Comparison of web hosting control panels
The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of web hosting control panel software packages.
License and operating system support
Free and open source control panels
Proprietary control panels
Remote access
Some control panels allow shell access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring that the client-side computer use Java Virtual Machine software. Other control panels allow direct access using telnet or secure shell.| Control panel | FTP | Anonymous FTP | Terminal | File browse/ |
| cPanel & WHM | ||||
| DirectAdmin | ||||
| Domain Technologie Control | ||||
| Gnupanel | ||||
| H-Sphere | ||||
| HDE Controller X | ||||
| Hosting Controller | ||||
| i-MSCP | ||||
| InterWorx | ||||
| ISPConfig | ||||
| Kloxo | ||||
| Plesk | ||||
| Usermin | ||||
| Virtualmin | ||||
| Virtualmin Pro | ||||
| Webmin |
Email management
While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.| Control panel | Antivirus | Antispam | Forwarders | Mailbox quota | DomainKeys | DKIM |
| cPanel & WHM | ||||||
| DirectAdmin | ||||||
| Domain Technologie Control | ||||||
| Gnupanel | ||||||
| H-Sphere | ||||||
| HDE Controller X | ||||||
| Hosting Controller | ||||||
| i-MSCP | ||||||
| InterWorx | ||||||
| ISPConfig | ||||||
| Kloxo | ||||||
| Plesk | ||||||
| Usermin | ||||||
| Virtualmin | ||||||
| Virtualmin Pro | ||||||
| Webmin |