Im not trying to start a cPanel/directadmin, which is better all out flame war, im just wondering as cPanel seems to be the prominent one, will people perhaps decide not to host with me because they see directadmin?

cPanel is the most popular one I've come to see over the years. Directadmin you can do a lot with it but with cPanel its more user friendly.

I would suggest going with cPanel more users go with this one then any other control panel on the market. It's easier to manage and control.

we use both. Seems cpanel keeps improving them selves.

Direct admin is more cost affective.

Both recommended but cpanel is more recommended.

Well Both are good in my view. But my choice will be cPanel.

Love it or hate it, all else being equal, you'll get more signups with cPanel.

Love it or hate it, all else being equal, you'll get more signups with cPanel.

Well put! I agree!

Love it or hate it, all else being equal, you'll get more signups with cPanel.

I would have to agree with this! :agree:

Most people like CP though.. its easy to use with great user friendly features.

cPanel is/must be the winner. Its not only easy for the users but also for Web masters.

For personal use, I'd take either any day. Both have basically all the same features/similar addons, and both are very easy to use. However, I prefer cPanel for hosting and a little more in general than Direct Admin. I prefer the look and feel of WHM over Direct Admins administration area. Other than this though, everything else is kind of minor.

Before deciding on one to use, maybe look at a demo of each to see which fits your needs better?

I think people would like it better if they saw Cpanel. It's a more common control panel and with all the features it has people like that better.

I'm not going to enter in this debate other than to say that what you can do on cPanel you can do on DirectAdmin. DA has a more integrated interface with it's 3 user levels (admin/reseller/end-user) and the overall interface is streamlined.

If you want to know more, you can read my many posts about this already on here, but my vote goes for DA.

As much as I do like DirectAdmin (and use it), it needs a major facelift. They haven't touched the design/usability factors in as long as I can remember.

I'd say go with cPanel if you don't care much about resource consumption and like the comforts of performing admin work from a gui.

I also recommend going with cPanel so much more features.

Not having Cpanel alone will probably drive people away but there should be a small niche market for Directadmin customers, usually those who have already used Cpanel in the past and prefer a simpler control panel.

DA with its terribly outdated theme and primitive file manager isn't going to be a huge selling point. Perhaps you can compete on pricing since DA license is cheaper?

I also recommend going with cPanel so much more features.

DA and cPanel have pretty much the same feature set. In so many threads we have challenged the cpanel-group to tell us which features cPanel has where DA is lacking and no one ever steps up to the plate.

I use both, but prefer DA and other than the hand-holding that WHM does, the feature set it the same. If I can do it in cPanel, I can do it in DA, just in a different way.

I dont understand what you are talking about guys...you speak like learning how to work with DirectAdmin is just like learning mathematics...believe me that if you will offer only DirectAdmin this will not fear anybody... all the same features and named the same...if a person can read he will bear it...if not....believe me you dont need this customer :)

DA eating less resources of the server. What your clients mainly need is guaranteed uptime and fast connection, not nice looking interface of control panel :)

Good luck!

For the diff in $$ ... cPanel

Im not trying to start a cPanel/directadmin, which is better all out flame war, im just wondering as cPanel seems to be the prominent one, will people perhaps decide not to host with me because they see directadmin?

cPanel seems to be more popular. I find it easier to navigate around and less "technical" for the customers who just want a website. Only other factor though is price. cPanel is more expensive than DA. That's just my opinion though.

C panel is much preferable, it basically rules , with its user friendly features,easy not only for the users but also for Web masters.

Regards

Anirban

My vote for cPanel.

yeah .. I will also recommend cPanel. Excellent Control panel with very easy to use

I would have to vote for cPanel as well. As some users have said the base features are similar, but as the old saying goes the difference between ordinary in extraordinary is just that little "extra".

The one major short coming of DirectAdmin in comparison to cPanel is its language limitations. cPanel has considerable better 3rd party support as well. This results in 3rd Party apps like RVskin, RVsitebuilder, and Shoutcast. Not to mention cPanel's very user friendly Gaming app. The list goes on and on.

If you are reselling then I would suggest cPanel. But if its just a personal website I would suggest Direct Admin.

