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Preferred control panel? (cPanel vs DirectAdmin vs Plesk etc)

Best panel?

  • cPanel

    Votes: 22 57.9%

  • DirectAdmin

    Votes: 8 21.1%

  • Plesk

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 2 5.3%

  • No panel

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Kloxo

    Votes: 4 10.5%
  • Total voters
    38
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If you're using shared hosting, or reselling, or even just want a panel on your own dedicated server, which control panel do you prefer?

Which is the best? And why?
 
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Personally I like DA.
cPanel has tons of options, so it was literally made for noobs, but yeah, I do most of my stuff through SSH now, so DA pretty much goes hand-in-hand with SSH if you know what you're doing.
 
For shared hosting: Cpanel
Reason: cpanel is good if you are on a shared host, it has a lot of options.
i have not used DA cant say much.

For my personal use: kloxo
Free and easy to manage.

if i dont need a panel just nginx with php would do and it more faster solution for me.
:)
 
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DA is much lighter on the server compared to cPanel
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Well about this I do have to say that there is requirements for cPanel to run on your server so of course its not for every server. But I mean c'mon, most servers that hosts are offering are off the charts with stats. Almost any server can run it without any problems, especially if your a big host where people only like cPanel. Seems like people run away on shared hosting when you tell them you offer kloxo.

I have to go with cPanel hands down. I don't think it's made for noobs. Why wouldn't you want something simple to use and is stable and secure at the same time. I don't understand. Plus it also has alot of support for cPanel. Unlike the other control panels, there isn't too much support.

cPanel hands down. :|

P.S. I have a VPS that I run kloxo with for my own personal use. cPanel not needed. :|
 
Well yeah most servers can handle cPanel, but that's beside the point. Wouldn't you rather the resources given to cPanel tasks for your website?

I've seen quite noticeable differences between servers with no panel and cPanel, with DA not so much.
 
cPanel for me. It's simple and easy to use. Tried kloxo, it's nice but it just isn't as good as cPanel and in case you screw something up, you always can fix it with cPanel cause everything is pretty straight forward.
 
Webmin, although I like to do everything via ssh it is still useful for setting up and cofiguring mysql, apache & bind.
 
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I think that cPanel is a good choice for those new to website hosting and development. cPanel is very user-oriented, and you can get "the hang of it" fairly quickly.
 
I think cPanel will be #1 for a long while, it's really easy to use and well instructed as well as more and more new Addons coming out for it, it makes it much easier to use
 
No panel for me.

A control panel is just a frontend to the functionality you already have via a terminal, so I don't need one. All I need are zsh, vim & screen and any other useful linux util :)
 
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