cPanel & WHM

Avantages

A very simple and easy to use software which has made it incredibly easy for us to run multiple websites for our company under one web server.

Inconvénients

Some features may be more difficult to understand for beginners.

Avantages

cPanel is the ultimate website and email management system. I really like that it is very easy to create new email addresses and access them easily. Hosting new application on new domains or subdomains is fast because you can manage domains, files and everything else. Setting up the PHP requirements for different apps is a must for optimal performance and security.

Inconvénients

For a great performance, the hardware part must have some resources.

Avantages

Que es muy fácil y rápido de manejar, el diseño es sencillo e intuitivo, es de mucha ayuda que sus opciones estén agrupadas en categorías, y que con el transcurso de los años se ha ido potenciando con nuevas herramientas

Inconvénients

No he encontrado cosas que no me gusten, hasta el momento

Avantages

Works well when hosting one site. Configuration and setup is quick and doesn't take much effort.

Inconvénients

I didn't like the limitations that came with hosting subdomains and webmail.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

I still have clients using it, i hedge to be familiar with the latest release.

Avantages

I can manage everything with my website from cpanel. All the tools are clearly listed and labeled.

Inconvénients

Some tools are not as well defined and "hand-hold"-ey as others. The tool is clearly intended more for people who know what they're doing (IT), but I was still able to flounder my way through most things.

Avantages

Facilidad para usarlo en la administración de servidor o hosting. Herramientas para el manejo de complementos web y desarrollo de sitios web.

Inconvénients

Funciones en un entorno visula oculto, que dificulta encontrarlos en las opciones.

Avantages

Panel helps in keeping data by setting backup on cloud and easy to restore

Inconvénients

Sometimes system update take long time and only recent data can be restored

Avantages

I primarily use cPanel to access our WordPress installation as well as File Manager, primarily when verifying that "deleting" a plugin has actually deleted all of the associated files and folder. I also make use of the backup/restore feature when things go wrong during configuration. I made use of the DNS Zone access feature in the past when using my web host's DNS servers. In general, I have found cPanel to be a solid graphic UI for my server and WP installation.

Inconvénients

They change the UI occasionally which takes some getting used to. In general, no complaints

Avantages

The fact that the community has embraced cPanel & WHM for decades makes support easily accessible with a simple web search and it's documentation and wiki comes in very handy.

Inconvénients

The licensing for the duo is quite expensive for startups and small business.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

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Broken updates that rendered my server unmanageable for days before a remedy update was available. With cPanel and WHM the updates are somewhat trusted to work as intended without breaking the system.

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

Recommendation by my mentor and easy learning curve.

Avantages

Es una herramienta muy útil para la gestión y administración de servidores, ya que cuenta con una amplia variedad de funciones y características que facilitan el control y monitoreo de los mismos. Además, su interfaz intuitiva y fácil de usar, hace que sea accesible incluso para usuarios que no tienen experiencia en la administración de servidores.

Inconvénients

Una de sus desventajas puede ser que es costoso para usuarios con un presupuesto limitado, especialmente para aquellos que solo necesitan administrar un pequeño número de sitios web. Además, algunas personas también han informado que la interfaz de usuario puede ser un poco desordenada y difícil de navegar para aquellos que no están familiarizados con ella.

Avantages

Both cPanel and WHM are both widely used in the industry and easy to learn. Client to client, server to server, you know what you're going to get and how to use it.

Inconvénients

The recent price increase has led to folks moving away from cPanel which has led to more competition in the marketplace. The unfortunate side effect of this is you will need to start learning how to use the competing software or building their own leading to a fracturing of the user base.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

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At the time, I just didn't like the look and feel of Plesk compared to CPanel.

Avantages

We are a small healthcare consulting firm that owns several WordPress websites with different domain names. We use cPanel and WHM to help us manage these websites on a virtual private server (VPS).

