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What about ISPConfig?
@dhmo what happened to FastPanel? Wasn't comfortable with it? To be honest if FastPanel didn't suite you I don't think CyberPanel will (it's a bit more of a pain to work with especially when setting up a new account and emails)
Cyberpanel is weird in my opinion. I don't like their UI
I tried ISPConfig and UI is bad.
others are good.
I am trying CyberPanel but little hard to use.
FastPanel is great. but they don't have API e.g so.
Just use DirectAdmin. It will cost you the least in the long run. If there were any viable free alternatives, you'd already see LowEndHosts using them.
You are not alone, tested on a few servers never liked it - hestiacp is much better
DirectAdmin is cheap enough for a business.
DA is expensive for poor student like me.... but it's true DA is better than CP, or free panels.
I've been using Hestiacp from 3 years, 0 issues works perfect!
If you're a poor student who can't even afford a DA license, then you're not really in a position to start a business where customers will rely on you 24x7 for excellent service.
What is your definition of "budget" btw? I can find DirectAdmin hosting for under $5/year, and at Black Friday sometimes for less than that. That's pretty budget already and that's from established providers.
Free control panel projects come and go. What if one day the maintainer decides to abandon the project because they no longer have time to work on it?
Also, as a potential web hosting client, I would never choose a host with a less widely used control panel because migrating to another host with a different control panel in the future would be a painful experience.
Not a single free control panel is a good choice to start a web hosting business. Running a business on something like that would be irresponsible.
But don't get me wrong. I like Hestiacp for personal use, for example. However, opting for a professional web hosting service that uses a proprietary or less commonly used free control panel could leave me with limited options if I ever needed to migrate my content to another host.
then probably I will choice DA.
But our plan is SO cheap web hosting with so affrodable pricing like 1$ per year.
so if i pay for DA license or cPanel.
earning <<<<<<<<<<<<<< budget <- now my wallet rip
SADLY.....
hestiacp or fastpanel
i think cyberpanel make a huge space disk usage
That is very unlikely to be profitable as you need to pay support, and the cost will likely be above $1 for one ticket - and server, management, abuse reports are all not free...
just operate hosting by me, no?
then no cost for customer support. for server probably get scalable cheap one.
idk. 1$/y is not profitable yes, so i make it limited time offer then...??
It will cost you more to keep good clients happy if any other panel lets you down. The costs of hiring someone to get sh** done will exceed DA. In the LowEnd market, this likely runs you negative.
Racing to the bottom on price is not a good strategy. Users who use cPanel and want it will always absorb the costs of the panel. Look into their pricing increases and market share statistics.
The market is overrun with debt financed hosts and services that operate on five cent profits. There are more gaps in the premium market because so few can compete. The same goes for anything. As a new entrant, you may find managed services are a better product for you to scale your business. If you only make a dollar profit per customer, you need a lot of customers to get anywhere. Realistically.
There is next to no demand among web hosting clients for anything but DA or cPanel. Unless you want to spend hundreds of thousands marketing an alternative?
Yeah. I understand and agreed to your opinion.
It's right.
so probably I will do this pricing only when I get enough customer and wanna do some "thanks customer, discount event" aka limited time discount.
I'm a bit confused too. Reseller plans include DA and many are sold under five dollars a month with Blesta. Should work to begin (assuming they can find clients).
I've used SPanel (spanel.io) from a costumer side and I love it.
@dhmo your best options are hestiacp, FastPanel, Cyberpanel, ISPConfig and Virtualmin (they're all super control panels but with downsides and that's to be expected for free panels),
DirectAdmin for best budget paid panel.
Top recommendation : Increase the pricing of your hosting service, a business is ran for profit so simply let your customers pay for the costs + a little extra and you're good to go.
is CyberPanel good. It's what asked on that thread btw....
CyberPanel is OK, not suitable for everyone, you might like and you might hate it.
You really have to try it for yourself to know if it's suitable for your needs or not.
my experience is creating a CyberPanel user account for 1 website.
if the customer needs to create another website, the admin level (having permissions) has to do that.
Check Control Web Panel, it's free and they have a demo on their website.
use TinyCP.
Thanks. It would be my choice sir. the PAID version's pricing is very cheap and looks very nice.
It looks like control panel for Solo use?
So, you went with "Control Web Panel" then? Any hints for the rest of us who haven't decided yet?
I've had such bad experiences with Cyberpanel (when I have managed to install it!) - The UI looks pretty dated too.
I think the most advanced and maintained free panel is Virtualmin.
If it’s for personal use, CloudPanel is great. Sucks that it’s closed, though.