It's harder to manage and people want the easier way out. I would not offer my customers anything other than cPanel because I know it is a standard in web hosting and if I don't, I'll get a drastic decline in customers.

Most hosting customers probably don't, but the host's themselves still must use them for the low level server management. I have a hunch they'll always be there for the "everything went wrong" scenarios.

I would think command line management is nearly gone for any heavy use hosts.

I've used Cpanel for years--great product and their tech support is really top notch. I also use VHCS, which is a great product for a free one, but it requires some Linux skill installing and has fewer of the tools.

We sell our shared accounts with cpanel because the public seems to like it. All of my personal hosting I use DirectAdmin for security and it being stable.

Hello,

There are many control panels available for servers:

Linux: Cpanel, Plesk, Helm, Hsphere, Ensim, Direct Admin.
Windows: Plesk, Ensim, Hsphere.

Thank you.

Regards,

cPanel is great to use, but I heard that we cant use it on windows server. is it right?

Cpanel seems to be the standard for most web hosts, but I prefer it for it's built-in features and customization, and also because it's the control panel that most people are familiar with. The friends and family that I host know their way around cpanel, but if they ever have questions, I can help them directly since I'm familiar with it as well.

Correct http://www.cpanel.net/products/cPane...quirements.htm - only works on Linux/BSD. I do believe they were planning a Windows version, but, they've been planning it for years - it'll be out when it's out, if it ever appears

For Windows servers, I quite like Plesk (www.swsoft.com) - but Helm (https://www.webhostautomation.com/) is also worth a look.

Thanks Stewart,

Do you have any idea of integrating plesk with our website so our users can signup directly for hosting account from our website?

I might be the only one here, but I definitely prefer Plesk and it's what we provide to all of our users. I find it's laid out quite nice, you have your domains, can go into them and everything is grouped together rather than thrown all into one big glob.

hozyali, you're looking for something like Modernbill to allow signups and automatic Plesk provisioning.

Im not aware of ModernBill... but Yes I want auto signup for hosting account from our website.... We have hosting templates in plesk with different quotas and features allotment. and we need our users to signup for hosting account directly from our website. Do you have any idea ?

Thanks

cPanel is the way to go.

What billing software do you use?

The only one that I have direct experience with is cPanel, and so far, I really like it. It easy to use and gives you plenty of tools to use to manage your site. It seems to me to be one of the most popular control panels out there. Lately though, it seems I have been hearing a lot about HSphere.

none at the moment.