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Hostio and Ploi
Talivio has run on Ploi for years and will until March 2027. Hostio started as the layer Ploi did not give us, so this page is written by a customer of both.
Ploi, from its pricing page
- Free plan: 1 server, 1 site, 5 deployments a month.
- Basic €8/month (5 servers), Pro €13 (10 servers), Unlimited €30 (unlimited servers). Yearly saves 10%.
- Pro trial: 5 days without a card.
- Pro and Unlimited list server monitoring, server insights, zero-downtime deployment and cloning sites to other servers; only Unlimited lists team management and status pages.
https://ploi.io/pricing · 27 October 2026
Hostio
- Adopts a server Ploi set up without rewriting its nginx, cron or supervisor files, and records what Ploi owns so it never overwrites it.
- 40 read-only checks, each from a real incident on our Ploi servers: stopped scheduler, wrong queue, full OPcache, double worker, unlisted root key.
- Every write is preview → apply → roll back, with a rescan first and an operation log entry.
- Moves a site to another server in approved steps, including the DNS cut-over and retiring the old copy.
- Health €0 (2 servers, read-only), Pro €19 (10), Agency €49 (50).
When Ploi is the better choice
If you want a panel that creates servers and sites end to end today, with a long track record, Ploi does that well and costs less. Hostio can still run next to it, read-only.
Published prices
| Product | Entry price | Free plan | Servers in the plan around €/$19 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostio | €0 (Health, 2 servers) | Yes: 2 servers, read-only | Pro €19: 10 servers | this site |
| Ploi | €8/month (Basic, 5 servers) | Yes: 1 server, 1 site, 5 deploys/month | Pro €13: 10 servers · Unlimited €30 | pricing page |
| Laravel Forge | $12/month (Hobby) | No | Growth $19: unlimited servers | pricing page |
| RunCloud | $9/month (Essentials, 1 server) | No (free trial) | Professional $19: 50 servers | pricing page |
Prices and plans change. This table copies the vendor's own pricing page as read on 27 October 2026; check it before you decide. Ploi, Laravel Forge and RunCloud are trademarks of their owners; Hostio is not affiliated with them.
Check your servers first
Health is free for two servers and read-only. Start with your Talivio account.