Plesk

Pros

1. Very clean interface2. Easy to setup3. Inexpensive

Cons

1. Support is just ok2. Can break if misconfigured

Pros

Plesk enables us to effecively manage all aspects of our server. From managing server-level processes to easily adding adding and customising client applications such as wordpress and joomla, Plesk makes web production infinitely easier than it would be with other well known panels.

Cons

The only con I can come up with is the price! Plesk does come with a cost, however that cost is more than worth it. The only improvement I can offer would be to make the service free, however understandably that would never happen. :)

Pros

It had all the features I was looking for

Cons

The back end was buggy, I had several times where my website went down

Pros

Extremely simple to set up compared to competitors. It is responsive and resilient. Plesk comes feature rich with a vast extensions catalogue that will easily take care with the majority of needs asked of a control panel.

Cons

Price of extensions can easily add up and eat at your budget and profit margins. You also need to know what you are doing as you can break a server if you dig a bit too deep without having some experience.

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Pros

Easy of use, Stability and security . No need to type codes or do endless searches on the net to find a solution (ignoring if it will make the server worse). plesk is so stable that you can sleep peacefully on both ears.

Cons

Missing an option that all admin want to have; country blocking

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Pros

What can I say, Plesk is the go to server management software. It makes everything so easy. The UI is second to none and a single click can install applications, encrypt websites and run audits.

I really like the login button on wordpress sites this makes updating wordpress a breeze. The add ons are all priced really well and the whole package offers value for money.

Cons

Overall the software is very user friendly, but it would be nice to be able to declutter some of the workspace and limit the amount of options. to enable the lest tech savvy members of the team to use it well.

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Pros

It's easy to install, it even has a once command installer that does all for you, more it's easy to use even for not so technical people on server part, it does automatic updates for you, security it top notch even checking for sql injections. You can even integrate it with git and pull your website fast and easy to the server.

Cons

Nothing, I like all about it, it's perfect.

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Pros

Almost contains full features for configuring the server and websites, it's easy to use and helping me a lot.

Cons

The menu category of the features list, sometimes it's really hard to find some specific features.

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Pros

It does what it says and its foolproof. Pretty much anyone over the age of 13 could setup this software with a little bit of networking knowledge

Cons

I didnt like the fact that if you want to go above using basic functionality you would have to pay. Feels like a pay to win type of game :D

Pros

Competitive Price
WordPress Tools
Ease of Use
Customer Service

Cons

the migration tools need a lot of care and new development, especially when migrating from cPanel to Plesk.
I have to pay for many important addons and I believe it should be part of Plesk features but not to pay extra for it.

Pros

1. Easy to host and manage WordPress sites on this server.2. Offers the ability to backup files automatically.

Cons

Could be quite tricky for starters; requires improvement on user training.

Pros

For me who manage small hosting services in VPS is a fantastic choice: it is fast, fast, at an affordable and reliable price. He certainly loses in the competition with Cpanel but this is not necessarily a negative point. Finally UI and UX are really good.

Cons

It doesn't integrate well with Cloudflare and that's really a shame, the mailbox management isn't perfect and for anything you have to pay. And A lot. The subscription to a classic antivirus often costs as much as 3 times the subscription. Often these services are nothing more than adaptations of open source code.

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Pros

To me the best hosting panel with great features constantly update and integrations i love this panel every day

Cons

To me no have any cons to this admin panel because have all tools to work in best place

Pros

Plesk automates 99% of server management and billing tasks. Supports almost every payment processors out there. No programming skill required to set it up. Powerful auto backup features keep backup of your business and customer data every moment. From it’s simple interface, you can start a powerful web hosting business within an hour.

Cons

Little expensive for small business or individuals.

Pros

more and more often I find servers managed by plesk, its graphical interface and its plugins offers many features such as git management and much more. highly recommended !! Requires less ram then other tools.

Cons

I use it almost daily and have no problems

Pros

* The administrative dashboard is very intuitive and easy to use.
* Many options of additions.
* Support for many technologies (several versions of PHP available, Docker and NodeJS).
* It can be installed in many flavors of Linux, even in Windows
* Integrates general security tools and a specific one for WordPress.

