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DirectAdmin vs Rootly

Compare DirectAdmin and Rootly on features, pricing, and buyer fit using the same researched criteria.

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DirectAdmin

6.8/10

Hosting control panel — Personal Plus $5/mo; Lite $15; Standard $29 unlimited accounts/domains. Does not outrank Plesk 7.4.

Best for

• Admins who want a cheap panel licence on VPS/dedicated they already run
• Buyers comparing Personal Plus $5 to Plesk Web Admin or cPanel Solo
• Hosts that need Standard unlimited accounts/domains at $29

Starting from $5.00/user/mo

No free plan

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Our verdict

No universal winner

No universal winner. Choose based on which criteria matter most for your team.

DirectAdmin is better for

✓ Starting pricing

Rootly is better for

✓ Integrations

Tie

• Security & admin

Choose DirectAdmin if: Admins who want a cheap panel licence on VPS/dedicated they already run

Choose Rootly if: Slack-first teams buying incident command at a published $20/user floor

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Rootly

7.7/10

Incident response — Incident Response Essentials $20/user/mo; On-Call Essentials $20/user; Enterprise custom. Does not outrank PagerDuty 8.0.

Best for

• Slack-first teams buying incident command at a published $20/user floor
• Buyers who will add On-Call Essentials only if they need paging
• Comparisons versus FireHydrant Pro $25 and incident.io Team $15

Starting from $20.00/user/mo

No free plan

Comparison scorecard

Criterion-by-criterion results for DirectAdmin and Rootly. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.

Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin publishes a lower researched starting floor ($5/mo vs $20/mo for Rootly). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
DirectAdminStronger
RootlyWeaker
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Depends
DirectAdmin does not research a free plan; Rootly does not research a free plan.
DirectAdminDepends
RootlyDepends
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Depends
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for DirectAdmin and Rootly on current vendor packaging.
DirectAdminDepends
RootlyDepends
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Rootly
Rootly leads on integrations (6/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
DirectAdmin6/10
Rootly8/10
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Tie
DirectAdmin and Rootly are close on security admin (7/10 vs 7/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
DirectAdminTie
RootlyTie

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