ServerPanel Free vs. Premium: What 3 Servers and a Full Terminal Get You, and What Costs Extra

TL;DR

Free: up to 3 servers, full monitoring, the SSH terminal, compose bar, tmux switcher, Security Check, Live Activity and 8 snippets. Premium (monthly, yearly or lifetime): unlimited servers and snippets, SFTP, port forwarding, login scripts, threshold alerts, Agent Monitor, voice and attachments, and iCloud sync.

The problem

Server tools often split into “free but crippled” and “pay before you can try”. With a tool that holds the keys to your servers, you want to judge quality before paying, and to know whether the paid part matters for how you work.

Free

  • Up to 3 servers with full monitoring (CPU, memory, disk, network, load, processes, Docker)
  • The full SSH terminal: key row, themes, keep-alive and auto-reconnect
  • Compose bar with autocomplete and dangerous-command confirmation
  • tmux session switcher
  • Security Check
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island, widgets and background widget refresh
  • App lock with Face ID, Touch ID or passcode
  • 8 snippets

Premium

  • Unlimited servers
  • SFTP file browser, and photo/file attachments in the compose bar
  • Port forwarding (local and remote)
  • Login scripts
  • Unlimited snippets and the full preset library
  • Threshold alerts with per-server limits, background checks and alert history
  • Agent Monitor and Agent Alerts for Claude Code
  • Voice input in the compose bar
  • iCloud sync

Premium is sold as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.

Who needs Premium?

You…Free is enoughConsider Premium
Manage 1 to 3 servers and mainly want to lookYesIf you want alerts
Move files or edit configs from the phoneNoSFTP
Reach private servicesNoPort forwarding
Run AI agents on serversNot for notificationsAgent Monitor
Have more than 3 serversNoUnlimited servers

Try it first

You can add three servers and use almost everything for monitoring and terminal work without paying. See whether the dashboard and terminal fit how you work before deciding.

FAQ

What’s the free limit? Three servers and eight snippets. Everything else in the free list has no limit.

Which plans are there? Monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions, or a one-time lifetime purchase.

Is the terminal free? Yes, the full terminal, including the compose bar and tmux switcher.

Is Security Check free? Yes.

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