Cons

* Something expensive.
* Many add-ons imply additional recurring costs.
* The TCO of the solution tends to be elevated even for simple solutions.
* Although normally it does not have security flaws, these exist.
* Plesk handles the recurring collection of the license (either monthly or annually) through a third party, if it expires it can be a hell to renew it, make sure you never fall into that situation.

Pros

- No need to touch the command line anymore
- Easy to use
- Secure
- Makes it possible to host over 400 websites

Cons

- Quite expensive for the Web Host edition with unlimited domains

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Pros

Very powerful and feature-rich. Can be set up for web hosts or for internal company use. Low cost. Allows administrators to automatically keep server software up to date.

Cons

Takes a little while to learn. Since it has so many features, it can be overwhelming at first for some.

Pros

Compared to other products, the server management is another world and even more so for people with little knowledge of terminal code.

Cons

Maybe comparing other products, the lack of some specific functions. But that does not hinder at all the good performance it has.

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Pros

Plesk cuts through the complexity of server and hosting management with a stable easy to use interface. I can't remember encountering any bugs, and find its cost quite reasonable for the power it brings.

Cons

There's a level of complexity in the software which could be an obstacle for some users.

Pros

Arrangement, UI, Ease Of Use, Flexibility to manage domains and sub domains, Free Extensions :)

Cons

Database backup and management interface,My little admin is poor and old UI

Pros

We were using plesk on an Azure Virtual Machine to manage our server and host our websites. It is a powerful tool that allows you to host websites in just a few clicks.

Cons

Occasionally, servers crash with plesk when a php update has failed. Plesk does the necessary to fix it in error but we are forced to do an action by hand

Pros

Relatively easy to handle since many otherwise difficult tasks can be done with a relatively simple user interface.

Cons

Always a bit slow in implementing strong security, like HSTS took years to implement, to name just an example. So you always have to tinker about if you want to have it as secure as possible.

Also, nowerdays almost every new feature gets implemented as seperate addon you have to pay a monthly fee for. They simply want to make money with everything.

Pros

Great for multi web site hosting. Ability to customize

Cons

Missing some essential functions (till now)

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Pros

I have used Plex for several years now. It allows you to manage hosts on both Linux and Windows easily. It's much. better than Cpanel and other ancient looking tools

Major Pro's
1. Reliable functionality - doesn't run out of memory when trying to work with large files
2. UI is modern and fast
3. Works with both Windows and Linux data center hosting

Cons

Would love functionality to manage these servers on the go (mobile web or apps)

Scheduled cron job functionality could be a good value add service

Pros

Securtiy and ease of use. Deployment and management is madd for the average and experienced user.

Cons

That i hadnt discovered it sooner and saved myself some headaches.

Pros

Plesk interface first of all is so easy to use. Secondly, we managed to perform multiple website migration, following server migration. Restoring our WordPress instances, with zero error is seamless with WordPress.

Cons

The updates are tiresome. It would be great if this can be automated.

Pros

Plesk is indeed a great tool. It's complete, it's secure, it has a good performance so yes, it's a great tool. I just don't give it 5 stars because I feel cPanel to be more complete.

Cons

In my opinion, cPanel is a more complete solution and simpler to use. Have been using both systems for many years now and I always feel that options in cPanel are more intuitive and require less clicks to reach where we want

Pros

Plesk has very nice and customizable user interface and there is allot of plugins you can install so you can customize it so it best fits your requirements.
You can monitor the performance of your website you can create databases emails manage storages and allot more Plesk has allot of things that are my favorite

Cons

The thing that i like the least about plesk is creating a superuser is very very hard specially when it comes to passwords you can only have the password that is given by the server providers i want this to be more flexible

Pros

Comprehensive and good solid support over the many years

Cons

No MFA on email makes it difficult to retain users required to have it

Pros

Improved interface, firewall options, and the ability to manage server updates seamlessly.

