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What is cPanel?

cPanel headquartered in Houston provides website hosting providers with workload and server automation, as well as a management console for creating and launching websites, managing email and web files, and other administrative tasks.

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Pricing

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cPanel Solo

$15.99

Cloud
per month for 1 account

Admin

$24.99

Cloud
per month up to 5 accounts

Pro

$35.99

Cloud
per month up to 30 accounts

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://cpanel.net/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $15.99 per month
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cPanel Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsAlmaLinux OS, Ubunto, CentOS, CloudLinux
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

cPanel headquartered in Houston provides website hosting providers with workload and server automation, as well as a management console for creating and launching websites, managing email and web files, and other administrative tasks.

cPanel starts at $15.99.

Plesk are common alternatives for cPanel.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of cPanel are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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cPanel Best for Hosting Server Management

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 18, 2020
JN
Vetted Review
Verified User
cPanel
11 years of experience
We use cPanel to manage the backbone infrastructure that keeps our network of 1500+ Tripawds Member Blogs online and performing smoothly. With dedicated server hosting for Tripawds and our various other websites, cPanel is a must have for managing file hierarchy, database functionality, domain management, email deliverability, and so much more.
  • DNS management.
  • File management.
Cons
  • Performance tuning.
  • SSL deployment.
I only recommend cPanel hosting plans to any of my website development clients and colleagues. While the learning curve may be steep for some new users, the functional capabilities for managing website infrastructure are superior to anything else I have tried. My ease of use after just a few installations allows me to quickly and easily address many issues clients may experience.

A lot of features, but easy to use

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 24, 2020
Vetted Review
Verified User
cPanel
15 years of experience
cPanel is being used by our Technology team to maintain and provide services to websites. It has a user interface that makes us do administrative tasks faster and easier. It even enables non-tech users to make simpler tasks like creating FTP users, MySQL databases, backups, and more.
  • Create and manage databases
  • FTP administration
  • Mail accounts administration
  • Server resources monitoring
Cons
  • SSH access
  • Backups management
  • DNS configuration
It's perfect for shared hosting solutions since it provides a very easy way to manage simple websites that are developed in HTML or PHP (even CMS like WordPress). If you're not a DevOps or an experienced IT professional, you'll be able to understand and set up your host as you need.

cPanel is great for Novice Web Admins

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 22, 2020
Vetted Review
Verified User
cPanel
5 years of experience
cPanel is being used by my coaching and training company to manage hosting services for our Joomla websites. Using cPanel makes it easy to make changes to the hosting services, such as updating database files and php versions, without having to know code. We also use cPanel to install, create and publish content management systems such as Joomla and Mautic.
  • cPanel makes it easy to update PHP versions on my website.
  • cPanel makes it easy to manage my email accounts. I can easily change my storage quota, password, get IMAP settings and more.
Cons
  • The costs can be a limiting factor for some businesses if you are not using a web hosting company that uses it. I have been experimenting with Cloud hosting, which can be very daunting for the novice. There is an option to install it on the cloud but it is expensive.
cPanel is well suited for the novice, or intermediate computer user who needs to take on the task of web administration. The graphical interface is easy to use and many of the titles are self explanatory. There are also tons of videos to help you since it is a popular software.

Comprehensive features for hosting, fairly affordable

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 24, 2019
FP
Vetted Review
Verified User
cPanel
1 year of experience
We used cPanel in the earlier stages of our company for centralizing basic web admin tools before we migrated to G Suite and serverless services. cPanel allowed us to manage files locally, set up Apache configurations, monitor emails, and local databases, as well as manage domains and certificates for websites. In the end, we switched to G Suite for the hosted services, DigitalOcean for our domain management, and Certbot/Python/Nginx for our certificates and security.
  • Centralized service: cPanel has *a lot* of support out of the box for providing a comprehensive list of self-hosted services, like email, files, etc.
  • Easy setup: The process of setting up service like this was super easy, the documentation is well-written, and there is lots of support through forums and tutorials.
  • Pricing: Having a centralized service like this allows for being charged a fee monthly for the entire package, rather than per-user fees like hosting competitors.
Cons
  • The interface isn't the best. It's a bit outdated and hard to get around. At times, there are lots of settings and options in one place, that can make interface quite cluttered.
  • For servers, the pricing can be quite high, and become out of the range for smaller companies and early-stage companies.
  • Learning how to use to the admin settings and interface can be quite tough, this is where the interface could use the most improvement. The documentation and tutorials for these features don't really help much, either.
For companies looking for easy self-hosting alternatives and centralizing hosting services in one place, cPanel is a great option with wonderful support for other apps. For groups of users that aren't ready for a command-line-only interface and need to install other services and 3rd-party integrations on their servers, cPanel is probably not the best software to get this done.

cPanel: Powerful web hosting control panel for server administration

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 01, 2019
JR
Vetted Review
Verified User
cPanel
8 years of experience
cPanel is the software which allows us to manage the back end of our web server. cPanel is the de facto standard for a server interface/software for me any time I do almost any kind of server administration. There are many individual modules which allow me to quickly and productively do what I need to do. cPanel allows you to administrate databases, FTP users, manage your files, admin your domains, and more.
  • Database management. Easily create and edit databases and users with a simple interface. You can make edits to the content using phpMyAdmin which is also a very powerful tool.
  • File management. Create FTP user accounts and restrict access to specific folders. There is also a file manager app which provides a graphical interface with a folder system that is very similar to how the file manager on Windows works.
  • Domain control. Point domains to specific directories and add addon domains or subdomains. Implement SSL with an advanced module or using a wizard.
Cons
  • There is a ton of features to learn in cPanel, some you may never use. The learning curve for cPanel is not small, even if you're using just a few features.
  • Hand in hand with the larger learning curve, cPanel features are not always intuitive for use. New users may spend a bit of time looking up tutorials on how to use specific modules. The upside is that there are many helpful resources on the web.
  • Ruby is not installed on the system by default. This isn't a problem for us since we use the PHP framework, but it's worth noting for Ruby devs.
cPanel is ideal for experienced web administrators who need an (overall) easy to use interface for a back end server work. Most of the modules are intuitive and independent so you can do specific tasks. The software is well documented so it can be readily learned by anyone who is willing to put in the time and effort. The learning curve can be steep though for anyone just jumping into using cPanel.
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