Control Panels

Cpanel seems to be the standard for most web hosts, but I prefer it for it's built-in features and customization, and also because it's the control panel that most people are familiar with. The friends and family that I host know their way around cpanel, but if they ever have questions, I can help them directly since I'm familiar with it as well.
 
tickedon said:
Correct :) http://www.cpanel.net/products/cPanelandWHM/linux/sys_requirements.htm - only works on Linux/BSD. I do believe they were planning a Windows version, but, they've been planning it for years - it'll be out when it's out, if it ever appears ;)

For Windows servers, I quite like Plesk (www.swsoft.com) - but Helm (https://www.webhostautomation.com/) is also worth a look.
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Thanks Stewart,

Do you have any idea of integrating plesk with our website so our users can signup directly for hosting account from our website?
 
I might be the only one here, but I definitely prefer Plesk and it's what we provide to all of our users. I find it's laid out quite nice, you have your domains, can go into them and everything is grouped together rather than thrown all into one big glob.

hozyali, you're looking for something like Modernbill to allow signups and automatic Plesk provisioning.
 
wickshosting said:
I might be the only one here, but I definitely prefer Plesk and it's what we provide to all of our users. I find it's laid out quite nice, you have your domains, can go into them and everything is grouped together rather than thrown all into one big glob.

hozyali, you're looking for something like Modernbill to allow signups and automatic Plesk provisioning.
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Im not aware of ModernBill... but Yes I want auto signup for hosting account from our website.... We have hosting templates in plesk with different quotas and features allotment. and we need our users to signup for hosting account directly from our website. Do you have any idea ?

Thanks
 
The only one that I have direct experience with is cPanel, and so far, I really like it. It easy to use and gives you plenty of tools to use to manage your site. It seems to me to be one of the most popular control panels out there. Lately though, it seems I have been hearing a lot about HSphere.
 
hozyali said:
none at the moment.
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Take a look at the different billing packages and see which ones support Plesk. I know Modernbill does, and there are probably others which do too. That would be the easiest way to automate things. The client would sign up through your site and then your billing software would provision their account on your server through Plesk.
 
WiredTree Zac said:
Take a look at the different billing packages and see which ones support Plesk. I know Modernbill does, and there are probably others which do too. That would be the easiest way to automate things. The client would sign up through your site and then your billing software would provision their account on your server through Plesk.
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do you have any idea of the billing softwares other thank modernbill.
 
AWBS has a Plesk module. SW-Soft's products obviously support Plesk (PEM and HSPComplete). Rodopi has a Plesk module. WHMCS v3 which is in beta and looks to be released soon supports Plesk.

I've never used any of them, so I'm not sure if they all do exactly what you want, but that should give you some options to look into.
 
WiredTree Zac said:
AWBS has a Plesk module. SW-Soft's products obviously support Plesk (PEM and HSPComplete). Rodopi has a Plesk module. WHMCS v3 which is in beta and looks to be released soon supports Plesk.

I've never used any of them, so I'm not sure if they all do exactly what you want, but that should give you some options to look into.
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Thanks friend...I will check for them.

Ali
 
Hello,

there are many billing softwares available.

clientexec is one of them, Rodopi is also good billing software. But many peoples prefer to go with modernbill due to its compatibility.

Thank you.

Regards,
 
Well in all honesty, I don't really like cpanel. It's a bloated control panel. Just to install/run the base copy of cpanel it's 256 mb ram. You can get all the same features with all the same point and click versatility in direct admin with half the resource usage. Then when fantastico is mentioned it's the same thing as installatron pretty much. A "good tech" can trim down the services on cpanel to work in a 128 mb environment but that does not happen often, especially when a "good tech" can trim down DirectAdmin to work in a 64 MB environment and still maintain all the key features, this application is commonly used in a VPS if some of you are wondering why anyone would want to use cPanel or DA under such a restricted environments such as 64 MB ram or 128 MB ram.

We constantly have customers thinking we have a custom built control panel when it's just a skinned/modded version of DirectAdmin, and modern bill. I am actually pretty biased when it comes to control panels, used most of them and found one that worked better than the others.


Here are a list of the control panels, there are more out there but this is the most common list.

Hosting Panels
cPanel
DirectAdmin
Plesk
H-Sphere
Hosting Controller
Helm
Webmin - Free
ISPconfig -Free

VPS Control Panels
VirtualMin - I am not familiar with this. I am under the impression it is also handles the virtualization. If I am wrong someone correct me please.
Vizzo- New OpenVZ control panel currently in Beta.
 
I love cpanel. But directAdmin is good enough for most uses.
basically if I get a dedicated box, I might go for directadmin and save some money, but if I buy a shared account I will definitely look for cpanel.
 
CPanel is a great a way for beginners and experts alike who want to "save alot of time" in typing out commands or using your brains. People say youre best equipped with your own mind and nothing else, however everyone wants a faster way to do things. Thats why companies offer control panels - to ease your work and mind alike.

I would suggest the following in order of user friendliness and features -

CPanel
Plesk
Direct Admin
Webmin
 
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