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There is few things about cunt panel:
Yea, you can replace it with directadmin some way. But it is nowhere near “enterprise” as cunt panel is.
Just sad.
We use Virtualmin. Maybe not that colorful click click system but it is Open Source, can be free etc.
I like the possibility for GPG encrypted backups, it offers jail environments for customers which is very similiar what Cloud Linux does with their cage system.
Yes, they do. But they mainly patch things. Most of their updates are: fix, fix, fix, updated, removed, fix, fix, updated, fix, fix.
I still stand on what I said and don't be thinking I am a hater of D.A.; I'm not.
I am using DirectAdmin since I can't really remember (maybe 2009 - 2012), when Kloxo was still actively maintained.
DirectAdmin updates are mainly survival updates. Not improvements in the real sense of the word.
Take the backup system for example. The user restoration process is the same like a decade ago. Put your backups in /home/admin/user_backups then visit Admin > Restore.
It has FTP support for admin-level backups, but it does not have the real logic of a user to be able to restore its own backup from the FTP server.
Should I bring in incremental updates for both admin and user-level?
They issue updates for 0days, software that become obsolete, a little patchy non-essential thing like "Pro Pack"... but that's kinda it. No serious improvement.
They are so much lacking initiative and vision for development that it kinda does not justify the new regular license pricing IMHO. If you take D.A. codebase and drop it in Codex and say: give me 10 ideas that I should really implement in this code to help users on both admin and end-user level, I'm sure it would suggest at least 5 capital additions that D.A. didn't even think about.
It is truly impressive, and absolutely headache-inducing the amount of blood they can squeeze from cPanel.
The thing is, the cost to migrate for most big users is so huge that they could probably increase prices dramatically from here before the increase produced a net negative result.
History updated.
Got this from a guy on reddit.
Originally
cPanel Solo @ $15/month (1 account limit)
cPanel & WHM VPS @ $20/month or $200/year (no limit to accounts)
cPanel & WHM Dedicated @ $45/month (no limit to accounts)
Sept 2019
Admin @ $20/month (5 account limit)
Pro @ $30/month (30 account limit)
Premier @ $45/month (100 account limit)
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.20/month each
Jan 2021
Solo @ $15/month (1 account limit)
Admin @ $22/month (5 account limit)
Pro @ $32.25/month (30 account limit)
Premier @ $48.50/month (100 account limit)
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.30/month each
Jan 2022
Solo @ $15.99/month (1 account limit)
Admin @ $24.99/month (5 account limit)
Pro @ $35.99/month (30 account limit)
Premier @ $53.99/month (100 account limit)
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.34/month each
Jan 2023
Solo @ $15.99/month (1 account limit)
Admin @ $27.99/month (5 account limit)
Pro @ $39.99/month (30 account limit)
Premier @ $59.99/month (100 account limit)
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.39/month each
Jan 2024
Solo @ $17.49/month (1 account limit)
Admin @ $29.99/month (5 account limit)
Pro @ $42.99/month (30 account limit)
Premier @ $60.99/month (100 account limit)
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.40/month each
Jan 2025
Solo @ $26.99/month (1 account limit) +54.3% increase
Admin @ $32.99/month (5 account limit) +10% increase
Pro @ $46.99/month (30 account limit) +9.3% increase
Premier @ $65.99/month (100 account limit) +8.2% increase
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.45/month each +12.5% increase
Jan 2026
Solo Cloud @ $29.99/mon (1 account limit) +11.1% increase
Admin @ $35.99/mon (5 account limit) +9.1% increase
Pro @ $53.99/mon (30 account limit) +14.9% increase
Premier @ $69.99/mon (100 account limit) +6.1% increase
Additional accounts will require an extra $0.49/mon each +8.9% increase
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Direct admin is a fucking bugged mess.
I wouldnt pay for this.
If only they were as quick at implementing standards (DNSSEC RFC 9276, ahem) as they are at raising prices.
You're in the industry for long enough to know how things go when a PE takes ownership of something. Profits need to be maximized. But the overall truth is that cPanel is and will keep being the leader in the segment for the foreseeable future and they can do even unjustified increases. We also know that inflation, both in the US and the EU, is relatively high, so generally, increases will be seen in the industry more and more under one form or another. Colocation fees have sky-rocketed, XC fees, remote hands, everything. As the subject of price increases is a tabboo across the hosting industry - VPS/Hosting providers are absorbing everything without price increases, but my prediction, after 15-years in the industry, is that we'll see a lot of deadpools in the upcoming year. Maybe more than what we're used to.
Wow! That looks like a great update.
Time to check out with other alternatives.
I couldn't agree more with this. DirectAdmin does't have any routemap, they just be adding stuff nobody asked, removing things, changing things that were OK. It is a mess, instead of focusing on important changes like backup solutions.
Like they have been like making changes to the file manager for like 6 months when it was OK previously, they removed the hybrid theme which was the best one and most similar to cPanel without any reason behind. If you want to change webserver or if there is an issue with anything, you need to rebuild everything in custom build, which takes ages and causes downtime. I thought they were going to fix that first once cPanel increased their pricing but they still aren't using packages yet, but that old method which is unstable af.
Webuzo is looking great tho, hopefully they go in with the updates.
I remember when it was like $30 for dedicated, probably paid less before that…
Need an all in one hosting, vps, dedicated, billing, crm panel.
tbh, I kinda like the "compile all software" approach... it is somewhat more stable than using packages and made our life easier last year when, instead of setting up a totally different server (like would've been the case for cPanel) we simply upgraded Debian 10 to Debian 12 and ran da build all.
smooth AF! all packages were rebuilt to run natively on deb 12. that's a plus in my opinion.
That's a crazy increase.
Tbh all we need is a decent looking UI, very similar to cPanel, and you can easily convert customers used to cPanel to another panel such as DA.
I had a look at Interworx, looks pretty good!
Hestia cp also very good and opensou6we can modify it
Overpriced af, but people are willing to pay for what they're accustomed to. Just pass the price onto customers.
cPanel is just a wrapper interface at the end of the day. There are alternatives but many hosts dont even bother to offer them, which really sucks.
How many people do really wants to access cPanel directly? What if someone develop a plugin for WHMCS to access everything by API > cPanel by having only one admin-user?
You do realize the security hazard this would be, right?!
@Andreix if domain = user it would be fine. Security flaws can happen always even if you just run WHMCS.
I just highlighted something for ya!
Still don’t really understand why shared hosting is a thing. Especially with how expensive cPanel is. You might as well self-manage a VM at some point.
The same reason you go to a dentist when you have a tooth decayed and not start to scrape it yourself in the basement.
Man I don't like this comparison
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Why? Shared server for hosting -> Shared doctor for teeth.
its a annual occurance , they have most of the market so they can do what the feel like as it would be such a nightmare for providers so most dont move away . and would be a inconveniance for clients, if you do move, if your considering moving have you looked at direct admin , pretty clean and stable panels
I believe spanel.io has similar cpanel UI...
Unfortunately, it’s not just cPanel and WHMCS, Enterprise hardware costs have also skyrocketed this last month. Memory prices surged this month too, on top of rising expenses for datacenters, IP transit, IPs and licenses etc... This is going to be fun with LowEndBox pricing in 2026!