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Best Web Control Panel?
XtreamServers
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Hey Everyone,
I'm a bit curious on which web server/hosting control panel is the best.
I've only used Plesk and Cpanel, and I've got to say,
Plesk Version 9.X was really nice, but Plesk 10 is a lot more resource intensive, and seems pretty buggy.
Since then, I went to cPanel, and haven't looked at anything else.
Has/Does anyone use DirectAdmin?
What's your opinion?
Comments
Yay. It is that thread again.
real men don't need no control panel
This.
But if I wanted one for clients, I'd go for cPanel.
While I don't use a control panel for our own servers, I do use cPanel on shared hosting servers. Regarding your actual question though, as to which is the best, it's a more-or-less futile debate. With that said, depending upon the specific environment, I'd be inclined to suggest cPanel if you needed/wanted a panel.
yum -y install httpd php php-mysql php-devel php-gd php-mcrypt php-pecl-memcache php-pspell php-snmp php-xmlrpc php-xml
service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on
There you go.
Ah, I was referring to shared hosting. For clients.
cPanel is my favorite so far. Super easy to use and looks good.
Cpanel. Real men don't always have time to do everything by hand
On the contrary, hire other men to do the hard work for them.
For me, I use Cpanel for providing shared hosting for my friend ( limited )
And for my daily usage, I don't use control panel, just plain shell.
Cpanel only for people ( my friend ) who don't want to be bothered to setup their own email, their own database, and for people who want the simple one click and create
Oh, and added one, in my company where I work ( real life business, not an internet related business ), they use Plesk, but the admin is not good enough with it. He doesn't even know how the email configurations works. He said he can't fix email address error using Plesk. But he can delete it, and create another new one
If I wanted that, I'd rather much just buy shared hosting.
Hehe.. The problem is, they didn't understand the meaning of shared hosting. They didn't even understand what domain name is,
Froxlor - light, very stable, multilanguage.
I would say cPanel. I use cPanel for PremiumVM's main website and it runs great. It's run off shared with SSL and a Dedicated IP from SolaDrive - they've been fantastic so far. Probably moving it to a VPS soon, but for now I've had no problems with it
I have Plesk 11 and I believe its kinda slow compared to cPanel.
I guess it depends on the region. CPanel is quite popular in Nothern America (for whatever reason), whereas Confixx/Plesk/SysCP/ISPConfix/VHCS/Froxlor is more common in Europe.
No, I think cPanel is having the title of over-all popularity.
VHCS -> In dead pool (looks like), (never used)
Froxlor-> I think its buggy, will take some time. (never used)
Kloxo -> not liked by many, ?? updates.
ISPconfig -> Never viewed any real complain. (never used)
Plesk -> Can't say.
Rank:-
1. cPanel
2. DirectAdmin
Yeah.
I'm just looking for a stable control panel, that is easy to manage for shared hosting.
Looks like cPanel is the one I'm going to get.
I love ZPanel, best one ever and it is secure.
For a paid panel cpanel is incomparable
directadmin and cpanel are the 2 best ones.
cPanel is what people understand, Virtualmin is what I like to use (and manage). If the interface would just be better, it could be a cPanel killer.
Best control panel for me is one that saves you time in managing server(s). Afterall, time is money
For me that is cpanel/WHM
cPanel -> Kloxo;
If Kloxo will get proper attention by developers and the core team, I think it will kill DirectAdmin atleast if not cPanel.
Reason why people (end-user) like cPanel:-
-clean interface
-multiple functions and are separated in categories
-easy email and domain addition
-high amount of support available everywhere
-Seems to be secure
-easy to configure
-Addons:- like softaculous
-multi level users i.e. reseller.
-easy to setup
cPanel, for sure. Kloxo isn't terrible, it's actually quite good, though I would not use it in a production environment or for paid hosting.
Basically, anything that isn't WebsitePanel.
I would go with cPanel. But if you want something free, as stated Kloxo would be my first option.
ZPanel would come in like 4th if we went from best control panels to worst.
What a joke!
I would go with ISPconfig3 at any given time.
If you more money and more users >> Cpanel