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ISPConfig vs Virtualmin

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When comparing ISPConfig vs Virtualmin, the Slant community recommends ISPConfig for most people. In the question“What is the best open-source web hosting control panel?” ISPConfig is ranked 1st while Virtualmin is ranked 3rd.

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What is the best open-source web hosting control panel?

What are the best alternatives to Cpanel ?

Pros

Pro
Pleasent interface

Pro
Lightweight

Pro
Support PHP 7+

Pro
Pro reseller

Pro
Admin, reseller, client panel

Pro
Once you get over the learning curve it is easier to use

No need for Certbot to get Let's Encrypt Certs. Done with a couple of clicks.

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Lets you quickly have a good update-to-date server that hosts multiple sites with little fuss

You can use it to:

Host multiple types of websites (blogs, shopping carts)
Host a mail server with zero problems sending/receiving from the Google.
Have customized backups to a remote server
Use your second instance as a slave DNS server
Use CSF firewall, which is integrated (as a plugin)

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Cons

Con
Poorly named users for clients and websites

When you create your first "client" they are given a system user name but this name doesn't appear when using the command line. Instead they are called client1, then client2... etc. When you add a domain to any client then it gets its own user as well but the first web site gets web1, then web2... etc. This becomes incredibly confusing very quickly and creates lots of gotchas.

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Bad support

Even if you pay those 5 Eur for the doc, and after that you ask for help with install, there's no answer.

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Bad support

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Not postgresql

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Not mature from data Migration perspective

Not mature from data Migration perspective.
All of this hosting panel lacks on seamless migration.
The option to migrate web domain data from one host to another is missing.

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Pretty clunky and lacks polish

It's not the prettiest product out there, but if you intend to either put your own front end on it, or just use it for non "mums & dads", then it's great.