Before you pick it
cPanel is licensed per server and priced by how many accounts it carries, so the tier you choose changes what you pay every month. Worth deciding before the server exists rather than after.
When it is the right call
Clients who already know it
If your customers expect cPanel, retraining them costs more than the licence.
Migrating in from elsewhere
cPanel-to-cPanel transfers are the smoothest migration there is.
Otherwise, HosTpanel is free
Same job, our own software, nothing to license. Worth comparing before you commit.
cPanel wants room
The panel and its services use real memory before a single site is added. Start here rather than on an entry tier, or the first busy site will feel it.
From order to a working cPanel
Pick cPanel as the image
The licence is added to the monthly price.
Wait out the install
It is a long one — longer than the other images.
Log in to WHM
Credentials are in your dashboard.
Create your first account
And point the domain at the server.
Straight answers before you deploy
Not on this image. It activates the licence we bill you for.
The licence stops with it. Take your backups first — they are portable, the licence is not.
Ready when you are.
Configure a server now. Your account is created right before payment, with the configuration saved.