Where CyberPanel is strong
CyberPanel is a mature, widely deployed platform with years of production history, an established ecosystem, and teams who already know it well. If it fits your stack and budget today, that experience is valuable.
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CyberPanel vs PanelConfig
An OpenLiteSpeed-centered panel with a free tier and LiteSpeed Enterprise option. Here is how the two platforms approach the same hosting problems.
Respectful, factual comparison
6 areas compared
Verify against current vendor docs
Where PanelConfig differs
PanelConfig folds billing, security, automation, and a modern product interface into one per-server installation — PCAdmin for operators, PCUser for customers, PCCLI and a scoped API for automation, with an audit trail underneath all of it.
Side by side
Area-by-area comparison.
| Area | CyberPanel | PanelConfig |
|---|---|---|
| Web server focus | Built around OpenLiteSpeed and LiteSpeed. | Web-server-flexible records and runtime settings, with nginx as the default profile. |
| Email and DNS | Bundled mail and DNS stacks. | Full email account, alias, forwarder, filter, and DNS zone management with provider-grade records. |
| Billing | No native customer billing. | Native plans, checkout, subscriptions, and invoices for SaaS-style hosting sales. |
| Security | Panel-level security features. | A dedicated Security Center: firewall rules, WAF rules, IP blocks, malware scan records, events, and login history. |
| Command line | cyberpanel CLI utility. | PCCLI with allowlisted job execution and complete command run history. |
| Audit trail | Basic logging. | Structured audit logs for every state change across web, CLI, and API. |
Comparison reflects publicly documented product behavior at the time of writing. Verify details against each vendor's current documentation for your scenario.
What stays familiar
Switching shouldn't mean retraining your customers.
Same mental model
Accounts, domains, email, databases, SSL, backups, and cron live where hosting customers expect them.
Admin / customer split
PCAdmin and PCUser preserve the operator/customer separation providers rely on for support and security.
Terminal-first option
Everything an operator does in the panel has a PCCLI counterpart with the same permissions and audit trail.
Evaluating a move
How providers usually test PanelConfig.
1. Stand up a test server
One command on a fresh Ubuntu LTS or Debian VM gives you the full platform — panels, CLI, API, and billing.
2. Move one real site
Bring over a single account — files, database, DNS, email, SSL — and run it side by side with production.
3. Compare the operations
Walk your support and billing workflows in PCAdmin, then check the audit log to see every step recorded.
Evaluate PanelConfig on a test server.
One command on a fresh Ubuntu or Debian server gives you the full platform to compare hands-on.
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bash <(curl -sSL https://install.panelconfig.com/latest.sh)