The full DirectAdmin panel at no extra cost — domains, email, DNS, databases, SSL, file manager and backups. No licence fee and no cut-down edition.
Everything below is in the panel, so you are not opening a ticket for routine work.
Both are good panels. Here is where they actually differ.
No. The full panel is included on every plan, including the $4.99 Starter. There is no licence line on your invoice and no reduced feature set on the cheaper plans.
It is different, not harder. The concepts are the same — domains, mailboxes, databases, DNS zones — and they sit in the same kind of places. Most people who arrive from cPanel are comfortable within an afternoon, and support will walk you through anything specific.
Yes, and we do it for you at no charge. Files, databases, mailboxes and DNS records all come across. See free website migration.
Not on shared hosting — the node is shared, so root would mean access to other people's sites. If you need root, that is what a dedicated server is for.
Enterprise includes white-label DirectAdmin, so you can create and brand accounts for your own clients.
The rest of the hosting section, each page answering one question.