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PlusPanel vs ispmanager

A control panel installed on a Linux server to manage hosting, the server, websites and mail; sold as per-server licences in lite, pro and host editions.1 PlusPanel is priced per server with unlimited sites, runs its control plane in the EU and leaves no management port open on your servers.

The 3 structural differences

Architecture

ispmanager: Installed on each server: panel core, panel database, built-in web server, CLI tools2 · 1500/tcp for the panel interface and licence operation; 1501/tcp for external apps via SSL3

PlusPanel: A control plane in our EU cloud commands a minimal agent on each server. The server exposes no management port: the agent connects outbound over mTLS inside WireGuard and runs only typed, signed, expiring commands.

Licensing

ispmanager: Per server installation; editions lite (10 sites), pro (50 sites), host (unlimited)1 · lite from EUR 5.95/month billed annually (EUR 71.39/year), VAT excl., as of 2026-10-101

PlusPanel: Per server, with unlimited accounts and domains: Free for one server, Pro €19/server/month, founding customers €9 locked for life.

Jurisdiction & security model

ispmanager: ispmanager LTD, Paphos, Cyprus (per About and Legal documents pages)4 · Firewall, Fail2ban included; BitNinja, DDoS-Guard, Cloudflare, CloudLinux paid separately1

PlusPanel: 2Lines Sistem, Romania (EU). The OS is a signed image we maintain, with atomic rollback; WAF, firewall, country blocking and 2FA are included at GA, with no add-on licences.

Side by side

AxisPlusPanelispmanager
Licensing modelPer server; unlimited accounts and domainsPer server installation; editions lite (10 sites), pro (50 sites), host (unlimited)1
ArchitectureEU SaaS control plane + minimal agent on each serverInstalled on each server: panel core, panel database, built-in web server, CLI tools2
Inbound management portsNone: the agent connects outbound (mTLS inside WireGuard)1500/tcp for the panel interface and licence operation; 1501/tcp for external apps via SSL3
OS modelPlusPanel OS: immutable signed image, atomic updates with rollback, maintained by usCustomer OS: AlmaLinux 8-10, Rocky 8, CloudLinux 8-10, Debian 12-13, Ubuntu 22.04-26.043
Account isolationRootless containers per account, user namespaces, SELinux MCS, kernel quotasOptional limiting module (cgroups v2, per-user file system); alternative to CloudLinux5
Email deliverabilityManaged relay with IP pools over WireGuard (at GA)Local Exim + Dovecot, OpenDKIM; SpamExperts integration (separate licence)6
Security includedWAF, firewall, country blocking, 2FA included (at GA); no add-on licencesFirewall, Fail2ban included; BitNinja, DDoS-Guard, Cloudflare, CloudLinux paid separately1
Company jurisdiction2Lines Sistem, Romania (EU)ispmanager LTD, Paphos, Cyprus (per About and Legal documents pages)4
Migration toolingMigration Center from cPanel/WHM, free in every edition (at GA)Built-in import from cPanel, Plesk and ispmanager 4/5/6 (backup TAR or rsync)7
Entry priceFree (1 server) · Pro €19/server/month · founding €9 locked for lifelite from EUR 5.95/month billed annually (EUR 71.39/year), VAT excl., as of 2026-10-101

PlusPanel cells marked “at GA” describe v1.0; everything else runs today.

Company and licensing

Jurisdiction is one of the comparison axes, so here are the legal entities ispmanager's own sites name, quoted as published. We make no claim about how they relate.

