Server management software: Server Management Software Index
For per server, the median published figure in the Server Management Software Index is 5 USD across 7 figures from the sources' own pages (range 1.50 to 9 USD), read 12 September 2026.
- 80 to 17
- 317 to 33
- 33 to 50
- 50 to 67
- 67 to 83
- 83 to 100
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 0 to 17 | 8 sources |
| 17 to 33 | 3 sources |
| 33 to 50 | 0 sources |
| 50 to 67 | 0 sources |
| 67 to 83 | 0 sources |
| 83 to 100 | 0 sources |
16 of the 29 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
By licence model
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| licence modelper server | 8.5EUR | 5.95 to 35EUR | 4 |
| licence modelper server | 5USD | 1.5 to 9USD | 7 |
| licence modelper account | 17.88USD | 16.8 to 26USD | 3 |
| licence modelper site | 50.08USD | 0.15 to 100USD | 2 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| GridPane 360 pricing | 100USD | per site | 2026-09-12 |
| Domotz pricing | 35EUR | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| RamNode cPanel licensing | 26USD | per account | 2026-09-12 |
| Namecheap cPanel tier pricing | 17.88USD | per account | 2026-09-12 |
| cPanel pricing | 16.8USD | per account | 2026-09-12 |
| Site24x7 pricing | 9EUR | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| RunCloud pricing | 9USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| Ploi pricing | 8EUR | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| Virtualmin Pro | 7.5USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| CloudLinux pricing | 7USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| ispmanager pricing | 5.95EUR | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| Coolify pricing | 5USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| DirectAdmin pricing | 3USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| Webuzo pricing | 2.5USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| Softaculous pricing | 1.5USD | per server | 2026-09-12 |
| Enhance pricing | 0.15USD | per site | 2026-09-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (16)
- GridPane 360 pricing, read 2026-09-12:
= $100/month
- Domotz pricing, read 2026-09-12:
Collector Plan €35
- RamNode cPanel licensing, read 2026-09-12:
1-5 Accounts $26/mo
- Namecheap cPanel tier pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$17.88/month
- cPanel pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$16.80/mo
- Site24x7 pricing, read 2026-09-12:
€9/month
- RunCloud pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$9 / monthly
- Ploi pricing, read 2026-09-12:
€8 /mo
- Virtualmin Pro, read 2026-09-12:
$7.50 / month
- CloudLinux pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$7 /mo
- ispmanager pricing, read 2026-09-12:
€5.95 / month
- Coolify pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$5 /month Base price (connect 2 servers)
- DirectAdmin pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$ 3 /month
- Webuzo pricing, read 2026-09-12:
$2.5/mo
- Softaculous pricing, read 2026-09-12:
Monthly VPS Server License $1.5 /Month ₹124.5 /Month
- Enhance pricing, read 2026-09-12:
We apply tiered pricing and websites will be billed at the tier in which they fall, for example: 25,000 websites would be billed at ($0.15*5000)+($0.10*20000).
Read in full, publishes no figure
13 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- InMotion cPanel pricing structure, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- SpinupWP pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ServerAvatar pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- CyberPanel / LiteSpeed Enterprise tiers, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- HostBill pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Plesk pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- CloudPanel, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- HestiaCP, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Webmin, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Cloudron pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- aaPanel product page, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- SourceForge server management category, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- sourceforge.net, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
16 of the 29 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 163 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): price per SERVER and price per ACCOUNT at every published tier, computed across the panels so the cPanel per-account ladder ($26/mo for 1-5 accounts, $37/mo for 6-30 on one host's licence page) sits on the same scale as a flat per-server licence (DirectAdmin '$5/month', ispmanager '€5.95/month') and a per-site model (GridPane '$20 per site' at 6-25 sites); the break-even account count where each model overtakes the others, which is the buying decision and which nobody publishes; the free tier where one exists (Ploi '€0 /mo', CyberPanel 'Starter Plan ... $0.00', HestiaCP, Webmin); and the price history, because cPanel's per-account ladder has moved every year.
163 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (29)
- cPanel pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Namecheap cPanel tier pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- InMotion cPanel pricing structure(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RamNode cPanel licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RunCloud pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SpinupWP pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ServerAvatar pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ploi pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DirectAdmin pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Enhance pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Coolify pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ispmanager pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GridPane 360 pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Webuzo pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Softaculous pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CyberPanel / LiteSpeed Enterprise tiers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Virtualmin Pro(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CloudLinux pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HostBill pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Site24x7 pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Domotz pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Plesk pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CloudPanel(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HestiaCP(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Webmin(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cloudron pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- aaPanel product page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SourceForge server management category(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- sourceforge.net(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
Cite or embed this figure
Cite or embed this figure
For per server, the median published figure in the Server Management Software Index is 5 USD across 7 figures from the sources' own pages (range 1.50 to 9 USD), read 12 September 2026.
16 of the 29 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
Server Management Software Index, licence model per server: median 8.50 EUR across 4 sources, read 12 September 2026.
Server Management Software Index, licence model per server: median 5 USD across 7 sources, read 12 September 2026.
Server Management Software Index, licence model per account: median 17.88 USD across 3 sources, read 12 September 2026.
Server Management Software Index, licence model per site: median 50.08 USD across 2 sources, read 12 September 2026.
Cite as: "HostingByStack Server Management Software Index", updated 2026-10-05, https://hostingbystack.com/datasets/server-management-software-index/.
Download the CSV (16 rows, computed 2026-10-05)