaPort also works for standalone connections and projects without a repository.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ParaPort at 18.0 against Pliego Connect's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Pliego Connect | ParaPort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francisco Puchades | Aleksei Goriainov |
In-app purchases
Pliego Connect
No in-app purchases
ParaPort
No in-app purchases





