Plesk

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Plesk
DeveloperPlesk International GmbH
Initial release2001
Repository
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Written inPHP
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    Operating systemWindows, Linux
    Available inEnglish
    Russian
    Spanish
    German
    Portuguese
    Japanese
    TypeWeb hosting control panel
    LicenseTrialware[1]
    Websitewww.plesk.com

    Plesk is commercial web hosting and server data center automation software developed for Linux and Windows-based retail hosting service providers.

    It was developed by Plesk International GmbH, a company with headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with offices in Barcelona, Spain, Cologne, Germany, Tokyo, Japan, and in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia, where it was created in 2000 by Dimitri Simonenko.[2]

    The hosting automation software was initially released by Plesk Inc. and first went live in 2001. In 2003, Plesk was sold to SWSoft,[3] which became Parallels in 2008.[4][5][6] In March 2015, Parallels renamed the service provider division to Odin. In December of the same year, Plesk became a separate business entity.[7] In 2017, British Oakley Capital Limited acquired Plesk[8] and it has since been a part of WebPros, a global SaaS platform for server management. Currently, WebPros comprises Plesk, cPanel, WHMCS, XOVI, and SolusVM.

    Licenses

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    Plesk, with latest version Obsidian 18.x, is available in the following license configurations:[9]

    • Plesk Web Admin Edition: 10 domains.
    • Plesk Web Pro Edition: 30 domains. It also includes Plesk WordPress Toolkit full-featured.
    • Plesk Web Host Edition: Unlimited domains. The administrator can also create additional reseller accounts.

    The license price[10] also distinguishes whether a license can be used for a dedicated server or a virtualized server. Licenses for dedicated servers are usually slightly more expensive.[citation needed]

    Pricing

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    Plesk sells all three licenses for a monthly or annual price directly. All three editions can also be obtained from official license resellers.

    In March 2018, Plesk announced[11] its first price adjustment in 18 years of business, increasing the prices of all Plesk licenses that had versions earlier than 12. The company claimed that it was to cover the increasing cost of support and management over the past two decades. Following the announcement, Plesk created a FAQ page.[12]

    Support

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    Live and email support[13] for Plesk is available in English, Russian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Japanese. Plesk licenses purchased directly from Plesk include full free support.

    Criticisms

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    One criticism of Plesk is that the recommended method of removing it is a complete reinstall of the OS[14] after backing up, which complicates the concept of trialware by binding an administrator to the product by facing considerable downtime of a server.

    Version history

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    Product Released Extended Support End of Life[15]
    Plesk Obsidian;[16]

    (Free Trial[17])

    		Current: every 1.5 months;[18]

    Initial: release 4 June 2019;

    		Two the latest releases are supported[19] —
    Plesk Onyx[20] 11 October 2016 11 October 2020 20 April 2021
    Plesk 12 16 June 2014 16 June 2018 1 January 2019
    Plesk 11 13 June 2012 13 June 2016 13 December 2016
    Plesk 10 3 November 2010 31 January 2015 3 May 2015
    Plesk 9 9 December 2008 9 December 2012 9 June 2013
    Plesk 8 20 September 2006 1 March 2012 September 2012
    Small Business Panel November 2009 1 August 2011 July 2012
    Plesk 7 and earlier 10 February 2004 — 1 January 2012

    Timeline

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    Date Milestone
    1999 Release on Linux
    2003 Release on Windows – Acquired by SWsoft
    2007 Merged with Parallels
    2009 Focus towards Parallels automation away from Plesk going forward – Plesk moved into Maintenance mode
    2014 Launch of Plesk 12
    2014 Launch of Plesk extensions catalog
    2015 Renaming of service provider business to ODIN – Acquisition of Odin Automation by Ingram Micro
    2016 Relaunch of Plesk as a separate business unit in January 2016 – Launch of Plesk Onyx
    2017 Launch of WordPress Toolkit 2.0 – Launch of WordPress Business Server – Acquisition of XOVI
    2018 Launch of SEO Toolkit and Joomla! Toolkit – Launch of Smart Updates – Acquisition of SolusVM
    2019 Launch of Plesk Obsidian – Launch of My Plesk portal
    2020 Launch of SolusIO

    Plesk University

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    In January 2016, Plesk launched Plesk University online.[21] Through its university, Plesk provides courses on how to use their products and services.

    See also

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    References

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