Computer Geeks

QBall15j · #11 03-07-2006, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by James72

How much does cpanel cost?
I always thought it was free/open source... am I wrong?

For current pricing check out this page on the cPanel site.
http://cpanel.net/dist.cgi

MMeffert · #12 03-08-2006, 07:57 PM

I would not want to pay that every year for Cpanel but if you were a hosting company it would be good to have because it is so widely used and it is a known standard.

Soulwatcher · #13 03-08-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MMeffert

I would not want to pay that every year for Cpanel but if you were a hosting company it would be good to have because it is so widely used and it is a known standard.

I will agree with you on this one, if your just running personal websites. I do not see the point of paying all that money for cPanel. Depending on who you co-locate your server with you could rent cPanel for $25+ per month. But thats still $300 per year. And as I said before Webmin is free and it can do any thing cPanel can do plus some.

MMeffert · #14 03-09-2006, 05:56 AM

I think a lot of hosts use it though because it is well known and people want to see that they are using a well known control panel like that on there servers and people most likely have used it before then on another host or somewere,

Rogue · #15 03-13-2006, 06:40 AM

I really like the ease of cPanel, and the fact that there are custom skins available for it.

I do agree though - cPanel is so dominant, it's become..."implied" with everything. Webmin (which I've never heard of) seems like a decent program, but just doesn't have the flexibility, look, or features that I want.