WHM®/cPanel® naujos licencijavimo kainos

Žiniatinklio prieglobos pramonė apie tai kalba tik nuo savaitės! WHM®/cPanel® announced with immediate effect the following:

no more yearly license

any server having over 100 Už „cPanel“ paskyras bus taikomas papildomas 0,20 USD mokestis per mėnesį už paskyrą, arba 2,40 USD per metus už sąskaitą.

This does not affect any web hosting provider having an account density of less than 100 cPanel accounts per server. Tačiau: it affects all providers relying on a false economy of scale.

Let’s take an example of a provider having 1,000 cPanel accounts per server. Before the change: the licensing cost was: US$45/month. After the change the cost is now: US$45 + (1,000 – 100) x US$0.20 = US$225/month.

Affected providers will either:

• temporarily absorb those costs (unlikely for small margin providers) ; arba
• increase their prices immediately.

We welcome this move by WHM®/cPanel® because:

• it is fairer for WHM®/cPanel® to collect a license fee per account ;
• it is normal that the end-user pays for the software use on a per account basis ;
• it will finance software improvements & development in the long run ;
• it will equalize the competition between web hosting providers ;
• it will flush out of the market any abusive providers overloading a server with an infinite number of cPanel accounts ;
• it will reduce the incentive to provide reseller plans into the market ;
• it will force customers to merge cPanel accounts when necessary & avoid any waste ;
• it will increase the competition with other control panel software.

A word of warning to all: be sure to have a backup outside of your web hosting provider on which you have full access. Some end-users and providers will be unable to financially bear the increase. You can contact us if you need any backup.

Reference:

https://blog.quantumhosting.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cP_Store_Licensing_Guide.pdf