cPanel and Plesk are both control panels: the dashboard where you manage files, databases, email accounts, domains and SSL certificates. On our hosting, the panel follows the operating system:
- Linux hosting runs cPanel.
- Windows hosting runs Plesk.
So the real question is not which panel looks nicer. It is which operating system your site needs.
Choose Linux and cPanel if...
- your site is built with PHP: WordPress, WooCommerce, Joomla, Laravel, most PHP scripts,
- you use MySQL or MariaDB databases,
- you are not sure. Most websites run on Linux.
Our Linux hosting runs cPanel on the LiteSpeed web server and CloudLinux, with the CXS scanner watching for malicious uploads, on servers in Germany and France. Plans are delivered instantly and start from $1.71 a month. If WordPress is all you run, WordPress hosting starts from $4.62 a month.
Choose Windows and Plesk if...
- your site is built on ASP.NET or classic ASP,
- it needs Microsoft SQL Server,
- it depends on other Windows-only components.
Our Windows hosting runs Plesk on servers in the Hetzner datacenter in Germany, from $1.72 a month.
Side by side
| Linux hosting | Windows hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel | Plesk |
| Built for | PHP, WordPress, MySQL | ASP.NET, MSSQL |
| Servers | Germany and France | Germany (Hetzner) |
| From | $1.71 a month | $1.72 a month |
| Delivery | Instant | Instant |
Moving an existing site
If your site is hosted elsewhere today, we transfer it to our Linux hosting for free. Tell us in a ticket after you order.
Hosting for clients
If you build sites for clients, reseller hosting lets you sell hosting under your own brand, with cPanel or Windows, from $7.95 a month.
Not sure what your site runs on? Send us the address in a presales ticket and we will tell you which plan fits.