# Comparison of web hosting control panels

The following sections compare general and technical information for a variety of web hosting control panel software packages.

## License and operating system support
### Free and open source control panels

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
| Control panel | License | Alive (last release) | BSD | Linux | Windows | Frontend | Backend | Plugin Support | VCS | IPv6 Support | Multiserver Support |
| AlternC | GPL 2 | 2017-11-07 | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP / Perl / Shell script | Yes | git | Yes | No |
| Domain Technologie Control | GNU LGPL | 2013/04/04 | Limited FreeBSD support | Yes | No | PHP | MySQL | ? | git | No | ? |
| Froxlor | GPL | 2024-03-29 | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP, MariaDB or MySQL | No | git | Yes | No |
| i-MSCP | GPL, MPL | 2018-05-16 | No | Yes | No | PHP | Perl, C | Yes | git | Yes | No |
| ISPConfig | BSD | 2024-06-20; 8 months ago | No | Yes | No | PHP | PHP, MariaDB or MySQL | Yes | git | Yes | Yes |
| Kloxo | AGPL | 2011/11/13 | No | CentOS (6 not currently supported) or Red Hat EL 5.x | No | PHP | PHP, MySQL | No | git | No | Yes |
| Usermin | BSD style | 2024-04-15 | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | ? | tarball | ? | ? |
| Virtualmin | GPL | 2024-03-24 | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | tarball | Yes | Partial |
| Webmin | BSD style | 2025-03-17; 2 days ago | Yes | Yes | Partial | Perl | Perl | Yes | git | Yes | Yes |
| Zentyal | GPL | 2024-02-26; 12 months ago | No | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | git | ? | ? |

### Proprietary control panels

Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
| Control panel | Alive (last release) | BSD | Linux | Windows | Frontend | Backend | Plugin Support | HTTP/2 Support | IPV6 Support | Multiserver Support |
| cPanel & WHM | 2024-04-19 | FreeBSD version retired | Yes | EOL | Perl | Perl, MariaDB, MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DirectAdmin | 2024-06-01 | FreeBSD version retired | Yes | No | C++, scripts, PHP, Vue.js | C++, scripts, PHP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting Controller | 2024-03-30 | No | Yes | Yes | .NET | MSSQL | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ispmanager | 2024-10-10 | No | Yes | No | Vue.js | C++, Python | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plesk | 2024-04-16 | No | Yes | Yes | PHP | PHP, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualmin Pro | 2024-03-24 | Yes | Yes | No | Perl | Perl | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |

## Remote access

Some control panels allow shell (console) access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring that the client-side computer use Java Virtual Machine software. Other control panels allow direct access using telnet or secure shell (SSH).
| Control panel | FTP | Anonymous FTP | Terminal | File browse/upload/download HTTP frontend |
| cPanel & WHM | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
| DirectAdmin | Yes | Yes | SSH | Yes |
| Domain Technologie Control | Yes | ? | SSH | Yes |
| Hosting Controller | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
| i-MSCP | Yes | No | SSH | Yes |
| ISPConfig | Yes | Yes | SSH | No |
| ispmanager | Yes | Yes | SSH, panel console tool | Yes |
| Kloxo | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
| Plesk | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
| Usermin | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
| Virtualmin | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
| Virtualmin Pro | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |
| Webmin | Yes | Yes | SSH, Java Applet | Yes |

## Email management

While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.
| Control panel | Antivirus | Antispam | Forwarders | Mailbox quota | DomainKeys | DKIM |
| cPanel & WHM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DirectAdmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Domain Technologie Control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting Controller | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| i-MSCP | Optional | Optional | Yes | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| ISPConfig | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Possible | Yes |
| ispmanager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kloxo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plesk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Usermin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Virtualmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualmin Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Webmin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |