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Plesk

Score9.1 out of 10

20 Reviews and Ratings

What is Plesk?

Plesk is a server control panel, providing a solution that enables usres to build and manage multiple sites from a single dashboard. Users can also run updates, monitor performance and onboard new prospects all from the same place. Plesk also boasts a robust toolkit for Wordpress management, and supports other CMS. It is available on the public cloud of the user's choice.

Categories & Use Cases

Easy to use Server Management Tool

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We wanted a user-friendly alternative to the famous cPanel for a web server.

It is easier to use and more intuitive, and the dashboard is modern.

There are a handful of valuable integrations, for example, an SEO tool kit and built-in backup functionality.

We can administer WordPress websites, themes and plugins from the dashboard without going into the WordPress backend.

Pros

  • Backup Manager
  • Database Manager
  • Plugin Manager
  • Application Manager

Cons

  • Better integration with independent WAF tools like Wordfence
  • Create a simple function for staging sites and to push from staging to live
  • Provide function to back-up DNS settings before making changes

Return on Investment

  • Time-saving on administration
  • Speeds up workflows
  • Faster Email management

Other Software Used

Cloudways, Semrush, SurferSEO

PLESK is great for your server management platform needs!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Plesk Web Host Edition allows us to customize, make provisions, and manage to host for our business. We get

maximum flexibility, access to the domain management tools, and the full

WP Toolkit to support our multi-tenant, install-anything business

model. Plesk Web Host Edition is extremely easy to use and is integrateable with our other systems.

Pros

  • Customization
  • Provisions
  • Flexible

Cons

  • Pricing
  • Features
  • Integrations

Return on Investment

  • Time management.
  • Cost Saving.
  • Overall efficiency.

Intuitive server management platform perfect for growth and scalability.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Plesk allowed our organization to help manage our servers with an intuitive user interface that grew along with us. The platform has a large number of integrations and extensions that can bring in a number of different tasks under one roof. The ability to house our entire platform together in one system has saved us time and money.

Pros

  • House server management platform all in one system.
  • Growth and scalability.
  • Time savings and reducing inefficiencies.

Cons

  • The system can get a bit cluttered if there are too many integrations set up at once.
  • Implementation took longer than expected.
  • Training and adoption could use some improvement.

Return on Investment

  • Time savings and eliminating redundancies.
  • Reducing the need for multiple systems and spending on each.
  • Creating more visibility into what teams are working on and getting projects done faster.

Alternatives Considered

AWS Trusted Advisor

Other Software Used

Salesforce Essentials, PandaDoc, QuotaPath

Best Control Panel to Manage your Websites!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Plesk makes it possible for me to retain better control over my websites. Using specific tools and services, like WordPress Toolkit, I can set up my websites to automatically update templates, plugins, and the CMS system - all in one space! Instead of being forced to log in to each and every website to update templates, plugins, and the CMS, I can update ALL my websites, at one time with a few minor strokes...all from Plesk. These features can be automated to run on a timed schedule, or they can be initiated manually. I love this feature, as it really frees up my time so I can focus on creating and providing website content! I'm able to retain better control of my websites and how they operate, using the Plesk website control panel management system. This frees up my time and allows me to take care of other business activities that need my attention.

Pros

  • Automatically update the CMS, plugins, and templates of all your websites, depending on your CMS, all at the same time, with just a few strokes of your keyboard.
  • Enables one to set up a schedule to back up your websites, automatically, and easily download/save the backup files off-site, for safety.
  • Makes it easy for users to use a backup file to reinstall a website, with just a few strokes of the keyboard. Excellent service!

Cons

  • Plesk needs to add more free security options (like spam protection, SSL services, etc.) to their control panel, for the protection of a user's website.
  • It would be nice to have access to the Joomla Toolkit for free.
  • Plesk needs to update its database options. They only go up to MariaDB 5.5.68, and several content management systems now require MariaDB 10.2.29, opening up a website to security issues.

Most Important Features

  • Automated updating of WordPress sites, using the free WordPress Toolkit.
  • Ease of use in creating a database for each website, and using the DB to reinstall your website, should the need arise.
  • The ability to update all my WordPress websites easily, from one location (within the control panel), with just a few strokes of the keyboard, and update all my websites at once. Amazing!

Return on Investment

  • Instead of spending HOURS logging in to all of my websites each month, and updating the plugins, the CMS, and the templates, EVERY week, Plesk allows me to log in to one location and do it all within minutes. This has freed me up to do what makes me money - update copy, meet with clients, and make sales.
  • Plesk makes installing a complete CMS website, like WordPress, Moodle, or Joomla, easy to complete within minutes. I no longer have to pull out all my hair and stress out over trying to make sure I haven't missed a closing character when creating a website, and throwing off the entire site because I miss-coded my HTML.

Alternatives Considered

cPanel

Other Software Used

WordPress, Joomla!, Moodle

Great Content Management System Hosting and Domain Management Control Panel

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

When you use Plesk, you have an easy-to-use interface for managing your web content. This tool will help you in many ways, allowing you to increase website functionality and improve your internet presence. It will help to manage multiple websites with ease, have an improved site management, and increase support for your website.

Pros

  • Integrated support for Content Management Systems
  • User Friendly Control Panel
  • Provides WordPress Toolkit and several other Extensions

Cons

  • Not as feature rich as Cpanel
  • WordPress Toolkit

Return on Investment

  • Cost Saving
  • Plesk enables us to effectively manage all aspects of our server
  • Great Support

Alternatives Considered

cPanel

Other Software Used

Sendinblue, BigMarker, Google Workspace