Plesk Reviews

Plesk is used as a graphical user interface, particularly for Windows-based developers. We are customers of Plesk. 

Plesk provides a nice interface for routine system or server administration activities that would otherwise require knowledge of IIS or other services which might be complicated or require some additional training. It can all be quite easily managed in Plesk. Everything is organized by website with separate FTP users for each site. The UI has separate icons for each website which gives a higher level of abstraction. It's great if you're working with multiple accounts or on servers that host multiple websites. It's one of the best features. 

The speed of the user interface is something that could be improved. People think that Plesk is slow because the user interface has a lot of elements and sometimes takes time to load. The operation takes place in the background but the UI fails to communicate that to the user. If the UI could be upgraded to increase the speed or something, that might change user perception. For anyone coming from a Linux background, it creates the impression that the control panel is slow.

An added feature I'd like to see is functionality in the email sphere because sometimes we need emails for solely transactional purposes and it would be helpful to have that integrated into the solution. 

I've been using this solution for four years. 

Plesk is very stable. I have done some resource-intensive activities such as failed request tracing and log monitoring. These are features many people don't know about, but I have used them successfully without facing any issues. Plesk is very robust and reliable. I'm not worried that it would create issues in the back end. 

The solution is scalable in that you can use it on a single server and manage multiple sites. I've seen a server with a couple of hundred sites on Plesk and it doesn't create a problem. 

I've never contacted technical support. There is sufficient documentation available online. 

The initial setup is pretty straightforward and doesn't take much time. People who are used to routine web server administration things will find Plesk very straightforward because there are not a lot of commands. With cPanel, for example, it's not so easy and generally requires the help of a third-party installation service.

I'm unaware of the price but assume the solution is quite expensive. Whatever it is, it's well worth the cost because of the amount of time that it saves. I know one company where the developer deployed code, but didn't know how to deal with the basic server administration, like URL rewrites. Having deployed Plesk he didn't have to worry about it. You get one person carrying out the work of two people, deploying the code and managing the server infrastructure. Once Plesk was set up on that server, they did not need to hire an additional server administrator.

In comparison to cPanel, Plesk presents the information in a different way with everything organized by website. With cPanel and other control panels, when you select an option from the menu or an icon for a particular feature, you have to select the domain or the website in which that action has to be performed. It adds a level of complication that Plesk doesn't have.

I have always used Plesk and found the user interface very easy to manage. I also previously used ISPConfig when we could choose what kind of control panels we could get. None of these other solutions give me the kind of content that I get on Plesk because of the kinds of errors that the system gives. If you're using cPanel and add an incorrect character in the web.config file, it crashes and requires contacting tech support and the system would need to be reset to the default version. If something goes wrong with Plesk, the system doesn't crash. The website won't work because that config file is not working, but the control panel still works and you can at least do basic file operations such as file manager.

If an organization wants to be sure about the reliability of the hosting panel and not run into tech support issues, then I recommend Plesk.  I trust it for its security, for code stability, and for its ease of use. I think Plesk is the best control panel I've seen.

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Plesk is used for hosting websites and emails. 

I'm a system administrator, and I work for 200 clients as a freelancer. I have 10 clients who are using Plesk, so I use it on a daily basis and work on a Plesk server. We have 20 servers. 

Plesk is deployed on cloud.

The control panel is stable, and we have had fewer problems.

I'm not satisfied with the backup. The website files, ownership, and permissions on Plesk aren't clear at all.

We need monitoring for the websites. For some sites that aren't up-to-date, any attackers could upload malicious codes to the website. There isn't any kind of monitoring for malicious codes.

I would also like some kind of protection for the applications we put on the server. These wouldn't be normal firewalls, but firewalls that check the logs of the websites and issue an email with an alert when something wrong is happening to the website. There should be some sort of firewall that is specified for app protection. 

I have also faced some difficulty in moving the websites away from Plesk. Plesk doesn't work in synchronization mode. There's no ability to transfer configurations from old servers to new servers.

I have used this solution for about 10 years.

Plesk is stable. I would rate the stability as ten out of ten.

It's not very scalable. I faced a major problem when a website reached its limitations and the sites stopped on the server. I searched for a solution, which was to increase the resources on the server. I increased them, but I still faced the problem. I had to move to another control panel.

Some of my clients have asked for my opinion on increasing usage, and I advise them to migrate away from Plesk because of the limitations of the scalability.

I would rate the scalability as four out of ten.

I have contacted support a few times. They're very helpful. Once, they called me to help me solve a problem, and they explained how to fix it. Support is great.

I would rate technical support as 10 out of 10.

I also use CentOS Web Panel, cPanel, WHM, and CyberPanel.

CPanel is easier to install, easy to monitor, easy to back up, and the file system structure and website structure is more clear than Plesk.

Some parts of the installation are easy. Starting the process is very easy. Setting up the DNS server is part of the initial setup, which isn't easy at all. That process needs a lot of enhancement.

