| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.0 (#12) | 7.3 (#25) |
| Components | The component warehouse lists PHP, Apache, MySQL, and Nginx as components. | The Windows downloads include Apache, MariaDB, PHP, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, the XAMPP Control Panel, FileZilla FTP Server, Mercury Mail Transport System, Tomcat and Perl. |
| Founded | 1999 | 2002 |
| Purpose | PHP Devserver installs a ready-to-use local PHP development environment. | XAMPP is an easy-to-install Apache distribution for developers, containing MariaDB, PHP and Perl. |
| Support | The support page directs users to questions, issues, FAQs, discussions, and Stack Overflow. | The project provides documentation as FAQs and directs users to its forums or Stack Overflow for unanswered questions. |