Plesk 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

Name: Plesk
Rating: 4.7 (148 reviews)

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Overview

Plesk

4.7

(148)

Pricing

Starting at $13.50 per month

About Plesk

Plesk is a WebOps and hosting platform with tools to build and manage multiple sites from one centralized dashboard. It can be used by developers, infrastructure providers, IT admins, content managers, and digital agencies. The platform is compatible with leading cloud providers such as AWS, Google, Azure, Alibaba, others.

Plesk offers an extensive catalog with over 100 extensions for backup, security, web development, and many other types of third-party tools. It provides file sharing, detailed statistics, and advanced monitoring features. With the Plesk WordPress Toolkit, users can utilize automated regression testing, cloning, restoration, and other capabilities needed to manage and secure sites.

Various Plesk editions are available. Pricing varies based on features and is billed monthly or annually. Support is available via an online help center and other resources.

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Plesk Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $13.50 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Web Admin Edition

$13.50

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

10 Domains
WP Toolkit SE

Web Pro Edition

$20.50

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

30 Domains
Account Management
Subscription Management
WP Toolkit SE

Web Host Edition

$35.50

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Account Management
Reseller Management
Subscription Management
Unlimited Domains
WP Toolkit SE

Partners

$250.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Account Management
Dedicated Account Manager
Partner Discounts up to 45%
Priority 24/7 Support
Reseller Management
Subscription Management
Unlimited Domains
WP Toolkit SE

Plesk Features

Popular features found in Server Management
Capacity Planning
CPU Monitoring
Credential Management
Incident Management
Maintenance Scheduling
Patch Management
Real-Time Monitoring
Scheduling
Virtual Machine Monitoring
More features of Plesk
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Authentication
Automated Scheduling
Automatic Backup
Backup and Recovery
Backup Log
Backup Scheduling
CMS Integration
Collaboration Tools
Compression
Configuration Management
Continuous Backup
Control Panel
Customizable Branding
Dashboard
Database Support
Data Migration
Data Storage Management
Deployment Management
Differential Backup
Disaster Recovery
Email Alerts
Email Monitoring
Encryption
Event Logs
File Management
Graphical User Interface
Incremental Backup
Integrated Development Environment
Inventory Management
Mobile Development
Monitoring
Password Management
Performance Management
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Reporting
Remote Access/Control
Remote Monitoring & Management
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Resource Optimization
Role-Based Permissions
Secure Data Storage
Security Tools
Server Monitoring
Software Development
Source Control
SSL Security
Tagging
Third-Party Integration
Third-Party Integrations
User Management
Version Control
Virtual Server
VM Backup
Web App Development
Web Framework Support
Website Hosting

Plesk Integrations

Microsoft Azure

Google Drive

OneDrive

REVE Chat

Acronis Cyber Backup

Dropbox Business

See all 11 integrations

Plesk User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

72%

25%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.5

Ben M.

Verified reviewer

Internet

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed September 2019

Plesk has made my life so much easier!!!!!!!

I have been extremely happy with Plesk so far - I met some of the guys at WordCamp Nordic and they gave me an extended trial - the whole system has blown me away and I can't wait for the new version to come out :)

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

For a start it works - doesn't crash all the time like other web hosting software. It works with ubuntu instead of CentOS which is huge for me. It integrates amazingly well with AWS, especially RDS and Aurora databases. Having Ngnix as standard is huge, it was a real issue with cPanel ... and the LetsEncrypt system works great. The NewRelix integration makes life easier.

Cons:

Generally, it's pretty good - it can be a pain to install integrations with PHP (datadog, sqreen, etc), but this is just a learning curve.

Reasons for choosing Plesk

It worked without any bugs

Reasons for switching to Plesk

Spoke to the team at a WordCamp, and was getting really frustrated with cPanel at the time.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Plesk Review

A great experience! If you are uncomfortable with performing updates, changes or maintenance via a command line. Plesk allows you to perform most of these tasks through a user interface. It's an ideal CRM for web hosting.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Mostly everything! Plesk is great platform for managing a large number of website for clients. You can create and customise your own subscription plans, limiting or extending resources per client. The software is intuitive and you have available the essential features for managing website hosting.

Cons:

One missing feature that would be very useful. The ability to upgrade your databases to newer versions of MySQL (5.5 > Current). Plesk already provides the capabilty to upgrade the PHP versions per website. Having the feature to upgrade the databases would be an extremely useful addition.

Reasons for choosing Plesk

We required more customisation and control.

Reasons for switching to Plesk

We required a better control panel to manage numerous websites and clients.

Giancarlo D.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Simply the best

Came to Plesk from a proprietary panel, found the community heartwarming and their support spot on.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's constantly updated, feature rich, strong disaster recovery features

Cons:

It could have better built in antispam features

Reasons for choosing Plesk

Better features, better looking, better support, cheaper.

Reasons for switching to Plesk

Ease the manutention burden

Divaldo C.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

Best server managment software

It is very simple to manage servers, update, support clients due to the simple interface and stability, for me as an advanced user I use the terminal command that was added a lot and eliminates the need to connect to servers via VNC or putty.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Without a doubt, plesk is an excellent tool for its simplicity in managing servers and the large community it has that facilitates learning and managing servers on a daily basis. Plesk360 was the best solution that the functionalities have ever added, as it allows you to manage several servers in a single environment, where you can access any server comfortably and control the licenses.

Cons:

In the last 2 years Plesk has changed its prices and at this moment what I least like is the pricing.

