The Best cPanel AlternativesTop Server Management Tools & Web Servers like cPanel

cPanel is described as 'The cPanel and WHM software package makes life easier for web hosts and the website owners they serve. It offers easy-to-use, powerful tools that perform essential tasks quickly, easily, and reliably' and is a very popular server management tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to cPanel for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows and Mac apps. The best cPanel alternative is Webmin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like cPanel are Vesta Control Panel, ispmanager, Plesk and Cloudron.

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  1. Webmin icon

    Webmin

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    Web-based admin interface for Unix-like and Windows systems provides modules for user, service, and network configuration, open source application management, security, backups, monitoring, automation, remote access, and firewall controls.

    70 Webmin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Webmin as an Alternative to cPanel
    Top Positive Comment
    idlesHand
    6

    Very powerful and flexible control panel for servers and vps. If you need to provide access to say web-hosting modules to a non-linux user than you can do so with granular access permissions so they can only break apache and not the ssh. ;-)

    Top Negative Comment
    Panjabi Khaled
    2

    closer alternative is cloudmin or virtualmin - and these two are now free.

    Nasch Dax
    Positive
    0

    I would not ever touch webmin again because once it is installed and you start really using it you will constantly miss functions. just google Webmin+docker and you'll see how it is not possible to integrate while it would have been no problem in virtualmin. Once webmin is installed you can NOT install virtualmin. but if you install virtualmin you have that and everything webmin. so unless you intend to trash the server later anyways you should absolute not ever use webmin.

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    • Most users think Webmin is a great cPanel alternative.

    • Webmin is the most popular Web-based, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to cPanel.

    • Webmin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to cPanel.

    • Webmin is Freemium and Open SourcecPanel is Paid and Proprietary
    • Webmin is Privacy focusedcPanel is not according to our users
  2. Vesta Control Panel icon

    Vesta Control Panel

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    Simple Hosting Control Panel

    Vesta is an open source Hosting Control Panel that is free to use under GPLv3. It provides an easy to use control panel that allows the management of websites, DNS, mail, backups, and more!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Vesta Control Panel as an Alternative to cPanel
    homosapien
    Positive
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    The project is discontinued.

    Guest
    Positive
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    Light, fast and easy to use.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Vesta Control Panel is a great cPanel alternative.

    • Vesta Control Panel is Free and Open SourcecPanel is Paid and Proprietary
  4. ispmanager icon

    ispmanager

     169 likes
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    Linux control panel for automating website, server, database, DNS, CMS, mail, security, and backup management, featuring file operations, Docker, VPN, granular user access, SSL, web servers, and integrated tools for developers and hosting providers.

    110 ispmanager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about ispmanager as an Alternative to cPanel
    Top Positive Comment
    Panjabi Khaled
    4

    The logic and overall UX is much friendly comparing to traditional control panels. I got my server ready for uploading a website in 5 minutes! Domains, email boxes, ssl certificates is a dream of newbie.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Easy to use. Up to 5 clicks for website import and it's really cheap even with DO server

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    John Wassen
    Positive
    0

    More regular updates. Better support. Not as complicated as Cpanel

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    • Almost everyone thinks ispmanager is a great cPanel alternative.

    • ispmanager is the most popular commercial alternative to cPanel.

    • ispmanager is Paid and ProprietarycPanel is also Paid and Proprietary
    • ispmanager is LightweightcPanel is not according to our users
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    Plesk

    WebOps platform providing global server, website, and hosting management. Features include dynamic dashboards, cloud compatibility, security, over 100 extensions, and multilingual support.

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    Plesk

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    WebOps platform providing global server, website, and hosting management. Features include dynamic dashboards, cloud compatibility, security, over 100 extensions, and multilingual support.

    65 Plesk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
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    Comments about Plesk as an Alternative to cPanel
    janloffler
    Positive
    4

    Plesk provides much better UX and it's the best solution for websites.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    better UX, support for docker, nodejs, automatic server repair, automatic OS updates etc.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Plesk is a great cPanel alternative.

    • Plesk is the most popular Windows alternative to cPanel.

    • Plesk is Paid and ProprietarycPanel is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Cloudron

     76 likes
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    Cloudron is a complete solution for managing apps & users on your own server. Easily deploy production ready apps from the app library and keep them automatically up-to-date. It even comes with a built-in email server and web clients!.

    59 Cloudron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Ajenti

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    Ajenti is a Linux & BSD modular server admin panel. Ajenti 2 provides a new interface and a better architecture, developed with Python3 and AngularJS.

    59 Ajenti alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Login
     
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    ISPConfig

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    ISPConfig 3 is an open source hosting control panel for Linux. ISPconfig 3 is capable of managing multiple servers from one control panel. ISPConfig is licensed under BSD license.

    41 ISPConfig alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Cockpit Project

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    Makes it easy to administer Linux servers via a web browser. It allows you to easily perform simple tasks like storage administration, inspecting journals, starting & stopping services, monitoring & administering several servers at once.

    32 Cockpit Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  12. HestiaCP icon

    HestiaCP

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    Hestia Control Panel is an open source web server control panel with an easy-to-use interface as a lightweight alternative to cPanel, Plesk, etc. Hestia It's also the continuation of the development of Vesta Control Panel.

    32 HestiaCP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about HestiaCP as an Alternative to cPanel
    dgaroorkee
    Positive
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    I have used mostly every open source panel but it's most reliable. It has everything with clean UI with cool dark mode. Thanks HestiaCP

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    • HestiaCP is Free and Open SourcecPanel is Paid and Proprietary
    • HestiaCP is LightweightcPanel is not according to our users
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    StartOS

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    StartOS is a browser-based, graphical operating system for a personal server that facilitates the discovery, installation, configuration, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.

    16 StartOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. aaPanel icon

    aaPanel

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    aaPanel provides the one-click function such as one-click install LNMP/LAMP developing environment and software. Our main goal is helping users to save the time of deploying, thus users just focus on their own project that is fine.

    17 aaPanel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  15. OpenResty Manager icon

    OpenResty Manager

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    The most simple, powerful and beautiful host management panel, an open source alternative to OpenResty Edge, allows you to easily secure reverse proxy websites running at home or on the Internet, including access control, denial of service attack protection, automatic...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • OpenResty Manager is the most popular SaaS alternative to cPanel.

    • OpenResty Manager is Free and Open SourcecPanel is Paid and Proprietary
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