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Yes. Hopefully I'm done with this. Just paid a bill to my ISP: £134.40 for a VPS. £119.88 for Obsidian Web Host edition.

I'm going to try ISP Manager.
if it is really a vps your provider makes a big buck on the license. in the open market you get licenses for vps starting at 39 usd (without sales tax)
 
if it is really a vps your provider makes a big buck on the license. in the open market you get licenses for vps starting at 39 usd (without sales tax)
Really? Plesk License Pricing Plans & Options. Plesk Discounts. my edition costs 38 Euros pcm if bought from Plesk - my ISP charges GBP 119. per year ( = 140 Euros per year or 12 Euros pcm) - so my ISP is getting (and passing on to me) a huge discount on this over-priced product,
 
I don't see anything wrong with the backup system. I also cannot understand your statement, that something is mixed up. Backups are super easy to use and highly reliable. If you have issues with using backups, why not post the specific question in a thread on the forum? There probably will be experts who can assist you. Plesk support is also a great option to get help.
Nonetheless everything I say is true - the main list of backups, accessed from the main Tools and Settings page just lists all the backups mixed up together. The only way to see which is which is to hover over the filename and read it in the browser toolbar! And it is also the case that there is no display of the currently scheduled time (in the domain backup panel). I accept this may work for some people. For me it is the actual most basic implementation of a backup system (MVP) that could be imagined. I have sent feedback to Plesk every time that annoying 'Do you like Plesk' smiley face / sad face pop up appears in the control panel. I haven't posted about it in the support forum because I don't need help with it. It is just lacking in UI/UX work.
 
AS the OP poinrs out 39 USD pcm if bought direct. But they can still make a profit selling it for 12 USD pcm! That looks like over-priced to me.

Even at the 12 USD multiply that by the number of installations worldwide and consider what it is - a bunch of scripts, most of which are not new, and one can see that most likely they are making a very handsome return on it. Like other posters here I'm struck by how something which used to add a small amount to a hosting plan now nearly doubles the cost. I don't think that hosting prices for VPS have come down that much.
 
I don't see anything wrong with the backup system. I also cannot understand your statement, that something is mixed up. Backups are super easy to use and highly reliable. If you have issues with using backups, why not post the specific question in a thread on the forum? There probably will be experts who can assist you. Plesk support is also a great option to get help.
Thank you for your advice. As you can see, we’re all already in the trenches here. It’s no longer just a matter of money but a principle; no longer wanting to be puppets of Plesk. We don’t know what Plesk’s price will be six months or a year from now, and that uncertainty keeps everyone on edge.
 
Fyi, we have (had) some Servers at an hosting provider where we still pay 4.99 per month for a license… this about potential discounts…
 
Does anyone know a reseller that offers Plesk licenses for external dedicated servers at a reasonable price?

At the moment, we pay $46.09 per month for a Plesk Web Host Unlimited for Dedicated Server license (2 languages). Our dealer recently raised the prices by 34%. Even though it is still cheaper than buying directly from Plesk, we are looking for alternatives, as we expect another 30% increase in January 2026 + 2027 + 2028 + [...].

For about 50% of our servers, we have already switched or are planning to switch to other hosting panels. But for some servers, we have no choice but to let Plesk squeeze us like an orange until nothing is left—because migrating all clients to a new panel is, at the moment, simply too expensive.

Honestly, raising prices by 30% every single year is just greedy, nothing else. It has become a big trend among so-called “investors”—I’d rather call them destroyers—who kill one brand after another. In the past 12 months, we’ve had to say goodbye to many free and paid services that went in the same direction. Don’t get me wrong: you get what you pay for. But annual price increases of 30% or more are no foundation to build a sustainable business on. Luckily, the open-source community is strong enough to provide a fallback for nearly every use case. And alternative paid web hosting control panel providers are also watching the situation closely, ready to capture their share of frustrated Plesk users. In the end, the free market will take care of Plesk’s greed in its own way.
 
@Hangover2

I am not specifically responding to your (last) post, but that post contains some valuable comments and also some notes that should be nuanced.


First of all, your statement

Honestly, raising prices by 30% every single year is just greedy, nothing else. It has become a big trend among so-called “investors”—I’d rather call them destroyers—who kill one brand after another.

is spot on : it happens a lot (and it should not happen) ....... with all kinds of negative consequences.

