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Plesk Editions & The Differences Between Them

Plesk is available in 3 editions, each edition is optimised for the different needs of the users. Each editions features are defined by the license key.
Note:This is only applicable to VPS,VDS and Dedicated Servers.

  • Plesk Web Admin Edition for Web Admins, who manage sites for an employer, a business, or for themselves. Simple website and domain management without all of the service provider overhead, like management of customers, resellers or subscriptions.
  • Plesk Web Pro Edition for Web Professionals, who design, develop and deploy their websites. A simple way to manage customers' websites, including the growing use of WordPress as a CMS platform.
  • Plesk Web Host Edition for "Traditional" Web Hosters, who allow their customers to use their shared account in almost any configuration they want. They want secure WordPress and domain management tools to support their multi-tenant, "install anything" customers.

Note:Web Admin Edition allows Power User view only

Features Web Admin Web Pro Web Host
Service Provider Management
Reseller Management Not Included Not Included Included
Subscription Management Not Included Included Included
Account Management Not Included Included Included
User Interface
Power user view (server + site admin) Included Included Included
Custom view management (server + site admin) Not Included Included Included
User Features
WordPress Toolkit Available as add-on Included Included
Developer pack Available as add-on Included Included
Power Pack Available as add-on Available as add-on Available as add-on
Hosting Pack Available as add-on Available as add-on Available as add-on
Plesk mobile manager (iPhone and Android devices) Included Included Included
Security Features
Security Core with ModSecurity Rules by Atomicorp (Linux Only) Included Included Included
Outbound antispam Available as add-on Available as add-on Available as add-on
Email antivirus Available as add-on Available as add-on Available as add-on
Domains 10 30 Unlimited
Use Case Hosting your own websites Hosting customer websites Hosting and reselling unmanaged sites
Key IncludedIncluded With Licence Available as add-onAvailable as add-on Not IncludedNot Included With Licence

Plesk Feature Packs

Developer Pack
  • Tomcat
  • PostgreSQL
  • MSSQL
Power Pack
  • 10 sites of Web Presence Builder
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus (5 Mailboxes)
  • Tomcat
  • PostgreSQL (for Unix/Linux versions)
  • MSSQL (for Windows version)
  • Docker Remote Node Management
  • DNSSEC
  • WordPress Toolkit
  • SmarterMail Remote Control (Windows only)
Hosting Pack
  • All features of Power Pack
  • Plesk Multi Server
  • Resource Controller (CGroups)
  • Datagrid Vulnerability & Reliability Scanner Pro

Plesk Requirements

Operating system Ram Disk Space
Linux 1GB 10GB
Windows 2GB 30GB

Plesk supported Operating Systems

For more information on the currently supported Operating systems and the current Plesk Lifecycle Policy you can obtain information directly from the Plesk site here

Linux Operating system SNI support IPv6 support
AlmaLinux 8.x (64-bit) Supported Supported
AlmaLinux 9.x (64-bit) Supported Supported
Debian 11 (64-bit) Supported Supported
Ubuntu 22.04 (64-bit) Supported Supported
CentOS 7.x (64-bit) Supported Supported
RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit) Supported Supported
RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit) Supported Supported
CloudLinux 7.x (64-bit) Supported Supported
CloudLinux 8.x (64-bit) Supported Supported
Windows Operating system SNI support IPv6 support
Windows Server 2016 (64-bit, Standard and Datacenter editions), including Server Core installations Supported Supported
Windows Server 2019 (64-bit, Standard and Datacenter editions), including Server Core installations Supported Supported
Windows Server 2022 (64-bit, Standard and Datacenter editions), including Server Core installations Supported Supported
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