# CyberPanel review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free OpenLiteSpeed control panel with paid add-ons Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. CyberPanel is a free, open-source web hosting control panel built around the OpenLiteSpeed web server, which you install on your own server. The core covers websites, email, DNS, PHP, databases, file management and Docker. Six premium add-ons and an .htaccess module are sold separately. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** CyberPanel - **Website:** https://cyberpanel.net - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't want to run a server, as CyberPanel is the panel and not hosting. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, CyberPanel has a free plan, and paid plans start at $7.99 per month for the premium add-ons bundle. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** CyberPanel core is free and open source, with website, email, DNS, PHP, SSL, file, database and Docker management. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | CyberPanel Core | $0 | Free and open source under GPLv3. You host it yourself on a server you manage; includes OpenLiteSpeed. | | Premium add-ons, monthly | $7.99 per month, billed monthly, tied to one server IP | SSL V2, WordPress Manager Pro, Backup V2, Email Debugger, Root File Manager and Rspamd Manager. | | Premium add-ons, yearly | $59 per year, tied to one server IP | The same six add-ons billed once a year. | | Premium add-ons, lifetime | $169 one-time, tied to one server IP | The same six add-ons with lifetime updates, paid once. | Read from https://cyberpanel.net/cyberpanel-addons on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CyberPanel before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly add-ons at $59 versus $7.99 monthly** (Annual discount): The yearly add-ons license costs $59, against $95.88 for twelve months at the monthly rate. A lifetime license is $169. Source: https://cyberpanel.net/cyberpanel-addons ## Key features - **OpenLiteSpeed at the core:** The panel runs on the OpenLiteSpeed web server and manages websites, PHP versions and databases from one interface. - **Email and DNS servers:** The free core includes an email server built on Postfix and Dovecot, and DNS management through PowerDNS. - **WordPress Manager:** Installs WordPress and handles staging sites and updates; the Pro version is one of the paid add-ons. - **Docker and n8n managers:** Deploy and manage Docker containers, and run n8n workflows, alongside websites on the same server. - **Backups and restores:** Local and remote backups; the paid Backup V2 adds incremental backups to SFTP, S3 and Google Drive. - **SSL and firewall tools:** Basic SSL and firewall management are free; SSL V2 adds automatic renewal with DNS verification and wildcard support. ## Good for - Developers running WordPress and PHP sites on their own VPS - Hosting resellers who want a free panel without a per-account license ## Worth knowing - You must provide and maintain your own server; CyberPanel is the panel, not the hosting. - WordPress Manager Pro, Backup V2, SSL V2, Root File Manager and Rspamd Manager need the paid add-ons. - The .htaccess module is a separate product at $59 a year or $199 lifetime; a bundle with the add-ons is $99 a year. - CyberPanel also sells Cloud VPS from $4.99 a month and email delivery as separate products. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. CyberPanel is a free, open-source panel built on OpenLiteSpeed that covers sites, email, DNS and Docker on a server you run. Several of the useful extras are paid add-ons, and the whole thing is yours to install and look after. - **Value for money: C.** The core is free but only if you host it yourself, so it counts as C. The add-ons bundle is $7.99 a month, $59 a year or $169 once, tied to one server IP. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The core is free and open source with no listed cap, which one person could run on. WordPress Manager Pro, Backup V2, SSL V2 and the rest are paid. - **Features: C.** Sites, email, DNS, PHP, databases, Docker and a WordPress manager. Backup V2, WordPress Manager Pro, SSL V2 and root file manager are paid add-ons, and the .htaccess module is sold separately. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You provide, install and maintain the server. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it ties into OpenLiteSpeed, WordPress, Docker, n8n, Google Drive and Amazon S3. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CyberPanel's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - CyberPanel's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 74 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 24. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 99 of 122) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $7.99 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 47 of the 107 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 21 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** CyberPanel sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $95.88 a year. CyberPanel is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: It plugs into other products, OpenLiteSpeed, WordPress and Docker among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cyberpanel-vs-virtualmin) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://cyberpanel.net/cyberpanel-addons - https://cyberpanel.net Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cyberpanel Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).