The Best cPanel Web Hosting of 2025
Despite cPanel's diminishing market share over the past few years, there are still several excellent cPanel web hosting providers available.
The 4 best options can be found in this article.
The Best cPanel web hosting of 2025
- NameHero – Best cPanel all-rounder
- Hostinger – Best budget cPanel web hosting
- JohnnyVPS – Best for experienced users with big websites
- GreenGeeks – Best eco-friendly cPanel hosting provider
NameHero – Best cPanel All-Rounder
NameHero is a cPanel hosting provider with LiteSpeed servers, 24/7 customer support, and possibly the best value for money of all cPanel hosting services. You get an extremely generous set of server specifications (including unlimited storage) and—with their slightly more advanced plans—a free domain name.
NameHero has over 500,000 customers. However, despite having a data center in Amsterdam, they barely target the European market with their marketing efforts. That's unfortunate, because they could easily compete with international providers who do focus on this market (such as SiteGround).
Let me quickly explain why.
For the same price or even cheaper, NameHero gives you more CPU/RAM/storage space than… any other international hosting provider? All their plans run on LiteSpeed servers (not just their more expensive ones). LiteSpeed is demonstrably faster than Apache and Nginx servers that (for now) still dominate the market. Combine a LiteSpeed host like NameHero with the free LiteSpeed cache plugin and you'll have a site that runs faster than 99% of websites worldwide.
All of their plans include cPanel.
Then there are the prices to consider. The cheapest NameHero plan costs just a few dollars per month (introductory rate). Most budget hosting providers make at least one quality compromise, whether it's customer service, security, or uptime. Not NameHero. They consistently perform well in every aspect.
Moreover, NameHero is suitable for both smaller sites and beginner webmasters as well as experienced users. They offer shared web hosting plans but also provide VPS hosting and dedicated cloud servers for heavier workloads. So if your site outgrows their entry-level plans, you can easily upgrade to their more powerful solutions.
They also excel when it comes to email hosting. You can create as many email accounts with them as you want.
There's one thing I find quite annoying about NameHero: their free automatic backups only go back one day. If you want backups that go back 30 days, you'll have to pay extra (starting at $5 per month for 5GB).
This is really just one blemish on what is otherwise an excellent cPanel web host. And if you can live with the fact that your web hosting provider somewhat neglects the European, then NameHero is perfect for you.
Visit the NameHero website or read our NameHero review for more information.
Hostinger – Best budget cPanel web hosting
Hostinger is a provider with more than 30 million customers worldwide that is primarily known for being extremely cheap.
Most of their plans use their proprietary hPanel. However, they do offer two plans – cPanel Hosting Silver and cPanel Hosting Gold – that provide you with access to cPanel.
For the record: Hostinger is not a premium hosting service. While they are extremely fast (thanks to their LiteSpeed servers), they're less stable than more expensive providers. Their customer service is also somewhat inconsistent (both in terms of wait times and technical expertise).
On the other hand, they are much cheaper than most hosting providers. This makes them perfect for smaller websites like simple blogs or small business websites that simply don't need as much computing power.
Nevertheless, Hostinger is quite generous with their features and specifications. For example, with their cheapest cPanel hosting plan, you'll get:
- 50 websites
- 30GB storage
- 1TB bandwidth
- Automatic backups
- Free domain registration (when you pay for at least one year in advance)
If you're a cPanel enthusiast, keep in mind that Hostinger is only suitable for simple, relatively small websites. The two cPanel plans they offer cost less than 10 euros per month. Their more advanced hosting options use their proprietary hPanel dashboard.
Visit the Hostinger website or read our Hostinger review for more information.
JohnnyVPS – Best for experienced users with big websites
Are you new when it comes to website development? Feel free to scroll to the next entry on this list. JohnnyVPS is a boutique hosting provider with a very specific target audience: experienced users with rapidly growing WordPress websites who need minimal assistance from their hosting provider.
JohnnyVPS is a small, specialized WordPress hosting provider with a team of roughly 10 people. Half of their team consists of WordPress developers who have built numerous websites themselves and have launched or contributed to WordPress plugins. The other half comprises professionals with a pure server management background (system administrators, DevOps specialists, security experts).
