| License model | Yearly per-server subscription: Standard €99, Premium €199. Every new version while active; cancel any time and keep the versions you have.[1][2][4] | Recurring subscription with monthly or annual billing, depending on the plan.[1][2][4] | Recurring monthly retail licenses.[1][2][4] |
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| Monthly and annual license cost — 100 accounts | Standard: €8.25/month equivalent, paid yearly at €99 per server. Unlimited accounts within server capacity. Prices in EUR; not converted.[1][2][4] | Premier: US$69.99/month, or US$839.88 over 12 months, including 100 cPanel accounts. Every extra account adds US$0.49/month (US$5.88/year).[1][2][4] | Standard: US$29/month, or US$348 over 12 months, including unlimited accounts and domains.[1][2][4] |
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| Smaller entry-level plans | Standard remains €99/year per server, with no license-imposed account limit.[1][2][4] | Solo: 1 account; Admin: 5; Pro: 30. These plans are Cloud/VPS only and are not the Premier plan used in the 100-account comparison.[1][2][4] | Personal PLUS: US$60/year (12 × US$5) for 2 accounts and 20 domains. Lite: US$180/year (12 × US$15) for 10 accounts and 50 domains.[1][2][4] |
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| Account and application limits | No license-imposed account, app or domain counts. Actual capacity depends on server resources.[1][2][4] | Account-based tiers. Premier can grow beyond 100 accounts with per-account charges; unlimited websites are not the same as unlimited cPanel accounts.[1][2][4] | Standard has unlimited accounts and domains. Lower retail tiers have limits.[1][2][4] |
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| Renewal and ongoing entitlement | Yearly subscription that can be cancelled any time. Cancelling does not revoke existing use or the major versions already received, including their updates.[1][2][4] | Sold as an automatically renewing subscription. Check the vendor's license terms before cancelling.[1][2][4] | Current retail offers are monthly licenses. Automatic updates are included with those plans.[1][2][4] |
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| Hosting infrastructure | A dedicated server or VM with your chosen provider. Currently optimized for AlmaLinux.[1][2][4] | Cloud/VPS plans available. Premier supports both Cloud/VPS and dedicated servers.[1][2][4] | All three listed retail plans can be installed on Cloud/VPS or dedicated servers.[1][2][4] |
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| Support | Standard: best-effort email/tickets. Premium: response within 12 hours. Same software features on both tiers.[1][2][4] | Vendor support is available. The pricing page does not state a comparable response-time commitment.[1][2][4] | Lite and Standard include unlimited technical support. Personal PLUS includes installation support; other help is community-based. No comparable response-time commitment is stated on the pricing page.[1][2][4] |
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| Who should consider it? | Hosts prioritizing predictable per-server licensing, unlimited accounts and software that keeps working if they stop subscribing. | Teams that prefer an established WHM/cPanel workflow and whose required integrations fit its account-based pricing. | Teams wanting a recurring unlimited-account plan or a lower-priced monthly plan for a small account count. |
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