Blog & News
Latest updates, feature announcements, and security news from Panelica.
CloudPanel vs Panelica: PHP Cloud Stack vs Full Multi-Tenant Hosting
CloudPanel is a great free app panel for single operators. But when you have paying customers and need per-user isolation, email, and DNS, the architecture gap becomes visible fast. Here is how the two panels compare in 2026.
Read MoreHestiaCP vs Panelica: Modern Go Rewrite vs Vesta Fork
HestiaCP runs vanilla LAMP under Bash and costs nothing. Panelica replaces the control plane with a Go binary and React UI. This is an objective technical comparison for VPS owners managing 10-50 domains and deciding where to grow in 2026.
Read MoreWhy EU Hosting Companies Are Replacing US-Built Panels in 2026
NIS2, Schrems III, and the US CLOUD Act have converged to make vendor jurisdiction a board-level compliance question for EU hosting operators. A practical framework for evaluating your panel vendor before the next regulatory shock -- and why this is the year to document your answer. Covers the 7-question NIS2 supply chain audit checklist, a full vendor jurisdiction table, and what EU-aligned actually requires from a hosting panel or cPanel alternative.
Read MoreaaPanel vs Panelica: China-Origin Code and the EU Hosting Decision
EU hosting operators subject to GDPR face a compliance-due-diligence question that free pricing cannot answer: where does your panel software originate, what does it call home, and can you document that for an Article 28 audit? This comparison examines aaPanel vs Panelica on architecture, feature gating, kernel isolation, and EU compliance posture — including why "aaPanel is free" is the wrong starting question for a cPanel alternative evaluation.
Read MoreMigrating from Plesk to Panelica: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
Open Backup > Migration, point at your Plesk server on port 8443, and let the wizard handle the rest. A complete visual walkthrough: 7 inline UI mockups, Plesk-specific subscription/customer/mail-domain terminology, Plesk email decryption, and every decision point from Connect to DNS cutover.
Read MoreMigrating from cPanel to Panelica: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
A visual walkthrough of Panelica's built-in Migration wizard: every form, every step, and 7 inline UI mockups showing the exact interface. Covers the full 11-stage pipeline, hash-preserving database transfer, DNS cutover, and common cPanel gotchas.
Read MoreWhat CVE-2026-41940 Reveals About a 30-Year-Old Codebase Architecture
CVE-2026-41940 is technically a CRLF injection flaw. Architecturally, it is something larger: a vulnerability class documented since the early 2000s applied against a session-handling pattern from 1996. This post examines what a 30-year architectural foundation means for 2026 threat actors, and why choosing a cPanel alternative now means asking architectural questions.
Read MoreBest cPanel Alternatives in 2026: 8 Panels Compared Honestly
There are at least 14 viable cPanel alternatives in 2026, but only 8 have the maturity, security history, and active development to seriously evaluate. This guide profiles each one honestly — including the tradeoffs vendors do not put on their feature pages. Pricing, OS support, isolation, CVE history, and a decision matrix for every use case.
Read MoreThe Hidden Licensing Math: What 500 cPanel Accounts Actually Cost Per Year
At 500 accounts across 5 servers, cPanel Premier costs $4,199/yr. DirectAdmin Standard: $1,740. Panelica Business: $599. This post runs the actual numbers across four scale points so you can model hosting panel licensing costs before you commit.
Read MoreDirectAdmin Pricing in 2026: Complete Breakdown With Real Numbers
DirectAdmin pricing in 2026 has three tiers: Personal Plus at $5/month, Lite at $15/month, and Standard at $29/month. This breakdown covers what each tier includes, Pro Pack caveats, bulk discount mechanics, and annual cost comparisons against cPanel — a useful reference if you are evaluating DirectAdmin as a cPanel alternative.
Read MorePlesk Alternatives in 2026: 6 Panels Worth Switching To
Plesk raised prices again in 2026. This guide compares six serious alternatives -- DirectAdmin, HestiaCP, CyberPanel, aaPanel, Virtualmin, and Panelica -- across licensing, isolation, OS support, migration tooling, and developer features. Includes a side-by-side matrix and a cPanel alternative angle for operators evaluating both.
Read MoreCyberPanel vs HestiaCP vs aaPanel in 2026: Which Free Hosting Panel Should You Pick?
Comparing three popular free cPanel alternatives in 2026 -- CyberPanel, HestiaCP, and aaPanel. Architecture, isolation, hidden costs, OS support, and who each panel actually fits. Includes a side-by-side matrix and a fourth option most lists skip.
Read More