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cPanel is adjusting its licensing model to be on a per-account basis. The new model allows you to purchase blocks of accounts (100, 150, 200, etc.). This includes account listed in cPanel & WHM (including suspended accounts), not a domain name. This licensing structure change goes into effect in September 2019.
What Happens to My Existing cPanel Licenses?
We will convert your licenses to the new licensing model in early September 2019. We will select the new fixed license tier that fits your usage at the time of the conversion. For example, if you have a Dedicated server with 380 accounts, it will be converted to a Premier Fixed 400 plan.
All licenses expiring after 30 September will be recalculated for new pricing or refunded.
New plan names
cPanel is updating their license types to “Metal” and “Cloud”.
“Metal”, formerly known as “Dedicated”, specifies a server environment that is not using any virtualization software.
A “Cloud” server, also known as “VPS”, is a virtualized environment such as Xen, KVM, or OpenVZ.
A Cloud server can use any license tier, as long as the tier allows for the number of users on the license.
A Dedicated server requires the “Premier” license tier, regardless of the number of cPanel accounts on the server.
There is no price difference between Metal and Cloud on the Premier tier.
New Account Licensing Model
Here is new pricing for Cpanel licenses:
| cPanel Plan Name | Platform | Account limit | Total |
| cPanel Admin Fixed | Cloud Only | Up to 5 | €20 |
| cPanel Pro Fixed | Cloud Only | Up to 30 | €30 |
| Premier Fixed 100 | Cloud & Metal | Up to 100 | €45 |
| Premier Fixed 150 | Cloud & Metal | Up to 150 | €55 |
| Premier Fixed 200 | Cloud & Metal | Up to 200 | €65 |
| Premier Fixed 250 | Cloud & Metal | Up to 250 | €75 |
Account Licensing Upgrades
When a licensed server reaches the account limit of any fixed plan, an upgrade is required in order to add more accounts to that server. Upgrading between two fixed plans will require payment of the difference in price between the two fixed plans. For example, upgrading from cPanel Admin Fixed (€20/month) to cPanel Pro Fixed (€30/month) will cost €10 to upgrade. Please note we are unable to prorate upgrades that occur in the middle of your monthly billing cycle.
Need help?
We anticipate that you may have more questions regarding these changes, please do not hesitate to contact us via ticket system.
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