Many companies offer control panels to manage your server and perform many administrative tasks easily. Two of the most popular control panels for dedicated servers are cPanel and Plesk. They both provide an easy to use interface to create and manage web hosting services. They both offer extensive options and features for configuring your server and websites. They are the perfect choice whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced user. With either cPanel dedicated servers or Plesk dedicated servers you can be sure your website will be easy to configure and maintain.
Even though they can both perform generally the same tasks, they have their differences. When it comes to administration and users, plesk is based on the user who logs in and the privileges he has. Whereas cPanel has an entire section called WHM completely devoted to the admin users responsible for configuring and maintaining the server. Both end up doing the same thing which is configuring and creating accounts and websites, server administration, updates, backups, general tasks and more. With cPanel, the end users will login directly to their cpanel control panel which is a different login page than the Web Host Manamgent (WHM) used for administration. This end user panel will permit the user to create his website, use FTP, create emails, general administration tasks and other features related to their website hosted on the cPanel dedicated server.
With plesk, all the features and tools provided are accessed on the same website and the control is based on which users logs in. Once again, administrators will have access to all the features plesk has to offer whereas if an end user logs in, he will only be able to control features related to his own website, similar to cPanel. A major difference between both is that Plesk has been running stable on both Linux and Windows. cPanel has just made its entry in the Windows market and only supports the 2008 version. So if you want a Windows dedicated server, we recommend Plesk.
In conclusion, we believe both control panels offer great tools and features to have complete management over your dedicated server. You can perform all the tasks needed to perform full server administration as well as provide web hosting services. Two great leaders in the web hosting control panel market. |
