cPanel alternatives
At 1 server with 10 sites, cPanel costs $53.99 a month. 3 server control panels cost less, from $0 (Coolify). The closest match, Plesk, covers 92% of what cPanel does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What cPanel does
Core: Sites and apps on your server, Email on your domain, Client and reseller accounts, Non-WordPress sites & apps (partly), Agency & reseller tools.
Important: One-click app catalog (partly), WordPress management (partly), Databases from the dashboard, Automated site backups (partly), DNS hosting, Firewall & malware protection (partly), SSH, Git & WP-CLI (partly).
Also has: Cloud server provisioning (partly), Git push deploys (partly), Preview deployments (partly), Docker and any-language apps (partly), Team roles and permissions (partly), Multi-server scaling (partly), Open source and self-hostable (partly), API, CLI and AI agents (partly), Domain registration (partly), AI site generation (partly), Free site migrations (partly), 24/7 expert support (partly), Application performance tracing (partly).
Alternatives to cPanel at 1 server with 10 sites, best match first
- Plesk: $13.55/mo Yearly-billed EUR price, converted; status unconfirmed (Web Admin (1 server, up to 10 domains)). It covers 92% of cPanel; missing or partial: Agency & reseller tools (partly), Multi-server scaling, AI site generation. Free plan: none.
- Coolify: free Self-hosted free; Cloud $5/mo + $3 per extra server (Self-hosted edition (free), 1 server with 10 apps and 1 admin). It covers 55% of cPanel; missing or partial: Email on your domain, Client and reseller accounts, WordPress management, Databases from the dashboard (partly), DNS hosting. Free plan: Self-hosted edition is free forever with unlimited servers, apps and users; you supply the servers.
- Laravel Forge: $12/mo Excludes your cloud server bill (Hobby plan at monthly billing: 1 external server, unlimited sites). It covers 53% of cPanel; missing or partial: Email on your domain, Client and reseller accounts (partly), One-click app catalog, WordPress management, Databases from the dashboard (partly). Free plan: none.
Other kinds of products that cover part of cPanel
- Render (Hosting): covers 59% of cPanel; missing or partial: Email on your domain, Client and reseller accounts, WordPress management, DNS hosting, Cloud server provisioning
- Heroku (Hosting): covers 57% of cPanel; missing or partial: Email on your domain (partly), Client and reseller accounts, One-click app catalog, WordPress management, DNS hosting
- Railway (Hosting): covers 55% of cPanel; missing or partial: Email on your domain, Client and reseller accounts, WordPress management, Databases from the dashboard (partly), DNS hosting
- Hostinger (Web & WordPress hosting): covers 40% of cPanel; missing or partial: Sites and apps on your server, Email on your domain (partly), Client and reseller accounts, One-click app catalog, Databases from the dashboard (partly)
Prices at every size
- cPanel: 1 server with 10 sites $53.99/mo, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users $269.95/mo (Monthly price inferred from 8.4% annual saving)
- Plesk: 1 server with 10 sites $13.55/mo, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users $67.74/mo (Yearly-billed EUR price, converted; status unconfirmed)
- Coolify: 1 server with 10 sites free, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users free (Self-hosted free; Cloud $5/mo + $3 per extra server)
- Laravel Forge: 1 server with 10 sites $12/mo, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users $19/mo (Excludes your cloud server bill)
The panel or management fee only, per month on monthly billing; the servers you rent cost extra and aren't included. A free self-hosted edition counts as $0 when it allows commercial use and covers the scenario.
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