---
title: "AMP vs. cPanel"
description: "Account Management Panel (AMP) and cPanel are tools used by all InMotion Hosting customers. In this tutorial we'll give you an overview on what each tool is used for and how to login. Learn more..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/amp/amp-vs-cpanel/
date: 2011-09-20
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Carrie Smaha"
categories: ["Account Management Panel"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# AMP vs. cPanel

**Account Management Panel (AMP) and cPanel** are tools used by all InMotion Hosting customers. In this tutorial we’ll give you an overview on what each tool is used for and how to login. Learn more about [cPanel Hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/cpanel-hosting).

## Account Management Panel (AMP)

[![amp](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cpanel_amp-updated-1024x603.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cpanel_amp-updated.png)

*Screenshot of AMP*

Your Account Management Panel is used primarily for managing the billing aspects of your account. Within AMP, you can do many things such as:

- [Register new domain names](/support/domain-names/registering-a-new-domain-name/)
- [Update Domain Whois Details](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/amp/update-whois-data/)
- [Purchase SSL Certificates](/support/amp/how-do-i-obtain-an-ssl-certificate/)

[Learn how to login to AMP](/support/amp/how-to-log-into-amp/)

**Please note!** Before you can login to AMP, you must first click the link within your Welcome Email to initially set your password. You will receive the Welcome Email 20 minutes *after* your account is **confirmed** by your Sales Rep or a New Account Specialist during your confirmation call.

**Note:** Confirmation calls typically happen within an hour of your order. However, you can call us directly to have your account confirmed right away. If you don’t receive that email, please check your spam folder for an email with a subject of *Welcome to InMotion Hosting!*. If the email is not located within your junk / spam folder, you can have your AMP **password reset** link emailed to you [from this page](https://secure1.inmotionhosting.com/index/forgot). If your new hosting account has not yet been provisioned, the reset password link will not yet work.

## cPanel

[![cpanel1](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cpanel_cpanel-update-1.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cpanel_cpanel-update-1.png)

cPanel allows you to control your hosting account with InMotion. This includes: creating email addresses, managing email,  creating MySQL databases, managing files and much more!

More help with learning cPanel can be found in our [cPanel Education channel](/support/edu/software/do-you-offer-ruby-on-rails/).

[Learn how to Login to cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/)

## Important Links

Here are some more important links relating to cPanel and AMP:

| **cPanel** | | **AMP** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| - [How to login to cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/)
- [How to reset your cPanel password from within AMP](/support/edu/cpanel/resetting-cpanel-password-amp/) | | - [How to login to AMP](/support/amp/how-to-log-into-amp/)
- [I forgot my AMP password!](/support/amp/change-amp-password/) |