Control panel license cost calculator
What a year of cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin licenses costs for your servers and hosted accounts, from the vendors' own prices, checked in October 2026.
ArcPanel is a free, open-source control panel for Linux web servers. It runs web domains, mail, DNS, databases, SSL and backups from one dashboard and one command line, with no license keys and no per-account fees.
Your servers
License cost for a year
For 1 server with 30 accounts each, cPanel licenses cost $593.52 a year today and $648.89 from 16 December 2026. ArcPanel has no license fee.
| Panel | Plan | Per server, per month | Per year, all servers | Next published prices | Per hosted account, per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cPanel | Pro billed yearly | $49.46 | $593.52 | $648.89 a year from 16 December 2026, +$55.37 (+9.3%) | $1.65 |
| Plesk | Web Host billed yearly | $57.74 | $692.88 | $813.89 a year from 1 January 2027, +$121.01 (+17.5%) | $1.92 |
| DirectAdmin | Standard billed monthly | $29.00 | $348.00 | No published change | $0.97 |
| ArcPanel | No license | $0.00 | $0.00 | No license fee | $0.00 |
- Solo, Admin and Pro are sold for VPS only; a dedicated server needs Premier.
- Web Admin manages its owner's own sites; customers need Web Pro and resellers need Web Host.
- DirectAdmin gives an automatic 15–40% volume discount from four Standard licenses, paid from a prepaid balance; it is not applied here.
Not included
- Add-ons and billing software: CloudLinux, Imunify360, KernelCare, Softaculous and WHMCS.
- Partner and volume discounts, and tax.
- The move itself: ArcPanel installs on a fresh Debian or Ubuntu server, and accounts, mail and databases move to it. We move servers for you from $199 per server.
- Your own time.
Next step
Try ArcPanel on a fresh server in about fifteen minutes, or ask us to move your servers.
Questions
Why does ArcPanel cost $0?
ArcPanel is free software under GPL-3.0-or-later. There is no paid edition and no license key: every user runs the same public release on as many servers and accounts as they like. Paid support plans buy time with the engineers, never code.
Which prices does the calculator use?
The vendors' own store prices in US dollars, before tax: yearly billing where the vendor offers it, otherwise twelve monthly payments. Partner and volume discounts, add-ons and billing software are not included. Each price list links to its source and shows the month it was checked.
When do the new prices start?
The calculator shows a vendor's next price list once the vendor publishes it, and switches to it on the date it takes effect. In October 2026, cPanel had published prices from 16 December 2026 and Plesk from 1 January 2027.
What else does moving to ArcPanel cost?
A fresh Debian or Ubuntu server, because ArcPanel does not convert a cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin server in place, and the time to move accounts, mail and databases. We move servers from cPanel and DirectAdmin for you from $199 per server.
Can I share my result?
Yes. The address of the page holds your numbers, so a copied link opens the same result.
Sources
- cPanel, Store prices: https://cpanel.net/pricing/, checked in October 2026
- cPanel, Store Licensing Guide 2027, from 16 December 2026: https://www.cpanel.net/customer-licensing-guide/, checked in October 2026
- Plesk, Store prices: https://www.plesk.com/pricing/, checked in October 2026
- Plesk, Customer Licensing Guide 2027, from 1 January 2027: https://www.plesk.com/customer-licensing-guide/, checked in October 2026
- DirectAdmin, Retail licenses: https://www.directadmin.com/pricing.php, checked in October 2026
Store prices in US dollars before tax, yearly billing where the vendor offers it. If a price is wrong or out of date, write to support@arcpanel.org.