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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    cPanel

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AcPanel headquartered in Houston provides website hosting providers with workload and server automation, as well as a management console for creating and launching websites, managing email and web files, and other administrative tasks.

    $15.99

    per month

    PrestaShop

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/APrestaShop is a free, open source e-commerce solution available under the Open Software License and officially launched in August 2007. The software is written in PHP and based on the Smarty template engine and is currently used by 165,000 shops worldwide. The PrestaShop group was founded in Paris, with a second Headquarters opened in Miami in 2011. PrestaShop is translated into 63 languages, with English, French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Russian having full…

    $24

    per month

    Pricing
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Editions & Modules
    cPanel Solo
    $15.99
    per month for 1 account
    Admin
    $24.99
    per month up to 5 accounts
    Pro
    $35.99
    per month up to 30 accounts
    Premier (on cloud)
    $53.99
    per month up to 100 accounts
    Premier (on metal)
    $53.99
    per month up to 100 accounts
    PrestaShop Hosted
    $24
    per month
    PrestaShop
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices are in Euros.
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    Community Pulse
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Considered Both Products
    cPanel
    No answer on this topic
    PrestaShop
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of cPanel and PrestaShop
    Feature
    cPanel
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of cPanel and PrestaShop
    Feature
    cPanel
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of cPanel and PrestaShop
    Feature
    cPanel
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of cPanel and PrestaShop
    Feature
    cPanel
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings6.912 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of cPanel and PrestaShop
    Feature
    cPanel
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    VMware vCenter
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    VMware vCenter
    Score8.4 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (9 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    cPanelPrestaShop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    cPanel
    I personally use it for any website hosting I do for me and others. There are a few others but I have stuck with the old tried and true and it always works for me and I know how to get around it so it has become a breeze for me. For those who are extremely new to websites and hosting or to those with very little technical know how cPanel could be very overwhelming and they might want to do like a managed WordPress hosting where they don't really have to see or deal with cPanel. I also probably wouldn't use it for straight email hosting. If you have thousands of cPanel accounts it may get very expensive and that could be a factor.
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    PrestaShop
    This is a great system for small and medium businesses dealing from 1 product to 100,000 products. It is elegant to use and very stable. The system may not be great for converting into a marketplace and the handling of > 1million products. The system is also not suitable for services selling like events, registrations, subscriptions and ticket bookings etc.
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    Pros
    cPanel
    • The dashboard is very intuitive. Even beginners can figure out how to do things without very much help.
    • The online community is very helpful and the online documentation makes administering any tasks a lot easier.
    • User creation and administration for FTP access is also very simple.
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    PrestaShop
    • The PayPal button modality was integrated with the PrestaShop system, which helped our clients to complete payments digitally in just a few seconds, this integrated button allowed to streamline many transactions.
    • Performing inventory reviews and modifying the PrestaShop catalog was one of the things that I liked the most, I could make changes to the catalog, make changes to the conditions of the products in the catalog and all those changes were reflected on my website in a instant, no need to wait some time.
    • The PrestaShop system created a digital invoice for each client who made the advance payment of a property, which made it even easier to complete the property negotiation. Customers came to our company with the digital invoice for the advance payment and it was easy to identify the property that was paid, thanks to the digital invoice.
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    Cons
    cPanel
    • The costs can be a limiting factor for some businesses if you are not using a web hosting company that uses it. I have been experimenting with Cloud hosting, which can be very daunting for the novice. There is an option to install it on the cloud but it is expensive.
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    PrestaShop
    • Not a lot of free templates.
    • Images can sometimes be too compressed and lose their full quality, so better settings for that could be introduced.
    • Being able to change the look of your automatic emails via default settings can also be introduced.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    cPanel
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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    Usability
    cPanel
    Although it can be a little bit bloated with a lot of options and configurations, it's very straightforward to use and maintain. So it's a great option even if you don't have large experience in hosting configuration. The WHM tool is more suited to heavy users since it requires more expertise, so it has a steep learning curve to better understand how to use it.
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    PrestaShop
    The lack of performance and the unstable system make it very hard to use it for a serious e-commerce application.
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    Reliability and Availability
    cPanel
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
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    Performance
    cPanel
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    Some caching and optimization is definitely needed. However, it is not as bloated as other CMSs with lots of plugins needed.
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    Support Rating
    cPanel
    The support comes in the form of an extensive library of how to articles and community input. For most situations this will give you plenty of information and resources to trouble shoot. Live support really then would need to default to the hosting provider who provides the cPanel for your use.
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    PrestaShop
    Since we use PrestaShop OpenSource there is only community support. What we found is that many other users fight with the same problems and there seems no solution or input from the PrestaShop developers' side.
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    Alternatives Considered
    cPanel
    The direct server management tool access provided by cPanel hosting accounts is far superior to any shared or "standard" web site hosting packaged offered by any of the numerous web host providers I have used and or evaluated over the 20+ years of my experience working in the internet industry.
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    PrestaShop
    It's a no-brainer for e-commerce stores. BigCommerce and Magento both far out-distanced PrestaShop in every major category. If you're just getting into e-commerce, I would highly recommend either BigCommerce or Magento. Their online documentation and support far outweigh any advantages you'd have over going with an open source software like PrestaShop.
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    Scalability
    cPanel
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    This is the best example of "If it's not broken, don't fix it!".
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    Return on Investment
    cPanel
    • cPanel makes back end server administration easy. This saves time and overall effort.
    • cPanel is readily available with most hosting packages. It integrates with both Apache and Nginx.
    • cPanel allows you to perform some of the same functions as WHM, but with an easier interface.
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    PrestaShop
    • It slowed down our Hosting service. Our website took a long time to fully load on our clients' devices due to the high consumption of the integration with the PrestaShop service.
    • It provided us with a fast billing service, where our clients obtained invoices in PDF mode for the electronic payments they made for the properties. These digital invoices helped us to recognize the property they wanted faster and streamlined the negotiation process.
    • The templates that had an optimized design, were too expensive, this caused that our catalog design was very simple and did not capture the interest of customers.
    Incentivized
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