Hi all,

Can someone explain what H-SPHERE is, what it does and is it like Plesk or Ensim?

How is the per license fee charged and what amount of licenses can you purchase as a minimum.

I know its $4.50 per license so does that mean that I can buy a 10, 20, 30 etc domain license?

Do they include or exclude subdomains?

Thanks,


Brian

Have you looked at the makes of H-Sphere, Positive Software (http://www.psoft.net/)? You should be able to find the information there, look through their FAQ pages.

H-Sphere is just another control panel, just like CPanel, Plesk and Ensim. I've considered using H-Sphere, but decided to stick with CPanel at the end. From what I remember, I think there is a minimum number of licenses that you have to buy, might be 50 or could be 100. I've just looked at the website and it doesn't mention the minimum, so you might need to contact them for that. The license is for each account, so you can create as many sub-domains within one account. Also, when you make one account, for one customer, they can create as many domains as they want, so it supports multiple domain hosting and you still pay for one license.

The good thing about H-Sphere is that it includes a billing and support ticket system.

Alan

Thanks. Its the license bit that Im stuck with. The company that has my server says they will install H-SPHERE for $4.50 a domain.

So do they mean that if I say for starters I'll have just 10 so start off, so I only pay $45.00?

This is whats troubling me cos on h-sphere's website you can purchase in 100 account license?

Thanks,

Brian

So do they mean that if I say for starters I'll have just 10 so start off, so I only pay $45.00?Yes, that's right. But ask if they have a minimum number of domains that you need to purchase, which means the minimum number of licenses.

Alan

There site states there is a $95.00 installation fee, is this payable by me or my server host?

My server host is a hsphere reseller?

Thanks,

Brian

The installation fee is only if you don't have H-Sphere on your server already. If you've got a dedicated server and it's not got it on, then the installation fee should be paid by you. But if H-Sphere is already on the server, then it's just a matter of adding the license to the server.

May I ask what host you are with?

Alan

Hostmania.net sub of Transoptics.com.

Thanks,

Brian

I suggest at this point that you contact your host and ask if there is any setup/installation fee. I would have thought that there will be. Sine you have a dedicated server who offer's H-Sphere, the software has to be installed first and that's chargeable, so I doubt your host would pay the charge for you :).

Alan

Originally posted by Realist
The company that has my server says they will install H-SPHERE for $4.50 a domain.
It's important not to confuse "domains" with "users." HSphere counts licenses as users, not domains. Each user can have any amount of domains it wants, all for free (limited only by the webhost/reseller).

The webhost (who owns/operates the HSphere server(s)) must purchase licenses in bulk (100 min from psoft @ $4.50 a pop). They can also lease/purchase from a reseller and the pricing/structuring may change.

The end-user/reseller 'leases' the licenses from the webhost who operates the machine(s) and owns or leases the licenses. The licenses never belong to the end-user/reseller (unless some agreement is made or something and that could get messy).

In the end, the end-user/reseller uses licenses from the webhost's license pool. The license pool costs the webhost money, so the webhost may or may not pass the costs down to the end-user/reseller. When the webhost runs low or runs out of licenses, they just get more!

All licenses are one-time costs, unless otherwise arranged by a webhost or H-Sphere reseller.

Hope all that makes sense. :)

Thanks Alexander, you've explained it much better than I did :).

Alan

Thanks M8 :) great help.

So my host were my server is might just charge me $4.50 for a number of accounts. Who pays the setup fee?? Them ot me as stated on H-SPHERE site?

Thanks,

Brian

In H-Sphere! how do you setup your own DNS for the main server IP and how do you in turn setup clients accounts to have there own DNS?

Brian

you creat the dns for your domains in the admin panel.

when customers sign up it will create the dns records for them for thier domains.

http://www.psoft.net/HSdocumentation/

It's all in there and very well documented. :)

Thanks Guys.

60% of me is going for H-SPHERE and 40% for Ensim?

Dont know what to do?

Help.

Brian

I have never used Ensim before. So, I can't comment on that. But hsphere is a great product. It is very stable and psoft developers offer pretty good tech support if needed. They also release new features and bug fix regularly. However, like many people said before, their admin control panel isn't easy to learn. It will take a while to get use to it. But the good thing is they have very detailed manual. If problem arise, email them and they will get back to you within 12-24hours. Pesonally, we like it very much.

If you are getting hsphere licence directly from psoft. I think 100 accounts pack is the min requirement. That is $450 + $95setup fee. But if you go with their distributor, you might get only require to buy 50 accounts pack.

Yes I have since found out from my host the distributor that I can get a 50 licence at $225 and $95 install ($320).

Then all thats needed is the 20% upgrade fee every year ($50)

I have for now opted for Ensim as it was the fastest control panel to install and perhaps later restore the server to H-SPHERE.

Thanks lads,

Brian :)

Ensim is a good choice... I think between H-Sphere and Ensim, I would too have made the same choice. The reason is probably because Ensim is much easier to use (personal choice) and with the new features they've added in the 3.1 version, it makes it a much better product.

Alan

I wanted H-SPHERE due to the fact that it had billing, support tickets etc all built in. But I do find that for the likes of me, the outlay is the major factor.

Other that that, my host Hostmedia.net and especialy CS has been great and all my questions have been answered fully.

Thanks,

Brian