It takes about two hours to set up Plesk with the basic security settings.

I would rate the setup as six out of ten.

I do the installation for my clients.

I would rate Plesk as six out of ten. 

To someone who is interested in using Plesk, I would tell him that Plesk is a good control panel, but they will have some difficulties with the first installation and backups.

I would recommend cPanel over Plesk.

We use this solution to host websites and to manage web projects.

We have experienced bugs when using the graphical interface. They are small bugs that are fixable but this is an area that could be improved.

In a future release, I would like to be able to use GitLab for stories. I have experienced issues using the local repository to build up a server.

This is a stable solution. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for scalability.

I have contacted the support team frequently for bug fixes. 

I would rate the support for this solution a nine out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup is straightforward. Everything is structured on Plesk with a library. It is really easy to install. The time it takes to deploy this solution varies. 

If you're going to create a structure that's stable for DNS records, it can take one day for ready-to-use environment.

We have a 40% discount. The cost is approximately 25 dollars per device per month.

Plesk and VHM are very similar. Plesk has one more option that I like which is providing Windows and Linux at the same time. 

I would advise others to gain as much knowledge as possible before using this solution. If you have limited knowledge, you can rely on the Plesk team to assist. There is also a lot of documentation and FAQ pages to refer to. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten because it was easy to install and is a good solution overall. It is super compatible for VDS dedicated machines and you can directly record and send out all updates. 

We originally just got the credentials and we needed to install all the things that we need, according to the website's requirements, upload the code to our website and make it live.

The most valuable feature is the ease of use. 

They need to compete with their competitors like AWS and Azure. One example is I would like to see a load balancer feature. I would like to see a more user-friendly version.

I have been working with Plesk for the past two years.

If we are using less CPU, and less RAM, then obviously the website will be alright. If we have some extra load or extra users, then we need to take care of it, but other than that, the site file goes down.

There are around two hundred and fifty of us using Plesk.

Technical support was excellent. They resolved my issue for me.

The initial setup is straightforward and easy for beginners or experts.

The price of Plesk is reasonable compared to the competition and that is why the management went with using Plesk.

I can give a recommendation and say, "Go for it," and, "Try to learn how a server works." Because it is completely simple and good for a new user. If you are not really very expert, then that is okay. That will work for you. I would rate Plesk a nine out of ten.

Plesk is an interface for managing your hosting platform. If you have a server and you want to manage it, not virtually, not using the backend, then you use Plesk. It is a front-end interface for managing your servers, website, et cetera.

If I have a website on my server and I have a Plesk interface, and I want to set up an SSL for my server, like a website, I can use Plesk. Plesk allows me to set up the SSL while not using any commands. You'll have interfaces, like options, setting up the SSL, et cetera, and you can copy the keys there and then upload the key and get the SSL. 

You can access the file manager as well.

The user-friendliness is good. 

They have a very good UI.

If you are technical, the initial setup can be easy. There is good documentation. 

The solution is mostly stable.

If you are not savvy, there should be an option where the company can add cushions to assist. For example, I should be able to find suggestion options or frequently asked questions easily to help me move forward. That option should be there. 

If I take a learner, a newbie for Plesk, or if I'm a user, as a consumer, and I may want to add some new features, there should be an option where Plesk can understand what the customer wants and put it in their development pipeline so they can continuously improve. That option to communicate directly to Plesk should be there.

The solution can scale. 

I've been using the solution for four years. 

I have faced many problems with installing PHP and extensions. Otherwise, the stability is good, and it's a good product.

The ability to scale is somewhere in the middle. 

I have experienced some issues with Plesk while installing PHP - not versions or extensions. While installing the PHP extensions, I faced some issues with Plesk. So The scalability is low based on that experience. 

I'm not sure how many people are using the solution. It's likely over 1,000 people. 

I've never dealt with technical support in the past.

I was using cPanel and InterWorx as well.

I was working for the hosting companies, so there were options for the UI. The company was providing cPanel, Plesk, and InterWorx. I was getting clients who were using Plesk, cPanel, and InterWorx and have experience accessing them and other interfaces. 

For a tech-savvy person, it will be easy to set up the product. If you have a set of manuals or instructions, it will be easy, even for a new person. For a new person with no knowledge, documentation, or help, it will be difficult.

I'm not sure how long it takes to deploy the solution. 

I'm not sure of the exact pricing of the solution. 

I'm an end-user. I was working as a system engineer, so I was dealing with the hosting platforms where the clients were using Plesk. I was helping them to troubleshoot the issues, set up Plesk, and configure things.

We're using Plesk Obsidian; I'm not aware of the version. Likely, I'm using the latest version. The interface changed. Before, I was using the older interface, and the UI is different now.

People should use Plesk. When it comes to comparing it to other interfaces and hosting interfaces, Plesk has more features, and the UI is better. I have only a problem with the PHP extensions. Otherwise, it is very good. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.