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Top 10 benefits of cPanel hosting

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William Bacchus

Published: March 11, 2022

Last updated: March 24, 2022

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The top benefits of cPanel hosting with Elite

If you’re looking to start an online business, or to put your business online- then cPanel hosting is the best way to get started. Ideal for beginners, or people who maybe unfamiliar with the idea of web hosting, cPanel offers a simple and reliable way to manage your website. It’s one of the most popular control panels in the United States and is used by over 1 million companies worldwide- so why not take advantage of what so many successful companies already have? In this article, we’re going to take a look at what cPanel hosting is, why it’s great for your website’s hosting and how you can use it to build your presence on the internet.

So, what is cPanel?

cPanel is an online Linux-based graphical interface (GUI) that is typically used as a simple control panel (hence the name) for website management and server management. To put it in simpler terms, it’s a control board you can use to manage practically every aspect of your website. It’s intended to make all of the factors of managing your website look and seem a lot easier (as opposed to an overwhelming amount of code!).

It rounds the different sectors of your site such as the files, databases, domains and security together- all under one digital roof! You can also utilize cPanel for publishing websites, managing your domains, organising web files, creating email accounts and sending emails, as well as many other great features.

cPanel can be used for a number of things. It can serve as a software installation, allowing you to install valuable software such as WordPress. Or you can use it to create email accounts, as well as customize them and manage them. You can manage passwords and security as well as user information. Did I mention that it can do all of this at once, and all from the same database to avoid over-complication?

Host your website with cPanel for great features such as publishing websites, managing your domains, organizing web files, and more.

So, why is cPanel hosting ideal for my website?

cPanel is perfect for anyone who wants to establish their online presence, but doesn’t have a clue where to start. As previously mentioned, it’s user-friendly interface means it can make for a great way to manage a website for anyone who may be a little confused when it comes to the details of how to manage one. It provides great foundations for absolutely anyone to build your online footprint on, but in order to fully understand why it’s ideal for you, we’re going to take a look at the 10 benefits of using cPanel hosting for your website.

10 benefits of cPanel hosting:

1- It’s easy.

One of the best parts about cPanel is how user-friendly its interface is. No matter if you consider yourself a technophobe, or just don’t have any experience with managing a successful website- cPanel will provide you with simplified but necessary tools and resources to get you on your feet. It makes concepts that may seem tricky to understand easy to process and carry out. Tasks such as uploading and installing are made easy to do through click functions as opposed to complex, manual processes you would have to do without cPanel.

Perhaps one of the best (and unique) features that aid this, is the provision of documentation. This is essentially a guide that thoroughly explains to you how to navigate the panel. Additionally, it will give suggestions and solutions to any issues you may encounter, which helps to make troubleshooting no trouble at all!

2- It’s flexible.

cPanel can perform many different functions, making it extremely flexible for any and all of your needs. One of the ways this is achieved is through the ability to have a team of people managing the panel at one time. So, you could have multiple people working on different aspects of your website, or perhaps someone to look after it whilst you’re away.

You can also use it to keep an eye on the traffic that’s coming into your site. cPanel provides you with vital and precise statistics that, along with the traffic monitoring tool, can be used to help make improvements to your site. For further details and information, you can look at the log analyzer for the most essential server reports.

3- It’s secure.

cPanel offers a plethora of ways it keeps your site and data secure. The functions that it is made of will protect your data and keep it safe from any malicious activity that may be happening throughout your site.

  • Here are a few more ways you can increase security:
    • Enabling two-step verification
    • Updating cPanel whenever you can to have the latest security updates available
    • Enable firewall and anti-virus protection
    • Use a secure password throughout all of your accounts

4- Managing your emails.

Being able to communicate with your clients, regular site visitors, colleagues or anyone else will normally mean having an email set up. You can utilize cPanel to help increase the quality of your emails and customize them too. Even with Elite’s ‘Starter Plan’ for just $1.49/mo you get 10 email accounts which you can use to set up a professional-looking email address using your domain name!

You can create (and delete) email accounts inside the panel to not only save having multiple tabs, but also the way you manage the accounts you are using. Another great feature is the ability to edit the email as well as the email interface. This will make your emails look great, be far more engaging to read, and stand out in anyone’s inbox! Be sure to also take advantage of being able to link your website mail to your Google account to make email delivery far easier.

