Comparison of web hosting control panels
The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of web hosting control panel software packages.
License and operating system support
Free and open source control panels
Control panel | License | Free | Open Source | Alive (last release) | BSD | Linux | Windows | Frontend | Backend | Plugin Support | VCS | IPv6 Support | Multiserver Support |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aegir | LGPL | Yes | Yes | 2017/05/30 | Yes | Yes | No | PHP, AJAX | PHP, MySQL/MariaDB | ? | git[1] | ? | ? |
AlternC | GPL 2 | Yes | Yes | 2017/11/07[2] | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP / Perl / Shell script | Yes | git | Yes | No |
Domain Technologie Control | GNU LGPL | Yes | Yes | 2013/04/04 | Limited FreeBSD support | Yes | No | PHP | MySQL | ? | git | No | ? |
Gnupanel | GPL | Yes | Yes | 2012/03/21 | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP, PgSQL | ? | git | ? | ? |
i-MSCP | GPL, MPL | Yes | Yes | 2018/05/16 | No | Yes | No | PHP | Perl, C | Yes | git | Yes | No |
ISPConfig | BSD | Yes | Yes | 2018/08/17 | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP, MySQL | Yes | git | Yes | Yes |
Kloxo (formerly Lxadmin) | AGPL | Yes | Yes | 2011/11/13 | No | CentOS (6 not currently supported) or Red Hat EL 5.x | No | PHP | PHP, MySQL | No | git | No | Yes |
Usermin | BSD style | Yes | Yes | 2017/06/28[3] | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | ? | tarball | ? | ? |
Virtualmin | GPL | Yes | Yes | 2018/04/23[4] | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | tarball | Yes | Partial |
Webmin | BSD style | Yes | Yes | 2018/03/16[5] | Yes | Yes | Partial | Perl | Perl | Yes | git | Yes | Yes |
Zentyal (formerly eBox Platform) | GPL | Yes | Yes | 2015/10/22 | No | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | No | git | ? |
Proprietary control panels
Control panel | License | Free | Open Source | Alive (last release) | BSD | Linux | Windows | Frontend | Backend | Plugin Support | HTTP/2 Support | IPV6 Support | Multiserver Support |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cPanel | Proprietary | No | No | 2018/08/07[6] | FreeBSD version retired | Yes | EOL | Perl | Perl | Yes | Yes[7] | Yes | Yes |
DirectAdmin | Proprietary | No | No | 2018/07/16[8] | Yes | Yes | No | C++ | C++, scripts, PHP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
H-Sphere | Proprietary | No | No | 2013/05/15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Yes | No | ? | Yes |
HDE Controller X | Proprietary | No | No | 2012/07/24 | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP | ? | No | Yes | Yes |
Hosting Controller | Proprietary | No | No | 2014/12/24 | No | Yes | Yes | .NET | MSSQL | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
InterWorx | Proprietary | No | No | 2016/02/17[9] | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP, MySQL | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
ISPmanager | Proprietary | No | No | 2016/01/02[10] | FreeBSD version retired | Yes | Partial | C++ | C++/sqlite | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Plesk | Proprietary | No | No | 2016/11/15[11] | No | Yes | Yes | PHP | PHP/MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Virtualmin Pro | Proprietary | No | No | 2016/01/05[4] | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
Remote access
Some control panels allow shell (console) access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring that the client-side computer use Java Virtual Machine software. Other control panels allow direct access using telnet or secure shell (SSH).
Control panel | FTP | Anonymous FTP | Terminal | File browse/ |
---|---|---|---|---|
cPanel | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
DirectAdmin | Yes | Yes | SSH | Yes |
Domain Technologie Control | Yes | ? | SSH | Yes |
Gnupanel | ? | ? | SSH | ? |
H-Sphere | Yes | Yes | SSH | Yes |
HDE Controller X | Yes | Yes | SSH | Yes |
Hosting Controller | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
i-MSCP | Yes | No | SSH | Yes |
InterWorx | Yes | Yes | SSH | Yes |
ISPConfig | Yes | Yes | SSH | No |
ISPmanager | Yes | No | SSH | Yes |
Kloxo | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
Plesk | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
Usermin | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
Virtualmin | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
Virtualmin Pro | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
Webmin | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
Email management
While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.
Control panel | Antivirus | Antispam | Forwarders | Mailbox quota | DomainKeys | DKIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cPanel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DirectAdmin | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Domain Technologie Control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gnupanel | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
H-Sphere | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
HDE Controller X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hosting Controller | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
i-MSCP | Optional | Optional | Yes | Optional | Optional | Optional |
InterWorx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ISPConfig | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | Yes |
ISPmanager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kloxo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Plesk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Usermin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Virtualmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Virtualmin Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Webmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
- ↑ "Aegir is split across a number of sub-projects: hostmaster (install profile), hosting (drupal module) and provision (drush extension) being the most important" user ergonlogic, IRC Freenode#aegir, 07 March 2016. See also their github page.
- ↑ "AlternC". Alternc.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ↑ "Webmin". Webmin.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- 1 2 "Webmin". Webmin.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ "Webmin". Webmin.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ "Change Logs - cPanel Documentation". cpanel.net. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ "Support for HTTP/2 and Virtuozzo 7 - cPanel Blog". Blog.cpanel.com. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ "DirectAdmin Web Control Panel Version History". directadmin.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ↑ "Changelog - InterWorx". Interworx.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ "Changelog ISPmanager - ISPsystem". Ispsystem.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ↑ "Hosting Control Panels and Hosting Platforms: The Definitive Guide - Plesk". Plesk.com. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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