Hosting control panels offer unique interfaces, workflows and features. This chart outlines the differences:
Plesk | cPanel | |
---|---|---|
User Interface | ||
Site Preview | X | X |
Operating System | ||
Fedora® | ||
CentOS | X | X |
Windows® 2008 R2 | X | |
Ubuntu | X | |
DNS | ||
Addition/ Deletion | X | X |
Automated setup with new Website | X | X |
Virtual DNS support | X | X |
Subdomains | ||
Addition/ Deletion | X | X |
Redirects | X | X |
Software firewall | X | X |
Web Server Scripting | ||
ASP | Windows Only | |
Perl® | X | X |
Python | X | X |
SSI | X | X |
CGI | X | X |
Java | X | X |
Database | ||
MySQL® | X | X |
MSDE or MSSQL Express Windows Plesk Pack Pro (must be installed after upgrade) |
Windows Only | |
PHPMyAdmin | X | X |
Manage email accounts | X | X |
Supports Webmail | X | X |
Forwarding | X | X |
Auto-Response | X | X |
Mailing lists | X | X |
Spam filters | X | X |
Antivirus | X | X |
SSL | ||
Manage SSL certificates | X | X |
FTP | ||
Manage accounts | X | X |
Anonymous FTP | X | X |
Upload Directory | X | X |
Multiple FTP accounts per domain name | X | X |
Statistics | ||
Bandwidth reports | X | X |
User reports | X | X |
View error log | X | X |
Webalizer stats | X | X |
Intenationalization | ||
Multiple language support | X | X |