Combine these two types of people and the logical result is high-performance web hosting that's perfect for serious customers seeking the absolute best.
JohnnyVPS has been around since 2010. The company cares little about growth, has no external investors, and therefore doesn't invest in marketing campaigns, content managers, or other things that would artificially inflate their hosting costs. They're a small, tight-knit team that prefers to work with customers who truly appreciate high-quality web hosting.
That said, not all JohnnyVPS plans are aimed at extreme power users. For the past few years, they've also tapped into the mid-range market with managed WordPress hosting plans starting from $25 per month.
The cheapest plan offers:
- Space for 5 websites
- 8 GB storage
- 100,000 visitors per month
- Automatic backups
- And of course access to cPanel (like all their plans)
To emphasize once more: JohnnyVPS truly focuses on experienced users. They offer customer service through a knowledge base, Facebook group, 24/7 ticket support, and Slack assistance. Their team understands WordPress inside and out. You'd be hard-pressed to find a support team with better technical expertise. At the same time, they're not there to hold beginners' hands or explain things that fall outside a hosting provider's responsibilities.
For some providers, this type of extensive support is a unique selling point. JohnnyVPS, on the other hand, takes pride in their spartan support approach. The reason is that with a provider with super extensive support, experienced users essentially subsidize the customer service for beginners who are wondering why a particular plugin crashed their site. It's a waste of money if you don't need such comprehensive support yourself.
If you have the budget for it, are an experienced WordPress user, and are looking for the absolute best cPanel hosting, then consider JohnnyVPS.
GreenGeeks – Best Green cPanel Hosting Provider
GreenGeeks is the world's greenest hosting provider. They put 300% of their energy consumption back into renewable energy. They've been doing this for over 14 years and have managed to attract more than 55,000 customers during that time who collectively host 550,000 websites with them.
GreenGeeks has the fastest customer service of all the hosting providers I've tested. Wait time? Rarely more than a minute. Plus, their team is exceptionally helpful and they really know their stuff.
Just like the 3 other providers in this overview, GreenGeeks also uses LiteSpeed servers. This means you can count on blazing fast loading times.
You can only install a single website on their cheapest plan (Lite), but with their Pro plan and above, you can install as many sites as you want.
With their cheapest plan, you get:
- 50GB storage
- 50 email accounts
- Free domain name for the first year
- Daily automatic backups
- Built-in caching
All plans use cPanel. And for every plan you purchase, GreenGeeks plants a tree. This applies to both their shared hosting and the VPS hosting they offer.
Their plans are a bit pricier than those from NameHero and Hostinger, but in return, you're helping the planet out. If you're looking to make your business as sustainable as possible, GreenGeeks is the way to go.
Criteria I examined when selecting these cPanel hosting providers
The providers you'll encounter in this overview offer the best combination of speed, stability, features, and costs. Additionally, they all (of course) provide cPanel hosting.
Just as in all my hosting articles, I've tried to compile a balanced mix of diverse providers so there's something for everyone.
Speed and stability are always critically important. Fortunately, all providers in this overview use LiteSpeed servers, so that's not an issue. These providers also offer excellent customer service, although beginners might find JohnnyVPS's support somewhat spartan (but this is a service I don't recommend for beginners anyway).
Cost is certainly an important factor to consider. You want a service that provides good value for your money. Looking at it this way, none of the providers in this overview are expensive. Yes, with JohnnyVPS you might pay at least $25 per month, but that's peanuts for a larger website whose success depends on the best possible performance.
Reasons to use cPanel
If you've been using cPanel for years, then what follows will be completely obvious to you. If you're still unsure whether choosing cPanel is the right decision for you, keep reading.
It feels familiar
Most web hosting veterans are familiar with cPanel. And if they don't know how to perform a specific task with cPanel, there's an endless amount of documentation available.
Don't underestimate the sense of familiarity that cPanel brings. If you develop websites for clients, they'll often want a dashboard they're already comfortable with. Newer hosting control panels might look more modern, but many people find them difficult to navigate, which can lead to frustration.
Email hosting
It's usually wiser to choose an external service for business email. However, if you prefer to manage your webmail through your web hosting, cPanel makes this extremely simple.
