GroupManager comparisons
GroupManager is compared head-to-head with LuckPerms, BungeePerms and FatsanPerms and more: 7 head-to-heads in Minecraft Permissions Plugins, each with the specs and prices we checked.
GroupManager head-to-head
- GroupManager vs LuckPerms
- GroupManager vs BungeePerms
- GroupManager vs FatsanPerms
- GroupManager vs ThunderPerms
- GroupManager vs ServerRoles
- GroupManager vs Multipass
- GroupManager vs PermissionCore
GroupManager vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Group inheritance | Storage backends | Supported platforms | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | GroupManager | Yes | Free | Yes | YAML, H2, MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MariaDB | Bukkit, Spigot | 8.7 |
| 1 | LuckPerms | Yes | Free | Yes | mysql, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, H2, JSON, YAML, HOCON, MongoDB | Bukkit/Spigot, BungeeCord, Fabric, Forge, Nukkit, Sponge, Velocity, NeoForge, Hytale | 9.4 |
| 2 | BungeePerms | Free | Yes | YAML, MySQL | BungeeCord, Waterfall, Velocity, Spigot, Paper | 8.9 | |
| 4 | FatsanPerms | Yes | Free | Yes | YAML files | Paper 1.21.11; Folia 1.21.11 | 8.6 |
| 5 | ThunderPerms | Yes | Free | Yes | YAML, SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB | Paper | 8.5 |
| 6 | ServerRoles | Yes | Free | Yes | YAML, SQLite, MySQL | Paper, Purpur 1.21.11 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Multipass | Yes | Free | Yes | YAML, MySQL, SQLite | Nukkit | 8.3 |
| 8 | PermissionCore | Yes | Free | Yes | YAML | Spigot | 7.9 |
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