In 2016, we published a translated article "". It's time to update the information about these 17 control panels. Read brief descriptions of the panels themselves and their new features.
The world's first multifunctional web console, the industry standard. It is used by both site owners (as a control panel) and hosting providers (as a Web Host Manager, WHM administration tool). Intuitive interface, does not require training, multilingual. There are video instructions.
Basic PLs: Perl, PHP
Supported OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), СentOS, CloudLinux. It is possible to support Windows through virtualization or through the Enkompass panel from the same developers.
cPanel
WHM
New
Developers are constantly trying to speed up the panel and are generally actively working to improve it based on customer requests. So, in the current version 82, the installation is completed in 3 minutes. Improved cPanel & WHM update time: from the penultimate, 80th, it completes in three minutes, and from the earlier one - in eight. In 2019, the disk space requirements for the cPanel & WHM installer have been reduced by 10%. Appeared: compatibility with PCI; automatic backup and recovery; a tool that allows you to blacklist and whitelist accounts, IP addresses and entire countries; free SSL certificate for every website. There was an opportunity to include one files in others (to add configurations). In general, during this time, the work of cPanel & WHM has been accelerated by 90%, the necessary server resources have been reduced by 30%.
In April 2019, the developers gently perhaps - adding a web server as an alternative to Apache. Function in an experimental format.
Prices
Depends on account level: Solo $15, Administrator $20, Professional $30, Premier $45 per month. Free trial period. There are affiliate programs. Priority technical support $65 incident.
A favorite of major hosting providers, a control panel that will be understandable even to a beginner. A single user-friendly interface with which you can centrally manage all system services. It comes in different editions for a specific hosting and usage scenario.
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Basic PLs: PHP, C, C++
Supported OS: different versions of Linux, Windows
Plesk
New
New panel functions are delivered as extensions, compiled in Online. Significantly improved interface: adaptive design, the ability to automatically log customers into Plesk from external resources without re-authentication (for example, from the panel of their hosting provider), the ability to share direct links to screens; redesigned task scheduler user interface. Improved database management; there is support for several versions of PHP, as well as Ruby, Python and NodeJS; full Git support; integration with Docker; SEO toolkit. The Plesk Repair Tool is a command-line utility that can be used to automatically detect and fix a wide variety of problems. Every Plesk instance is now automatically secured with SSL/TLS. You can reduce the response time of sites and the load on the server using Nginx Caching. The much-requested WordPress Toolkit extension adds "Smart Updates", which analyzes WordPress updates with artificial intelligence to determine if installing an update might break something.
Prices
also provides a Plesk panel for its customers, the price of 1 license will be 650 rubles per month.
The developers position the panel as the easiest to manage in the world. They try to keep up with the times and use advanced technologies, while there is nothing supernatural in the panel - only . There are no pre-installed scripts, but you can create your own (open API). Multilingual interface, but without Russian support (unofficial skins can be used). Weak anti-spam filter. But - undemanding to server resources and high speed. Multilevel access.
Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: FreeBSD, GNU/Linux (Fedora, CentOS, Debian, Red Hat distributions)
DirectAdmin
New
Supports alternative web servers: , .
Prices
Personal license (10 domains) - $2/mo, Lite license (50 domains) - $15/mo, Standard (unlimited domains) - $29/mo, internal licenses for dedicated server providers only or dedicated server resellers. Free trial period.
Centralized management of multiple servers, global overview of the entire system. Lots of applications for daily common tasks: from real-time log analysis to an integrated ip blocking system, from viewing all processes and services to external checks. Convenient system of delegation of permissions. The platform is extensible, multilingual.
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux
Core-Admin
New
Now you can connect end users to servers in a few clicks and instantly manage each connected server. Applications and Core-Admin Free Web Edition provide a custom solution designed for easy handling of servers: mail, web servers, FTP and DNS. Monitoring of specific web files has appeared to detect common hacks. There is an automatic blocking of IP addresses when a login fails in various services and tracking of sending IP mail to detect unauthorized use of servers. Integrated real-time log view.
Prices
"Free Web Edition" 10 domains - free, "Micro" 15 domains - 5 € / month, "Starter" 20 domains - 7 € / month, "Base" 35 domains - 11 € / month, "Standard" 60 domains - 16 €/month, "Professional" 100 domains - 21 € / month, "Premium" - unlimited number of domains - 29 € / month.
Consists of two modules: Nodeworx for managing servers and Siteworx for managing domains and sites. The user interface is simple and intuitive. The panel is light. Applications are installed quickly, convenient system of templates. Administration is carried out through Shell, there is a command line interface. Active user community.
Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux
Interworkx
New
In nodeworx appeared several servers together, which allows you to scale clusters in accordance with the requirements of reliability and availability of modern web applications. Read more in . Siteworx has good statistics and one-click backup.
Prices
Free trial. One license - $20/month, bulk licenses (annual or multi-year) - $5/month.
The panel of Russian developers is available in two versions: ISPmanager Lite for managing VPS and dedicated servers, ISPmanager Business for selling shared hosting (integrated with the BILLmanager billing platform).
Convenient delegation of access rights (users, FTP users, administrators) and setting limits on resources (mailboxes, disk, domains, etc.). Setting up and managing Python, PERL, PHP extensions. Convenient built-in file manager. The panel does not require training and virtual server administration skills.
