{"url":"https://nexovirt.com/whmcs-alternative","title":"WHMCS alternative with the hosting panel built in · NexoVirt","description":"Shop, Stripe, PayPal, EU VAT invoices, tickets and provisioning for VPS, Plesk, HestiaCP and Pterodactyl in one self-hosted panel. No per-client fees.","markdown_url":"https://nexovirt.com/whmcs-alternative.md","sections":[{"heading":"The WHMCS alternative with the hosting panel built in","content":"Sell VPS, web hosting and game servers from one self-hosted install. Shop, payments, VAT invoices, tickets and provisioning live in the same panel that runs your servers. You pay by node, never by client.\n\n[Start a 14-day Business trial](https://nexovirt.com/account/trial) [See pricing](https://nexovirt.com/pricing)\n\nNo card needed for the trial.\n\n![The shop dashboard in the NexoVirt admin panel](https://nexovirt.com/assets/img/screenshots/shop-dashboard-dark.webp?v=1793892600)\n\nThe shop dashboard sits in the same panel that runs your servers."},{"heading":"Why do hosters look for a WHMCS alternative?","content":"Most of them run WHMCS for billing, a panel for the servers and a module between the two. Three products, three bills, three update cycles.\n\n- The price grows with every client\n\nWHMCS is priced by active clients. Each new customer can push you into the next tier, even when your servers stay the same.\n- Three systems to keep running\n\nBilling, the panel and the sync module each need a licence, updates and someone who knows them.\n- One change, three updates\n\nA new panel version can break the module, and a WHMCS update can break it again. A failed sync leaves a paid order without a server."},{"heading":"What replaces WHMCS, the panel and the module?","content":"One install keeps the order, the payment, the invoice and the server in the same database. There is nothing to sync.\n\nNexoVirt Business\n\n€79/month\n\n- Shop with automatic provisioning\n- Stripe and PayPal\n- Invoices with EU VAT\n- Renewals and suspension\n- Plesk, HestiaCP, Pterodactyl and Pelican\n- Tickets and FAQ\n- Fraud checks at sign-up\n- Your brand and a WordPress plugin\n\n[Start a 14-day Business trial](https://nexovirt.com/account/trial)\n\nWHMCS + panel + module\n\n$34.95/month\n\n- WHMCS alone, priced by active clients\n- A VPS panel with its own licence\n- A module between the two\n- More modules for other panels\n- Three update cycles to keep in step\n\n[Compare the prices](#price-heading)\n\nThe details: [Proxmox billing and shop](https://nexovirt.com/proxmox-billing), [payments and invoices](https://nexovirt.com/features/payments) and [Pterodactyl billing](https://nexovirt.com/pterodactyl-billing)."},{"heading":"WHMCS pricing compared with NexoVirt","content":"WHMCS charges by active client. NexoVirt charges by node, with unlimited clients and servers.\n\n| Your size | WHMCS per month, excl. tax | NexoVirt per month, incl. VAT |\n|---|---|---|\n| Up to 250 clients | $34.95 (Plus) | €79 (Business, 20 nodes) |\n| Up to 500 clients | $54.95 (Professional) | €79 (Business, 20 nodes) |\n| Up to 1,000 clients | $84.95 (Business) | €79 (Business, 20 nodes) |\n| Up to 2,500 clients | $179.95 | €79 (Business, 20 nodes) |\n| Up to 5,000 clients | $284.95 | €79 (Business, 20 nodes) |\n| Up to 10,000 clients | $399.95 | €79 (Business, 20 nodes) |\n| More than 20 nodes | Priced by clients, as above | €149 (Unlimited, unlimited nodes plus resellers) |\n| VPS panel and provisioning modules | Separate licences | Included |\n\nWHMCS prices do not include the panel or module licences you run next to it. Prices from the vendors' public pricing pages on 5 Nov 2026. Check current prices before you decide."},{"heading":"What NexoVirt does not do","content":"Check these before you switch. If one of them is a must for you, keep WHMCS for that part.\n\n- No domain names\n\nNexoVirt does not register or resell domains.\n- Stripe and PayPal only\n\nThere are no other payment gateway modules. Manual top-ups and API bookings work for everything else.\n- One currency per install\n\nAll prices, balances and invoices of an install use the same currency.