CPanel Isn’t THAT Great, People
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When I look through various web hosting sites, one thing is almost always made apparent is the fact that they offer cPanel as the hosting panel software. When Robin and I started thinking about offering web hosting services at Idlesoft, we also followed the crowd and decided to use cPanel.
Now, no business is successful when it first begins, and Idlesoft is no exception (in fact, we’re still in the red from past mistakes). After realizing that every month we only had a few dollars coming in, and 15 dollars going out to pay for the cPanel license, we knew it was important that we change. So, we setup Virtualmin along with Webmin, and we were ready to move on. Virtualmin offers many of the core features cPanel provides, plus a few extra features. Best of all, it’s free. In fact, there are many free or open source hosting panels out there, which means that there are that many more reasons why you should not use cPanel.
Now, this post was not meant to bash cPanel, or promote its alternatives. This post was written simply to make the point of not buying based on brand name. Not convinced? I’ll use a different example: clothing. Many teenagers today wear name brand clothing like American Eagle and Armani. As for myself, I go out to the nearest retail store and buy whatever is out on display. Instead of paying for the massive markup the brand brings, I get comfortable clothes at a price that is also comfortable for my wallet.
I hope you got my point, don’t waste money on cPanel, other software, or any other product because of it’s brand name.
