Windows hosting control panel pricing by hosting account

How Windows hosting control panel pricing works at StackRegent#

StackRegent is licensed per server, and the only thing that changes between plans is the number of hosting accounts the server may hold. A hosting account is a subscription: the unit you sell to a customer, or create for one of your own projects. Domains, subdomains, aliases, mailboxes, databases and FTP accounts inside a subscription are not counted, so one customer with twenty domains still uses one account.

The plans and prices shown on this page are read from our store at panel.stackregent.com, so they are always the ones you would pay. Every subscription on the server counts, whether an administrator or a reseller created it.

There are no editions and no add-ons. You never have to check which plan includes resellers, the WordPress Toolkit or the API, because all of them do.

What every plan includes#

• Three panels: administrator, reseller and customer, with customer users and roles.
• Websites: IIS 10 with one application pool and Windows user per subscription, several PHP 8.x versions side by side, ASP.NET 4.x and ASP.NET Core, Node.js through iisnode, Web Deploy, Git deployment, Composer and a Laravel toolkit.
• WordPress Toolkit and one-click installs of Joomla, Drupal, phpBB and DNN.
• Mail: MailEnable Standard with Roundcube, DKIM, spam filtering, outgoing limits and Microsoft Defender scanning.
• Databases: MariaDB and SQL Server Express, local or remote, with phpMyAdmin single sign-on.
• DNS and FTP: Microsoft DNS Server and the Microsoft FTP Service with FTPS.
• Limits and isolation: per-subscription caps for CPU, memory, disk I/O and processes, NTFS quotas and isolation checks with repair.
• Security: Windows Defender Firewall management, IP Address Banning, ModSecurity with the OWASP Core Rule Set, Let's Encrypt, two-step sign-in for administrators.
• Backups and migration: scheduled backups to S3-compatible storage, SFTP or FTP, Plesk backup import, and live migration from Plesk for Windows.
• Automation: a REST API covering every panel action, API keys, the Event Manager and the stackregent.exe command line.
• Updates: every release while the license is active.

The included free page shows which of these Plesk sells separately.

Choosing a plan#

Count the hosting accounts the server will carry by the end of the billing period, then pick the smallest plan that fits. If you sell through resellers, count their customers' subscriptions too, because they live on the same server. Plans with more room suit reseller hosting, since every reseller customer needs an account of their own. The top plan has no account limit at all.

If you are not sure, start with the free trial and watch how many accounts you actually create. Running several servers is common: each server needs its own license key, and each can be on a different plan and billing cycle.

Monthly or yearly billing#

Every plan can be paid monthly or yearly, and both have the same features and account limit. Monthly suits a new server or a short project; yearly suits a production server you expect to keep. The store shows both prices for each plan.

Payment methods#

You order and pay in the store at panel.stackregent.com. Accepted methods are card, PayPal, cryptocurrency and bank transfer. Invoices, license keys and support tickets are in the same client area. Prices exclude taxes where applicable. For a purchase order, a quote or several servers at once, ask for a quote.

Upgrading as the server grows#

When a server approaches its account limit, move it to a larger plan from the license's service page in the client area, or contact sales and we will set it up. If the change comes with a new key, apply it under Tools & Settings › License Information or with stackregent license-set; websites keep running while you do. Moving a license to another machine works the same way: reissue it in the client area, and the next check binds it to the new server.

How the license works#

• One server per key. Keys look like SR-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX and are bound to the server's Windows machine ID.
• Daily checks with a grace period. The panel checks the license every 24 hours; if the license server cannot be reached, it retries after one hour and then every six hours, and keeps working through a grace period. A refusal, such as an expired license, applies at once.
• Restricted mode, not an outage. If the license lapses, administrators see only the license page and cannot add accounts or install updates, but websites, mail, DNS, databases and the customer and reseller panels keep working.
• Signed updates. Updates come only from the license server, and each package is checked for size, SHA-256 and the StackRegent release signature before it installs. See licensing and updates.

You can check any server's license status on the license verification page.

Start with the free trial#

The trial runs for 10 days with 3 hosting accounts and every feature, and needs no card. Install it with one PowerShell line on your own server, migrate a test subscription from Plesk, and decide with real data. See the free trial.