• Saturday, June 29, 2019

Today (June 27, 2019) cPanel announced a massive price increase and a complete change to their billing model, by adding an additional layer of billing per account.

 

The company, which specialises in interfaces aimed at simplifying website and server management, announced the increases without any warning, with licences purchased or renewed from now hit immediately, with monthly licences sticking with the old structure until 1 September.

 

Annual licences are also for the chop and will be converted to monthly billing as they come up for renewal.

 

The gang previously had three tiers for users to enjoy – cPanel Solo, at $15/month, cPanel and WHM VPS at $20/month (or $200/year), or a dedicated version aimed at larger web hosts for $45/month or $425/year.

 

The tiers have now been renamed to Admin, Pro and Premier (at $20, $30 and $45/month respectively) but - and this is what has really enraged customers -an account limit has been applied. The top level, Premier, is limited to 100 accounts. Additional accounts will require an extra $0.20/month each.

 

The company explained the change in its updated licensing guide, saying that: "Historically, cPanel has based its services and pricing around a VPS or Dedicated license with unlimited cPanel Accounts" but improvements in hardware means it needs to change its pricing structure.

 

Many companies simply cannot survive price increases like that, so they need to look for alternatives. The options for dealing with the cPanel price increase:

  • Migrate to another control panel other than cPanel.
  • Migrate to a cPanel Partner NOC with lower cPanel pricing.
  • Move on with the price increase.

 

We're happy to advise you. All cPanel users who are looking for an alternative or wish to continue with cPanel can reach us any time. It will be our privilege to serve you and your business. To get in touch with us, simply use the Contact Us through the support system using support@ucartz.com, or use the live chat.