Plesk alternatives · Web Hosting
Free alternatives to Plesk
Plesk has no free plan. 34 of the 122 other web hosts in this directory are free or have a free plan.
Plesk is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition. 3 of them have no paid plan at all; the rest pair a free plan with paid ones.
34 tools · Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from
The 12 closest to Plesk
- Free
CloudPanel
Free server control panel for PHP, Node.js and Python sites
What is free: Everything. There is no paid plan.
- CloudPanel is free. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- CloudPanel has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- CloudPanel is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Plesk also covers dMARC.
- Free plan · from $7.50/mo
Virtualmin
Open-source hosting control panel with a paid Pro edition
What is free: Virtualmin GPL is free and open source, with community forum support and 5 installable scripts.
- Virtualmin starts at $7.50 per month for Pro, 10 domains. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Virtualmin has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Virtualmin is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Virtualmin also covers file management.
- Free plan · from $7.99/mo
CyberPanel
Free OpenLiteSpeed control panel with paid add-ons
What is free: CyberPanel core is free and open source, with website, email, DNS, PHP, SSL, file, database and Docker management.
- CyberPanel starts at $7.99 per month for the premium add-ons bundle. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- CyberPanel has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- CyberPanel is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- CyberPanel also covers file management.
- Free
HestiaCP
Free open-source web server control panel
What is free: Everything. There is no paid plan.
- HestiaCP is free. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- HestiaCP has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- HestiaCP is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress and dMARC.
- Free plan · from $42/mo
Pantheon
Managed WordPress, Drupal and Next.js hosting for teams
What is free: Silver workspace: $0 with two sandbox sites; a site plan is needed before going live or connecting a domain.
- Pantheon starts at $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Pantheon has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Pantheon also covers page speed.
- Plesk also covers dMARC.
- Free plan · from $19/mo
GridPane
WordPress server control panel with a free core plan
What is free: Core plan: free forever, up to 25 websites on your own Vultr server or a managed PeakFreq server, with server page caching, Redis object caching, a 7G firewall, SSL certificates and cloning.
- GridPane starts at $19 per month and up (PeakFreq). Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- GridPane has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- GridPane also covers page speed.
- Plesk also covers dMARC.
- Free plan · from €15/mo
Cloudron
Self-hosted platform for installing and updating apps on your server
What is free: Two apps.
- Cloudron starts at €15 per month, billed yearly (€30 billed monthly), excluding VAT. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Cloudron has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Cloudron is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress.
- Free plan · from $9/mo
Netlify
Git-based hosting for sites and web apps, priced by monthly credits
What is free: 300 credits a month as a hard limit, one member, custom domains with SSL, functions, database, blob storage and unlimited deploy previews. Sites pause when credits run out.
- Netlify starts at $9 per month for 1 member. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Netlify has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Netlify also covers AI agents and forms.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress and dMARC.
- Free plan · from $20/mo
Vercel
Git-based hosting for front-end and full-stack web apps
What is free: Hobby plan: $0 a month, with automatic CI/CD, a global CDN, a web application firewall and DDoS mitigation. Limited to non-commercial, personal use.
- Vercel starts at $20 per month for 1 deploying seat (Pro). Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Vercel has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Vercel also covers web analytics and page speed.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress and dMARC.
- Free plan · from $25/mo
Render
Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers
What is free: Hobby workspace: $0 a month, up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth, and free instance types for web services, Postgres and Key Value (limitations apply).
- Render starts at $25 per month plus compute (Pro workspace). Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Render has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Render also covers databases and workflow automation.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress and dMARC.
- Free plan · from $4/mo
DigitalOcean
Cloud servers, app hosting and managed databases for developers
What is free: App Platform: 3 apps made only of static sites, with 1GiB of data transfer per app.
- DigitalOcean starts at $4 per month (Droplet), billed per second. Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- DigitalOcean has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- DigitalOcean also covers databases.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress and dMARC.
- Free plan · from $10/mo
Ploi
Server and site management panel for PHP and Laravel apps
What is free: 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments per month.
- Ploi starts at $10 per month (Basic, up to 5 servers). Plesk starts at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
- Ploi has a free plan. Plesk does not, though it has a free trial.
- Plesk also covers managed WordPress and dMARC.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Plesk?
Yes. CloudPanel, Virtualmin, CyberPanel, HestiaCP, Pantheon, GridPane, Cloudron, Netlify and 26 more are free or have a free plan.
Does Plesk have a free plan?
Plesk has no free plan. Plesk is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $15.57 per month, paid annually ($16.99 paid monthly), for the VPS Web Admin edition.
When was this checked?
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This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Plesk: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.