Your cPanel Bill Went Up Again
It Does Every Year.
There Is a Permanent Exit.
I migrate USA businesses from cPanel and Plesk to self-hosted Linux infrastructure that you own outright — no licensing fees, no annual hikes, no vendor lock-in. Ever.
✔ 40 Years Engineering Discipline | ✔ ISPConfig Since 2005 | ✔ One Engineer. Your Project. Direct. | ✔ No Outsourcing | ✔ USA Infrastructure
The cPanel Trap Is Getting Worse
Since cPanel switched to per-account pricing in 2019, every tier has seen near-annual price increases with no signs of stopping. Namecheap Users are reporting their cPanel license is now more expensive than the server it runs on. InMotion Hosting
You started with cPanel because it was the standard. Familiar. Comfortable. It worked.
Then the 2019 price hike hit. Then 2020. Then 2021. 2022. 2023. 2024. 2025. 2026.
Every January, the same email. Every year, a higher bill for the same software. And if you run Plesk alongside WHMCS, you are paying three separate annual ransoms to the same investment firm that owns all of them.
The frustrating part: there has always been a mature, enterprise-grade, completely free alternative. Most people don’t know it exists because it doesn’t advertise. It doesn’t need to.
I have run it since 2005. I migrate businesses onto it cleanly, completely, and permanently.
Three Ways I Can Help You
One Project at a Time. Done Properly.
I do not run a ticket queue. I do not outsource to contractors. I do not take the next project until the current one is finished and verified.
This is a deliberate choice, not a limitation.
Every migration I do is scoped, documented, tested, and handed over with full written records. If something is not working exactly as specified, I fix it. That is not a guarantee I offer reluctantly — it is how I work.
If you need someone who will be the cheapest quote you receive, I am not the right engineer. If you need someone who will do it properly the first time and be accountable for the outcome, let’s talk.
40 Years of Zero-Failure Engineering
Pieter is a mechanical engineer with industrial electrotechnology and naval architecture qualifications. Before he managed servers, he managed systems where failure had serious consequences — Antarctic research vessels, steel casting plants, military operations, cold storage facilities protecting millions in perishable inventory.
That background does not make server migrations easier to do. It makes the engineer doing them unwilling to cut corners, rush the job, or declare success before everything is verified.
Current infrastructure: 9 live production WordPress sites, 50+ hosted domains, private Debian/NGINX stack, Houston USA data centre. 99.98% uptime. Monitored 24/7. I completed a full Proxmox infrastructure migration in 2024 — provisioning, mail server rebuild, DNS transition, and post-migration optimisation. That is not a case study I read. It is the server I am running right now.
How a Project Works
Step 1 — Free Consultation (30 minutes) We talk about your current setup, what you need, and whether I am the right fit. I give you a fixed price and a realistic timeline. No sales pressure.
Step 2 — Scoped Agreement You receive a written scope of work with exactly what is included, the price, and the timeline. No surprises.
Step 3 — Execution I do the work myself. You are kept informed at each stage. Nothing goes live until it is tested.
Step 4 — Verification and Handover Every component is tested — websites, email send/receive, SSL, DNS, backups. You receive complete documentation. Only then is the project closed.
Step 5 — Optional Retain Stay on as a managed infrastructure client at a fixed monthly rate. No contract lock-in. Cancel anytime.
Ready to Stop Paying the cPanel Tax?
I take a limited number of projects each month to maintain the quality of work I deliver. If your situation is urgent — compromised server, imminent cPanel renewal, failing infrastructure — mention it and I will prioritise your consultation.
Response within 24 hours. Direct conversation with the engineer, not a sales team.