5- It’s compatible.

One of the great things about cPanel is that it has a high probability of being compatible with your browser. This will allow you to install extensions and plugins easier using the browser that works for you (such as Chrome or Microsoft Edge). This will particularly come in handy if you have a digital marketing site and to make sure your website is competing on the same level (if not, a level above!) as your competitor’s websites to give you the edge.

It will also make it easier for people to share and post your links onto other sites- which is a great way to grow your site.

6- Backing up and expanding.

it is crucial to take into account backing up and recovering your data when switching to a new panel. Luckily for you, cPanel makes it easy to find any lost data. Although, for this to work effectively you must be sure to make saving your progress a regular habit. This will make backing up and receiving data as smooth and as quick as possible. There are multiple backup features integrated to make this process as easy as possible. Backing up not only makes expanding your site when necessary much easier but gives you peace of mind that you will always have something to fall back on in the unlikely event that something does go wrong.

7- Easy installation.

To drastically reduce the amount of time you spend installing separate pieces of software, use a preinstalled cPanel. This will allow you to get up and running straight away!

This pre-installed software will be able to monitor the number of processes that are going on and what necessary resources are being used to achieve the process. This will let you know how the hard disk is working and the ways you can improve its efficiency. It will also make installing other CMSs like WordPress so much easier, and these CMSs will greatly assist the creation of your website.

8. Adding multiple domains.

You can have multiple domains attached to a single cPanel. This can give your users a choice of domain to surf your site on (done with Domain aliases), or perhaps, have location-based domains. Another unique feature that cPanel offers is the ability to redirect clients, allowing you to transfer your web traffic elsewhere. Adding domains can be done by modifying that domain’s record- which is done by editing the zone files.

9. It provides a resilient database support.

Your choice in the database is important. It will impact how your website functions based on how intensely your website is used. Therefore, it will be extremely important to how effective your panel is.

cPanel is great in how many different databases options you can choose from. The two forefront options are MySQL and PostgreSQL databases (however, if you choose to buy with Elite, your plan will most likely include MySQL databases). Both of these databases are great choices to use with your website and your panel. The main jobs of the panel is to receive as much information as it can from the database. A robust query system makes this possible which in turn, will allow convenience to be performed while working with the panel much easier.

You’ll be able to tell if your database is performing well if a lot of tasks are able to be performed in a short amount of time. Another unique feature that comes with cPanel is the ability to access the database from different host providers (which is implemented through the secure configuration of the servers which will allow remote access).

10. It’s cheap when you buy with Elite.

It can be fairly costly to pay for something like VPS hosting or dedicated hosting, but when you purchase cPanel hosting with Elite, the price will rapidly drop due to the nature of running all of the necessary applications together. This means that buying with Elite will save you and your business a countless amount of money and give you great value for your money.

Here are the great cPanel plans that are offered with Elite and what you will get with each one:

  • Starter– Includes 1 website, 30GB storage, 10 email accounts and unmetered bandwidth
  • Economy– Includes 1 website, 100GB storage, 100 email accounts, 10 MySQL databases and unlimited bandwidth
  • Deluxe– Includes unlimited websites, unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, 500 email accounts, 25 MySQL databases
  • Ultimate– Includes unlimited websites, unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, 1000 email accounts, unlimited MySQL databases, 2X processing power and memory, premium DNS, 1-year SSL certificates.

Whilst there are some differences in the plans, there are some great features that are included in all of our plans. There is 1-click installation of over 150 free apps available for creating CMS sites, forums, and blogs. All of your network security and DDoS protection will be monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to give you peace of mind that your site is safe. And if that wasn’t enough, all cPanel’s purchased through Elite will come with 1-click domain name set up to make connecting your website to your domain name a cinch.

cPanel is an excellent way to keep your website safe and secure.
Making your decision.

In summary, cPanel is by far the best, cheapest, and most efficient way to host your website. No matter how much you already know, or what intentions you have for your website- cPanel will provide solid foundations for you to build something spectacular.

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William Bacchus
Will joined the Elite team in 2021. He has a background in content writing as well as a keen interest in media journalism. His interests include taijutsu and a immense passion for film and television. He aims to inform as many people as he possibly can about the vast and often confusing nature of web design!

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