Please note that I dislike the "greedy investor", but also note that - in my experience - that kind of investment is never of the long-lived type.

Essentially, most of these "greedy investors" have FOMO - they give lots of money to people that are 100% certain to spend that money and more than that.

The term "greedy investor" is in brackets, since they often lose money and are aware that they will lose money, but they still invest due to FOMO.

I have never understood that kind of behavior, but let's not think about that.


This statement

Luckily, the open-source community is strong enough to provide a fallback for nearly every use case.

might not be true.

The open source community is not aligned in terms of objectives and certainly lacks funding.

The simple fact is that big companies like Oracle, Microsoft etc. and smaller companies like Plesk step into the market that opens up if the open source community has developed something good, but fails to continue development and/or fails to have appropriate funding for development.

There simple is a trade-off to be made .... and it is related to both sides of the same medal.

That trade-off is often not won by the open source community.

I really wish it would be different.


This statement

At the moment, we pay $46.09 per month for a Plesk Web Host Unlimited for Dedicated Server license (2 languages). Our dealer recently raised the prices by 34%. Even though it is still cheaper than buying directly from Plesk, we are looking for alternatives, as we expect another 30% increase in January 2026 + 2027 + 2028 + [...].

is - in essence - a correct description of the pattern of price development of Plesk.

I am only quoting your statement for the sake of convenience and due to the fact that is more correct than statements like "we pay more than 100 GBP".

There is always a way to talk about prices of Plesk licenses and/or about price development, certainly when including the topic "greedy investors".

To some extent, it is a discussion that is valuable.

Nevertheless, it is also a very lopsided discussion.

Consider a Plesk Web Host license for 57 euro per month for a dedicated server.

That price can be lower, if one knows where and how to purchase.

That dedicated server can - for instance - host 100 domains, an almost too low number of domains to justify a dedicated server.

Those 100 domains cost 0.57 euro per month per domain, which is a very reasonable costprice per domain.

This example is not real life, it is an example - in real life, the cost (of a license) per month per domain will be much lower : 20 eurocents or less per month.

That is not worth the discussion, I suppose.

Now, consider the alternative : a dedicated server with all open source packages that are also included as a modified package with Plesk.

That alternative will save 57 euro per month on license fees, but will also increase your maintenance fees with several hundreds of euros per month.

Personnel is not cheap, man hours are not cheap ....... so that alternative is not really an alternative.

It could only become a good alternative if and only if the open source community is strong enough and willing to share for free.


In summary, my personal view on this topic matter is quite simple : a simple cost-benefit analysis will lead to the conclusion that Plesk licenses are viable.

Viable in every sense, certainly in the economical sense.

In theory, price increases should not matter as long as Plesk remains (economically) viable.

In practice, price increases will matter in the far away future, since in that future Plesk can become unviable.

Stated differently, the discussion about price increases might be too soon, but it should be starting already.

On the other hand, one should also be harsh and realistic : time spent on complaining is time lost that can be spent on building the open source community that can consequently share (partial) solutions for free.


Kind regards...
 
In summary, my personal view on this topic matter is quite simple : a simple cost-benefit analysis will lead to the conclusion that Plesk licenses are viable.

Viable in every sense, certainly in the economical sense.
I’ve always used Plesk, but after realizing I was paying $500 a year for licenses, I started looking around and was lucky enough to have AI on my side. So I set up my server for the first time: installed CloudPanel, Fail2Ban, learned how to configure email with another provider (since CloudPanel doesn’t support email natively), and took care of all the server’s security blocking SSH access for root, restricting database connections to localhost, etc.

None of this would have been possible before 2022, at least not for me as a non‑expert. Now that investment will compound. In twenty years, can you imagine how much I’ll have saved? And more importantly, I’m using a system over which I have full control. So to get back to your argument: Plesk was viable five years ago, but it no longer makes sense for anyone with even a little desire to learn.

I did the migration in one night and spent a week figuring out what to do and how to do it.

In that single week, I earned $10,000 if you think about not having to spend another $500 per year for the next 20 years.

The power of compounding.
 
