# WebPros

The Swiss-based owner of cPanel, Plesk and WHMCS, which sells hosting only to partners who resell it under their own name.


Source: https://www.findhost.app/holdings/webpros/
Last reviewed: 2026-09-09
Listed since: 2026-08-07

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.webpros.com
- terms: https://www.webpros.com/legal/

### Identity

- founded: unknown
- headcount: unknown
- referringSubnets: {"now":678,"before":674}
- favorite: unknown
- ownership: pe-owned
- parent: cvc
- status: unlisted
- wikidata: unknown

### Classification

- category: unknown
- whoManagesOs: unknown
- infraContract: unknown
- runsOn: unknown
- cdnFrom: unknown
- useCases: unknown
- audience: unknown

### Tech stack

- panels: unknown
- runtimes: unknown
- software: unknown
- specialisation: unknown
- sshAccess: unknown
- managedDatabases: unknown
- gpuCapacity: unknown
- persistentStorage: unknown
- backupsIncluded: unknown

### Deployment

- deployMethods: unknown

### Pricing

- pricingModel: unknown
- priceFrom: unknown
- entryPrice: unknown
- priceTo: unknown
- currencies: unknown
- billingPeriods: unknown
- billingTiming: unknown
- exitWithin: unknown
- moneyBack: unknown
- renewalMultiple: unknown
- freeTier: unknown
- contractMinimum: unknown
- paymentMethods: unknown

### Regions and law

- regions: unknown
- hqCountry: CH
- gdprDpa: unknown

### Other features

- energyClaim: unknown
- certifications: unknown
- greenWebId: unknown
- domainRegistration: unknown
- dnsHosting: unknown
- emailHosting: unknown
- cdnIncluded: unknown
- testDomain: unknown
- collaboration: unknown
- staging: unknown

### Support

- supportChannels: unknown
- supportHours: unknown
- supportTiering: unknown
- sla: unknown

### Automation

- mcpServer: unknown
- cliTool: unknown
- apiAvailable: unknown
- iacSupport: unknown

### Sources

- referringSubnets: https://majestic.com/reports/majestic-million (read 2026-09-07)
- hqCountry: https://www.webpros.com/legal/ (read 2026-09-09)
- operating entities: https://www.webpros.com/legal/ (read 2026-09-09)
- product portfolio: https://www.webpros.com/solutions/ (read 2026-09-09)
- WebPros Cloud: https://www.webpros.cloud/ (read 2026-09-09)
- ownership: https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/oakley-capital-agrees-sale-of-webpros-to-cvc-fund-vii-and-follow-on-investment (read 2026-09-09)
- parent: https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/oakley-capital-agrees-sale-of-webpros-to-cvc-fund-vii-and-follow-on-investment (read 2026-09-09)
- Plesk carve-out: https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/acquisition-of-plesk (read 2026-09-09)
- cPanel acquisition: https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/oakley-capital-to-invest-in-cpanel (read 2026-09-09)
- founding co-investors: https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/building-a-business-the-webpros-story (read 2026-09-09)
- Equivia investment: https://www.equivia.de/en/portfolio (read 2026-09-09)

## Notes

WebPros is the group that owns the two control panels most shared hosting is administered through, [cPanel](/cpanel/) and [Plesk](/plesk/), together with the billing system WHMCS, the VPS manager SolusVM and a set of website-building, SEO, social-media, backup and monitoring products, as its [solutions page](https://www.webpros.com/solutions/) lists. The group is run from WebPros International GmbH in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and its [privacy policy](https://www.webpros.com/legal/) names a separate operating entity for each brand: the Swiss company for Plesk, a US company for cPanel and WHM, a UK company for WHMCS. Nearly everything it sells is licensed to hosting providers, who put their own name on it.

The group was assembled by a private-equity buyer. [Oakley Capital](/holdings/oakley-capital/) carved Plesk out of the Parallels group in 2017, as its [acquisition announcement](https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/acquisition-of-plesk) records, and in 2018 bought SolusVM and a majority of cPanel from its founder, per its [cPanel announcement](https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/oakley-capital-to-invest-in-cpanel). In December 2019 Oakley agreed to sell the group to a CVC Capital Partners fund while reinvesting as a minority partner, as its [sale announcement](https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/oakley-capital-agrees-sale-of-webpros-to-cvc-fund-vii-and-follow-on-investment) sets out, so [CVC](/holdings/cvc/) has been the majority owner since. Two founders of Host Europe, Thomas Strohe and Jochen Berger, invested alongside Oakley from the Plesk deal onward, as Oakley's [case study](https://www.oakleycapital.com/news-and-insights/building-a-business-the-webpros-story) describes; their Cologne investment company, Equivia, lists WebPros on its [portfolio page](https://www.equivia.de/en/portfolio) as a 2017 investment with a partial exit to CVC.

## Worth knowing

WebPros also hosts. [WebPros Cloud](https://www.webpros.cloud/) runs managed WordPress and cPanel shared hosting on infrastructure the group operates, sold to hosting providers, registrars and agencies to resell under their own brand at their own price; its FAQ says a new partner signs a cPanel partner agreement first. Nothing on it is sold to a site owner directly and no price is published, which is why the group sits beside the register while the panels it owns have records in it.

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