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Basic PLs: C++
Supported OS: Linux
ISPmanager
New
Delivered by default . A branding tool has appeared - the ability to customize corporate colors, logo, change website links. There is a brand setting for the reseller. The panel's capabilities are extended by integrating additional modules that you can create yourself using the API.
Prices
To all new clients Until the end of the year, the license for the ISPmanager panel is provided free of charge. ().
An open-source panel with a wide selection of server modules from open source and extension plugins from an active community, published (and verified) on the developer site. Easily installed, updated and portable. Supports both external mail server and internal.
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Basic PLs: PHP, Perl
Supported OS: Linux
I-mscp
New
Available for download at . You can install directly from the console by running the auto-installation script.
Prices
Free options
An open-source panel that is great for ISPs as it allows you to manage shared or multi-user servers. Simple interface; a system for processing requests from customers and resellers; IPv6. There is no pre-installed software and automatic configuration of basic services.
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux
froxlor
New
Free certificates from Let's Encrypt. Advanced SSL. Interactive graphs to view selected HTTP, FTP and mail traffic.
Prices
Free options
open source. Front end - Nginx, back end - Apache. It does not support multi-server installations, so it is not suitable for corporate needs, but it is great for managing multiple sites. Installed on a "clean" server, otherwise problems are not ruled out.
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux
Vest
New
Autoinstaller . Fast web interface. The built-in firewall solves all common problems, comes with intelligent filters for various services.
Prices
Free options
A fairly young control panel that allows you to quickly create a site and make all the settings necessary for its operation. Significantly simplifies the administration of the web server, both for site developers and for ordinary users. For the created sites, nginx is used as the front-end, and apache or php-fpm is used for the back-end. From the control panel, you can issue Let's Encrypt certificates, both regular and wildcard, install alternative php versions, manage php settings for each site, and much more.
Basic PLs: golang
Supported OS: Debian (wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster) and CentOS 7
Prices
The control panel is currently being distributed as part of a limited promotion where you can get a fully functional version without a limit on the number of sites.
open source. Supports all major UNIX distributions, installs on Ubuntu, Centos, Mac OS, FreeBSD. Expansion of panel functions through additional modules.
Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux,Windows
Zpanel
New
Has not been updated for the last 5 years.
Prices
Free options
open source. The version of ZPanel maintained by its original developers (split from the company) and developed users. Premium subscription support. The team positions the product as "the ideal choice for the smallest and medium-sized ISPs looking for a cost-effective, scalable platform."
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux
Feel
New
The constantly updated add-ons store is the central repository for installing, evaluating, selling and publishing modules, themes and localizations.
Prices
Free options
open source. Easy to work. The ability to manually edit configuration files is required, but this is considered an advantage. There are various options for configuring server services. . Not included in the base set .
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Basic PLs: Perl
Supported OS: Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD
Webmin
New
The standard distribution includes a set of different themes. The number of modules for configuring and managing server functionality has increased from several tens to hundreds. A vulnerability was found in versions 1.882 to 1.921. This security issue has been fixed with the release of version 1.930 ().
Prices
Free options
open source. Allows you to configure many services through the browser. Good for a corporate environment. Multilingual. big with service .
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Various Linux distributions
ISPConfig
New
Completely revamped user interface and many new features. Eat . IPv6 virtualization via OpenVZ.
Prices
Free options
open source. Modern responsive interface, beautiful design. There is a Russian language out of the box. Fully extensible with Python and JS. Responsive remote terminal. Does not support working with a group of servers.
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Basic PLs: Python
Supported OS: Various Linux distributions and FreeBSD
Agent
New
Ajenti Core tool is an optimized and reusable framework for creating web interfaces of any type: from coffee machines to industrial equipment.
Prices
Free options
open source. multi-user installations. There is a store where users can suggest commercial plugins to enhance features and improve functionality.
Basic PLs: Java, Perl
Supported OS: Only for CentOS and Scientific Linux distributions
BlueOnyx
New
Developers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities and fix them in a timely manner. Tool Released for easy data transfer from one server to another. A final YUM update has been released that will force the update of BlueOnyx 5207R and BlueOnyx 5208R respectively. This provides BlueOnyx 5107R / 5108R users with the latest features that the old GUI has always lacked.
Prices
Free options
open source. Large set of standard features. No ability to manage multiple servers.
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: CentOS Linux
CentOS Web Panel
New
Sale of non-standard modules
Prices
Free options
Partially Open Source. A comprehensive solution for managing shared web hosting. Integrated with Webmin. Supplied in three versions:
Virtualmin GPL is a basic Open-Source panel with community support. Offers 4 methods of server management: via the web interface, from the command line, from a mobile device, via a remote HTTP API.
Virtualmin Professional - created for easy work with third-party applications (Joomla, WordPress, etc.). Commercial support.
Cloudmin Professional - supports working with a group of servers. Used to deploy cloud services by large companies.
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Basic PLs: PHP
Supported OS: Linux and BSD
Virtualmin
New
Flexible, customizable interface. The new responsive Authentic theme is fast for desktop use and makes it easy to manage Virtualmin servers from mobile devices and tablets. New HTML5 / JavaScript file manager module.
Prices
Virtualmin GPL unlimited number of domains - free, Virtualmin Professional: 10 domains - $6/month, 50 domains - $9/month, 100 domains - $12/month, 250 domains - $15/month, unlimited - $20/month .
Conclusion
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