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10-07-2009, 04:09 AM #1Temporarily Suspended
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cPanel or 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?
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10-07-2009, 04:12 AM #2Web Hosting Evangelist
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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.█ █ Jason
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10-07-2009, 05:12 AM #3Junior Guru
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we use both. Seems cpanel keeps improving them selves.
Direct admin is more cost affective.
Both recommended but cpanel is more recommended.MBT
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10-07-2009, 06:09 AM #4Newbie
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Well Both are good in my view. But my choice will be cPanel.
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10-07-2009, 06:15 AM #5Retired Moderator
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Love it or hate it, all else being equal, you'll get more signups with cPanel.
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10-07-2009, 06:22 AM #6Web Hosting Evangelist
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10-07-2009, 06:50 AM #7WHT Addict
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10-07-2009, 07:22 AM #8Support Facility
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Most people like CP though.. its easy to use with great user friendly features.
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10-07-2009, 01:06 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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cPanel is/must be the winner. Its not only easy for the users but also for Web masters.
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10-07-2009, 01:08 PM #10Newbie
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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?
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10-08-2009, 06:15 AM #11Web Hosting Guru
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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.
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10-08-2009, 07:35 AM #12We do WordPress!
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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.▐ hostingDifferent---We're hostingDifferent.™
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10-08-2009, 09:52 AM #13Aspiring Evangelist
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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.
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10-08-2009, 10:59 AM #14Temporarily Suspended
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I also recommend going with cPanel so much more features.
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10-08-2009, 12:16 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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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?
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10-08-2009, 08:36 PM #16We do WordPress!
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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.▐ hostingDifferent---We're hostingDifferent.™
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10-10-2009, 03:06 PM #17Newbie
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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!
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10-10-2009, 03:27 PM #18Junior Guru Wannabe
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For the diff in $$ ... cPanel
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10-10-2009, 08:50 PM #19Aspiring Evangelist
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10-12-2009, 04:19 AM #20Newbie
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C panel is much preferable, it basically rules , with its user friendly features,easy not only for the users but also for Web masters.
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10-14-2009, 02:01 AM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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My vote for cPanel.
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10-14-2009, 10:16 AM #22Temporarily Suspended
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yeah .. I will also recommend cPanel. Excellent Control panel with very easy to use
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10-14-2009, 02:43 PM #23Newbie
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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.
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10-14-2009, 04:44 PM #24Disabled
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If you are reselling then I would suggest cPanel. But if its just a personal website I would suggest Direct Admin.
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10-14-2009, 10:51 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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