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

Licence and Operating system support

  Licence Free Open Source BSD Linux Windows Frontend Backend Plugin Support IPV6 Support Multiserver Support
Baifox GPL Yes Yes No Yes No PHP PHP, SQLite ? ? ?
cPanel Proprietary No No Yes Yes Partial / Beta Perl Perl Yes ? ?
DirectAdmin Proprietary No No Yes Yes No C++ C++, scripts, PHP Yes Partial ?
Domain Technologie Control GNU LGPL Yes Yes Limited FreeBSD support Yes No PHP ? ? No ?
Gnupanel GPL Yes Yes No Yes No PHP PHP ? ? ?
H-Sphere Proprietary No No Yes Yes Yes Java Java Yes ? Yes
HDE Controller X Proprietary No No No Yes No PHP PHP ? Yes Yes
HELM Proprietary No No No No Yes .NET MSSQL ? ? Yes
Hosting Controller Proprietary No No No Yes Yes .NET MSSQL Yes No ?
i-MSCP GPL Yes Yes No Yes No PHP Perl Yes No No
InterWorx Proprietary No No No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes ? Yes
ISPConfig BSD Yes Yes No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Partial Yes
ispCP GPL Yes Yes Yes Yes No PHP Perl No No No
Kloxo (formerly named Lxadmin) AGPL Yes Yes No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL ? ? Yes
OpenPanel GPL, Plugin API LGPL Yes Yes Planned Debian Planned C++, AJAX Core: C++, Modules: Any language Yes Partial Planned
Plesk Proprietary No No Yes Yes Yes PHP PHP/MySQL ? Yes ?
SysCP GPL Yes Yes Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Yes No
Froxlor GPL Yes Yes Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Yes Partial
Usermin BSD style Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ?
Virtualmin GPL Yes Yes Yes Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial
Virtualmin Pro Proprietary No No Yes Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial
Webmin BSD style Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Perl Perl Yes Yes Yes
WebSitePanel BSD Yes Yes No No Yes .NET MSSQL Yes ? Yes

Remote access

Some control panels allow shell (console) access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring 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
Gnupanel ? ? SSH ?
H-Sphere Yes Yes SSH Yes
HDE Controller X Yes Yes SSH Yes
Hosting Controller Yes ? ? Yes
HELM 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 Planned SSH Planned
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 support 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
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 No No No
InterWorx Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
ISPConfig Yes Yes Yes Yes Possible Yes
ispCP ? Optional Yes ? ? No
Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
OpenPanel Planned Yes Yes Planned Planned Planned
Plesk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SysCP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (broken)
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 which are accessible

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 ? ? ? ? ? ?
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) Planned (APS) Planned via APS Planned via APS Planned via APS Planned via APS Planned via APS
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 Numerous Options Numerous Options No Numerous Options
Webmin Yes Yes Yes No No No No No

° Available through third-party script-installer plugin Installatron.

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
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 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 Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualmin Pro Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
webmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

References

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  • AlternC
  • cPanel
  • DirectAdmin
  • Domain Technologie Control
  • Froxlor
  • i-MSCP
  • InterWorx
  • ISPConfig
  • Ispmanager
  • Kloxo
  • Plesk
  • Usermin
  • Webmin
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