Both are shared Linux hosting at Gen X. The difference is the control panel.
cPanel is the industry-standard panel. DirectAdmin is a lightweight panel that uses minimal server overhead. Pick the one your team already knows.
What each control panel gives you on a Gen X shared Linux plan.
The industry-standard cPanel control panel.
A fast, clean panel with minimal server overhead.
Both plans are shared Linux hosting from the same company.
Short answers on cPanel and DirectAdmin hosting.
Both are shared Linux hosting. The difference is the control panel you manage your site from.
cPanel is the industry-standard control panel on our Linux Shared cPanel plans. It includes a file manager with code editor, a domain and DNS manager, a MySQL database wizard, webmail and email forwarders, and the Softaculous 1-click installer.
DirectAdmin is a fast, clean control panel that uses minimal server overhead. On our plans it covers files and FTP, MySQL databases with phpMyAdmin, POP3/IMAP webmail accounts, DNS zone files and Softaculous 1-click installs.
Choose the panel your team already knows. Both are shared Linux hosting at Gen X, and both run on NVMe SSD storage with free SSL.
Yes. Both plan pages state a 99.9% uptime SLA and 24/7 support, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.