When selecting a web hosting software package to use on our VPS, foremost on our list of requirements was ease of use, since none of our team members had much experience or expertise in web hosting. cPanel and WHM were the most straightforward choice because we were familiar with the graphical user interface (GUI) of cPanel (we had experience with it for about 2 years while our websites were on shared hosting) and the GUI was/is user friendly, even for novices. We set up our websites, each with a different cPanel for added security, on WHM easily and quickly - we didn't require any external assistance or training.

Security was also another feature that we prioritized. WHM provides several ways to improve security of the server and therefore our websites, e.g. enabling "Configure Security Policy", disabling shell access, ModSecurity configuration, automatic updates.

Inconvénients

Cost of the software. In late 2019, our VPS hosting provider increased our VPS cPanel license fee by $6 per month due to a change in the way cPanel license prices were calculated and how they were sold (changing to an account based license). This fee increase was a little annoying at the time, but we opted to continue using cPanel and WHM because we had been so accustomed to using the software and it had served us well for 10 years. We continue to use cPanel and WHM exclusively for web hosting on our VPS.

Avantages

Yo diría que es el panel de control más robusto y completo que existe en la actualidad para administrar Servidores y principalmente para revender servicios de Hosting.La gran cantidad de configuraciones que tiene para administrar usuarios, servidores, aplicaciones web, etc; hace que este panel sea una gran opción.

Inconvénients

Yo diría que no es de los más baratos que existen en el mercado.Me gustaría que renovaran su interfaz, que modernizaran su diseño, etc.Deberían crear una APP para movil donde permita manejar las principales funcionalidades del Panel.

Avantages

When I was new to hosting and server management, cPanel was first among the tools that I used. cPanel is so easy to use that any neophyte with minimalistic knowledge can use it without any hassles. They timely provide UI and icons update. There is a wide variety of plugins like SSL vendors, App installers, Metrics, etc. 3rd party integrations make it very feature-rich. I love DNS records management. It is very easy to search and modify records from their directory.

Inconvénients

Apart from lots of features, a few features need some mending. Like the file explorer (File Manager) they have is not very keyboard friendly. Keystrokes should be mapped with the buttons and features. Also, using the old email clients is not much productive. We cannot append the name of the sender in the header. A new email client (except webmail and horde) should be implemented.

Avantages

The Cpanel is fairly easy to use. The user interface is super friendly.
The learning curve works better in an intuitive enviroment as the shown in Cpanel.
Managing and installing frameworks such as WordPress runs with ease.
Creating email addresses and managing them is super smooth and easygoing.

Inconvénients

No cons so far in comparison with similar alternatives that might be a little more powerful, but requires much more time to get used to and managing.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

The experience in the user interface was better over all those alternatives when managing hosting services.

Avantages

User-friendly interface on both cPanel and WHM. Wide range of features like alerts, server monitoring and SSL installation.

Inconvénients

The software pricing is a little expensive. CPanel does not support Windows OS, other than that it's a one in all solutions for website management.

Avantages

EasyApache is the best software for me, because I can easily provision different extensions for different PHP versions and then select multiple versions of PHP for each domain. Then I like the fact that we can create feature lists and select which features a customer will have available for his cPanel. Each customer should have only the necessary features and access to different tools. Suspending accounts is really useful when customers don't pay their invoices for a long time and after many warnings. The best of all is the Security Center where I can configure everything, set security policies, Brute force protection and other restrictions. Basically I like that cPanel is always recommending the best and safest option for each feature there is available across cPanel & WHM.

Inconvénients

We would prefer the old pricing which wasn't user based, but it's still affordable and very stable as a server software.

Avantages

cPanel & WHM can be accessed via your web browser to manage website hosting, databases, emails, server side scripts, ftp access, SSL installation, domain configuration and more. You can administer different levels of access for other users as well as reseller accounts.

There is a mobile app available for administrators that are unable to access a desktop/laptop to manage hosting changes.

