Compare list2play and Pelican Panel on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Gaming & Game Servers tools, freemium vs Open Source pricing to decide…
At a Glance
list2play
Pelican Panel
Primary category
Gaming & Game Servers
Gaming & Game Servers
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
freemium
Open Source
Starting price
Not documented
Free
Free plan
Yes
Not documented
Free trial
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Web
Web
Team collaboration
Not documented
Not documented
AI features
Not documented
Not documented
Public API
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
list2play
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
Pelican Panel
Open Source — Free N/A
Pros & Cons
list2play
Pros
Free to list a server with no mandatory paid tier
Live player tracking and trend charts refreshed regularly for listed servers
Covers 100+ game titles plus Discord communities, not just one niche game
Embeddable vote widgets and a WordPress plugin make it easy to promote a listing off-site
Optional VIP tier gives server owners a clear, described path to more visibility
Cons
VIP pricing is not published on the site — owners must dig through a blog post or contact support to learn costs
No public information on total site traffic or how much real player growth VIP placement actually drives
Site is server-directory-only; it doesn't offer server hosting, moderation, or management tooling itself
No named company leadership, headquarters, or founding-year information disclosed publicly
Pelican Panel
Pros
Completely free and open source with no licensing costs
Faster release cadence and security patching than upstream Pterodactyl at the time of the fork
Docker isolation keeps servers secure and resource-contained
Broad multi-game support through a mature eggs ecosystem
Active community documentation and Discord support
Cons
Requires users to provide and manage their own server or VPS infrastructure
No official commercial support or SLA since it is volunteer-maintained
Newer project than Pterodactyl, so the long-term roadmap depends on continued volunteer involvement
Self-hosting requires Docker and Linux systems administration knowledge
Game hosting businesses — Hosting companies use Pelican to give paying customers self-service control panels for their own isolated Minecraft, Valheim or Rust servers.
Gaming communities and clans — Communities self-host Pelican to run and manage their own dedicated servers for multiplayer games without recurring hosting fees.
Homelab and hobbyist self-hosting — Hobbyists running home servers or VPS instances use Pelican to manage multiple game servers from a single secure dashboard.