DirectAdmin Web Hosting

DirectAdmin Web Hosting – Web Hosting with DirectAdmin Control Panel

DirectAdmin (http://www.directadmin.com/) – Direct Admin is the control panel I currently use and my control panel of choice. Its feature set is not quite as extensive as Cpanel (especially in its reseller panel), but its navigation for specific features is the best of any control panel. There is no clutter in the direct admin user interface and things are very easy to find.

DirectAdmin also has the fastest loading time of any of the control panels I’ve used. Although it lacks some of the advanced features that Cpanel has, it has the features that will satisfy 99% of all webmasters. You can easily create FTP accounts, manage databases, create e-mail accounts, run crobjobs, and auto-install some of the most popular scripts available. Direct Admin even has an easy Ruby-on-Rails plugin that can be had for $10/month if you want to try out the Ruby programming language. Direct Admin also has 3 levels of user administration that are server administrator, reseller administrator, and end users so defining different roles on server management is not a problem. The control panel is easily skinnable and support for Direct Admin by its staff is pretty good. The one thing I have against Direct Admin is its MYSQL and PHPMYADMIN security which is easier to break than other control panels because of the way it is designed. That being said, there are some easy server configuration options to eliminate this problem so it should not be a big issue.

Direct Admin is also less than half the price of Cpanel at only $200/year per server compared to Cpanel’s $425. If your looking for a cheap panel that is efficient, user-friendly, and gets the job done, then DirectAdmin is the way to go.