cPanel is clearly the leading control panel for server administration, resellers, and general website management.\u00a0 However, this software is not perfect, and its shortcomings may warrant users to seek alternatives.\u00a0 The two biggest drawbacks to cPanel is its status as a closed product that limits extendability and a license that is not very cost effective for smaller companies.\u00a0 If you find the limitations or costs of this award-winning control panel to be a bit much, here are some free alternatives that may pique your interests.<\/p>\n
Web-cp <\/strong><\/p>\n An open-source solution, Web-cp is a derivative of Web:\/\/cp and picks up right where that project left off.\u00a0 It utilizes a four layer module system that supports server, reseller, domain and email management, which is becoming standard functionality in many premium control panels.\u00a0 And just like the original project, Web-cp is written in the PHP language so it should not put much, if any, additional stress on the server.\u00a0 This control panel makes it a great option for the server that lacks power but still needs to run a great deal of add-on software components.<\/p>\n VHCS <\/strong><\/p>\n VHCS is another free open-source control panel that makes a viable alternative to cPanel.\u00a0 The feature list for this panel is impressive, consisting of support for server and domain management as well as extensive reseller capabilities.\u00a0 VHCS is compatible with a nice selection of Linux distributions, including Debian, CentOS, SUSE and Fedora.\u00a0 Perhaps the most unique aspect of this control panel is the fact that the software is written in a collection of compiled and interpreted languages, which gives it common capabilities and a little edge as well.\u00a0 Its graphical user interface is written in PHP for web page support, its back-end daemon is written in C, and the engine is written in Perl to enable streamlined system management.\u00a0 On the surface, VHCS seems to be a worthy free alternative to the mighty cPanel.<\/p>\n Webmin<\/strong><\/p>\n Webmin is a free control panel distributed under an open-source license.\u00a0 It is heavy on Perl programming and Spam Assassin in addition to several other applications one would expect from a good cPanel competitor.\u00a0 Webmin also has additional counterparts that are also free, most notably, Usermin and Virtualmin.\u00a0 Usermin is a more stripped down version that allows users to manage their webmail while Virtual Min, which comes in a free and paid version, is the control panel designed for resellers.\u00a0 Boasting robust features such as cluster server management, Webmin is currently one of the most popular free alternatives to cPanel.<\/p>\n Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n When looking for a cPanel alternative, keep in mind that price is not necessarily the most important factor.\u00a0 Whether you are out for something that is open or closed source, the product should be easy to use, well supported, and most importantly, efficient for your needs.\u00a0 And while cPanel may not be able to suit every requirement, remember that it is number one for a reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" cPanel is clearly the leading control panel for server administration, resellers, and general website management.\u00a0 However, this software is not perfect, and its shortcomings may warrant users to seek alternatives.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19,20,58,1445,210,1443,566,1442],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-control-panels","tag-control-panel","tag-cpanel","tag-open-source","tag-vhcs","tag-web-server","tag-web-cp","tag-webmin","tag-website-management"],"views":146,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}