| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Server Software | 7.8 (#9) | 7.1 (#21) |
| Community support | The README lists a Discord server and QQ group chat for community support. | The project links to Discord for community updates and contributor support. |
| Installation | The README instructs users to download the JAR and launch it with java -jar arclight.jar nogui. | Steel can be installed from pre-built binaries, Docker, Pelican or Pterodactyl egg configurations, or by compiling from source. |
| License | Arclight is licensed under GPL v3. | SteelMC is free software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or later. |