Linux Control Panels:
Cpanel
H-Sphere
Plesk
Ensim

Windows Control Panels:
Ensim
Webhosting Controller


Other than the ones listed above, and there any other public server control panels ?

Free ones: Simplecp, webcp and webmin (more of a server interface)

How much you rekon it would cost to pay to have plesk made ?

Originally posted by Andy252
How much you rekon it would cost to pay to have plesk made ?

Err, from scratch? Probably six figures -- and that's just for development. Add in everything else and it'll probably top seven figures.

7 Figures is quite extreme don't you think?

Originally posted by Neo3Net
7 Figures is quite extreme don't you think?

Well, I suppose. That's counting marketing and all of that nice stuff. That's if you wanted to build a war chest to topple Plesk :D

If you just wanted a really good control panel just like Plesk, you might be able to get it as low as the $50,000 range if you shop around. You really have to balance quantity and quality. Obviously, the larger your budget, the more options you have in terms of how complex you can get.

Have you used plesk? It is so limited and so feature-less.

Plesk could be programmed for 20,000 or even 15,000

Plesk is a very basic program.

I would say around 30-40k american programmers, if you got oversea's programmers maybe from 14k -25k...

Originally posted by Neo3Net
Have you used plesk? It is so limited and so feature-less.

Plesk could be programmed for 20,000 or even 15,000

Plesk is a very basic program.

I must be thinking about something else :D

I suppose you are right, it's not so big afterall.

LOL your all mad. I could get a basic version written for a few K and thats almost Plesk in itself.

I don't know where you are but in the USA programmers cost a bit.

However, Plesk could be programmed for only 5,000 or less if you found the right person.

Keep in mind testing as well as other things :)

Thanks

Originally posted by Neo3Net
However, Plesk could be programmed for only 5,000 or less if you found the right person.

"the right person"? Hehe, I'm sure it takes more than one developer to develop such a control panel. Saying that, I would think it would be a bit above $5,000 USD.

Originally posted by Neo3Net
I don't know where you are but in the USA programmers cost a bit.

However, Plesk could be programmed for only 5,000 or less if you found the right person.

Keep in mind testing as well as other things :)

Thanks

Well, it all really depends on what you're looking for :)

Some firms charge upwards of $5,000 just to familiarize themselves with your industry (if they're a general development firm with no specialty or industry affiliations.) Then there's the cost of meeting with the actual development team and/or representatives from the firm and developing the plan. Post-development costs can amass quite easily from marketing to maintenance (updates, literature, etc.)

Developing any application or product of value on a marketable enteprise level takes considerable time, effort, planning and capital.

And don't, for one second, believe something like this can be done in a few weeks (as some might say) or for "minimal" costs.

Hope this helps :D

By person I meant company. If you take us for instance we have 2 project managers and 5 programmers working on NeoPanel.

I am not going to release pricing but like I said programming is not cheap. And if you can get plesk programmed for a few thousand then go ahead and do it :)

Thanks

Originally posted by Neo3Net
By person I meant company. If you take us for instance we have 2 project managers and 5 programmers working on NeoPanel.

I am not going to release pricing but like I said programming is not cheap. And if you can get plesk programmed for a few thousand then go ahead and do it :)

Thanks

I couldn't agree more. A few thousand for something like Plesk sounds like a sweet deal :D

neo,

ive looked at neopanel features (too bad i cant get a demo since we wont be purchasing in bulk) and it seems to have waaay more features than plesk. really, a control panel isnt that big of a deal. the biggest piece is writing/adapting an httpd with ssl. the rest - you just need to be familiar with the ins and outs of configs for various stuff (i wish all configs were xml ;).

i actually quoted someone just over $3k to code a gameserver host control panel.

Sorry that we have limited demo's however, the retail final version will be out before the end of 2002.

Thanks

Im not sure how you could find a programmer to program plesk for 5k, but ive never used it either.. I know that the control panel we are currently working on development with has ran well over 5k,, doubled, and even more than tripled that amount easily and we are not finished.. .. Though it has many more features than plesk, and could be mostly compared to cpanel, but lacks some features and has some cpanel doesnt and vice versa.

7 or even 6 figures for a Control Panels is definately much! We (AIGC) made our own control panel within less than a month! We'd make one for you for a fair 4 or 5 digit number depending on what you want.. :)

Under a month? with a full list of features? most importantly: bug free? no way

Originally posted by AIGC
7 or even 6 figures for a Control Panels is definately much! We (AIGC) made our own control panel within less than a month! We'd make one for you for a fair 4 or 5 digit number depending on what you want.. :)

That's pretty much impossible unless you were Microsoft with a team of about 2,000 programmers -- and that's not counting the entire planning stage.

Would you care to provide some specs on the control panel you're talking about?

:D

Team of 6 professional programmers, totaling 22k already, on the 4th month and due to release in January(THATS BETA)....

You want one month with 4 figure's? I would have to say unless your paying yourself to do it or someone that owes you a huge favor you can forget it...

What programmer has the skills to do this in a month with descent results? And for a 4 figure price tag? Send them to me i have plenty of work for them:)

Wow one month is a bit much? Is it a modified version of WebCP or something?