Websites & email
Unlimited domains, mailboxes and databases per account, on OpenLiteSpeed or NGINX with PHP, SSL, DNS and a full file manager.
Self-hosted hosting control panel
Your hosting.
Your hosting.
Your infrastructure.
Your control.
A modern web hosting control panel with genuinely free hosting management, flexible Professional subscriptions, and perpetual software ownership — running on your own server.
Free forever for up to 3 accounts·No credit card for Free·Runs on your own server
Management panel — server administration · port 2087
Runs on your stack — open, standard and self-hosted
OpenLiteSpeedNGINXPHP-FPMWordPressMariaDBLet’s EncryptPostfix & DovecotcPanel migration
Everything in one panel
Everything you need to run hosting
One panel for websites, email, DNS, databases and security — for you and your customers.
WordPress & apps
WP-CLI management, a one-click app installer, Node.js and Python apps, Git deployments and more.
Backups & migration
Scheduled backups and restores, plus cPanel account migration over SSH or from a backup archive.
Security built in
Account isolation, native CloudLinux OS and Imunify360 support, a firewall, ModSecurity with the OWASP Core Rule Set, brute-force protection and two-factor login.
Resellers & white-label
On Professional: unlimited resellers, white-label branding and a commercial provisioning API.
Own it forever
Buy a perpetual license once and keep using your eligible version — no mandatory recurring fees.
Two panels, one install
A panel for you — and one for every customer
You run the server from the Management panel (shown above). Each hosting account gets its own clean Customer panel for files, email, databases, SSL and WordPress — no training required.
Customer panel — what your hosting customers see · port 2083
Migrate from cPanel
Bring your accounts across in a few clicks
Point PanelFi at your old cPanel server over SSH, or import a cpmove or full-backup archive. Domains, files, databases, email with messages, DNS records and cron jobs come with them.
Hardened by default
Security that protects every account
Each hosting account is isolated in its own home, web context and database grants. A firewall, ModSecurity with the OWASP Core Rule Set, brute-force protection and two-factor login come built in, and releases are signed and verified before install.
White-label · Professional
Make the panel your own
On Professional, show your hosting company’s name and support link throughout the customer panel and its sign-in page, add unlimited resellers with their own packages and limits, and provision accounts through a commercial API.
Choose your engine
Fast by default — OpenLiteSpeed or NGINX
PanelFi runs on OpenLiteSpeed out of the box, or NGINX with PHP-FPM — both free. Apache-style setups are the slow legacy; pick the engine that fits your workload and move on. LiteSpeed Enterprise is an optional paid upgrade.
WordPress & apps
A WordPress Manager and app installer, included free
Install, update, clone and manage WordPress with WP-CLI, and switch on LiteSpeed Cache in one click for dramatically faster WordPress on OpenLiteSpeed. The one-click app installer — Joomla, Drupal, Nextcloud and more — is built in too, at no extra cost and with no separate Softaculous license.
Reseller center · Professional
Turnkey reseller hosting — your brand, your customers, your pricing
Create and manage unlimited reseller accounts with their own packages and limits, brand everything as your own, and provision through a commercial API — so a reseller can run a whole hosting business on top of PanelFi.
Unlimited resellers
Create as many reseller accounts as your server can host, each fully independent.
Packages & limits
Give every reseller their own plans, quotas and limits to sell on.
Your branding
Your company name and support link appear across the customer panel and its sign-in page.
Commercial API
Automate provisioning and plug into your own billing and signup flows.
PanelFi vs cPanel
A modern alternative to per-account licensing
Flat per-server pricing, a real free tier, perpetual ownership and WordPress tooling included — alongside the traditional per-account model.
| PanelFi | cPanel | |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing model | Flat per server — unlimited accounts | Per-account licensing that scales up as you add accounts |
| Free edition | Yes — $0 for 3 accounts | No free edition |
| Perpetual ownership | Yes — own your version | No — subscription only |
| WordPress Manager & app installer | Included free | Often a paid add-on (e.g. Softaculous) |
| Pricing | $25/mo, $225/yr, or $750 once | Subscription only |
cPanel is long-established and widely used; PanelFi takes a different, server-based approach, and both are self-hosted. See the full PanelFi vs cPanel showdown →
Simple, honest pricing
Pay per server, never per customer
Licensed per server — never per account, domain, CPU, IP or customer.
Free
$0
forever · up to 3 accounts
- Unlimited sites & email
- SSL, DNS, databases
- Backups & cPanel migration
- Community support
Most popularProfessional · Monthly
$25
per server / month
- Unlimited hosting accounts
- Resellers & white-label
- Commercial provisioning API
- Standard commercial support
Card required · cancel anytime in the trial
Professional · Annual
$225
per server / year
- Everything in Monthly
- 12 months for the price of 9
- Save 25%
- One yearly invoice
Professional · Perpetual
$750
one-time / server
- Own the eligible version
- 12 months updates & support
- Optional $99/yr maintenance
Ready to run your own hosting?
Start free for up to 3 accounts — no credit card — or try Professional free for 14 days.