Cons

Monitoring and notifcations could be better.

Pros

Easy to use, customizable with great support

Cons

Lacks support for managing Microsoft SQL Server

Pros

Easy to Use, subscription addition and oveusage monitoring, monitoring of server resources, ease of availability of statistics, ability to create user and assign required roles, integration with smartermail or mailenable,budget friendly

Cons

Plesk takes long time to doll out new features, should give more options to harden the server from the panel itself

Pros

Found it easy to deploy, GUI is easy to navigate with a bit of a look around and I like that you can brand it with your own logos.

Cons

Some functions like scheduling could do with more functionality and setting up monitoring was a little difficult.

Pros

Plesk is an excellent solution for managing many websites from a single control panel. It is a powerful tool with several capabilities that allows you to do a lot more with your website. You may establish e-mails, FTP accounts, and SSH accounts, as well as an excellent tool for WordPress and Joomla. You may design your own membership plans that limit or enhance the resources available to each customer. The programme is simple to use and offers all of the functionality required for website hosting administration.

Cons

What I detest is that many additions need a further licence. The learning curve is a bit steep if you're coming from the Control Panels utilised by the more eminent domain hosting companies. More in-depth films to teach new users how to use various tools would be beneficial. It has all of the necessary Extensions, but it is lacking in reviews, and additional webmail choices should be provided. However, it is the best, simplest, and most user-friendly control panel that is vital.

Pros

Without a doubt, plesk is an excellent tool for its simplicity in managing servers and the large community it has that facilitates learning and managing servers on a daily basis. Plesk360 was the best solution that the functionalities have ever added, as it allows you to manage several servers in a single environment, where you can access any server comfortably and control the licenses.

Cons

In the last 2 years Plesk has changed its prices and at this moment what I least like is the pricing.

Pros

Well, Plesk offers one of the best web management technologies. I personally run 3 WordPress websites that are hosted on the Digital Ocean VPS and I manage every single operation on these websites smoothly using the Plesk panel.Firstly, Plesk is super easy to install and it runs perfectly (without any glitches) on the latest versions of Ubuntu and CentOs. It has too many extensions that are super useful for my site's performance. For example, the speed kit extensions perform better with WordPress than the default Litespeed cache plugin. it's easy to configure and works extremely well.It also provides hard-guard security, run by the Kaspersky anti-virus technology which keeps my websites free from malware attacks and there are just too many positive specs.Plesk is great in terms of security, performance, capability, and affordability. The Web Admin EditionVPS plan is sufficient for my needs.I love how friendly and responsive the customer support service is.

Cons

I have had no negative impressions about this tool so far. It's great as it meets my business needs.

Pros

It is a complete package with variety of features which makes it one of the best in the market. Some of the highlights are mentioned below:

- Backups are performed regularly.

- Easy backup recoveries.

- Simple and intuitive website management.

- Support for migrations from various known systems.

- Git, Nginx, Node etc comes out of the box and easy to setup.

- Due to the intuitive UI, the learning curve is mild so any new user can pick up really quickly and get started in no time

Cons

There's nothing majorly wrong with Plesk but of course, nothing is perfect so it has some issues with version controlling and CI/CD setups as it sometimes does not works as expected with could potentially result in not fetching properly from the remote repository and ultimately failing CI/CD pipeline.

Apart from the above issue, it works smoothly

Pros

Mostly everything! Plesk is great platform for managing a large number of website for clients. You can create and customise your own subscription plans, limiting or extending resources per client. The software is intuitive and you have available the essential features for managing website hosting.

Cons

One missing feature that would be very useful. The ability to upgrade your databases to newer versions of MySQL (5.5 > Current). Plesk already provides the capabilty to upgrade the PHP versions per website. Having the feature to upgrade the databases would be an extremely useful addition.

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Pros

Plesk is easy to set up, provides a feature-rich user interface for managing multiple websites. Supports Nginx, regular backup, and migration from popular web hosting management systems. The pricing for VPS with 10 domains starts at $11 per month which is an unbeatable price in the industry.

Cons

Plesk does not offer a single site license.