Inconvénients

The software is effective, but does have a few limitations. As of now it is only deployed on Linux servers.

You might find the appeal of the user interface to be more of a personal preference. I prefer the cleaner interface of Plesk. The listed menu style of Plesk control panel is a little more consistent and the appearance feels more modern.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

Using cPanel & WHM for different server hosts is the reason for using this software. Depending on the hosting, I have found myself alternating between cPanel and the Plesk control panel.

Avantages

Really solid, lots of features, multiuser setup

Inconvénients

It's feels old, is too clumsy sometimes for small projects, not too elastic for new deployments

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

Cpanel and WHM was the best offer, most cost-effective.

Avantages

I run a small Web development and Hosting business. Cpanel & WHM really made my business easy. Cpanel takes care of your web hosting needs. If you’re reselling hosting space, WHM offers everything you need and it works like a charm with WHMCS automating billing and everything.

Inconvénients

Cpanel license is little expensive for small business or individuals if purchased directly from them but most hosting companies provide free license tagged with their products

Avantages

cPanel and WHM is simple and dynamic. it is not complicated in installation and deploying end product to client.

Inconvénients

May be should support more of server sided types of programing .

Avantages

Easy-to-use platform, which hosts several applications that do the work for the time to maintain and manage the hosting of your website, email accounts, database, php among others. It is an all in one for web hosting

Inconvénients

One of the capabilities is more vulnerable to direct attacks, the location of all applications is on a single server, so it is easy to attack.

This security breach makes it vulnerable to other options, more difficult to use but more secure

Avantages

Generic in terms of branding, fully functional in that form. In other words, different hosts aren't compelled to change it and that makes working on clients sites easily with no learning curve to worry about

Inconvénients

Occasionally doesn't allow for a feature but usually, that's the host. I really have no issue at all with Cpanel and have considered any hosting I was deciding on first based on cPanel. If they don't have it I will go to higher pricing first

Avantages

I've used cPanel for most of my web industry career. It's grown more friendly over time and is central to my small business's operations. It is powerful, complete, well-known, and well-supported. I can deploy opensource web apps with ease through Softaculous.

Inconvénients

The built-in analytics. I never use them, preferring Google Analytics. They take up disk space through log files, and don't appear to be an optional feature you can turn off.

Avantages

The ease of use. Its very easy to organise everything from databases, email, file manager, 2 factor authentication. All good.

Inconvénients

Restoring a cPanel backup is hectic. Most if the time it fails. I think they should improve the cPanel backup restore UI.

Avantages

WHM cPanel has the most advanced features among all the webserver management system. The user interface is easy to use and requires no programming skills to manage the WHM system. With WHM cPanel I can easily set up domains, install websites, create backups, and migrate websites across the servers on a fly.

Inconvénients

WHM cPanel is a powerful web hosting management system. But it is quite resourceful, if there had been light version of cPanel, it would been even more better.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

Pourquoi choisir cPanel & WHM 

WHM cPanel provided a complete set of features and easy to use interface.

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

WHM cPanel is easy to use and has a great support team than its other alternatives like Direct Admin, Hepsia Panel, Virtualmin, Ajenti, and Plesk.

Avantages

Allows me to do everything I need to do with my hosting. I have played with plesk but I am more used to cpanel and WHM and know where everything is and there are so many features that allow me to resell hosting and make money from it! It is updated a lot which is great.

Inconvénients

The main issue I had is this new pricing structure. It did increase my hosting bill quite a bit. Also every now and then I can't find something as there is soo much to it so I have to talk to my hosting company. So it can be a bit complicated until you learn it.

Alternatives envisagées 

Plesk

Pourquoi passer à cPanel & WHM

It has all the features I need and like the structure better than plesk.

Avantages

Cpanel does the job it is meant to do. It intergrates with alot of applications we use mostly due to its longevity in the market and has simplified matters to enable even our beginner uses to get started with it relatively fast. Whm allows quick deployment of cpanel and they intergrate beautifully

Inconvénients

The recent pricing changes brought in alot of complications in determining the cost.

