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enconf vs. Plesk vs. cPanel

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< 75 MB
RAM for the entire panel. Plesk and cPanel need 2 GB+.
3 toolkits
WordPress, Joomla & PrestaShop with staging — in every plan, no extra charge.
from €8.90
per month incl. VAT. Same price for VPS and dedicated.
At a glance

Why compare?

Your hosting panel determines RAM usage, provisioning speed, API scope and license costs per server — for years. The table below compares enconf, Plesk and cPanel on the criteria that matter in daily operations.

Plesk and cPanel are established standards — with trade-offs: both need 2 GB+ RAM, split features across editions and move advanced toolkits or backups into paid extensions. Plesk has discontinued multi-server support entirely. enconf is deliberately different: a native Go binary under 60 MB RAM. WordPress, Joomla and PrestaShop toolkit with staging, encrypted backups and REST API are included in every plan. The reseller system is available in the Hoster plan. No edition splits, no hidden upsells, transparent prices including VAT.

The values in the table are based on the vendors' official product pages, documentation and pricing sheets as well as our own tests on Debian 12 and Debian 13. The list is updated regularly; prices at each vendor may change.

Feature enconf Plesk cPanel
RAM usage (minimum) under 75 MB 1 GB 2 GB
WordPress toolkit All plans · incl. staging Lite free · Deluxe from Web Pro Lite free · Deluxe extra
Joomla toolkit All plans · staging, SSO, CLI Extension (WebPros, basic) No native toolkit
PrestaShop toolkit All plans · install, admin SSO, scan No native toolkit No native toolkit
Multi-server management (native) Integrated Multi-server extension (discontinued) DNS cluster via WHM
REST API Complete · 200+ endpoints REST (Obsidian+) + Legacy XML UAPI + JSON API + WHM API
Reseller system Included (Hoster plan) From Web Pro Native in WHM
Firewall (integrated) nftables + fail2ban Plesk firewall CSF (3rd party)
Backup Local/FTP/S3 · DR included Integrated (local/FTP/S3) Basic integrated · JetBackup (extra)
Plesk import SSH import integrated Transfer tool
VPS & dedicated same price Always the same Varies by edition Tiered by account count
Price (from) from €8.90/month incl. VAT from €14.29/month excl. VAT from ~$29/month excl. VAT

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