Reasons for switching to Plesk

The biggest factor was the plesk interface which is simpler and at the time cpanel prices were higher than plesk, but at that time they are almost the same analyzing the cost and benefit.

Jose A R.

Verified reviewer

Internet

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2019

Easy to use, powerful and configurable

I work with multiple websites runing WordPress and others CMSs as PrestaShop or Drupal. Plesk let me configure and optimice every website hosting as I preffer with múltiple options: PHP versions, SSL, Backups, etc. Also, I can work with sync and bulks options. Of course, I can update all the software using web interface o CLI with my own scripts.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- PHP versions handler and nginx options for every website. - Full backup options: Incremental and integration with external sites - Fail2ban and others security options. - Extensions Catalog for more features - Updates manager for Plesk and OS system packages. - WordPress Tool Kit to work with this popular CMS most easy and with bulk options - Online control panel with intuitive dashboards and CLI options for Shell also - Manage easy Let's Encrypt and others SSL certificates for every website - Active 'User Voice' (plesk.uservoice.com)

Cons:

- It isn't Open Source. - It needs better options for configure cache systems. - It needs more options for limit RAM/CPU and other resources by website/subscription/client. - It needs easy options for upgrade default PHP version for run by system/Plesk. - It needs Better support in spanish and others languages. - There isn't a lot of extensions in catalog - It needs more options for development stage easy with every website - It needs license plans more flexibles

Reasons for choosing Plesk

- Active 'User Voice' (plesk.uservoice.com) with continuous updates and new features - Easy to use - License prices

Alexander M.

Verified reviewer

Broadcast Media

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed November 2019

Excellent Software - The best panel out there!

Plesk has changed the way I and the other developers I work with operate. Plesk's built in analytics help us to monitor our server's performance and identify unwanted spikes in RAM, CPU and IO usage. The new dynamic site view is incredibly helpful, as it puts a variety of commonly used controls at your fingertips, without having to delve deep within various menus.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Plesk enables us to effecively manage all aspects of our server. From managing server-level processes to easily adding adding and customising client applications such as wordpress and joomla, Plesk makes web production infinitely easier than it would be with other well known panels.

Cons:

The only con I can come up with is the price! Plesk does come with a cost, however that cost is more than worth it. The only improvement I can offer would be to make the service free, however understandably that would never happen. :)

Reasons for choosing Plesk

Plesk was really the only competitor that WHM has. They are both advanced software companies, but Plesk takes the cake.

Reasons for switching to Plesk

WHM has many features that Plesk has, however the community and documentation is not as advanced. The most common taks could also take several minutes to perform, rather than several seconds with Plesk.

Rory A.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

One control panel to rule them all

It has been such an invaluable tool that we have designed our hosting business model around the product and now offer it as an exclusive panel option

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Extremely simple to set up compared to competitors. It is responsive and resilient. Plesk comes feature rich with a vast extensions catalogue that will easily take care with the majority of needs asked of a control panel.

Cons:

Price of extensions can easily add up and eat at your budget and profit margins. You also need to know what you are doing as you can break a server if you dig a bit too deep without having some experience.

Reasons for choosing Plesk

Smoother, easier to use and an overall better product.

Reasons for switching to Plesk

Upgraded a decade ago to a superior product.

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Alpay Ü.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed January 2020

Plesk is The Best

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy of use, Stability and security . No need to type codes or do endless searches on the net to find a solution (ignoring if it will make the server worse). plesk is so stable that you can sleep peacefully on both ears.

Cons:

Missing an option that all admin want to have; country blocking

Reasons for choosing Plesk

for several years, I have tried many other products and I have always had issues (stability and security). it was absolutely necessary to find a very established solution otherwise I risked losing my clients, so I chose Plesk! Since then, zero issue! I couldn’t do anything else! If you don't have a lot of linux baggage, Plesk is simply better for you.

Dominik L.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed July 2019

Build and maintain your web hosting

With Plesk, I am no longer spending time typing some long commands in secure shell window because I can do almost everything with nice and functional Plesk interface.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- one control panel to rule them all - manage all websites from one place - hundreds of plugins which extend the functionalities even greater - regular automatic updates - out of the box integration with cloud service providers like DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS... - full SSH root access remains available so if I don't like something I can customize it the old fashioned way - amazingly good security and firewall integrated - WordPress toolkit is a must-have if you manage multiple WordPress websites - SSL integration with Let's Encrypt work flawlessly

Cons:

- not so fast in loading speed compared to cPanel - the dashboard can often be confusing with so many menus and options - lack of support for Amazon Linux - a little bit more expensive if you are looking for a shared web hosting with Plesk installed but in most cases, you will be using Plesk on your own VPS or server

Reasons for switching to Plesk

It is much cheaper for me if I maintain my websites and servers using Plesk

Thomas B.

Verified reviewer

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2019

Plesk is the

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

What can I say, Plesk is the go to server management software. It makes everything so easy. The UI is second to none and a single click can install applications, encrypt websites and run audits. I really like the login button on wordpress sites this makes updating wordpress a breeze. The add ons are all priced really well and the whole package offers value for money.

Cons:

Overall the software is very user friendly, but it would be nice to be able to declutter some of the workspace and limit the amount of options. to enable the lest tech savvy members of the team to use it well.

Reasons for choosing Plesk

Plesk seemed to be the one that most people I spoke to were using and as a result where I could get the must support.

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