Legal entity (ispmanager.com)
"ispmanager LTD Registration number HE432447 Tepeleniou, 13, Tepelenio Court, 2nd floor, 8010, Paphos, Cyprus" (About page; the same text appears on the Legal documents page)8
Legal entity (Terms of Service)
"ISPmanager LTD Registration number HE432447 Tepeleniou, 13, Tepelenio Court, 2nd floor, 8010, Paphos, Cyprus"; issues not regulated are resolved under the legislation of the country of registration of ispmanager9
Data controller (Privacy Policy)
"Controller: ispmanager LTD, Registration number HE432447. Address: Tepeleniou, 13, Tepelenio Court, 2nd floor, 8010, Paphos, Cyprus"10
Legal entity (ispmanager.ru, Russian-language site)
The Russian-language site linked from ispmanager.com names "Акционерное общество "ИСПменеджер" ИНН 3810037036", "664007 Иркутск, ул. Декабрьских событий, 125"11
Company history
About page timeline: 2004 first commercial ispmanager 4; 2018 opening of the Cyprus branch; 2021 ispmanager 6; 2022 spin-off into an independent company8
Pricing editions
Per server, VAT not included, as of 2026-10-10: lite (up to 10 websites) EUR 6.49/month or EUR 71.39/year; pro (up to 50 websites, Docker, CloudLinux limits) EUR 12.99/month or EUR 142.89/year; host (unlimited websites) EUR 22.99/month or EUR 252.89/year1
Resource limiting module
ispmanager Resource Limiting Module: EUR 16.50/month per server, AlmaLinux 9 and 10 only, as of 2026-10-1012
Panel port
Default panel address https://IP-ADDRESS:1500/ispmgr; the built-in ihttpd web server listens on port 1500 of the main IPv4 and IPv6 address13
Licence servers
System requirements state port 1500 plays a key role in licence mechanisms and list licence-server addresses that must be reachable at all times3
OS upgrades
The vendor states ispmanager does not support upgrading the server OS to a new major version3

Questions

Where is ispmanager registered?

Its English-language site and documents name ispmanager LTD, Paphos, Cyprus; its Russian-language site names a joint-stock company in Irkutsk. Both are quoted, with sources, in the facts above.

ispmanager is cheaper. Why PlusPanel?

ispmanager lite starts at EUR 5.95/month billed annually, for up to 10 sites (facts above). PlusPanel is free for one server; Pro is €19 per server with unlimited sites and includes the OS with atomic rollback and fleet management.

Can I import from ispmanager?

Not at GA: Migration Center starts with cPanel/WHM. If you need a migration from ispmanager, say so when you join the waitlist; it decides what we build next.

No trademark page published; the site footer reads "© ispmanager 2026" and the License Agreement names the Licensor as "ISPmanager LTD"14 PlusPanel is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ispmanager's owner. Names are used nominatively, for comparison only.

Sources

Every ispmanager fact on this page is quoted from an official ispmanager page or document, verified on the date shown in its footnote. Prices change: check the source before you decide. We re-verify these pages every quarter.

  1. https://www.ispmanager.com/price · verified 2026-10-10
  2. https://www.ispmanager.com/docs/ispmanager/ispmanager-architecture · verified 2026-10-10
  3. https://www.ispmanager.com/docs/ispmanager/system-requirements · verified 2026-10-10
  4. https://www.ispmanager.com/documents · verified 2026-10-10
  5. https://www.ispmanager.com/docs/ispmanager/operating-principle-and-features · verified 2026-10-10
  6. https://www.ispmanager.com/docs/ispmanager/installing-exim-and-dovecot · verified 2026-10-10
  7. https://www.ispmanager.com/docs/ispmanager/data-import-general-information · verified 2026-10-10
  8. https://www.ispmanager.com/about · verified 2026-10-10
  9. https://www.ispmanager.com/terms-of-service · verified 2026-10-10
  10. https://www.ispmanager.com/ispmanager-privacy-policy · verified 2026-10-10
  11. https://www.ispmanager.ru/about · verified 2026-10-10
  12. https://www.ispmanager.com/limiting · verified 2026-10-10
  13. https://www.ispmanager.com/docs/ispmanager/control-panel-address-and-ssl-certificates · verified 2026-10-10
  14. https://www.ispmanager.com/license-agreement · verified 2026-10-10

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