VPS - Reseller Comparison
A customer of ours was nice enough to pull this together for us to help himself (and with his permission others) analyze the differences between a Reseller and Virtual Private Server program. 

And to him we all owe our thanks !!!!

Account Functions
    Reseller  VPS Server
  List Accounts x x
  Create a New Account x x
  Skeleton Directory x x
  Terminate an Account x x
  Modify an Account   x
  Upgrade/Downgrade an Account x x
  Rearrange Accounts   x
  View Bandwidth Usage x x
  Limit Bandwidth Usage x x
  Suspend or Unsuspend an Account x x
  List Suspended Accounts x x
  Modify Suspended Accounts Page x x
  Quota Modification   x
  Password Modification x x
  Email all users   x
  Show Active and Inactive Accounts   x
  Change ownership of an account   x
  Disable or Enable Demo Mode on an Account   x
  Disable or Enable Subdomains Per Account x x
  Show Reseller Accounts   x
  Download a Raw Apache Log   x
  Unsuspend all bandwidth exceeders   x
  Fix insecure permissions on cgi scripts (requires suexec)   x
  Change Site's lp (line printer) Address   x
  List SubDomains x x

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Backup
    Reseller VPS Server
  Configure Backup   x
  Restore Backups   x
  Configuration File Rollback   x

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Cpanel
    Reseller VPS Server
  Reset a Shopping Cart x x
  Upgrade To Latest Version   x
  Reset a Mailman Password   x
  Enable/Disable Outlook (Express) AutoConfig   x
  Synchronize FTP Passwords x x

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DNS Functions
    Reseller VPS Server
  Park or Point a Domain x x
  List Parked Domains x x
  Add an A entry for your hostname   x
  Add a DNS Zone x x
  Edit an MX Entry x x
  Edit a DNS Zone   x
  Delete a DNS Zone x x
  Perform a DNS Cleanup   x
  Establish a trust relationship with a Primary Nameserver   x
  Synchronize DNS Records With Primary Nameserver   x
  Setup/Edit Domain Forwarding   x

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Email
    Reseller VPS Server
  Mail Troubleshooter x x
  Manage Mail Queue   x
  View Mail Stats   x

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FrontPage
    Reseller VPS Server
  Install FrontPage Web Extensions x x
  Uninstall FrontPage Web Extensions x x
  Install FrontPage Mail Extensions x x

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IP Functions
    Reseller VPS Server
  Show or Delete Current IP Addresses   x
  Add a New IP Address   x
  Rebuild the IP Address Pool   x
  Show/Edit Reserved IP's   x
  Show IP Address Usage   x

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MySQL
    Reseller VPS Server
  Reset MySQL Root Password   x
  Repair a Database   x
  Change an User or Database Password   x
  Show MySQL Processes   x

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Packages
    Reseller VPS Server
  Add a New Package x x
  Delete Packages x x
  Edit Packages   x

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Restart Services
    Reseller VPS Server
  Mail Server (Exim)   x
  DNS/Name Server (BIND)   x
  FTP Server (ProFTPd)   x
  SQL Server (MySQL)   x
  SSH Server (OpenSSH)   x
  HTTP/Web Server (Apache)   x
  POP3 Server (cppop)   x
  E-Commerce Server (interchange)   x

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Security
    Reseller VPS Server
  Quick Security Scan   x
  Modify Apache Memory Usage Limit   x
  Scan for Trojan Horses   x

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Server Setup
    Reseller VPS Server
  Edit Setup   x
  Change Update Preferences   x
  Change Hostname   x
  Server Time   x
  Reseller Center   x
  Initial Quota Setup   x
  Initial Nameserver Setup   x
  Set MySQL Root Password   x
  Enable/Disable Traceroute   x
  Change Root Password   x
  Change where system mail goes   x
  Service Manager   x
  Enable/Disable SuExec   x
  Add/Remove Users from the Wheel Group (allow su)   x
  Shell Fork Bomb Protection   x
  Setup Remote Access Key x x

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Server Status
    Reseller VPS Server
  Service Status x x
  Server Information x x
  Apache Status   x
  Cpu/Memory/MySQL Usage History   x

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Software
    Reseller VPS Server
  Install a RPM   x
  Rebuild RPM Database   x
  Install a Perl Module   x
  Update Server Software   x
  Update System Software   x
  Update Backend Scripts   x

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SSL/TLS
    Reseller VPS Server
  Change Cpanel/WHM Certificate   x
  SSL Manager   x
  Generate a SSL Certificate and Signing Request x x
  Install a SSL Certificate and Setup the Domain x x

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Support
    Reseller VPS Server
  Interactive Knowlegebase   x

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System Health
    Reseller VPS Server
  Show Current Disk Usage   x
  Show Current CPU Usage   x
  Background Process Killer   x
  Show Current Running Processes   x

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System Reboot
    Reseller VPS Server
  Graceful Server Reboot   x
  Forceful Server Reboot   x

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Themes
    Reseller VPS Server
  Change WHM Theme x x
  Addon Cpanel Themes   x
  Set Default WHM Theme for All Users   x
  List Installed WHM Themes   x
  Install a New WHM Theme   x
  List Installed Cpanel Themes   x
  Delete a Cpanel Theme   x
  Clone a Cpanel Theme   x
  Download a Cpanel Themeball   x
  Download a WHM Themeball   x

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Transfers
    Reseller VPS Server
  Copy an account from another server   x
  Copy multiple accounts from another server   x

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