File manager
For advanced users, having access to the file manager is incredibly convenient. Not only for uploading files but also for editing them. This is much faster than the alternative: firing up an FTP client, downloading files, and then uploading them again just to make even the smallest changes.
The file manager is also ideal when you're on the go and need to modify a file from your phone in case of an emergency.
Disk space usage
Many hosting panels still don't clearly show you how much disk space you're using, or don't show it at all. cPanel offers a convenient visual tool that lets you see at a glance how much space a site is taking up.
Loading time
This is an often underestimated advantage. Just like a slow computer can eventually get on your nerves, a sluggish cloud tool such as a hosting dashboard is simply unbearable. With cPanel, you can navigate between different screens incredibly quickly, something that can't be said for many custom panels.
Things cPanel doesn't excel at
cPanel isn't all sunshine and roses. Here are some weaknesses it suffers from:
- Design. cPanel has been around since the 90s, and you might think its design hasn't been updated since its launch. Relatively recently, cPanel's design received a fresh coat of paint, but it still doesn't look like it was designed with end users in mind.
- Too many features. There are countless things you can do with cPanel, and they're all visible as endless rows of icons. Many of these features you'll never actually need.
- Not really optimized for WordPress. cPanel is designed for not just WordPress, but also Joomla and numerous other platforms. As a result, it's less closely tailored to WordPress and offers fewer WordPress-specific features than some competing control panels.
- Not user-friendly. For new users, many aspects of cPanel feel far from intuitive. The design clearly wasn't inspired by the don't make me think principle, which forms the foundation of any well-designed piece of technology. To properly understand cPanel, you'll need at least a few weeks of experience, and you'll have to immerse yourself in the endless amount of documentation available about it.
- Cannot easily add multiple users. You can't grant existing cPanel users access to your account. Instead, you must either share your own credentials with them or create a new account for them.
- No compartmentalization within accounts. If a hacker manages to breach your cPanel account, they can gain access to all your websites. You cannot securely separate sites from each other within cPanel.
- cPanel doesn't have a stellar reputation. Many people are familiar with cPanel, but there are those who associate it with terms like “dusty” and “prehistoric.” Some people also link it with slow, outdated web hosting.
cPanel alternatives
cPanel is no longer the dominant hosting panel that you can't avoid. Many hosting providers have since switched to newer solutions or have developed their own hosting panels.
Custom panels
In recent years, quite a few hosting providers have developed their own web hosting platforms. For example, Hostinger has introduced hPanel, SiteGround has created Site Tools, and Kinsta offers their MyKinsta Dashboard.
The advantage of these self-developed solutions is that they feel and look modern without overwhelming you with bells and whistles. They aim to provide users with only the essential tools they actually need. This makes them significantly more user-friendly for newcomers.
For some experienced users, these proprietary solutions feel restrictive. They find it frustrating that they don't have as much freedom as with cPanel. For beginners, however, these types of hosting providers are often ideal.
Plesk
The Plesk dashboard's appearance is quite similar to the WordPress dashboard. This is convenient if you're already familiar with it. The software has been around since 2000 (making it almost as old as cPanel) but has kept up with the times relatively well. As a result, it still feels modern even today.
Plesk offers more or less the same functionality as cPanel.
Plesk and cPanel are owned by the same company (Oakley Capital)
An example of a hosting provider that uses Plesk is Cloud86.
DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin, like cPanel and Plesk, has already been around for several decades. It has become increasingly popular in recent years, and interestingly enough, it has been adopted by a relatively large number of Dutch hosting providers.
DirectAdmin, like Plesk, has a much more modern appearance than cPanel. In terms of features, it's fairly comparable.
Conclusion
These are once again the top cPanel hosting providers available right now:
- NameHero – Best cPanel all-rounder
- Hostinger – Best budget cPanel web hosting
- JohnnyVPS – Best for experienced users with big websites
- GreenGeeks – Best eco-friendly cPanel hosting provider
For most people, NameHero will be the best solution, although Hostinger is ideal if you want to spend as little as possible on your web hosting. GreenGeeks is a good alternative and is the most environmentally friendly hosting provider in the world.
JohnnyVPS is only for power users. Choose them if you're looking for cPanel hosting for mission critical sites with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of visitors per month.
