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 |
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AlternC | GPL 2 | Yes | Yes | 2017/11/07[1] | 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 | 2020/02/21 | 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 | 2019/08/17[2] | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | ? | tarball | ? | ? |
Virtualmin | GPL | Yes | Yes | 2019/07/15[3] | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | tarball | Yes | Partial |
Webmin | BSD style | Yes | Yes | 2019/08/17[4] | 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 & WHM | Proprietary | No | No | 2020/04/06[5] | FreeBSD version retired | Yes | EOL | Perl | Perl | Yes | Yes[6] | Yes | Yes |
DirectAdmin | Proprietary | No | No | 2019/09/25[7] | Yes | Yes | No | C++, scripts, PHP, Vue.js | C++, scripts, PHP | Yes | Yes[8][9] | 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 | 2019/08/28[10] | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP, MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Plesk | Proprietary | No | No | 2019/06/04[11] | No | Yes | Yes | PHP | PHP/MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Virtualmin Pro | Proprietary | No | No | 2016/01/05[3] | 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 & WHM | 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 |
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 & WHM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DirectAdmin | Yes[12] | 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 |
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 |
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References
- "AlternC". Alternc.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- "Webmin". Webmin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Webmin". Webmin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Webmin". Webmin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Change Logs - cPanel & WHM Documentation". cpanel.net. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- "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 25 September 2019.
- "http2 (BETA) Version 1.582". directadmin.com. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- "How-to: Enable HTTP/2 in Apache/Nginx/cURL". forum.directadmin.com. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- "Version History - InterWorx". Interworx.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Hosting Control Panels and Hosting Platforms: The Definitive Guide - Plesk". Plesk.com. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- "ClamAV - How To". help.directadmin.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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