| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Server Software | 8.8 (#2) | 8.9 (#1) |
| Performance | The project says its from-scratch codebase lets it revisit performance-critical areas and describes Allay as highly performant compared with almost all other server software. | The project says Cuberite is designed with performance, configurability, and extensibility in mind. |
| Purpose | Allay is third-party server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, written from scratch to be reliable, fast, and feature-rich. | Cuberite is a free and open-source game server compatible with Minecraft Java Edition. |
