txAdmin vs FiveGateway: What's the Difference and Do You Need Both?

If you run a FiveM server, you have probably seen both txAdmin and FiveGateway mentioned. They sound similar on the surface — both are tools for managing your server. But they cover very different ground, and understanding the difference saves you from picking the wrong tool for the job.

What txAdmin is

txAdmin is a server management panel that runs alongside your FiveM server. It handles the server process itself: starting and stopping the server, automatic crash recovery, scheduled restarts, and console access. If your server crashes at 3 AM, txAdmin brings it back online without you lifting a finger.

It also provides basic moderation tools. You can ban and warn players, view a player list, and access the server console through a web interface. txAdmin is free, open-source, and comes bundled with the default FiveM server setup.

Why this matters: txAdmin keeps your server running. Without it (or something like it), your server goes down and stays down until you manually restart it.

What FiveGateway is

FiveGateway is a management dashboard that sits on top of your running server. It connects via WebSocket and gives you a live view of everything happening — players, logs, queue, resources, and performance — from any browser, on any device.

Where txAdmin focuses on the server process, FiveGateway focuses on operations: managing players with full history and screenshots, structured logs you can search and filter, a queue system with priority slots and whitelist mode, Discord bot integration, and performance statistics tracked over time. You can see everything FiveGateway offers on the features page.

Why this matters: FiveGateway gives your staff a dashboard they can use without server console access — and gives you data you cannot get from txAdmin alone.

How they compare

For a more detailed side-by-side breakdown, check the full comparison page.

Do you need both?

For most active FiveM servers: yes.

txAdmin handles the infrastructure layer. It keeps your server process alive, manages restarts, and gives you console access. That part is non-negotiable — you need something managing your server process.

FiveGateway handles the operations layer. It gives you the tools to actually run your community: see who is online, review player history, manage your queue, monitor performance trends, and let staff moderate from Discord or a browser. These are things txAdmin was not designed to do.

Think of it this way: txAdmin makes sure your server is on. FiveGateway helps you manage what happens while it is on.

Why this matters: Using both tools covers the full stack — from server uptime to day-to-day player and staff management.

How the integration works

FiveGateway does not replace txAdmin — it connects to it. When you ban, kick, or warn a player through txAdmin, that action is automatically synced to your FiveGateway dashboard. Announcements from txAdmin show up in your logs too. There is no extra configuration. Install both, and they work together out of the box.

This means your moderation history lives in one searchable place, even if different staff members use different tools to take action.

Try it yourself

FiveGateway is free to start. The Starter plan supports one server with no credit card required. Connect your server at my.fivegateway.com, install the resource, and you are live in minutes — alongside your existing txAdmin setup.

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