What's the best for a VPS, Free or paid control panels?

Polymath · Jan 18, 2017

I'm going to be getting a hosting service with my first VPS and I am looking into control panel options. What's the best for someone to use for their first VPS, a free or a paid control panel?

Any input and information will be appreciated a lot. Oh, it will be on a Linux VPS.

24x7CSM · Jan 18, 2017

Depend on the purpose of the VPS you have , if you are looking to provide hosting services with this VPS then the leading control panels like Cpanel , Plesk or Direct admin should be in use .. Cpanel is most popular and well known.

If its for your personal use then CentOS Web Panel , Webmin will be good for hosting your personal website .

and if its for testing development etc... then I think no control panel is needed.

So it depends on the purpose and how you are going to use it.

Houston_Datum · Jan 18, 2017

Are you looking to provide like cPanel or something from the VPS? That would basically tell us what your planning on doing with it hence the type of control panel you need.

vpsrus · Jan 18, 2017

Polymath said:
I'm going to be getting a hosting service with my first VPS and I am looking into control panel options. What's the best for someone to use for their first VPS, a free or a paid control panel?

Any input and information will be appreciated a lot. Oh, it will be on a Linux VPS.

As you say "you are getting the first hosting service for your VPS" so if intention is to sell shared hosting I will tell you cPanel and will cost you about $ 14.00 /m in case that you are going to host your own websites you can choose VestaCP it is light very easy to configure and has lots of features.

Gecko · Jan 18, 2017

There are several different options, both free and paid but helping you find the right control panel for your uses will be easier if we knew if this would be a VPS that you are using for hosting your own website/s or what other use you might be using the VPS for.

HyperHost · Jan 18, 2017

I can agree with you @vpsrus, about VestaCP. But free panels do not offer so many options as paid.
You can try free version and if you`ll see that you need more features you can choose the other

eva2000 · Jan 18, 2017

for free panels, try them first hand on hourly vps provider like linode or digitalocean and see which you're comfortable with

Polymath · Jan 18, 2017

Thanks for all the replies. The VPS will be for me to learn a little bit first before I go and create some sites on it. I'm used to cpanel and some of the other panels used on shared hosting but unfamiliar with what would be the best choice for VPS use.

Of course I would prefer a free option but if I can't find one then paid will work.

HostYourNet-DR · Jan 18, 2017

Are you looking to install VPS for personal use or are you looking to reseller services and have the clients control them though say 3rd part software like WHMCS?

If yes for personal use i would suggest VMware its completely free and easy to use.
if yes for Reselling VPSrus has the best suggestions here. there are other options but they are paid.

LJSHost · Jan 18, 2017

Hi Polymath,

If the server is hosting a lot of domains I would go with cPanel, it's the most expensive option but worth it imo.
If only hosting your own sites checkout Webmin it's free and very decent.

Number Ek · Jan 18, 2017

Which vps service did you get? to start with ? & specs/plan? :great:

hostens · Jan 18, 2017

For your first meet with VPS management I would suggest going with a free control panel, try as many of them as possible. Install VestaCP see how it works, what options it has, then reinstall VPS and install Webmin, then ISPConfig, then CWP or any other. After that you will be able to tell which control panel suits your needs. If you are going after licensed control panel then there is not too much to choose from cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, ISPManager. All of them have their own advantages and disadvantages.

OffshoreDedi · Jan 18, 2017

cPanel is the most advised control panel as it provides full control over the server optimization and full options .....

XiNiX · Jan 18, 2017

Paid options : cPanel , directAdmin and InterWorx
Free : VestaCP , Kloxo MR and CentOs Web panel

Polymath · Jan 19, 2017

vpsrus said:
For sure cPanel is the best-paid CP on the market, easy to install easy to manage and lots of features, others panels you will need a little more knowledge to run, but if you want to learn, try VestCP, Virtualmin for those are free.

Which is better between VestCP and Virtualmin if I wanted to learn with a free option?

HostYourNet-DR said:
Are you looking to install VPS for personal use or are you looking to reseller services and have the clients control them though say 3rd part software like WHMCS?

If yes for personal use i would suggest VMware its completely free and easy to use.
if yes for Reselling VPSrus has the best suggestions here. there are other options but they are paid.

Is VMware easy to learn?

LJSHost said:
Hi Polymath,

If the server is hosting a lot of domains I would go with cPanel, it's the most expensive option but worth it imo.
If only hosting your own sites checkout Webmin it's free and very decent.

It would probably have 5-10 with maybe more later.

Number Ek said:
Which vps service did you get? to start with ? & specs/plan? :great:

I haven't bought one yet but will when I find out enough info.

hostens said:
For your first meet with VPS management I would suggest going with a free control panel, try as many of them as possible. Install VestaCP see how it works, what options it has, then reinstall VPS and install Webmin, then ISPConfig, then CWP or any other. After that you will be able to tell which control panel suits your needs. If you are going after licensed control panel then there is not too much to choose from cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, ISPManager. All of them have their own advantages and disadvantages.

If I install one then don't like it then how hard is it to change to another?

XiNiX said:
Paid options : cPanel , directAdmin and InterWorx
Free : VestaCP , Kloxo MR and CentOs Web panel

I haven't seen any information on Kloxo, is it a good option for a free control panel?

Pavel Sirovatskiy · Jan 19, 2017

If you're just doing it to learn, then it would be reasonable to use open source options. However, please keep in mind that you would probably get used to your first choice control panel pretty swiftly, and if you will decide to change a panel later, it might be difficult. So choose wisely

I'd recommend choosing between cPanel, ISPmanager, Plesk for commercial ones, and ISPconfig, Webmin, Vesta for open source.

HostYourNet-DR · Jan 20, 2017

What Gecko said,

once you starting use a current control panel your kinda stuck cause they do not allow you to move backups/files easy between each other its there way of making you stay with them!

HostYourNet-DR · Jan 20, 2017

Thats why you lock the GUI down. I do like GUI centos its a real help exp when ssh just hates me at time!!

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vpsrus · Jan 20, 2017

I understand your point but for a noob shell based would be a little difficult but again maybe not

eva2000 · Jan 20, 2017

Oh for web hosting as business yes control is a must and cpanel is the one to use.

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