TCAdmin vs Windows Game Server

TCAdmin8.8Visit Windows Game Server8.6Visit

Higher score TCAdmin #5 in Game Server Control Panels 8.8/10 20-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit TCAdmin

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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

• TCAdmin fits best

  Established commercial hosting operations

• Windows Game Server fits best

  Windows administrators supporting many games

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Side by side

Feature	TCAdmin 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Windows Game Server 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Game Server Control Panels	#7 in Game Server Control Panels
Best for	Established commercial hosting operations	Windows administrators supporting many games
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	$7.95/device/mo	Free plan
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	20 days	—
Deployment	Self-hosted, Desktop	Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web, Windows
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	7 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features TCAdmin 3/4 · Windows Game Server 4/4
Server provisioning	✓	✓
Mods and plugins	✓	✓
Scheduled backups	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Role access controls	✓	✓
Specs
Supported games	Ark; Arma 2; Arma 3; Ark Survival Evolved; BattleField 2; Battlefield 2142; Battlefield 2 Bad Company; BattleField 3; BattleField 4; BattleField Hardline; Call of Duty; Call of Duty: United Offensive; Call of Duty 2; Call of Duty 4; Call of Duty World at War; Command & Conquer: Renegade; Counter-Strike; Conan Exiles; Counter-Strike: Condition Zero; Counter-Strike: Source; Counter’Strike Global Offensive; Dark and Light; Day of Defeat; Day of Defeat Source; Dayz; Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater; Doom 3; ET Quakewars; Far Cry; FiveM; Garry’s Mod; Ghost Recon; Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter; Global Operations; Gunman Chronicles; Half-Life + Mods; Half-Life 2 + Mods; Halo; Halo: Combat Evolved; Halo 2; Killing Floor; Killing Floor 2; Left 4 Dead; Left 4 Dead 2; Medal of Honor Airborne; Medal of Honor: Allied Assault; Medal of Honor: Breakthrough; Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault; Minecraft; Minecraft Pocket Version; Medal of Honor: Spearhead; Multi Theft Auto; Multi Theft Auto: Vice City; Neverwinter Nights; Operation Flashpoint: Resistance; Painkiller; QuakeWorld; Quake 2; Quake 3; Quake 4; Rust; Rainbow Six; Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear; Rainbow Six: Vegas; Return to Castle Wolfenstein; Sin; Soldat; Soldier of Fortune 2; Star Wars: Battlefront; Star Wars Battlefront 2; Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast; Star Wars Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Academy; Starsiege: Tribes; Team Fortress 2; The Ship; Tribes 2; Tribes: Vengeance; Universal Combat; Unturned; Unreal; Unreal 2 XMP; Unreal Tournament; Unreal Tournament 2003; Unreal Tournament 2004; Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory; WreckFest; Xpand Rally; games based on or compatible with these	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	Self_hosted	Self_hosted
Managed server limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports game and voice server provisioning across Windows and Linux Combines monitoring, recovery, updates, backups, and mod installation Includes roles, reseller workflows, and WHMCS service provisioning	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	No free plan; paid access starts at $7.95 per installation monthly Community Server is limited to four services TCAdmin 3 is labeled beta	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	TCAdmin is a self-hosted control panel for game service providers, communities, and server operators. It manages game and voice services across Windows and Linux through a web interface, with support for multiple servers from one panel.… 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

• TCAdmin — where it wins

  • Supports game and voice server provisioning across Windows and Linux
  • Combines monitoring, recovery, updates, backups, and mod installation
  • Includes roles, reseller workflows, and WHMCS service provisioning

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; paid access starts at $7.95 per installation monthly
  • Community Server is limited to four services
  • TCAdmin 3 is labeled beta

• 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

• TCAdmin8.8/10 · 20-day trial

  A mature commercial panel with broad game support, automation, and reseller controls.

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• Windows Game Server8.6/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit siteFull verdict →