| Feature |
HC
6 |
HC
7 |
|
| Load Balancing across servers |
Not supported |
Server load is balanced among
multiple servers by Load Balancer Component.
|
| Multi-Server
Control |
Not
supported |
‘n’
number of servers can be monitored and controlled
through a single interface. |
| Cluster
Management |
Not
supported |
Manage
‘n’ number of servers within any
cluster.
|
| Inter
Server Communication |
Uses
DCOM |
Uses
.NET Remoting |
| Controlling
Server Services |
Ability
to restart services. Separate interface for
services and settings. |
Enhanced
control over services running on server. Control
now integrated within panel. |
| Server
Configuration |
Separate
Interface provided for performing server configurations |
Single
interface to configure multiple servers. |
| Click
& Install Apps |
With
limited support |
Developed
as a more powerful tool and now any application
can be integrated with ease. |
| Debugging
Tool |
Not
supported |
Trouble
shooting made easier through HC built-in debugging
tool. |
| Multi
– Language Support |
14
+ Languages |
5
Languages |
| Development
Tools |
ASP
based |
ASP.NET
based |
| HC
Database |
Every
web server has its own database. |
All
servers in cluster share one centralized database. |
|
| Customize
resource quota management |
Not
Available |
Now
you can sell any 3rd party application and
HC7 will manage its quota in user reports.
Documented API will be provided to handle
it. |
| Resource
Selection |
Possible
to include and exclude a resource if required. |
Possible
to include or exclude resource (or include
unlimited) with just one click. |
| Data
Recovery |
Separate
Tool Available (rebuildXpress). |
Data
Recovery feature will be provided as built-in
in HC7. |
| Scheduler
|
Not
available |
Flexibility
to schedule system backups, bandwidth, disk
usage, log rotation, resource updates, billing
etc. |
|
| Hosting
Plan Duration Flexibility |
Plans
were created and sold for single duration
only |
Offers
more Flexibility in hosting plan duration,
now a same plan could be sold to one customer
for 2 month and to another for 6 months. |
| Plan
Switch |
Only
supported at webadmin level. |
-
Now supported both at webadmin and reseller
level.
- Providing flexible options of Adjusted Setup
Switching, Regular Setup Switching etc.
|
| Multiple
Packages |
Multiple
hosting packages could be sold to a user.
|
Multiple
hosting package sales are supported. |
| Add-on
Sale |
Only
support at reseller level |
Now
both HostAdmin and reseller can sell add-ons. |
|
| Billing
Recurring Duration |
Limited
Durations |
More
Flexible Duration. User can also add duration
of choice also (from the given options). |
| Billing
Precision |
Fixed |
Customizable
|
| Suspension
Period |
Previously
same period was applied for all users
(Hostadmin:Reseller & Reseller:Webadmin) |
Now
you can apply suspension period for individual
users (Reseller & Webadmin) |
| Invoice/Payment
Handling |
Delete
invoices/payments |
Ability
to Cancel/Restore Invoices and Charge back
payments with improved design. |
| Gateways
Testing Interface |
Not
Provided |
Gateways
Testing Interface is provided. |
| Gateway
Integration |
Only
Possible if user has good programming skills. |
OPEN
API, HTML Gateway Integration without inserting
even a single line of code. Improved Paypal
integration |
| IPN
URLs of HTML Gateways |
Single
IPN URL |
Customizable
IPN URLs option is provided for different
HTML Gateways keeping cluster environment
in view. |
| Option
to Enable/Disable Billing |
Available |
Available |
|
| Manage
User information |
Every
information is kept in user profile |
Personal
& Billing Information is maintained separately.
If billing is not used, the respective information
is not displayed. |
| Manage
Emails |
Not
available |
Ability
to resend setup, billing emails. |
| Manage
Custom Error pages |
Custom
error pages can be specified |
Improved
Customer error pages can be configured for
individual website. |
| Bandwidth,
Disk usage Actions |
Alert
messages |
Host/resellers
now have option either to Suspend website,
Alert message on website, Sell add-on automatically.
|
| Advanced
Deletion |
Not
available |
If
you delete reseller account, all webAdmins,
websites, mail domains, databases etc. running
under it would be automatically deleted. |
| Custom
Menu Addition |
Only
Possible if user has good programming skills. |
Now
added with simple clicks from the interface
directly. |
| Customizable
Skins |
Available |
Available |
| Financial
Reports |
Displayed
all information in one report. |
Displayed
separated |
| Add-on
Reports |
Provided
at Hostadmin level only. |
Provided
at Reseller level also. |
|
|
Free Technical Support |
 |
|
| Priority
Support |
 |
|
| Economical
Phone Support |
|
|
|
| Enom |
|
|
| Names4Ever |
|
|
| OnLineNic |
|
|
|
| IIS |
|
|
| Apache(Linux
Webserver) |
|
|
|
| MS-
FTP Server |
|
|
| ServU
–FTP Server |
|
|
| VS-FTPd
(Linux) |
|
|
| WU-FTP
(Linux) |
|
|
| Gene6 FTP Server |
|
|
|
| MS-SQL |
|
|
| MySQL
(Linux/Windows) |
|
|
| MySQL
web Administration (PHPMyAdmin) |
|
|
|
| Microsoft
DNS |
|
|
| Bind
DNS |
|
|
| Simple
DNS Plus |
|
|
|
| Deep
Metrix |
|
|
| Webalizer |
|
(
Windows & Linux Support ) |
| Web
Trends |
|
|
| Smarter
Stats |
|
|
| AwStats |
|
|
|
| Mail
box Management |
|
|
| Listing
Management |
|
|
| MerakMail |
|
|
| Smarter
Mail |
|
|
| IMail |
|
|
| MailEnable |
|
|
| M
Deamon |
|
|
| Mail
Max |
|
|
| XMail
|
|
|
| VOP
Mail |
|
|
| Send
Mail |
|
|
| Qmail
(Linux) |
|
|
|
| WorldPay |
|
|
| Authorize.Net |
|
|
| PayPal |
|
|
| 2CheckOut |
|
|
| LinkPoint |
|
|
| Chronopay |
|
|
| BluePay |
|
|
|
| PHP |
|
|
| Perl |
|
|
| .Net
Framework |
|
|
| ColdFusion
MX |
|
|
| Shared
SSL |
|
|
|
| bBlog |
|
|
| WordPress |
|
|
|
| HC
Forums |
|
|
| PhPBB
Forums |
|
|
| Snitz
Forums |
|
|
|
| Comersus |
|
|
| osCommerce |
|
|
| ZenCart |
|
|
|
| Crafty
Syntax |
|
|
| PHP
Support Tickets |
|
|
|
| Post
Nuke |
|
|
| Xoops |
|
|
| PhpNuke |
|
|
| DotNetNuke |
|
|
|
| Web
Calendar |
|
|
|
| Mambo |
|
|
| Joomla
|
|
|
 |
Web
Data Manager |
|
| phpMyAdmin |
|
|
| MsSqlAdmin |
|
|
 |
Photo
Gallery |
|
| Coppermine
Photo Gallery |
|
|
| Gallery |
|
|
| Plogger |
|
|
 |
Polls
Manager |
|
| Advanced
Poll |
|
|
 |
Ad
Manager |
|
| OpenAds |
|
|
 |
E-WebCards
Manager |
|
| Web
Cards |
|
|
|
| IISGate |
|
|
| IISPassword |
|
|