Since Plesk 9.x, Plesk has made very little real improvements to justify these price increases. In addition, the truly useful features, such as email security or premium email, incur horrendous monthly fees instead of being integrated into Plesk. If these additional paid features were integrated into Plesk, I would consider the price justified, and one could indeed equate Plesk with a Porsche. But...
 
@Gary W.

This statement

In that single week, I earned $10,000 if you think about not having to spend another $500 per year for the next 20 years.

is rather lopsided - why not take 10 years ......... or 50 years?

It might be true that you save some money, but taking a random and long period is just incorrect and some might argue that it is "exaggeration".

The simple fact is that, if and only if one does a full cost-benefit analysis in full detail, one will get a fairly accurate estimation of savings!


To be honest, I define your statement as lopsided due to the simple fact that one can save much more in 1 to 5 years when not using Plesk.

That fact will only materialize after doing some investment in (custom) automation - which automation requires server-side scripting.

That fact is always present - a good bit of server-side scripting can save thousands to millions per year (in personnel costs alone).

That fact is always applying - it is not limited to Plesk (or any other control panel).

That fact is not limited to a predefined timespan - savings due to automation will always occur in each and every year.


And there we have it, "automation" that is already present in Plesk - I will return to that later.


This statement

installed CloudPanel, Fail2Ban, learned how to configure email with another provider (since CloudPanel doesn’t support email natively), and took care of all the server’s security blocking SSH access for root, restricting database connections to localhost, etc.

is rather optimistic.

In essence, there is no such thing as "free" and CloudPanel.io (or MGT.io) is earning money on you .... do not be suprised if the unexpected will happen.

One of major costs that you pay - without noticing it - is the loss of privacy, your own privacy and that of your customers.

Another potential cost that you might pay is that your customers will go ahead and convert to MGT paid-for solutions.

So, I am not sure how the potential losses associated with "free" hosting control panels are calculated in your cost-benefit analysis?


This statement

And more importantly, I’m using a system over which I have full control.

is incorrect.

You do not have full control!

In fact, you only have control over what you are allowed to control with the hosting panel.

The intricate part of hosting setup and security is completely lost and fully uncontrollable!

And that is a very high price that you do not want to pay.

If you do not notice anything unusual, then that is not a signal that it is not happening - it is, you simply do not see it.

That is the problem here - "free" hosting panels are an accident going to happen : it is a question of "when" and "how" and "can I control enough to solve it".

The last question of "can I solve it" can be answered with a definitive no.

Nevertheless, I do emphasize that you should only do what feels good to you.


This statement

Plesk was viable five years ago, but it no longer makes sense for anyone with even a little desire to learn.

is quite interesting.

In my humble opinion, anyone actually wanting to learn should start with the question : what can I learn?

The question "what can I learn?" cannot be answered by answers provided by other parties that have a (financial) interest to provide you with their answers.

You should answer that question yourself (and stay away from AI).


Only if one actually has learned something from Plesk, then two lessons would have been actually learned :

1 - Plesk has automation out-of-the-box that is sufficient in many use-case scenario's that apply now and in the future, (and)

2 - each sysadmin can do the same as Plesk and potentially at a lower cost.

Stated differently, if one did actually learn something from Plesk, then it would be that one does not necessarily need Plesk.

However, when learning things, one should also give rise to the question : can I do it better?

The latter question is - often - answered with a definitive no.

So, yes, it makes no sense to use Plesk if one is able to do the same and better than Plesk.

Also, no, it makes sense to keep using Plesk if one is not able to do the same as a company with a full and knowledgable staff.

In my humble opinion, Plesk remains viable for each and every hosting provider with a small staff that needs to rely on out-of-the-box automation.


This statement

I did the migration in one night and spent a week figuring out what to do and how to do it.

should be part of a proper cost-benefit analysis.

You - apparently - have spent 7 days to move from Plesk to another solution.

In a normal world and/or if you would have outsourced this task, then the costs of personnel would be approx. 4000 USD for one week.

Your savings are - at least, according to you - 500 USD per year.

The simple fact is that your break-even point would be after 8 years.

That simple fact is only valid under the assumption that maintenance is identical, no new migrations are required and no new work has to be done.

Well, I can hear you think : I do not spend 4000 USD on personnel, rubbish!

Sure, but that is a reasonable cost of personnel per week - if you do not pay yourself and "think" that you work for free, then that is wrong.

