⚡ Server Management

Server and website management software includes control panels and other tools that allow users to host and manage websites, configure DNS settings, set up email accounts, manage databases, monitor resource usage, install SSL certificates, schedule automated backups, and control security settings for web servers.

According to our research, server management software is used on 7.1% of all websites.
97.9% of these sites use only one server management software solution, 2.1% use two.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading server management software in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Plesk, which dominates the market with a substantial 61.9% share.
It is followed by hPanel with 21.6% and cPanel with 13.7%.

Plesk 61.9%
hPanel 21.6%
cPanel 13.7%
Engintron 2.1%
Centmin Mod 0.7%
RunCloud 0.6%
WordOps 0.6%
DirectAdmin 0.5%
EasyEngine 0.1%
ISPConfig 0.1%
ISPmanager 0.1%
CyberPanel 0.06%
Virtualmin 0.02%
InterWorx 0.01%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of software that is especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

hPanel is #1 in the United States ^(-1)
cPanel is #1 in Sweden ^(-2)
Engintron is #2 in Croatia ^(-2)
DirectAdmin is #4 in the Netherlands ^(-4)

✨ Best Server Management Software

Below is a more detailed list of 15 server management software solutions we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Plesk Schaffhausen, Switzerland A web server control panel for managing servers and the websites on them, available for Linux and Windows. $15.5+/month	61.9%
2	hPanel Vilnius, Lithuania A custom, proprietary, web-based control panel developed by Hostinger for use by its hosting customers. Free	21.6%
3	cPanel Houston, Texas, United States A Linux-based web hosting control panel for server and website management. $17.49+/month	13.7%
4	Engintron Tallinn, Estonia A cPanel plugin that installs and configures the Nginx web server as a reverse caching proxy in front of Apache. FreeOpen source	2.1%
5	Centmin Mod A shell based control panel for AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux that installs an optimized Nginx, MariaDB, PHP-FPM & CSF firewall stack. FreeOpen source	0.7%
6	RunCloud Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia A cloud-based server management platform that helps users manage their web applications and Ubuntu servers. $9+/month	0.6%
7	WordOps A command-line toolset that provides fast and automated installation of WordPress, Nginx, PHP, MySQL and Redis. FreeOpen source	0.6%
8	DirectAdmin Edmonton, Alberta, Canada A graphical graphical web-based control panel for Linux servers. $5+/month	0.5%
9	EasyEngine Atlanta, Georgia, United States A Docker-based command-line control panel that makes it easy to install and manage WordPress sites running on Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and Let's Encrypt. FreeOpen source	0.1%
10	ISPConfig Reinstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany An open-source control panel for Linux that allows you to configure the installed services through a web browser. FreeOpen source	0.1%
11	ISPmanager Paphos, Cyprus A Linux-based server and site management panel with a graphical user interface. €5.49+/month	0.1%
12	CyberPanel Escondido, California, United States An open-source control panel for OpenLiteSpeed and LiteSpeed Enterprise. FreeOpen source	0.06%
13	Virtualmin Mountain View, California, United States An open-source web hosting control panel for managing websites, mailbox users, databases, and web applications. FreeOpen source$7.50+/month	0.02%
14	InterWorx Southfield, Michigan, United States A commercial control panel for Linux servers that includes tools for managing domains, email and websites. $20+/month	0.01%
15	Froxlor Frankfurt, Germany An open-source server management panel. FreeOpen source	0.01%

Data is based on the analysis of 3,325,341 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on March 31, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.