DirhamHost is a Go-based cPanel and WHM alternative you install on your own AlmaLinux 9 or Ubuntu server. Same everyday jobs, a per-server licence, and no per-account fees to watch climb.
cPanel and WHM are a proven, capable stack, and for years they were the obvious default. What has changed is the pricing model. Since the move to per-account licensing, the more your hosting grows, the more you pay per account, and successive price increases have made that curve steeper. For a UAE host or agency running dozens or hundreds of sites on a server, the licence can quietly become one of your largest fixed costs.
DirhamHost takes a different approach. It is licensed per server, across Solo, Pro and Unlimited tiers, with no per-account fees. You install it on hardware or a VPS you already control, and the licence stays flat whether you host five accounts or five hundred. It is a full control panel, not a stripped-back one: accounts and packages, DNS on PowerDNS, email on Postfix and Dovecot with Omnio webmail, free Let's Encrypt SSL, a WordPress toolkit, MariaDB with phpMyAdmin, a file manager, FTP, and backups.
To be fair to cPanel, it is mature and widely supported, and switching a control panel is a real decision, not a five-minute one. That is exactly why DirhamHost ships with a built-in importer and a 14-day free trial, so you can prove it against your own workload before you commit.
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| Capability | cPanel / WHM | DirhamHost |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts & packages | ✦ | ✦ Create, suspend, package plans |
| DNS management | ✦ (BIND / PowerDNS) | ✦ PowerDNS |
| Email + webmail | ✦ (Dovecot + Roundcube/Horde) | ✦ Postfix/Dovecot + Omnio |
| Free SSL (Let's Encrypt) | ✦ AutoSSL | ✦ Let's Encrypt |
| WordPress toolkit | ✦ (add-on) | ✦ Built in |
| Databases + phpMyAdmin | ✦ MySQL/MariaDB | ✦ MariaDB + phpMyAdmin |
| Backups | ✦ | ✦ DirhamVault off-site |
| Billing | Separate (WHMCS) | ✦ DirhamBill, native |
| Resource limits | Separate (CloudLinux) | ✦ DirhamGuard |
| Migration | ✦ Transfer tool | ✦ cPanel & CWP importer |
| Pricing model | Per account | ✦ Per server, no per-account fees |
Comparison reflects typical stacks; exact cPanel features depend on your licence and add-ons.
DirhamHost includes a built-in cPanel importer, and a CentOS Web Panel (CWP) importer too. Point it at a standard backup archive and it recreates the account, files, databases, email and DNS on DirhamHost, so you are not rebuilding sites by hand.
Try the live demoGenerate a cPanel backup, or point us at your CWP server.
Run the importer, it rebuilds files, databases, email and DNS.
Verify and switch DNS when you are ready to go live.
Solo, Pro and Unlimited tiers, from a simple per-server licence with no per-account fees. Install with one line and start a 14-day free trial.
For a single server and a growing book of accounts. The full panel, host and customer views, with no per-account charges.
For hosts and agencies scaling up. Everything in Solo, tuned for busier servers and larger customer counts.
For serious hosting operations. No account ceiling, one flat per-server licence, however many sites you run.
Install in one line: curl -fsSL get.dirhamhost.ae | bash. Fourteen-day free trial, no per-account fees, ever.
Yes. It covers the everyday jobs teams rely on cPanel and WHM for: creating and managing accounts and packages, DNS, email with webmail, free Let's Encrypt SSL, a WordPress toolkit, MariaDB with phpMyAdmin, a file manager, FTP and backups. It runs on your own AlmaLinux 9 or Ubuntu server and is licensed per server rather than per account.
DirhamHost uses a simple per-server licence across Solo, Pro and Unlimited tiers, with no per-account fees. Your licence cost does not climb every time you add another hosting account, which is the pricing model many teams move away from cPanel to escape.
Yes. DirhamHost includes a built-in cPanel importer, plus a CentOS Web Panel (CWP) importer. It reads standard cPanel backup archives and recreates the account, files, databases, email and DNS on DirhamHost, so you can move sites over in minutes rather than rebuilding them by hand.
DirhamHost installs on AlmaLinux 9 and Ubuntu with a single one-line installer (curl piped to bash). It is a Go-based panel, so it is lightweight to run on your own VPS or dedicated server.
No. DirhamBill is native to DirhamHost and handles invoices, recurring card payments through Stripe in AED, a client portal and domain provisioning, so you can run billing from the same panel without a separate annual licence. See our WHMCS alternative.
Yes. DirhamHost comes with a 14-day free trial. Install it on your own server, import a site or two, and try the panel with your own workload before you commit to a licence.
Install DirhamHost on your own server, import from cPanel and try it free for 14 days.