If you do not earn that kind of money per week - in that case, your business might not be viable and you should start working for another company.

However, if you do earn 4000 USD per week with your hosting business, then you will - very soon ! - see that CloudPanel will limit you in terms of growth, profitability and security ......... and after some growth, you will probably have to migrate back to Plesk again.


Sure, all of the above is just an illustration, so one can change numbers and discuss about validity of assumptions and so on.

Nevertheless, it does not matter - the simple fact is that one at least has to divide the cost of the Plesk license per year by the average cost of personnel per hour, in order to determine whether Plesk is viable.

Plesk is viable if you can save more hours than

Plesk license per year / average personnel cost per hour

by using Plesk and the out-of-the-box automation that Plesk provides and that generates savings in terms of (less) hours.

Plesk is even more viable if you can save money by increasing cost effectiveness, for instance by reducing costs of resources (like servers).


The question whether Plesk is viable or not should not depend on personal preferences or prices.

The question whether Plesk is viable or not should not depend on alternatives and certainly not on "free" alternatives.


It is only a matter of facts.

If the fact can be established that Plesk is viable, then that is a first fact.

If the fact can be established that an alternative to Plesk is viable, then that is second fact.

These two facts have no correlation at all - the facts can co-exist without any issue.

If two hosting panels, being Plesk and an alternative, are factually viable, then there is only the question : which one is more cost effective or to be preferred?

In a world of business, the latter question boils down to : which of the two panels is more cost effective.

Stated differently, which panel allows me to keep prices low enough to be competitive and still earn a profit!


In most use-case scenario's, a proper cost-benefit analysis of all hosting panels will still point out that Plesk is a clear winner.

Sure, I have to admit that the winner is appointed as a result of the lack of viable alternatives.

And yes, as a result of the lack of viable alternatives, the pain of increasing Plesk licenses is more prominent.

However, as long as Plesk allows us to make a profit, then it should be fine - at least, in theory.


Kind regards....
 
@Gary W.

I am a bit disappointed if you or Plesk Team removed your last posts - what happened there?!??

One of your posts talked about a "1400-word delirium" from my side - I do not take personal offense, no worries.

The other of your posts showed an image and contained a statement about CloudPanel + Varnish, a combination that you - apparently - prefer.


This statement

for me as a non‑expert

in one of your previous posts gives an indication that you might or might not have a valid reason to prefer something less complicated than Plesk.

In essence, in some use-case scenario's, Plesk is indeed an overkill - with a price tag.


The simple fact is that you should do what feels good to you.

Kind regards...
 
Since Plesk 9.x, Plesk has made very little real improvements to justify these price increases. In addition, the truly useful features, such as email security or premium email, incur horrendous monthly fees instead of being integrated into Plesk. If these additional paid features were integrated into Plesk, I would consider the price justified, and one could indeed equate Plesk with a Porsche. But...

@LTUser,

I agree with your statement concerning the "fees" of vital components that - ideally - should be present at no costs at all.

There are better and cheaper alternatives, quite many.

In addition, there is always the option to setup a free spamd cluster.

Both the alternatives and the spamd cluster option do not alter the fact that one should expect that vital components are present by default, preferably at the lowest price possible or simply for free.

Kind regards...

PS To be honest, I am suprised that Plesk did not "build the code" yet that would make the combination of all Plesk instances an enormous cluster of "clients" that can prevent spam, malware and so on occurring on each of the Plesk instances belonging to that cluster.
 
Oh look.

New prices are out today for 2026, and behold, a FURTHER 26% is being chucked on top.

This year: £659.81 including VAT (which Plesk also deliberately conceals)
Next year: £831.47

That's the biggest increase since 2018 and means the cumulative increase since 2017 has been 285%.

How can that possibly be justified?
 
How can that possibly be justified?

here you go:
We are further narrowing the price gap between Plesk Web Host VPS and Plesk Web Host Dedicated, in line with continuous advancements in virtualization and hardware that are making VPS environments comparable to Dedicated

So, this time all the VPS users get screwed with ludicrous price increase, while the last three years the same was done to the dedicated/baremetal users.
 
Oh no...even I at this point can't defend this. Look, people, spread the word and vote with your wallet + post some alternatives. That's the only language corporate governance can and will understand. When money talks, everyone is listening.
 
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