Im not trying to start a cPanel/directadmin, which is better all out flame war, im just wondering as cPanel seems to be the prominent one, will people perhaps decide not to host with me because they see directadmin?

Prospects/clients sometimes prefer the familiarity of cPanel, so it could be a potential loss in sales if you did not offer it. That said, does utilizing DirectAdmin allow you to pass any additional savings onto the clients?

-mike

cPnal got my vote. it's easy to work and to manage the server.

I prefer DirectAdmin myself

I used cPanel for a long time, and then switched to DirectAdmin when I began providing it to clients (because of cost efficiency). I'd always thought DirectAdmin was somewhat lesser, but I actually like it about as much as cPanel... cPanel/WHM feel like they have slightly more features, but I always ran into problems which I haven't had once with DirectAdmin. I feel like DA is a lot easier to use for new customers, too.

I 100% agree with that.

Both are quite distinct.
DA is very simple and cheap. cPanel is GRAND and expensive.
Some people dont like the Icon Interface of cPanel and prefer DA.
But Majority do prefer cPanel and its the biggest selling point.

DA has its own set of followers. Its not as big of a market as cPanel!

Regards,
Alons

cPanel - if you want user friendly

directadmin - cheap but less features

What features are you missing in DA that cpanel has? No one ever answers that question! :)

i think cpanel its better

Cpanel is more user friendly that DA but and customers like it...

I think it's just the reverse.

Scott... We give the choice to our customers between Cpanel and DA and 80% of them take Cpanel...
But personally, I was using DirectAdmin (because is great and with fewer bugs than cpanel) and now I love kloxo... :)

80% of them take cPanel because that's all they know. cPanel was first and promoted heavily. Many people think cPanel = web control panel and if you ask them the name of the web control panel, the first one and usually the only one they know is cPanel.

Our business is the other way around were we have 2:1 DA to cPanel accounts and we actively try to convert the cPanel group. Once they switch, they wonder why they didn't switch before! :)

You're right that many people think that Cpanel= Web control panel or the best control panel...

But honestly, I think that DA and other control panels are better and more powerful than cpanel.
But Ultimately it's customers who decide :)

Have a great day Scott :)

That is true, but by great marketing, we can lead them to their decision. I lay out the comparison and let them choose and for us, they choose DA more often than not. :)

cPanel any day. You will get more customers!

DA is good, but without any doubt- cpanel/ whm is more user friendly then any other control panel for end user.

WHM and cpanel together is a really nice setup if you are selling hositng.... from a users experience it really doesnt make a whole lot of difference. What matters is how much of a headache is the software. WHM plus cpanel is reallly really headacheless.

DirectAdmin is more user friendly, simple, Cpanel is the main choice for the majority.

cpanel is better...user friendly..an widely accepted

My vote is DA. There are hundreds of new users everyday looking for their first hosting accounts. They more than likely couldn't tell you one panel from another. Other than the users of this forum or similar ones, they probably never heard of either one. Between the custom panels out there and other commercial offerings, how can you really say Panel is the preferred choice of every webmaster new or old.

Are you sure Cpanel is the best? Is it because it is what you first used, use most often, or what you are marketed to like.

To the OP. You will loose the CPanel diehard customer no doubt, offering both is better. However, your not going to fail because of this decision alone.

My vote is DA. There are hundreds of new users everyday looking for their first hosting accounts. They more than likely couldn't tell you one panel from another. Other than the users of this forum or similar ones, they probably never heard of either one. Between the custom panels out there and other commercial offerings, how can you really say Panel is the preferred choice of every webmaster new or old.

Are you sure Cpanel is the best? Is it because it is what you first used, use most often, or what you are marketed to like.

To the OP. You will loose the CPanel diehard customer no doubt, offering both is better. However, your not going to fail because of this decision alone.

You make a point in that there is a difference depending upon whether you seek out people who are opening their first hosting account (DirectAdmin is then more acceptable), or whether you seek out those who already have a hosting account and are looking to transfer it (you may need to offer cPanel in this instance).

-mike

As an admin I find cPanel somewhat bloated, but, as others have said, it's the de facto standard that every customer has come to expect.