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Pros

Simple to use and amazing user interface that is self-explanatory even for newbies. The best one click install for Let's Encrypt for certificates.

Cons

Lack of more tools to create a tailor-made experience.

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Pros

I like how organized is the user interface in Plesk. All functions are well displayed on the left sidebar, or you can easily find them using the search bar on the top of the screen.

Cons

There are certain functions that I believe So are confusing like the breadcrumbs between the global options and specific domains and websites options.

Pros

its layout, functionalities, and simplification of each menu really are splendid.

Cons

the pricing may be a bit high but it's really worth the money.

Pros

- PHP versions handler and nginx options for every website.
- Full backup options: Incremental and integration with external sites
- Fail2ban and others security options.
- Extensions Catalog for more features
- Updates manager for Plesk and OS system packages.
- WordPress Tool Kit to work with this popular CMS most easy and with bulk options
- Online control panel with intuitive dashboards and CLI options for Shell also
- Manage easy Let's Encrypt and others SSL certificates for every website
- Active 'User Voice' (plesk.uservoice.com)

Cons

- It isn't Open Source.
- It needs better options for configure cache systems.
- It needs more options for limit RAM/CPU and other resources by website/subscription/client.
- It needs easy options for upgrade default PHP version for run by system/Plesk.
- It needs Better support in spanish and others languages.
- There isn't a lot of extensions in catalog
- It needs more options for development stage easy with every website
- It needs license plans more flexibles

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Pros

With Plesk you get remote REST API that you can interact with the panel remotely, very useful for admins and developers who want to automate some features with their websites. I like Plesk Installer where I can select and install extensions, components and new PHP versions. Plesk gives you easy management of PHP handling as FPM, CGI or FastCGI. The Apache vs Nginx setup is so easy I can play with them for example set Nginx for proxy and media caching etc and get instant results. I can generate a new LetsEncrypt certificate with the click of a button. Plesk let's you scan directories for Composer and if it finds any you can update dependencies as well as change Composer mode from production to development including additional packages for better development. And the latest and best feature for me is Git integration where you can deploy your repo to your public directory.

Cons

The free version of Plesk (Web Admin SE) has some limits, and you need to upgrade to another version for more features.

Pros

The user interface is easy to use. Plesk has all the different server options in easy to understand sections ready to be customised.

Cons

When you want to do anything that Plesk can't do, can be hard to work out how to make the change or add the server tool you want.

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Pros

Plesk is well built to achieve its purpose, allowing for efficient resource management. Its vps capabilities are also quite advanced.

Cons

Its minimum 10 domain license means there is no way in for single site users.
Its update system can also sometimes be wuite a challenge to resolve.

Pros

I've used plesk as my web hosting platform for about 15 years now. The latest incarnation runs on Amazon Web Services which makes it extremely easy and inexpensive to setup. The other big competitor is CPanel which in my opinion has fallen behind in development in comparison to Plesk. Web hosts pick one usually and get comfortable with that, but I believe Plesk to the most comprehensive and easiest to use for my hosting clients.

Cons

They need to work more on the user interface as it's hard to find your way around sometimes. But you can find out how to do what you need with a little looking around.

Pros

Plesk has a nice, easy and very intuitive design. It has great features and each upgrade is better than the last. You can configure domains, emails, services, etc.

It is really easy to configure any part of your server and everything you need for your web application. It has integration with GIT, Docker, and much more... In addition you can see logs in real time, which is very useful when you have to detect any problem.

Cons

It could be a bit more economical, when you are a freelancer who has just started it is a bit expensive to pay month by month.

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Pros

Plesk gives all user roles (users, administrators, etc.) the power to perform any action required to maintain and control multiple websites alongside with everything that is included (databases, files, emails, etc.). Not only that the vast library of addons that cover every need that arises or is not covered by the main system. It is a highly configurable and expandable system that should be used on any hosting installation.

Cons

The only thing that is a bit frustrating is the initial difficulty in applying updates on the main system due to a misconfiguration of the ports that are required by Plesk.