{"id":74439,"date":"2026-04-09T03:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/?p=74439"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:59:12","slug":"why-97-percent-of-customers-choose-spanel-over-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/why-97-percent-of-customers-choose-spanel-over-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"97% of New Cloud VPS Customers Ditch cPanel for SPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When we looked at every new managed cloud VPS order last year, we noticed an interesting trend – 97 out of 100 customers chose SPanel <\/strong>as a hosting management solution. <\/strong>Just 3% picked the industry leader, cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That shift didn\u2019t happen by accident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, cPanel dominated the hosting world, but the landscape has changed. Modern websites need more flexibility, stronger security, and infrastructure designed for the cloud, not tools built for the shared hosting era. At the same time, rising cPanel licensing costs and growing complexity have pushed many website owners and developers to look for a better, more transparent alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s exactly why we built SPanel<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not just another control panel competing in the same old category – it\u2019s an all-in-one cloud platform designed from scratch<\/strong> for managed cloud VPS hosting. Instead of stacking extra plugins, paying additional licenses, or juggling with third-party tools, SPanel brings everything together in a single environment built for performance, automation, and simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re still paying for cPanel licenses or struggling with outdated workflows, you might be missing out on a platform designed for how hosting works today. SPanel gives you more power, stronger security, faster performance, and greater peace of mind<\/strong> – and website owners are clearly voting with their wallets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To better understand why this shift is happening, let\u2019s rewind to where it all started\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Problem With a Monopolized Industry (cPanel\u2019s Authoritative Rule)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ScalaHosting has been in the business for over 15 years. More than half of that time, we have been using cPanel ourselves. But we didn\u2019t just take advantage of its offerings. We were observing, analyzing, and noticing what was missing from the big picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As time went by, one thing was becoming painfully obvious – the traditional hosting model was dying. As the technology evolved, so did the clients\u2019 expectations. What worked well in the early days of the internet simply wasn\u2019t built for the demands of modern websites, growing traffic, and cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a major part of the ecosystem, cPanel was inevitably affected by those changes. Features that had been established as essential began to be omitted, and the control panel’s development lagged behind. At the same time, cPanel became increasingly resource-heavy, affecting the performance of hosting accounts with limited CPU\/RAM to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then came the price changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The switch to a per-account payment model significantly increased licensing costs for the platform, especially for hosting providers managing thousands of cPanel accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security also started falling behind. Today\u2019s websites face far more sophisticated threats, yet traditional control panels still rely on outdated protection methods. Features that many website owners now expect, like real-time AI-driven security protection, free incremental backups, built-in website monitoring, and seamless cloud automation, simply weren\u2019t part of the original design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even everyday tasks like migrating websites or managing multiple websites often require extra tools, manual work, or paid add-ons. For many users, the experience feels unnecessarily complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s where the real problem appears. You shouldn\u2019t need a degree in server administration or a stack of extra paid licenses just to keep your website fast and secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, we felt we\u2019d seen enough and had to do something to change the status quo. That\u2019s how the idea for SPanel was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SPanel Journey – From Idea to Industry Game-Changer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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SPanel was created at ScalaHosting, but its developers have always been mainly the users. The hosting management platform was designed to solve real-world issues, so it was only logical we went straight for the source instead of trying to guess what people needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why the Cloud Democracy project was so important to us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help with the cause, we created the Cloud Democracy Project<\/a> on the SPanel website. Inside, every user can suggest new functionalities or those that didn\u2019t work as expected. Each suggestion is open for voting, allowing everyone to pitch in. The most popular suggestions are immediately included in the product roadmap and promptly added in the next releases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some key historical milestones SPanel had to navigate to become the powerhouse it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n