Comparison of web hosting control panels

Comparison of web hosting control panels

The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of web hosting control panel software packages.

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Licence and Operating system support

Control panel Licence Free Open Source Alive (last release) BSD Linux Windows Frontend Backend Plugin Support IPV6 Support Multiserver Support
Baifox GPL [1] Yes Yes [2] 2009/04/19 No Yes No PHP PHP, SQLite  ?  ?  ?
cPanel Proprietary No No 2011/09/10 Yes Yes Partial / Beta Perl Perl Yes  ?  ?
DirectAdmin Proprietary No No 2011/09/01 Yes Yes No C++ C++, scripts, PHP Yes Partial  ?
Domain Technologie Control GNU LGPL Yes Yes 2010/09/?? Limited FreeBSD support Yes No PHP  ?  ? No[3]  ?
Gnupanel GPL Yes Yes 2009/12/07 No Yes No PHP PHP  ?  ?  ?
H-Sphere Proprietary No No 2011/05/25 Yes Yes Yes Java Java Yes  ? Yes
HDE Controller X Proprietary No No 2011/11/01 No Yes No PHP PHP  ? Yes Yes
Hosting Controller Proprietary No No 2011/09/05 No Yes Yes .NET MSSQL Yes No  ?
i-MSCP GPL Yes Yes 2011/10/25 No Yes No PHP Perl Yes Yes No
InterWorx Proprietary No No 2011/11/07 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes  ? Yes
ISPConfig BSD Yes Yes 2011/11/02 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Partial Yes
ispCP GPL Yes Yes 2010/11/24 Yes Yes No PHP Perl No No No
Kloxo (formerly named Lxadmin) AGPL Yes Yes 2011/11/13 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL  ?  ? Yes
OpenPanel GPL, Plugin API LGPL [4] Yes [5] Yes [6] 2011/07/08 Planned [7] Debian [8] Planned [9] C++, AJAX Core: C++, Modules: Any language Yes [10] Partial [11] Planned [12]
Plesk Proprietary No No 2011/07/?? Yes Yes Yes PHP PHP/MySQL  ? Yes  ?
SysCP GPL Yes Yes 2010/05/11 Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Yes No
Froxlor GPL Yes Yes 2011/10/31 Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Yes Partial
Usermin BSD style Yes Yes 2011/10/02 Yes Yes No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Virtualmin GPL Yes Yes 2011/10/02 Yes[13] Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial[14]
Virtualmin Pro Proprietary No No 2011/10/02 Yes[15] Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial[16]
Webmin BSD style Yes Yes 2011/10/02 Yes Yes Partial Perl Perl Yes Yes Yes

Remote access

Some control panels allow shell (console) access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring that the client-side computer use Java Virtual Machine software. Other control panels allow direct access using telnet or secure shell (SSH).

Control panel FTP Anonymous FTP Terminal File Browse/Upload/Download using HTTP frontend
Baifox  ?  ?  ?  ?
cPanel Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
DirectAdmin Yes Yes SSH Yes
Domain Technologie Control Yes  ? SSH Yes
EHCP Yes Supported SSH Yes
Gnupanel  ?  ? SSH  ?
H-Sphere Yes Yes SSH Yes
HDE Controller X Yes Yes SSH Yes
Hosting Controller Yes  ?  ? Yes
i-MSCP Yes No No Yes
InterWorx Yes Yes SSH Yes
ISPConfig Yes Yes SSH Yes
ispCP Yes No No Yes
Kloxo Yes Yes Java Applet Yes
OpenPanel Yes [17] Planned [18] SSH [19] Planned [20]
Plesk Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
SysCP Yes No No Yes
Froxlor Yes No No Yes
Usermin Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Virtualmin Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Webmin Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes

Email management

While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.

Control panel Antivirus Antispam Forwarders Mailbox quota DomainKeys DKIM
Baifox  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
cPanel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DirectAdmin Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Domain Technologie Control Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
EHCP Supported Supported Yes Yes Supported Supported
Gnupanel  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
H-Sphere Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
HDE Controller X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hosting Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
i-MSCP Optional Optional Yes Yes No No
InterWorx Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[21]
ISPConfig Yes Yes Yes Yes Possible Yes
ispCP  ? Optional Yes  ?  ? No
Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenPanel Planned [22] Yes Yes Planned Planned Planned
Plesk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SysCP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (broken[23])
Froxlor Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Usermin Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Virtualmin Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Webmin Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Third party modules

Web hosting packages often provide easy means of installing web services onto the server. Packaging services allow the control panel to fetch a list of installable modules from the internet, whilst hard-coded methods require that the control panel is updated to add new modules.

Control panel Third Party Module Installation Methods Modules Available
  Subscription Service Free service Allows Upgrades Shopping cart Bulletin board Gallery Chat Guestbook
Baifox  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
cPanel  ? No  ? Agora phpBB No° phpMyChat Yes
DirectAdmin  ?  ?  ? No° No° No° No° No°
Domain Technologie Control  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
EHCP No Yes Manual Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported
Gnupanel  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
H-Sphere  ?  ?  ? Miva, osCommerce, PrestaShop phpBB, AEF, PunBB, SMF Gallery, Piwigo WebChat Extropia, Advanced Guestbook, phpBook, BellaBook, VX Guestbook, Lazarus, RicarGBooK
HDE Controller X  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Hosting Controller  ? Yes Yes Numerous Options Numerous Options Numerous Options  ?  ?
i-MSCP No Yes Yes No No No No No
InterWorx  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
ISPConfig No Yes Yes No No No No No
ispCP No Yes Yes No No No No No
Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenPanel No Planned (APS) [24] Planned (APS) [25] Planned via APS [26] [27] Planned via APS [28] [29] Planned via APS [30] [31] Planned via APS [32] [33] Planned via APS [34] [35]
Plesk  ? Via APS Yes Miva phpBB Coppermine gtchat, CSLH No°
SysCP No Via APS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Froxlor No Via APS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Usermin Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Virtualmin Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes Yes Numerous Options[36] Numerous Options[37] Numerous Options[38] No Numerous Options[39]
Webmin Yes Yes Yes No No No No No

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Supported Backends

Control panel Web server FTP server Receive mail Send mail SQL programming languages
  Lighttpd Apache PureFTPd Vsftp ProFTPd Dovecot Courier Exim Sendmail Postfix PostgreSQL MySQL PHP Perl Python
Baifox  ? Yes Yes No No  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? No Yes  ?  ?  ?
cPanel No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DirectAdmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially)  ? Yes Yes  ? Yes  ?  ? Allowed, Not Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes
Domain Technologie Control No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
EHCP Possible Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Possible Yes Yes Yes Possible
Gnupanel  ? Yes  ?  ? Yes  ? Yes  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?
H-Sphere No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HDE Controller X No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Hosting Controller No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes  ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
i-MSCP Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No  ? Yes No Yes (4 or 5) Yes (5.x) Yes No
InterWorx No Yes No No Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
ISPConfig Not Officially Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Not Officially Yes Yes Yes Possible
ispCP Yes Yes  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes No Yes (4 or 5) Yes (5.x) Yes No
Kloxo Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenPanel Planned [40] Yes Yes Planned Planned Planned Yes Planned Planned Yes Planned Yes Yes Planned Planned
Plesk No Yes No No Yes No No  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SysCP Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes  ?  ? Yes  ? Yes Yes  ?  ?
Froxlor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Usermin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [41] Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [42] Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualmin Pro Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [43] Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
webmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [44] Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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