Difference between C Panel and WHM

WHM (Web Host Manager) provides administrative control over your dedicated server or VPS. It allows a hosting provider to manage a customer’s account.

WHM is also a reseller control panel. It is what our customers receive with all Reseller hosting plans and use to manage all their resold hosting accounts in their reseller plans. However, a reseller has restricted reseller rights in WHM comparing to VPS and Dedicated Servers WHM (root user rights), so some functions are not available for them

In WHM, you can:

  • create individual accounts
  • create custom hosting packages
  • add domains to the server
  • manage features of hosting packages and accounts
  • reset passwords/contact email addresses for cPanel accounts
  • edit Resource Limits for cPanel accounts
  • modify DNS zone records for each domain/subdomain
  • set up private nameservers on the server
  • access resold accounts without entering login details
  • perform basic system and control panel maintenance

cPanel is designed for managing separate hosting accounts on the server. End users/clients are able to:

  • install CMS using Softaculous
  • upload and manage files for their websites
  • add/remove addon domains and subdomains
  • create email accounts and manage email settings and SPAM protection
  • edit DNS records for their domains
  • check website statistics
  • Manage databases and backups, etc.
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