Entry price
Both free- BeAdmin
- Free core
- CloudPanel
- Free CE
CloudPanel is a lean, fast developer panel — a modern React UI, Node.js and Python runtimes, and ARM64 support. By design it ships no mail server and no DNS. BeAdmin is a full hosting panel with mail, DNS and a built‑in VPN, and fits 512 MB. Where the two really differ — below.
Free core · 512 MB RAM · Mail, DNS & VPN included
Entry price
Both freeMinimum RAM
−75%Mail & DNS
Only BeAdminBuilt‑in VPN
Only BeAdminCloudPanel ships no mail server and no DNS — that is a deliberate dev‑panel choice. BeAdmin includes a mail server, webmail and DNS zones out of the box.
Xray, WireGuard, OpenVPN, Outline and Amnezia are modules in the same UI. CloudPanel ships no VPN at all.
CloudPanel targets developers deploying apps. BeAdmin is an all‑in‑one hosting panel — mail, DNS, file manager and Docker for running sites and services.
BeAdmin starts at 512 MB. CloudPanel asks for 2 GB minimum, so the same tiny VPS that fits BeAdmin is too small for it.
Values pulled from each panel’s public docs. CloudPanel is a lean dev panel with runtimes and ARM64; BeAdmin is a full hosting panel with mail, DNS and VPN — we mark each row plainly.
CloudPanel deliberately leaves out mail and DNS — it expects you to run those elsewhere. BeAdmin includes a mail server, webmail and DNS zones in the same panel, so a single box can host the whole site, inbox and records.
Xray, WireGuard, OpenVPN, Outline, Amnezia — turn any of them on with a single click. CloudPanel has no VPN at all; you would build and maintain that part yourself outside the panel.
CloudPanel is tuned for deploying apps on cloud VPS. BeAdmin covers the classic hosting job end to end — sites, mail, DNS, a file manager and a managed Docker module, plus Apache alongside Nginx.
BeAdmin runs on 512 MB. CloudPanel asks for 2 GB minimum, so the smallest box that comfortably hosts BeAdmin is well under what CloudPanel needs. Smaller server, smaller monthly cost.
CloudPanel is a lean, fast dev panel with runtimes and ARM64; BeAdmin is a full hosting panel with mail, DNS and a VPN, on lighter hardware. Synthesised from public docs and our own usage — your mileage may vary.
Both panels are free. CloudPanel’s Community Edition has no paid tier at all; BeAdmin keeps the core free and charges only for the modules you switch on.
From 1 €/mo. Enable only what you need, disable any time — no per‑account fee. The VPN family lives here.
free, open‑source
no extra cost
by design
AWS, Hetzner, DO
CloudPanel is fully free with no paid tier — no contract, no hidden costs. The trade‑off is scope: it ships no mail server and no DNS by design.
CloudPanel details from cloudpanel.io (2026). BeAdmin module pricing from beadmin.com.
The smallest VPS each panel will comfortably run on. Numbers are vendor‑stated minimums and recommendations.
Source: CloudPanel install docs (cloudpanel.io). BeAdmin requirements from internal documentation.
CloudPanel already runs on Debian or Ubuntu, so usually no OS change is needed. The old panel stays up until you decide to retire it.
CloudPanel runs on Debian and Ubuntu, so you can install BeAdmin on the same OS family. One apt command brings up the free BeAdmin core — run it alongside CloudPanel and switch over only when ready.
Transfer Nginx vhost configs and databases (mysqldump) manually or with your own scripts. BeAdmin does not import CloudPanel backups directly — that is an honest gap. Note: BeAdmin has no Node.js or Python runtimes, so apps on those move over only as static or PHP workloads. Migration notes live in our docs.
CloudPanel had no mail or DNS, so set those up fresh in BeAdmin — a gain, not a loss. Flip DNS when you are comfortable; if anything looks off, revert it to the old server in one record change.
CloudPanel is an excellent lean dev panel — a fast Nginx stack, Node.js and Python runtimes, ARM64 and a modern UI. BeAdmin covers a different need: mail, DNS and a built‑in VPN that CloudPanel deliberately leaves out, plus a 512 MB footprint. If you deploy apps to cloud VPS, CloudPanel is a fair choice; if you need full hosting with mail, DNS and VPN, BeAdmin fits.
No — and that is on purpose. CloudPanel is built for developers deploying apps, so it ships no mail server and no DNS by design; you run those elsewhere. BeAdmin includes a mail server, webmail and DNS zones in the panel, so a single box can host the whole site, inbox and records.
Not today. Node.js and Python runtimes are a genuine CloudPanel strength — it runs them in isolated environments out of the box. BeAdmin focuses on PHP web hosting and does not offer managed Node or Python runtimes. If your app needs those, CloudPanel is the better fit, and we would rather say that plainly.
Not yet. CloudPanel supports ARM64, which can cut cloud‑instance costs, and BeAdmin is x86_64 only today. That is another honest point in CloudPanel’s favour if cheaper ARM instances matter to you.
Not directly. BeAdmin has no native importer for CloudPanel backups, so sites and databases move over manually or with your own scripts. Node.js and Python apps have nowhere to land on BeAdmin, since it has no managed runtimes for them. We would rather say that plainly than promise compatibility we do not have.
The panel core is free. Pay only for the modules you connect.