Compare Pantheon and cPanel 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (76.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
$29.99 1 Account Per Month
Pantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
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Star Rating
(200)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$29.99 1 Account Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansPantheon vs cPanel
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found cPanel easier to use, administer, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Pantheon.
- Reviewers felt that cPanel meets the needs of their business better than Pantheon.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pantheon is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of cPanel over Pantheon.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
cPanel
Solo
$29.99
1 Account Per Month
Access to cPanel's full suite of features for small businesses, freelancers, or anyone needing just one hosting account. Available on Cloud/VPS Only.
- Unlimited websites
- WP Toolkit
- Website Builder
Free Trial
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
cPanel
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
498
9.1
162
Ease of Use
8.8
500
9.0
162
Ease of Setup
8.7
391
8.6
91
Ease of Admin
8.7
387
8.8
83
Quality of Support
8.7
475
8.5
139
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
372
8.9
77
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
481
8.4
154
Features by Category
Content
9.1
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
Design
8.3
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.4
81
Not enough data
8.9
93
Not enough data
Platform
8.9
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
108
Not enough data
8.9
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
96
Not enough data
8.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Functionality
9.5
103
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.8
104
Not enough data
Management
9.1
88
Not enough data
9.6
108
Not enough data
9.1
99
Not enough data
Support
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.3
89
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
8.9
18
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
9.1
13
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
9.4
13
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
8.6
11
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.0
10
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
5.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Not enough data
Management
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Support
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
6
Performance
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Not enough data
Security
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
Free Resources
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
Performance - Cloud Web Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support - Cloud Web Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Cloud Web Hosting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Hosting Management
Not enough data
8.9
111
Not enough data
8.9
110
Not enough data
8.9
113
Not enough data
9.0
109
Not enough data
8.7
95
Not enough data
8.7
98
Not enough data
8.3
91
Not enough data
9.0
113
Not enough data
9.0
109
Not enough data
8.4
111
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Pantheon and cPanel share no categories
Unique Categories
Pantheon is categorized as WebOps Platforms, Continuous Integration, Web Content Management, Managed Hosting, and WordPress Hosting
cPanel is categorized as Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting Platforms, Cloud Web Hosting, and Server Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
cPanel
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Higher Education
5.6%
Other
42.4%
Information Technology and Services
26.9%
Marketing and Advertising
11.8%
Computer Software
11.3%
Internet
6.5%
Entertainment
3.8%
Other
39.8%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
What is best option if we want to switch away from cPanel (not Plesk)
1 Comment
AY
If you are looking for an alternative panel as cPanel changed their pricing and most of the providers are now switching from cPanel to other management...Read more
Pricing Hike
1 Comment
DS
They have changed their business model and revenue generation model it's just the up-gradation for the better product and quality.Read more
Why would you go for cPanel when there are better alternatives like DirectAdmin?
1 Comment
SH
The extensive ability of this app far surpases that of DirectAdmin, not to mention, the free on-demand support.Read more
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