cPanel Alternatives

cPanel is described as 'The cPanel and WHM software package makes life easier for web hosts and the website owners they serve. It offers easy-to-use, powerful tools that perform essential tasks quickly, easily, and reliably' and is a very popular server management tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to cPanel for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows and Mac apps. The best cPanel alternative is Webmin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like cPanel are Vesta Control Panel, ispmanager, Plesk and Ajenti.

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  1. Sentora icon
     32 likes

    Sentora is an open-source web hosting control panel built specifically to work on a variety of Linux distributions. Sentora is licensed under the GPL and is a separately maintained fork of the original ZPanel project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Sentora as an Alternative to cPanel
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Easy completely automated install process including all dependencies... module capabilities

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Sentora is a great cPanel alternative.

    • Sentora is Free and Open SourcecPanel is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Virtualmin icon
     34 likes

    Virtualmin is a powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. Available in an open-source community-supported version, and a more feature-filled version with premium support, Virtualmin is the cost-effective and comprehensive solution to virtual web...

    43 Virtualmin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Control-WebPanel (CWP) is a highly advanced web hosting panel that is both free and comes in a premium (PRO) version. It is designed to offer the flexibility needed to manage servers and clients effectively and efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. ServerPilot.io icon
     48 likes

    ServerPilot makes it easy to host WordPress and any other PHP sites on DigitalOcean, Linode, Rackspace, Vultr, and other cloud providers. By turning any server into an optimized PHP and WordPress hosting platform, ServerPilot makes it simple to run your sites in the best way...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. DirectAdmin icon
     14 likes

    DirectAdmin is the easiest to use control panel. DirectAdmin is programmed to be the fastest running control panel available. DirectAdmin avoids downtime by automatically recovering from crashes. We offer lightning-fast support by phone, e-mail, forum, and live online chat.

    59 DirectAdmin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Comments about DirectAdmin as an Alternative to cPanel
    GameDesigner
    Positive
    0

    Lots of options which are easy to find. Very logical interface.

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    • Almost everyone thinks DirectAdmin is a great cPanel alternative.

    • DirectAdmin is Paid and ProprietarycPanel is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Webuzo icon
     6 likes

    Virtual appliance provides one-click deployment of server applications and scripts on VPS, cloud, or local virtual machines, supports PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, reduces setup time, simplifies administration for businesses, developers, and testers.

    52 Webuzo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Webuzo is the most popular Mac alternative to cPanel.

    • Webuzo is Freemium and ProprietarycPanel is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Ploi.io icon
     7 likes

    We know you’re busy. Ambitious. Annoyed. Ploi is here to help. Quick and easy site deployments. Great UI, fast provisioning and easy queues. Start your free trial and get ploi’ing! www.ploi.io.

    29 Ploi.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
  8. Froxlor icon
     26 likes

    Lightweight server management software.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. CyberPanel icon
     12 likes

    CyberPanel is web hosting control panel which is based on OpenLiteSpeed. Comes with builtin support for DNS, FTP, email, file manager and automatic SSL.

    71 CyberPanel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • cPanel
    • CentOS Web Panel
    • Parallels Plesk Panel
     
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    Comments about CyberPanel as an Alternative to cPanel
    mandrael
    Positive
    -1

    Neat interface, comes free and with Openlitespeed, but also with Enterprise plans, which are affordable. Perfect for hosting WordPress websites. Installation in new server is very easy. Also security options, firewall etc.

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    • CyberPanel is Freemium and Open SourcecPanel is Paid and Proprietary
  10. RunCloud icon
     11 likes

    RunCloud is a SaaS server manager for PHP servers. It manages your servers by provisioning your server with the best tweaks and settings available.

    75 RunCloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  11. ClusterCS icon
     9 likes

    ClusterCS is a cloud-based platform, a remote management panel for servers running Linux (currently Centos 6,7, Red Hat 6,7 and Amazon AMI);

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. SPanel icon
     3 likes

    SPanel is an “all-in-one” quick and easy replacement for cPanel which will not only save you the cPanel license fee but also add lots of additional benefits. It is light-weight, faster and doesn’t have any software limitations.

    36 SPanel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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