Comments on: Server Control Panel Comparison http://blog.GORGES.us/2009/05/server-control-panel-comparison/ Web Sites that Grow Your Business - our blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Clark http://blog.GORGES.us/2009/05/server-control-panel-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Matt Clark Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:16:40 +0000 http://blog.GORGES.us/?p=112#comment-23 Hi Paul, Plesk is better and has more features, but find out if all these features are worth the (much) higher cost. To us, these features are critical in a control panel: web hosting, mail hosting, database management. And ISPConfig handles these core features very, very well. For the "core" features and vanilla-type needs of customers, Plesk/CPanel are rated 10 and ISPConfig is 8 out of 10. However I'd rate Plesk and CPanel both as 8, and ISPConfig as 6 for overall value because sometimes customers just want something out of the ordinary, be it a special package, unique mail routings, or divided services. Then you have to fight with the system and hope your changes don't affect other users. Open Panel wasn't yet released when we started our journey, and I see that it is still in beta. If you are on a budget, I'd recommend ISPConfig over a beta version of Open Panel, but I have not fully-reviewed the Open Panel features. Running DNS through a registrar like GoDaddy makes a LOT of sense since it makes less work for you. We have started doing that ourselves, although we still have production DNS servers running since some of our clients are not registered through GoDaddy or another DNS-enabled registrar. I see your reference to Mosso Cloud, and feel another blog article starting in my brain. We have developed some cloud applications, but have had mixed results with dedicated-VM servers. For our standalone hardware-based servers, we have all the tools necessary to track down poor performance issues should they arise. However sometimes our VM-hosted apps just feel "slow" but we don't know why. We just have a small slice of the CPU and bandwidth of that computer, and sometimes is just is not enough. Matt Hi Paul,

Plesk is better and has more features, but find out if all these features are worth the (much) higher cost. To us, these features are critical in a control panel: web hosting, mail hosting, database management. And ISPConfig handles these core features very, very well.

For the “core” features and vanilla-type needs of customers, Plesk/CPanel are rated 10 and ISPConfig is 8 out of 10. However I’d rate Plesk and CPanel both as 8, and ISPConfig as 6 for overall value because sometimes customers just want something out of the ordinary, be it a special package, unique mail routings, or divided services. Then you have to fight with the system and hope your changes don’t affect other users.

Open Panel wasn’t yet released when we started our journey, and I see that it is still in beta. If you are on a budget, I’d recommend ISPConfig over a beta version of Open Panel, but I have not fully-reviewed the Open Panel features.

Running DNS through a registrar like GoDaddy makes a LOT of sense since it makes less work for you. We have started doing that ourselves, although we still have production DNS servers running since some of our clients are not registered through GoDaddy or another DNS-enabled registrar.

I see your reference to Mosso Cloud, and feel another blog article starting in my brain. We have developed some cloud applications, but have had mixed results with dedicated-VM servers. For our standalone hardware-based servers, we have all the tools necessary to track down poor performance issues should they arise. However sometimes our VM-hosted apps just feel “slow” but we don’t know why. We just have a small slice of the CPU and bandwidth of that computer, and sometimes is just is not enough.

Matt

]]> By: Paul http://blog.GORGES.us/2009/05/server-control-panel-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Paul Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:51:17 +0000 http://blog.GORGES.us/?p=112#comment-22 Nice article. Ok. Quick question. I currently use Plesk (Linux). In your mind how would you rate ISPConfig compared to Plesk? (Say on a point system.) Also have you ever used Open Panel? How would that compare to ISPCOnfig. I want something simple, yet robust enough to manage multiple sites, SSL, DNS. I'm looking for a solution for Rackspace's Mosso Cloud Servers. I really don't want to get into creating patches and customizations. Will I have to, with ISPConfig? In regards to DNS, can I just manage this through another system, so like GoDaddy? Nice article.

Ok. Quick question. I currently use Plesk (Linux). In your mind how would you rate ISPConfig compared to Plesk? (Say on a point system.)

Also have you ever used Open Panel? How would that compare to ISPCOnfig. I want something simple, yet robust enough to manage multiple sites, SSL, DNS. I’m looking for a solution for Rackspace’s Mosso Cloud Servers. I really don’t want to get into creating patches and customizations. Will I have to, with ISPConfig? In regards to DNS, can I just manage this through another system, so like GoDaddy?

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