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cPanel wants to 'eliminate' WHMCS
- Thread starter JasonS
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Anybody can sue for pretty much anything. Whether they'll win or not is another issue. The company that feels they're being violated by monopolistic practices will have to file a lawsuit (and win) in order for anything to be done. That's highly unlikely considering WHMCS is an English company and cPanel is based in the US. The only other thing that could happen would occur if the government stepped in and imposed some kind of anti-trust nonsense. Once again, not likely to happen since the companies are based in two entirely different countries. Besides that, the government rarely gets involved in matters like this unless it's for the common good.
Really with all the different competitors out there today and with the fact that some are really pushing to be quite good these days. ClientExec is really being worked on hard, boxbilling the new kid on the block, hostbill, and whmcs and all the others really is this smart of cpanel? Are they gonna support anything but there panel?
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WHMCS does confuse a lot of people since they assume it's included with cPanel/WHM (notice the CS isn't on the end of cPanel's).
cPanel: End-User Control Panel (Part of cPanel)
WHM: Admin / Reseller Control Panel (Part of cPanel)
WHMCS: Client management, billing and support solution. This is not owned by cPanel Inc and is not a part of cPanel, although many hosts do use it to manage their business effectively.
One good thing with cPanel getting into the whole billing/support system business, is that it will force the other competitors (WHMCS, HostBill etc) to improve their software.
cPanel: End-User Control Panel (Part of cPanel)
WHM: Admin / Reseller Control Panel (Part of cPanel)
WHMCS: Client management, billing and support solution. This is not owned by cPanel Inc and is not a part of cPanel, although many hosts do use it to manage their business effectively.
One good thing with cPanel getting into the whole billing/support system business, is that it will force the other competitors (WHMCS, HostBill etc) to improve their software.
On the downside WHMCS might just not have the platform John, as it's pretty much tied to WHM/cPanel - so it would be putting them out in the desert.
Did you know cPanel was first on the go in 1977, only ** (yeh like I'm gonna say that here) years younger than me, it would kill CS as they would drop it like a stone as soon as their own was up.
Plus side - no one likes paying for basically 3 sets of software to do 1 job, they should be talking not splitting.
Did you know cPanel was first on the go in 1977, only ** (yeh like I'm gonna say that here) years younger than me, it would kill CS as they would drop it like a stone as soon as their own was up.
Plus side - no one likes paying for basically 3 sets of software to do 1 job, they should be talking not splitting.
ultimatehostings
New Member
It's a great news however the sad part of this actually maybe that it won't be bundled with cPanel/WHM. cPanel would sell it as a different product because if they don't they won't get the extra revenue or they'd basically hike the licensing costs.
If they hike teh licensing cost then they might have to work hard to survive teh competition.
The web hosting market has became so saturated over the last 5 years or so, don't you have to do that already?
Aaron Gregory
New Member
It'll be hard. As there is so much competition, but if they design it right and add features that people want. They'll do good!
Dude! Check the date!
Webcs-Peter
Member
Do not think this is the elimination. How many people are still using WHMCS? The answer shows what are the real intentions of cPanel.
FrogJumper
New Member
This likely wouldn't cut into the WHMCS market very heavily, as they've diversified their module portfolio to include many, many other hosting management systems. Additionally, as they are currently a market leader, they've been able to heavily invest in a myriad of gateway integrations and product specialization projects.
With that in mind however, their product does lack some key features, which hopefully some competition by a major player, such as Cpanel, will remedy.
With that in mind however, their product does lack some key features, which hopefully some competition by a major player, such as Cpanel, will remedy.
