Compare cPanel Integration methods

Two methods of AfterLogic WebMail Pro PHP and cPanel integration:

Which method to select, depends on the usage scenario and your web hosting infrastructure. Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. This page can help you select the solution which is the most suitable in your case.

cPAddon Embedded solution
Summary
The perfect solution for those hosting providers who are willing to provide users with the additional WebMail, but are not ready (or have no ability) to purchase Hosting Provider license or embed WebMail directly into cPanel. This solution provides end-customers with the ability to install their personal copy of WebMail from the hosting provider’s cPAddon repository. To have WebMail included in this repository, the hosting provider must install it from AfterLogic web site. Best solution for those hosting providers who are willing to provide online email client for all their end-customers using a single instance of WebMail. Once being embedded into cPanel, WebMail is presented on “webmail” page of cPanel, providing users with the ability to select WebMail as a one (or the only one) of mail clients available in this page.
Advantages
Simple installation for the hosting provider – just install cPAddon from AfterLogic web site into the local repository. Single instance of WebMail for the entire cPanel server.
Simple installation for the end-customer – just install cPAddon from the local repository of the hosting provider. End-customers do not install or buy anything – they just get ready-to-use WebMail.
No need to modify cPanel sources. WebMail is directly embedded into cPanel – thus providing additional icons in cPanel for accessing WebMail.
Ability to make the choice - end-customers may decide whether or not to use this cPAddon. No additional “Login” screen. If the user is inside cPanel (already logged in), he/she can just click WebMail icon and go directly into WebMail.
The hosting provider does not purchase WebMail, it just allows its end-customers to easily install WebMail. It’s up to the end-customer to purchase WebMail. cPanel's email credentials are obtained automatically, the user is not asked to fill mail server and login information.
Disadvantages
Each cPAddon installation sets up a personal WebMail instance. Thus, each end-customer has its own installation, so that there can be many. No centralized control over multiple installations. Requires modification of certain HTML/CGI files of cPanel. However, core files of cPanel and its Perl scripts are not touched.
WebMail is separated from cPanel, each end-customer needs to configure WebMail to specify mail server details, and the user will have to specify the e-mail address (or login) and password.
Recommendations
Good enough if only a few customers need WebMail or they need their personalized copies (for instance, to customize source code, etc). If many customers need WebMail, the hosting provider should consider embedding WebMail directly into cPanel. Suits best if the hosting provider can afford changing some cPanel’s HTML/CGI files. The customers with special requirements can still have their personalized copies, either from the local repository or installed directly from AfterLogic web site.

Screenshot demonstrating Embedded WebMail

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Installing as cPanel addon

Installing through direct embedding