CoreInto vs WHMCS vs Blesta vs HostBill vs Clientexec
Five billing systems for hosting companies in one table, with each vendor's own published prices and the rows where the others are ahead.
- Included
- $ Sold separately, or costs more
- Partly, or with limits
- Not offered
- – Not published plainly: check with the vendor
| Feature | CoreInto | WHMCSvs page | Blestavs page | HostBillvs page | Clientexecvs page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How it is sold | |||||
| Entry price, by the month | $7.99 (CoreInto License – Starter, 250 clients) | $34.95 (Plus, 250 clients) | $17.95 (branded) | $599 once (Startup) | $16.95 (branded) |
| Price with no client limit | $19.99 a month (CoreInto License – Unlimited Accounts) | $1,999.95 a month | $17.95–$23.95 a month | $599–$5,999 once | $16.95–$19.95 a month |
| Price grows with the number of clients | Partly. Small steps, from 250 to unlimited | Included. Nine tiers | No. | No. | No. |
| Free trial | Included. 10 days, 25 clients, no card | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| One-time (owned) licence | No. Monthly or yearly | No. | Included. $350–$500, then $62 a year for updates | Included. Updates $125 a year after the first | No. Owned sales stopped |
| Updates and new versions in the price | Included. Every release, signed | Included. | Partly. Owned: first year, then $62 a year | Partly. First year, then $125 a year | Included. Leased |
| No vendor branding in your client area | Included. One edition, no badge | Paid extra. Branding removal is sold separately | Paid extra. Unbranded licence costs more | Not published. | Paid extra. Unbranded licence costs more |
| Hosted by the vendor (no server of your own) | No. Self-hosted on any PHP host | No. | No. | Not published. | Included. Hosted option |
| Billing and payments | |||||
| Recurring invoices, reminders, late fees and tax rules | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Quotes, credit notes and debit notes | Included. All three | Partly. Quotes; refunds as credit | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Payment gateways in the box | Included. 56 gateways | Included. Large built-in set | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Charge a fee per payment method | Included. Gateway Fee module | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Renewal price different from the first term | Included. Renewal Pricing module | Partly. Recurring amount per product | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Client credit and adding funds | Included. Plus mass pay of many invoices | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Automation and provisioning | |||||
| Create, suspend, unsuspend and terminate on hosting panels | Included. 4 modules: cPanel & WHM, Plesk, DirectAdmin, intoPanel | Included. Many panels | Included. | Included. Depends on edition | Included. |
| Domain registrar modules | Included. 5 registrars, plus .pk (PKNIC) as an add-on | Included. Many registrars | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Actions that fail wait in a queue to retry | Included. Pending Module Actions | Included. Module queue | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Infrastructure: racks, devices and IP address manager | Included. Built in | No. | Not published. | Paid extra. IPAM app from Enterprise ($999) | Not published. |
| Support and clients | |||||
| Support tickets with email piping, departments and escalations | Included. | Included. | Included. Support Manager plugin, in the box | Included. | Included. |
| AI-drafted ticket replies with your own API key | Included. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or DeepSeek | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Knowledgebase, announcements and downloads | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Affiliate programme | Included. | Included. | Not published. | Included. | Not published. |
| Client area templates | Included. Three, each light and dark | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Languages in the box | Included. 12, including Arabic and Urdu (right to left) | Included. | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Beyond billing | |||||
| Sell your own software licences (keys, binding, signed answers) | Included. Licensing Manager | Paid extra. Licensing Addon, sold separately | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Branded mobile app for your clients and staff | Included. Flutter app under your own store accounts | Partly. The vendor's own staff app | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Website builder with pages, blog and menus | Included. Built in | No. | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Import from WHMCS | Included. Guided, repeatable, with a comparison report | Not published. | Included. | Included. | Included. |
| Import from Blesta | Included. | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Resell third-party products (SSL, email, site builders) | No. | Included. MarketConnect | Not published. | Not published. | Not published. |
| Third-party marketplace of modules and themes | Partly. Growing; add-on modules documented | Included. The largest | Included. | Included. | Included. |
Prices of the other products are as their own sites published them in November 2026: WHMCS pricing (cPanel store), Blesta 2026 price adjustment, HostBill pricing, Clientexec pricing update for 2026. CoreInto's own prices are read from the store. Product names belong to their owners; this page is ours, not theirs. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
How to read this comparison#
Every product in this table can run a hosting company. They differ in how they are sold, in what comes in the box and what is sold separately, and in the size of the world around them. The table puts those differences in rows. A tick means the feature is included in the normal licence; a dollar sign means it is sold separately or costs more; a dash means the vendor does not state it plainly on its own pages, and we would rather leave a gap than guess.
Prices of WHMCS, Blesta, HostBill and Clientexec are as each vendor published them; the sources are linked under the table. CoreInto's own prices are read live from the CoreInto store.
How each one is sold#
WHMCS is leased by the month and priced by the number of active clients, in nine tiers from Plus (250 clients) to Business Unlimited. Some features, such as software licensing and branding removal, are sold as add-ons. It has by far the largest marketplace of third-party modules and themes.
Blesta is sold as a monthly licence or as an owned licence with a year of updates, then a yearly support and updates fee. Branded, unbranded and Flex editions are priced differently. Blesta is known for its clean code and its plugins that ship in the box.
HostBill is sold once, in editions from Startup to All-Inclusive, with updates included for the first year and charged yearly after that. Which integrations and apps you get depends on the edition, and more can be bought.
Clientexec is leased by the month, branded or unbranded, and also offered as a hosted service. Owned licences are no longer sold to new customers.
CoreInto is sold monthly or yearly with one edition: plans differ only in how many clients the installation holds. Everything that ships with CoreInto, including the Licensing Manager, the website builder, the mobile app and every built-in gateway and module, is in every plan.
Where CoreInto is not ahead#
Comparisons written by a vendor usually leave this part out. WHMCS has a much larger marketplace and a larger pool of people who already know it. If your business depends on a particular third-party module, a control panel other than cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin and intoPanel, or reselling third-party products through something like MarketConnect, check that before you switch. Blesta and HostBill sell owned licences for those who prefer to pay once; CoreInto does not. Clientexec offers a hosted version; CoreInto is self-hosted only.
Where CoreInto is ahead#
On price as you grow, on what is included without add-ons, and on a few parts the others do not offer at all: a branded mobile app published under your own name, a website builder that shares the catalogue, AI-drafted ticket replies with your own key, an infrastructure and IP address manager, and a guided import from both WHMCS and Blesta that can run again and again until you switch.
Frequently asked questions
Which is the best WHMCS alternative?
It depends on what you need. Blesta suits those who want an owned licence and plugins in the box, HostBill those who need its specific integrations, Clientexec those who want a hosted option, and CoreInto those who want every feature in every plan, a low price as they grow and an import from WHMCS that can be repeated until the switch.
Are the competitors' prices current?
They are as each vendor published them in the month shown under the table, with links to the sources. Prices change, so check the vendor's own page before you decide, and tell us if something here is out of date.
Can I move from WHMCS, Blesta or another system to CoreInto?
WHMCS (7.10 to 8.x) and Blesta databases are imported directly, and another CoreInto too. Data from other systems can be brought in through the JSON API.
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