Avantages

WHM is the software you want if you are going to be a webhost. It lets you spawn your customer cPanels and control each element from your WHM console. Also, it is a GUI for many of the more painful points of server administration that would otherwise be handled on the command line.

Inconvénients

It is pricey! Worth it, but pricey. Also, the WHM software does have some difficulty with functions and DNS records either showing as complete but not working, or records like that getting "stuck" somewhere in the server's DNS zone.

Also, management of a large number of cPanels can get daunting quick.

Avantages

cPanel makes providing hosting services very easy. It is one the best hosting panels available in the market. Their complementary support is awesome and fast.

Inconvénients

The only thing I dislike about cPanel is it's pricing. It has become a ritual to increase the price every year and it is hurting many small hosting providers

Avantages

Ease of usage, functions, extensibility everything is awesome and is well made for service providers specially in shared hosting industry, they also keep adding new features like free SSL and keep the code uptodate to minimalise any issues to appear suddenly, i worked with WHM many times and i personally like the working and and ui to be extra ordinary.

Inconvénients

there was not something i would consider i like least but a recent change made me rething my opinion about them, many of my friends who were exclusive customers of WHM/cPanel cancelled their subscription cause of a single change in their pricing which forced amny privders to either raise their plans or switch, and they choose the first one as cheapest wins the race in this idustry.

Avantages

My server that I've had with my host company for well over 10 years now uses WHM/Cpanel. I love, love, love it. I've worked with other servers using other software, and by far, WHM is the easiest, most straightforward, and the most extensive. It's totally easy to find what you're looking for with the search box. WHM also integrates with many other pieces of server software making putting together a web server that can be managed simply a breeze.

Inconvénients

I haven't really had any issues or cons that I've found with WHM.

Avantages

What's not to like. It's easy to use, has every feature you can need and more, lots of one click installs, analytics, database integrations made easy, plus a huge user base for any questions that arise. If your nervous about hosting your own website and having to do "server backend stuff" have no fear, cPanel has you covered.

Inconvénients

I have been using it for so long it is like a habit

Avantages

Once set up properly, WHM makes web hosting management a piece of cake since most customers prefer cPanel anyway and are quite accustomed to it. Its ease of use makes it the number one choice. WHM puts every control into the user's hands, all with an intuitive GUI.

Inconvénients

It's quite easy to use, but that doesn't mean setting it up is a walk in the park. Also, cPanel was expensive, and it got even more expensive with the recent hike in price.

Avantages

Easy to manage, secured and a web developer's best friend. Functions are modularized - quick and easy to install, manage and maintain.

Inconvénients

Too frequent updates that need to troubleshoot for incompatibilities.

Avantages

We love all of it easy to use lots of self help doc and even pop up tips on damn near everything you have a question for. When that fail there tech support is by far the best i have dealt with in owning my company in the course of 16 years

Inconvénients

Not a damn thing keep doing what you are doing team WHM!

Avantages

Da un unico pannello di controllo puoi gestire l'hosting in modo rapido, facile ed efficace. La gestione di diversi siti e/o domini offre molti vantaggi e comodità. Se sei un rivenditore, il WHM ti consente di creare account per i tuoi clienti e gestire da un unico pannello tutti gli aspetti relativi alla configurazione del server.

Inconvénients

Impossibile trovare un difetto o mancanza per questi due applicativi web.

Avantages

Extremely easy to understand terminologies.
Managing WHM is so easy, in terms of logging via cpanel and then any account in your reseller.
Website management becomes so easy. Otherwise earlier we used to manage each hosting one by one.

Inconvénients

User Interface can be improved a lot.
It shows quite a many error and memory status while creating a new account.
More advanced options should be provided in WHM to manage clients panel and if options are to be shown or not.

