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Plesk

Commercial hosting control panel (~€7/domain/month) that bundles domain, mail, database and web-server management in the browser — the European default at many managed hosts.

Plesk (developed by Plesk International, part of WebPros) is alongside cPanel the most widely used hosting control panel in Europe. It runs on Linux and Windows, integrates Apache+nginx (or nginx only), PHP-FPM in multiple versions, MariaDB/MySQL, the Postfix/Dovecot mail stack and provides modules for the WordPress toolkit, Git deploy, Docker, backup manager and Let's Encrypt. Licensing ranges from the Web Host Edition (~€50/month unlimited domains) to the Web Admin Edition (~€12/month, 10 domains). Many VPS hosts (netcup, Hetzner, IONOS) offer discounted Plesk licences as a bundle. Main competition: cPanel (US-dominant), HestiaCP (open source), CyberPanel (LiteSpeed-centric).

Also known as

Plesk Obsidian, Plesk Panel

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Updated: 16.05.2026