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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

    SolusVM

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASolusVM from Plesk, a Swiss company, allows the user to Manage OpenVZ, Xen and KVM virtual machines from one central point.

    $3

    per month

    Pricing
    cPanelSolusVM
    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
    Slave Only
    $3.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $10.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    cPanelSolusVM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    cPanelSolusVM
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    cPanel
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    cPanelSolusVM
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    Medium-sized Companies
    VMware vCenter
    Score8.4 out of 10
    SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    VMware vCenter
    Score8.4 out of 10
    OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    cPanelSolusVM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    cPanelSolusVM
    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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    Plesk International GmbH
    SolusVM is best-suited to automate VPS services where your users can easily order, customize, manage and upgrade their virtual servers easily. It is less appropriate for managing a single server that does not need to virtualize a cluster of virtual servers.
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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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    Plesk International GmbH
    • Easily manage VPS with OpenVZ, KVM, and Xen virtualization technologies
    • Flexible licensing starting from USD 2.5 per month
    • Guarantees highly available, reliable, secure and scalable virtual private servers
    • Automates your VPS hosting service on a breeze
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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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    Plesk International GmbH
    • Less collection of OS templates
    • It is a bit expensive compared to similar software Virtualizer
    • Plesk has shifted their main focus from SolusVM to SolusIO
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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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    Plesk International GmbH
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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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    Plesk International GmbH
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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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    Plesk International GmbH
    SolusVM is more reliable, robust, stable, and offers more flexible licensing. Very active support team and a futuristic user interface that our clients love.
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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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    Plesk International GmbH
    • SolusVM has helped us to easily automate our VPS management service
    • It has decreased our server maintenance cost by many folds
    • It has helped us to provide more reliable and scalable VPS services to our customers
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