GameCP vs Windows Game Server

GGameCP9.3Visit Windows Game Server8.6Visit

Higher score G GameCP #2 in Game Server Control Panels 9.3/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit GameCP

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Windows Game Server #7 in Game Server Control Panels 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit site

• GameCP fits best

  Budget-conscious multi-node operators

• Windows Game Server fits best

  Windows administrators supporting many games

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Side by side

Feature	GGameCP 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Windows Game Server 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.6
Ranking	#2 in Game Server Control Panels	#7 in Game Server Control Panels
Best for	Budget-conscious multi-node operators	Windows administrators supporting many games
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	$25/unit/yr	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web, Windows
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	7 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features GameCP 4/4 · Windows Game Server 4/4
Server provisioning	✓	✓
Mods and plugins	✓	✓
Scheduled backups	✓	✓
Role access controls	✓	✓
Specs
Supported games	7 Days to Die; ARK: Survival Ascended; ARK: Survival Evolved; Arma Reforger; Aska; BeamMP; Conan Exiles; Counter-Strike 1.6; Counter-Strike 2; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (SteamRT3); Counter-Strike: Source; DayZ; Don't Starve Together; Enshrouded; Euro Truck Simulator 2; Factorio; FiveM; Garry's Mod; HumanitZ; Hytale; Icarus; Left 4 Dead; Left 4 Dead 2; Minecraft - Bedrock; Minecraft - Fabric; Minecraft - Forge; Minecraft - Java Edition; Minecraft - NeoForge; Minecraft - Paper; Minecraft - Purpur; Minecraft - Velocity Proxy; Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord; Mount & Blade: Warband; Nightingale; Palworld; Project Zomboid; RAGE:MP; Rust; Rust Autowipe; SA-MP; SCP: Secret Laboratory; SCUM; Satisfactory; Sons of the Forest; Squad; Stardew Valley; Subsistence; Team Fortress 2; TeamSpeak 3; TeamSpeak 6; Terraria; Terraria - tMod Loader; The Forest; Unturned; Urban Terror; V Rising; Valheim; Veloren	7 Days to Die, Abiotic Factor, American Truck Simulator, ARK: Survival Ascended, ARK: Survival Evolved, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, Arma 3, Arma Reforger, ASKA, Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione, ASTRONEER, Barotrauma, Beyond The Wire, Black Mesa, Conan Exiles, Core Keeper, Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike 2, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Craftopia, Cubic Odyssey, Day of Defeat, Day of Defeat: Source, DayZ, Don't Starve Together, Echoes of Elysium, Eco: Global Survival, Empyrion, Enshrouded, Euro Truck Simulator 2, FrozenFlame, Garry's Mod, Grand Theft Auto V (FiveM), Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (FiveM), GROUND BRANCH, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Half-Life Deathmatch, Half-Life: Opposing Force, HumanitZ, Icarus, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Killing Floor 2, Last Oasis, Left 4 Dead 2, Last Oasis Classic, Longvinter, Minecraft: Java Edition, Minecraft: Forge, Minecraft: Spigot, Minecraft: Fabric, Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, Mordhau, Motor Town: Behind The Wheel, Myth of Empires, Necesse, Nightingale, Night of the Dead, No One Survived, Nuclear Option, Operation: Harsh Doorstop, Palworld, PixARK, Plains of Pain, Primal Carnage: Extinction, Project Zomboid, RedM, RePoly, Return to Moria, Rising World, Risk of Rain 2, Rust, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Satisfactory, Schedule I, SCP: Secret Laboratory, SCUM, Shatterline, Smalland: Survive the Wilds, Sons of the Forest, Soulmask, Space Engineers, Squad, Squad 44, Star Rupture, Starbound, Stationeers, Stormworks: Build and Rescue, Sunkenland, Survive the Nights, Sven Co-op, TABG, Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress Classic, Terraria, The Forest, The Front, The Isle, Unturned, V Rising, Valheim, Vein, Voyagers of Nera, Windrose, Wreckfest, Wreckfest 2, Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop, Automobilista 2, Avorion, Blackwake, Colony Survival, Counter-Strike: Source, CryoFall, Factorio, Farming Simulator 25, Hurtworld, Left 4 Dead, Luanti (Minetest), Mindustry, Minecraft NeoForge, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas, Onset, open.mp, OpenRA, OpenRCT2, OpenTTD, Path of Titans, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Sapiens, Soldat, Space Station 14, Teeworlds, Titanfall 2 (Northstar), tModLoader, Tower Unite, Trackmania, Unreal Tournament 2004, Urban Terror, Veloren, Vintage Story, Xonotic, Zombie Panic! Source
Deployment model	Hybrid	Self_hosted
Managed server limit	3 servers	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Community plan supports 1 node and 3 game servers at no cost Manages multiple nodes with provisioning and automatic installation Backups, permissions, APIs, and broad game coverage support hosting operations	143 built-in plugins plus a graphical creator for unsupported games Multi-machine management with browser dashboard, REST API, and Discord control Scheduled compressed and incremental backups with role-based access controls
Cons	The Community plan is limited to 1 node and 3 game servers Pricing is charged per connected node as infrastructure expands WHMCS integration and the GameCP App Store require Titan	Deployment is limited to Windows 10 or newer and Windows Server 2019 or newer Does not support Linux, Docker, or virtualization deployments Some listed games may have limited real-world validation
Our verdict	GameCP is a hybrid game server control panel for operators managing servers across desktops, laptops, VPSs, dedicated servers, and other infrastructure. Its unified dashboard covers multiple nodes, provisioning, automatic installation,… Read the review →	Windows Game Server (WGS) is a free, open-source control panel for installing, launching, monitoring, updating, backing up, and remotely controlling dedicated game servers. It is designed for Windows administrators managing multiple games… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• GameCP — where it wins

  • Community plan supports 1 node and 3 game servers at no cost
  • Manages multiple nodes with provisioning and automatic installation
  • Backups, permissions, APIs, and broad game coverage support hosting operations

  Where it doesn't

  • The Community plan is limited to 1 node and 3 game servers
  • Pricing is charged per connected node as infrastructure expands
  • WHMCS integration and the GameCP App Store require Titan

• Windows Game Server — where it wins

  • 143 built-in plugins plus a graphical creator for unsupported games
  • Multi-machine management with browser dashboard, REST API, and Discord control
  • Scheduled compressed and incremental backups with role-based access controls

  Where it doesn't

  • Deployment is limited to Windows 10 or newer and Windows Server 2019 or newer
  • Does not support Linux, Docker, or virtualization deployments
  • Some listed games may have limited real-world validation

• GGameCP9.3/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A flexible, low-cost control panel for operators managing multiple game-server nodes.

  Visit GameCPFull verdict →
• Windows Game Server8.6/10 · Free plan

  A broad, Windows-first control panel for managing dedicated game servers across multiple machines.

  Visit siteFull verdict →