\n- No module marketplace\n\nProvisioning covers Proxmox VPS, Plesk, HestiaCP, Pterodactyl and Pelican. Other services run through webhooks and the API.\n- No cPanel or DirectAdmin\n\nThere are no modules for these panels.\n- No ready-made WHMCS module\n\nWHMCS can still drive NexoVirt through the REST API with a small script or custom module."},{"heading":"How does a switch from WHMCS work?","content":"Five steps. WHMCS keeps billing your existing customers until the last one has moved.\n\n1. Install NexoVirt\n\nOne command on a small VM or LXC next to your nodes. It runs on your own server, under your own domain.\n2. Connect nodes and panels\n\nAdd your Proxmox nodes: running VMs and containers are adopted without a reinstall. Then add your Plesk, HestiaCP, Pterodactyl or Pelican servers.\n3. Recreate your products\n\nProducts with billing periods, setup fees, add-ons and coupons. Pick the plan or game on the panel that each product creates.\n4. Move your customers\n\nCreate the accounts through the REST API or let customers sign up. Assign their running servers and book their balance through the API.\n5. Keep WHMCS during the move\n\nWHMCS can drive NexoVirt through the API in the meantime and send customers into the portal with one-time login links. See the [REST API docs](https://docs.nexovirt.com/api/).\n\n![The NexoVirt customer shop](https://nexovirt.com/assets/img/screenshots/portal-shop-dark.webp?v=1793892600)"},{"heading":"Starting a hosting business from zero?","content":"You do not need a billing system first. Install NexoVirt, add one node and sell your first VPS the same day.\n\nThe shop, payments and invoices come with the **Business plan** at €79 a month for 20 nodes. Try it for 14 days without a card.\n\nOnly want the panel for now? The **Community Edition** is free on 2 nodes with unlimited VMs, without the shop. [Install free](https://docs.nexovirt.com/getting-started/installation/)."},{"heading":"Hosters already run on NexoVirt","content":"Hosters such as Norway-vps run their VPS business on NexoVirt.\n\nPanels online in the last 14 days 55+\n\nProxmox nodes managed 75+\n\nVMs and containers managed 690+\n\nreleases since June 2026 146"},{"heading":"WHMCS alternative FAQ","content":"What hosters ask before they move their billing.\n\n[Ask us on Discord](https://discord.com/invite/kqysRthsMG)\n\n### Is NexoVirt a WHMCS alternative?\n\nFor hosters who sell VPS, web hosting and game servers on their own infrastructure, yes. NexoVirt combines what usually takes WHMCS plus a panel plus a sync module: a shop with automatic provisioning, Stripe and PayPal payments, prepaid balances, EU VAT invoices, renewals and suspension, support tickets and a customer portal, in one self-hosted install.\n\n### What does NexoVirt not do that WHMCS does?\n\nIt does not register or resell domain names, it supports Stripe and PayPal only (no other gateway modules), it bills in one currency per install and it has no module marketplace. It provisions Proxmox VPS natively and Plesk, HestiaCP, Pterodactyl and Pelican through its own modules; cPanel and DirectAdmin are not supported.\n\n### How is NexoVirt priced compared with WHMCS?\n\nWith flat monthly plans by node count, never by number of clients or servers. The shop, payments and invoices are part of the Business and Unlimited plans; the Community Edition is free on 2 nodes without the shop.\n\n### Can I sell web hosting and game servers, not only VPS?\n\nYes. Service products can provision accounts on Plesk and HestiaCP servers and game servers on Pterodactyl or Pelican: created on order, suspended when unpaid, changed on a plan change and removed at the end. Other services work through webhooks and the API.\n\n### Does it write invoices with the right VAT?\n\nYes. Every payment gets a numbered PDF invoice with domestic VAT, EU OSS rates, reverse charge for valid EU VAT IDs, export outside the EU or small-business status, and refunds get a credit note. Invoices export per month as CSV or ZIP.\n\n### Can I keep WHMCS and use NexoVirt only as the panel?