What is the best free control panel for a VPS?

DefaultUser · Jan 23, 2017

I'm new to anything other than shared hosting and I am looking for some information on many things. One of them is about the control panel options for a VPS. I am thinking that if I do get a VPS I might use a free control panel but don't know anything about them.

I am wondering what is the best free control panel for a VPS?

Houston_Datum · Jan 23, 2017

DefaultUser said:
I'm new to anything other than shared hosting and I am looking for some information on many things. One of them is about the control panel options for a VPS. I am thinking that if I do get a VPS I might use a free control panel but don't know anything about them.

I am wondering what is the best free control panel for a VPS?

Best free control panel to sell VPSs or as in something like VestaCP?

MotionGrafika · Jan 23, 2017

For beginners who are new to VPS and server management, I would recommend you to use CentOS web panel, it is easy to use and add websites.
After installed it, you can add domain names to it and upload files to your websites to use immediately. There are some configurations you can concern but they are advanced configurations and you can study from hosting articles on the internet or asking some experts on the forum.

Luxin Host · Jan 23, 2017

VestaCP is the best free one however I suggest you invest in the $5 extra a month and get a Plesk panel.
it is easy to use, has many functionalities and very affordable.

You can get the first 30days for free with Plesk as well.

LJSHost · Jan 23, 2017

If you are looking for free I suggest you checkout Webmin, it's very decent and has a big open source community.

NickR · Jan 23, 2017

In addition to all the panels listed in this thread, check ISPConfig and Froxlor too. Pick the one that suits you the most. All of them have demos online.

Pavel Sirovatskiy · Jan 26, 2017

Check ISPconfig or Webmin. If you also consider a low-cost commercial panel, then you can probably also consider ISPmanager (4 EUR/month in retail).

DefaultUser · Jan 27, 2017

Houston_Datum said:
Best free control panel to sell VPSs or as in something like VestaCP?

Not for selling VPS's but for hosting and running our websites that are ours. Any recommendations?

MotionGrafika said:
For beginners who are new to VPS and server management, I would recommend you to use CentOS web panel, it is easy to use and add websites.
After installed it, you can add domain names to it and upload files to your websites to use immediately. There are some configurations you can concern but they are advanced configurations and you can study from hosting articles on the internet or asking some experts on the forum.

So with the advanced configurations I don't have to deal with those if I don't want to?

Luxin Host said:
VestaCP is the best free one however I suggest you invest in the $5 extra a month and get a Plesk panel.
it is easy to use, has many functionalities and very affordable.

You can get the first 30days for free with Plesk as well.

Is the 30 day's free automatic when you get it or is that something that requires a promo code or something?

LJSHost said:
If you are looking for free I suggest you checkout Webmin, it's very decent and has a big open source community.

Is Webmin easy to use for a novice that only knows cpanel for the most part?

NickR said:
In addition to all the panels listed in this thread, check ISPConfig and Froxlor too. Pick the one that suits you the most. All of them have demos online.

I have heard of ISPconfig but I don't think that I have heard of Froxlor, is it easy to learn for a novice?

Pavel Sirovatskiy said:
Check ISPconfig or Webmin. If you also consider a low-cost commercial panel, then you can probably also consider ISPmanager (4 EUR/month in retail).

That's a good price for ISPmanager, is it easy to use?

IgorG · Jan 31, 2017

If you talk about free panel - I'd suggest VestaCP.

Hostpad · May 4, 2017

Webmin is best & free control panel for vps.

techman · Jun 8, 2017

I'm recommending Webmin as well, if there's no budget for better alternatives :crazy:

Aree · Oct 27, 2017

I would go for Webmin. For two good reasons.

One, Webmin has been used longer by more people. So it's a matured software. There will always be bugs but most would have been detected and rectified. Two, Webmin has a large community of users who can provide help, when needed.

I am not saying that the newer control panels are not good. It's just that I don't usually like to fiddle around with new things. It's like when Windows 7 came out. I was still using Windows XP because it still worked for me.

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