PM2
8.1#1 in process monitoring softwareFrom $79 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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Supervisor
5.9#17 in process monitoring softwareWebAPILinuxmacOS
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| Fact | PM2 | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Official integration documentation covers Docker, Heroku, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, cloud providers, Nginx, transpilers and Capistrano-style deployments. | The project lists third-party tools and libraries, including Puppet modules, Nagios and Icinga plugins, and clients for its XML-RPC interface. |
| Process management | PM2 starts, stops, restarts, monitors and groups application processes from its command line. | It can start processes, restart them after crashes, and report their status. |
| Purpose | PM2 is a daemon process manager that helps manage applications and keep them online. | Supervisor is a client/server system for controlling processes on UNIX-like operating systems. |
| Security | The PM2 AI Assistant page says access to monitoring data is secured by OAuth with a PM2.io account. | The documentation warns that configuration files may contain unencrypted credentials and should be protected with appropriate filesystem permissions. |
PM2 plans
- PM2 RuntimeFree
- RuntimeFree
- Plus$79 a month
- PM2 Plus$79 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- PM2 EnterprisePriced on request
Supervisor plans
No prices published.
Pick PM2 if…
PM2 Runtime suits developers who want an open-source process manager for applications, including Node.js apps running in containers. Teams needing Node.js production monitoring can consider Plus, while Enterprise lists optimization and profiling features.
Pick Supervisor if…
Supervisor suits system administrators managing project- or customer-related processes on UNIX-like systems. It is not intended to replace init as process ID 1.