\n\nYes. WHMCS, Blesta, FossBilling or your own scripts can drive NexoVirt through the REST API: create, assign, suspend and delete servers, and send customers into the portal with one-time login links. A ready-made WHMCS module is not shipped, so the connection is a small script or custom module.\n\n### Is there support and fraud protection?\n\nYes. Customers open tickets with attachments in the portal and read your FAQ; admins answer in a chat view. Sign-ups can be checked against FraudRecord, and the IP check shows country, VPN or hosting addresses and mismatches with the billing country."},{"heading":"Related pages","content":"- [   Proxmox billing system The shop, payments and invoices in detail.  ](https://nexovirt.com/proxmox-billing)\n- [   Pterodactyl billing Sell game servers on Pterodactyl and Pelican.  ](https://nexovirt.com/pterodactyl-billing)\n- [   VPS control panel What you and your customers can do with each VPS.  ](https://nexovirt.com/vps-control-panel)\n- [   Customer portal One portal for servers, invoices and tickets.  ](https://nexovirt.com/proxmox-customer-portal)\n- [   Pricing Flat prices by node, never by client.  ](https://nexovirt.com/pricing)\n- [   Cloud-init on Proxmox Ready-to-use VPS on the first boot.  ](https://nexovirt.com/blog/cloud-init-on-proxmox)\n\n![Shop orders in the NexoVirt admin panel](https://nexovirt.com/assets/img/screenshots/shop-orders-dark.webp?v=1793892600)"},{"heading":"Move your hosting business into one panel","content":"Try the shop, payments, invoices and provisioning modules for 14 days. No card needed.\n\n[Start a 14-day Business trial](https://nexovirt.com/account/trial) [See pricing](https://nexovirt.com/pricing)"}],"faq":[{"question":"Is NexoVirt a WHMCS alternative?","answer":"For hosters who sell VPS, web hosting and game servers on their own infrastructure, yes. NexoVirt combines what usually takes WHMCS plus a panel plus a sync module: a shop with automatic provisioning, Stripe and PayPal payments, prepaid balances, EU VAT invoices, renewals and suspension, support tickets and a customer portal, in one self-hosted install."},{"question":"What does NexoVirt not do that WHMCS does?","answer":"It does not register or resell domain names, it supports Stripe and PayPal only (no other gateway modules), it bills in one currency per install and it has no module marketplace. It provisions Proxmox VPS natively and Plesk, HestiaCP, Pterodactyl and Pelican through its own modules; cPanel and DirectAdmin are not supported."},{"question":"How is NexoVirt priced compared with WHMCS?","answer":"With flat monthly plans by node count, never by number of clients or servers. The shop, payments and invoices are part of the Business and Unlimited plans; the Community Edition is free on 2 nodes without the shop."},{"question":"Can I sell web hosting and game servers, not only VPS?","answer":"Yes. Service products can provision accounts on Plesk and HestiaCP servers and game servers on Pterodactyl or Pelican: created on order, suspended when unpaid, changed on a plan change and removed at the end. Other services work through webhooks and the API."},{"question":"Does it write invoices with the right VAT?","answer":"Yes. Every payment gets a numbered PDF invoice with domestic VAT, EU OSS rates, reverse charge for valid EU VAT IDs, export outside the EU or small-business status, and refunds get a credit note. Invoices export per month as CSV or ZIP."},{"question":"Can I keep WHMCS and use NexoVirt only as the panel?","answer":"Yes. WHMCS, Blesta, FossBilling or your own scripts can drive NexoVirt through the REST API: create, assign, suspend and delete servers, and send customers into the portal with one-time login links. A ready-made WHMCS module is not shipped, so the connection is a small script or custom module."},{"question":"Is there support and fraud protection?","answer":"Yes. Customers open tickets with attachments in the portal and read your FAQ; admins answer in a chat view. Sign-ups can be checked against FraudRecord, and the IP check shows country, VPN or hosting addresses and mismatches with the billing country."}]}