Open source Hosting Control Panel

[easyhostmedia]

A client of ours a few months back wanted the same thing and despite advice to pay for cpanel we had no option but to go with his demand and went Zpanel. It does the Job perfectly but then the client got 48 clients to host and they started demanding for Cpanel and therefore a migration was inevitable but you will not like the work load of getting just those 48 clients with all their emails and data. I would still advise like I did before, pay the few coins for Cpanel if you intend to use it for commercial reasons.

Simple thing. if its a migration to and from the same control panel then its free, but if its from 1 control panel to another then it become chargeable as its all manual work and especially when you advised then to use cpanel in the first place

 

[cheapdedicated]

Simple thing. if its a migration to and from the same control panel then its free, but if its from 1 control panel to another then it become chargeable as its all manual work and especially when you advised then to use cpanel in the first place

Yes we charged for it but if he has taken the advice the work would have been much easier and cheaper.

 

[easyhostmedia]

Yes we charged for it but if he has taken the advice the work would have been much easier and cheaper.

Its always the case. you will find some clients dont understand the work involved.

We only offer cPanel and Plesk on our servers, we dont offer any free panels, so a client can order without a panel, cPanel or Plesk

 

[CarlC]

We won't load any of the free panels for clients, if that's what they want to do and not use cPanel they will have to load it themselves.

 

[hmb-patrick]

Following control panels are free and also good in performance.

Zpanel

Kloxo

Webmin

 

[nixtree]

I will say Webmin is the best in Free Control panel as if properly setup then there is no need for paid ones

Zpanel is dead and no more updates and support

Kloxo I have only used once and stopped working or referring clients as I found that really useless.

 

[Pravin]

Check kloxo-mr, it is very easy to use and free of cost.

 

[AltairHosting]

Virtualmin is a very good control panel that extends Webmin.

It has two versions. The GPL is the free version and the Pro version is a commercial product designed for hosting companies.

 

[UltratechHostS]

Anything is free is OpenSource and Examples Can be: Webmin, Kloxo, CentOS Web Panel are the best

 

[RosenHost]

I have tried Kloxo-MR, CentOS Web Panel and VestaCP for my personal projects. Kloxo-MR UI pushed me a bit. Looks so early 2000s and menus are complicated for me.

CentOS Web Panel And VestaCP are the ones that I liked. However, I have come across a few security vulnerabilities on popular forums and I am not using it for production use. It is UI is user friendly and if developed, can be a great panel imho.

Vesta is clean and user friendly. I like it. UI is very simple and effective. I am using it for my personal web sites.

 

[cheapdedicated]

If you use centos there is an interesting panel http://centos-webpanel.com/demo give it a try and give us feedback

 

[MechanicWeb-sho]

If cost is a concern when you consider a control panel for your hosting, I'd also suggest to consider ease of use from a client's perspective.

Most of the shared hosting clients are already familiar with cPanel and plesk. They trust these and believe these are stable, which in reality they are. They will be more comfortable with cPanel/plesk other than any other control panels. So, this should be the best route to take as a hosting provider.

 

[cheapdedicated]

If cost is a concern when you consider a control panel for your hosting, I'd also suggest to consider ease of use from a client's perspective.

Most of the shared hosting clients are already familiar with cPanel and plesk. They trust these and believe these are stable, which in reality they are. They will be more comfortable with cPanel/plesk other than any other control panels. So, this should be the best route to take as a hosting provider.

You should add that when time to move on comes which will anyway ease of migration should also be put into consideration.

 

[MangoXchange]

CentOS Webpanel, vesta and webmin

 

[CyberSasu]

Webuzo can added to this list as well.
Webmin and centos panel also good.

 

[storminternet]

Webmin is good.

 

[easyhostmedia]

CentOS Webpanel is the best to use as if you then decided to go for a paid option it is the only one that will allow you to migrate accounts to cPanel

 

[doublespaces]

If you are looking for a host at the same time and don't mind paying a small one time fee AND don't require the control panel setup on multiple servers AND you prefer a simple interface over the complexities of Webmin, as great as it is, then in that case I'd point a finger toward Direct Admin. I've installed many panels and I can say that its very simple to install, very simple to use and if you find the right host you can acquire the license for a one time fee as low as 50 dollars.

If one of the above situations don't apply, then I'd suggest you try and learn Webmin/Virtualmin as its well maintained and feature rich.

 

[AviarHost]

I used zpanel for some time, would recommend it

 

[Silvatech]

Yes there are many,

The most 2 known are Webmin & Virtualmin. I think you should go for one of them.

They also have pretty good interface too.

I have to agree with the above, Webmin is an amazing product for server management and the add-on Virtualmin is not bad at all. All free open source options out their I would recommend it above any other.