Avantages

very esay to use the Cpanel these make it more powerfull and user friendly.

Inconvénients

well on part of signature they really need to do it more better, even though the user interface is friendly they really want to work on modern UI.

Avantages

The extensibility and its frequent updates right after a bug got reported their developers get right on their desks to patch it up and thats the most amazing thing.

Inconvénients

The only thing i least like is its complecated code structure i mean it does have a lot of features but it also comes with a lot more of hard working codes.

Avantages

Where do I begin? It's no wonder WHM is the leader in the industry. It packs so many features that it makes virtually impossible for you to move to another server management tool. You can manage and install anything in your server using it.

Inconvénients

The recent price increase was a bit of a hit on everyone, specially if you have dozens of servers to manage.

Avantages

It is easy to use, easy to migrate web hosting account between servers. Makes very easy the life of a server admin. You can manage a server without being a server admin using WHMC/ CPANEL.

Inconvénients

Don't allow to integrate different servers for email, they do that only for databases. Maybe is a little expensive for ones who only have to host one site. Others panel have licences with a lower price depending of the cuantity of website.

Avantages

Easy of use, secure, patched & maintained are just a few words that sum up this software. Running a production level Apache Webserver without WHM is not something that anyone wants to do. It's graphical interface is intuitive and well documented.

Inconvénients

Some areas that drive me craze about WHM is NOT being informed when updates are going to happen and the lake of a good, reliable mobile application.

Avantages

WHM provides automation and convenience in managing Web Hosting business. Services management and automatic services restart is a great feature to get going your server anytime without interruption.

Inconvénients

Only two licensing models are available for VPS and Dedicated servers. For small hosting or for developers there is no option for limited domains.

Avantages

WHM can be configured to fit your specific web hosting needs. I love being able to set up everything exactly the way I need it and if it isn't something provided within WHM natively, there are a multitude of plugins/extensions that can expand the functionality to meet your needs. This has been my favorite web hosting manager by far.

Inconvénients

It can be a bit daunting to try and absorb all at once, especially if you aren't super familiar with web hosting to begin with. The documentation for this isn't the easiest to understand when it is talking about a feature you're new to, but the community and support for this is pretty extensive and is helpful.

Avantages

It has a simple and modern UI that displays all the major categories and features in the home page.
It has a very good file manager with all the details you need for an hosting
It manages very well domains

Inconvénients

UI could be tweaked more
Speed: since it's not built as a "Single Page Application" (SPA) it is a bit slow when switching pages and submitting forms
There isn't an easy way to deeply customize it: if you edit the source code then updating to newer versions is difficult...

Avantages

Because it is a very popular control panel, most of the developers I work with know and prefer to use.

Inconvénients

Prices are quite high analyzing the cost and benefit.

Avantages

We use it for our webhosting to allow the customers and developers to publish their websites. I haven't heard any complaints from them about its features or accessibility.

Inconvénients

No complaints here, it seems to be an easy and straight forward webhosting tool. Something that is complex enough for the highly skilled and accessible enough for the beginners.

Avantages

WHM makes working with a server much easier due to having an interface for many common functions. This, in turn, saves a lot of time. Time is money, so...

Inconvénients

WHM was recently acquired by some investment group and jacked the prices through the roof for a lot of people. Even for me, the rate increase amounts to $180 per year. For larger companies it was in the 10's of thousands of dollars and put some out of business. Not cool, and gives me a bad case of anxiety when I think about the future.

Avantages

It's very easy to setup.
The vendor offers terrific support services.
Is a very solid piece of software which has never failed on more than 10 years.
We can decide which features are available for the end customer and which not.
We are able to customize the service delivered to every customer if needed.

Inconvénients

We'd like the vendor to implement or at least enable some API to integrate security measures like vulnerability assessment, code analysis etc. WHM has some nice security features but most times those are not enough to stop end customers from uploading defective code which results on security breaches.