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Each service actually has two control panels. If you are running a hosting service, you get access to the server administration panel when you purchase InterWorx or cPanel. The InterWorx server control panel is NodeWorx. The cPanel control panel for the Web host is WebHost Manager. Website owners do not buy cPanel or InterWorx. Rather, they choose a Web host that provides one of these control panels. These website owners then get access to either the cPanel website control panel or InterWorx's SiteWorx.
Common Features
For Web hosts, common features found in both programs include the ability to create customized hosting packages for website owners, creation and management of new users, domain management, DNS management and the ability to offer reseller hosting.Website owners will find many of the same features in their control panels. Examples include email accounts, website statistics, subdomains, a file editor for editing in plain text and HTML, a file manager, FTP accounts for uploading files to websites, password protection for your website pages and backup options in case you lose data. Both control panels also provide for add-on domains, which are domains hosted under the same hosting package to save money. Both control panels also support cron jobs, PHP, MySQL and SSL.
Added Features
Each control panel offers a few things not provided by its competitor. For example, cPanel has FrontPage extensions, which allow you to directly upload files from FrontPage to your website. The cPanel product also provides several video tutorials for website owners. Services providing hosting for gaming sites can also choose the cPanel Game Server. Web hosts using Windows servers instead of Linux can choose cPanel's Enkompass control panel. InterWorx integrates the APF iptables firewall system for Web hosts. Web hosts can also use InterWorx to import entire domains previously hosted in cPanel, InterWorx or other control panels.Installation programs simplify the process of building a website, blog or similar features. To help website owners, cPanel uses the Fantastico Deluxe installation program, while InterWorx uses SimpleScripts. You can compare the list of available programs from these installation services to see which one you prefer.
Languages
Website owners in some countries may prefer a control panel due to language availability. At the time of publication, both services offer versions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French. However, cPanel offers Iberian Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, as well. Other languages that only cPanel offers include Arabic, Hindi, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Chinese. However, only InterWorx offers Slovak, Hungarian, Italian, Turkish, Swedish and Czech.
Price
As of the time of publication, the InterWorx monthly license is about $25, and the yearly license is about $250. Support is included, but you must pay $50 for installation. Conversely, the cPanel yearly license is about $400, which includes installation and support. For an additional $200 per installation per year, you can get VPS Optimized2, which enhances performance while reducing memory usage. There is no cPanel monthly license. You can also get InterWorx for life for about $300. However, support ceases on that license after the first six months. An additional six months of support is available for $50. Both companies have authorized resellers or distributors. In that case, the price varies.
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