In this article, we compare the features offered by cPanel and DirectAdmin, in the below table we have a general overview of the features offered and in the "Reseller Accounts" and "Shared Hosting Accounts" section we have a detailed overview of the features present.
| Feature |
cPanel |
DirectAdmin |
| Overselling (Reseller) |
Yes |
Yes |
| 2Factor Authentication (Shared & Reseller) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Softaculous (Shared & Reseller) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Whitelabel (Shared & Reseller) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jetbackup (Shared & Reseller) |
Yes |
Coming Soon |
| AutoSSL (Shared & Reseller) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reseller accounts |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP version selector |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSH Access (limited ssh access per account) |
Yes |
Yes |
| CloudLinux LVE (resource limitations) |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP Modules |
Yes |
Yes |
| phpMyAdmin |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebMail (Roundcube) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feature |
cPanel |
DirectAdmin |
| Overselling |
Yes |
Yes |
| Package Creation |
Yes |
Yes |
| Softaculous |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jetbackup |
Yes |
Coming Soon |
| AutoSSL |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP version selector |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSH Access |
Yes |
Yes |
| CloudLinux LVE (resource limitations) |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP Modules Selector |
Yes |
Yes |
| EMail Accounts |
Yes |
Yes |
| SpamAssassin |
Yes |
Yes |
| User welcome message(Reseller) |
No |
Yes |
| Notification to all user(Reseller) |
No |
Yes |
| IP management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Manage backup |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skin manager |
No |
Yes |
| Customize Evolution Skin |
No |
Yes |
| File manager |
Yes |
Yes |
| Language Translator |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feature |
cPanel |
DirectAdmin |
| Softaculous |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jetbackup |
Yes |
Coming Soon |
| AutoSSL |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP version selector |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSH Access |
Yes |
Yes |
| CloudLinux LVE (resource limitations) |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP Modules Selector |
Yes |
Yes |
| EMail Accounts |
Yes |
Yes |
| SpamAssassin |
Yes |
Yes |
| FTP management |
yes |
Yes |
| Vacation message |
No |
Yes |
| Auto Responder |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHPMyAdmin |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebMail (Roundcube) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Password protect directories |
Yes |
Yes |
| Language Translator |
Yes |
Yes |
On the admin side we have the much needed feature of moving users between resellers which will help us help users who have multiple reseller accounts as well,
| Feature |
cPanel |
DirectAdmin |
| Move Users Between Resellers |
No |
Yes |