| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Server Software | 8.1 (#7) | 7.2 (#17) |
| Intended users | The maker describes Gale for Minecraft server owners seeking higher performance while retaining Paper behavior and plugins. | Minestom targets developers building custom servers with little reliance on vanilla features, such as minigames or KitPVP. |
| Product | Gale is a high-performance Minecraft server fork of Paper that aims to make no behavioral changes. | Minestom is an open-source Java library for building custom Minecraft server software; it is not a server JAR to download and run. |
| Support | The Gale community Discord is offered for support and for connecting with other users. | The documentation directs users who need help to the Minestom Discord server. |