cPanel Vs DirectAdmin

It has been a while since I wrote a comparison of cPanel Vs Plesk and I see still there is quite a bit of traffic to that article. I must say I was a cPanel fan those days and it clearly shows in the comparison. These days I have been using another control panel, DirectAdmin for few clients and getting quite impressed by it. So here is a very short and to the point comparison of cPanel and DirectAdmin, hopefully a more objective one.

cPanel Pros

1. More widely used and popular.
2. With a good professional skin like RVSkin, cPanel look cool!
3. More features


DirectAdmin Pros

1. Easier for newbies
2. Cheaper
3. Takes less server resources
4. More stable - less bugs.

DirectAdmin is a light weight control panel where as cPanel is feature rich and heavy. If you want a fast and simple control panel, DirectAdmin should be the choice. However if you offer shared hosting services to public, cPanel may be a better bet as it is much more popular and lot of people are going to demand cPanel.