Cpanel vs directadmin

whistleclient

Platinum Member
Apr 22, 2001
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about to choose a hosting site. wondered your thoughts on the two control panels.

didn't know if this should go in Off Topic or Software-Apps. Most hosting threads end up in Off Topic so I went here...

 

Twista

Diamond Member
Jun 19, 2003
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Mine uses cpanel, which im quite happy with. It feels like windows xp vs 2000.
I would like DA, but when you look @ it from another point.. its just the control panel and the website looks good wether CP or DA ;]
xp-DA
2k-DA
 

ed21x

Diamond Member
Oct 12, 2001
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i used cPanel back when Diexysys was offering their promotion. It was a horrible interface.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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I've been using Cpanel for years and for basic stuff I really like it. I command-line in directly otherwise (linux server).

Never heard of DirectAdmin but looks pretty neat after doing some googling.
 

randomlinh

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DA. It just looks cleaner and better organized. There's only one ore two cPanel skins that are decent, and no one seems to use them. Also, I didn't think DA was available for windows based servers, it's a linux only thing.