
Control Panel Round Up - Part 5
H-Sphere
Hosting Controler
Aplus.Net
Ensim
H-Sphere
1. The major features
H-Sphere is the next generation web server control panel that combines powerful clustering and site management tools with an intuitive and user-friendly interface.
A scalable, multiserver web hosting control panel solution, H-Sphere has many advanced features and sophisticated billing and account creation systems to automate and improve your web hosting tasks. It is designed to work on server clusters and can be scaled by adding additional web, mail, database, and DNS servers without any downtime. It provides a simple, easy-to-use web interface that can be maintained from any computer with an internet connection. The front end features a user-friendly and intuitive web interface that facilitates complete end point user self-sufficiency - drastically cutting down your maintenance and customer support costs.
Features include: Centralized control of web server clusters; Seamless cross platform hosting; Hosting on Shared and Dedicated Ip's; Database hosting (MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, and ODBC); Complete E-commerce support (over 30 merchant gateways); Integrated WebMail; RealMedia hosting; Shared and anonymous FTP access; Error Document management; Shared SSL support; Scalability to any number of servers with no downtime; Full VPS support; Unrivalled customization facilities for Private label resellers; Credit card processing; Comprehensive suite of user tools and much more..
2. About Comodo
Comodo is a leading global provider of Risk Alignment™ Services and Business Infrastructure Solutions differentiated by security and total cost of ownership. Their web hosting automation and infrastructure solutions offer enterprise class digital e-commerce products and services. Maintaining an intense focus on customers who derive strategic value from their business infrastructures has paved the way for a diverse yet perfectly synergistic portfolio of security focused solutions and services.
Comodo is the only firm that can deliver a comprehensive outsourced web hosting infrastructure solution that will not only lower operating costs, but also increase revenues.
3. CP latest technological advancements and improvements
While at Comodo continue to concentrate on end-user usability and feature richness, the last 12 month of their effort was to make h-sphere very easy to extend & customize. Comodo added framework to create easy auto-installs for various applications. Comodo also has full remote XML API, as well as packaging mechanism built to allow 3rd parties to simplify the delivery of h-sphere extensions to customers.
4. CP major characteristics:
a) Knowledge base
yes
b) Support
ticket based support, email support
c) Online Forum
yes
5. Number of customers
~ 1000
6. CP testimonials
Name: Karl Austin
Company: KDA Web Services Ltd.
URL: http://www.kdawebservices.com
"We've been using HSphere since 2001 and haven't looked back since, in fact it was that good, we stopped work on our own automation system. The people at PSoft are great to work with, and always receptive to new ideas/suggestions."
Name: Sergey Mikhol
Company: SmartFunction
URL: http://www.smartfunction.com
"We've tried every control panel on the market and only H-Sphere automates the administrative tasks of our shared hosting business. This allows us to spend our valuable time on sales, marketing, customer retention, and ultimately growing our shared hosting business. H-Sphere also provides us a platform to easily integrate new products and services."
7. Advantages
H-Sphere differentiates itself from its competition by offering complete automation over Linux, Trustix, FreeBSD, and Windows environments. The system also offers a billing solution, over 30 supported merchant gateways, the ability to deploy virtual private servers and the ability to cater to private label resellers. Comodo also offers a browser-based tool for Web design, SiteStudio, which can be fully integrated into an H-Sphere deployment. Lastly, Comodo provides web hosts who are looking for a single server management tool that is optimized for a dedicated server, CP+ on Trustix. This Zero Touch LinuxTM solution is so easy to use to quickly set up dedicated servers securely.
8. Features link - http://www.psoft.net/promo/
9. Demo Link - http://www.psoft.net/h_sphere_demo_page.html
10. Price link - http://www.psoft.net/buy_hsphere.html
CP Name - H-Sphere | |
Features | |
Hosting | |
Windows and Unix/Linux hosting | yes |
Database hosting management | yes |
E-commerce support | yes |
RealMedia hosting | yes |
CGI scripts installed and removed from the control panel | yes |
Reseller Management | yes |
Backup | |
Backup features | yes* |
Manage email accounts | yes |
Webmail for all accounts | yes |
Auto-responders | yes |
Custom mail filtering | yes |
Forwarders | yes |
Mailing lists | yes |
Ability to modify an MX entry | yes |
Spam filtering | yes |
Stats | |
Web stats - specify | Urchin, awstats,modlogan, webalizer |
Analog stats | no |
AWStats | yes |
View latest visitors | no |
View bandwidth usage | yes |
Billing Solution | |
Payment methods | Credit cards, check |
Tax exemption | yes |
Reports | yes |
Billing history | yes |
Promotions for plans | yes |
Multiple billing profiles | yes |
Server Management | |
FTP | yes |
Manage FTP accounts | yes |
Anonymous FTP controls | yes |
Ability to kill FTP sessions | no |
Site Tools | |
Web Protect | yes |
Custom error pages | yes |
Redirects | yes |
Marketing tools - describe | Search engine submit, SiteToolBox integration |
Development tools | yes |
Domain Tools | yes |
Advanced tools - describe | Remote XML api, full SPF support |
Design templates | yes |
Pre-Installed CGI Scripts | |
Bulletin Board | yes |
Chat | yes |
Advanced Guestbook | yes |
Search | yes |
Banner Rotator | yes |
Language Support | |
Language Packs | yes |
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Hosting Controler
Aplus.Net
Ensim
H-Sphere

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