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