Members-Only Subscription Management Programs

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Password Administration Only

• Account Manager Lite, CGI Script Center (http://cgi.elitehost.com/acctlite/). Free. Highly rated.
• Password Administrator+, Illmatic (http://illmatic.net/), $199. Disables shared passwords.
• Locked Area, Neil Skirrow, LockedArea.com (http://www.lockedarea.com/html/). Lite (free) and Pro ($60). Highly rated.
• Password Sentry, Virtual Solutions (http://www.monster-submit.com/sentry/), $65. Highly rated.
• Other password administration programs http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Password_Protection/

E-Commerce plus Password Administration (lower cost)

• Account Manager Pro, CGI Script Center (http://cgi.elitehost.com/acctman/index2.html). $199. Read my review
• Verotel Billing Solutions, Verotel, Inc. (www.verotel.com). No set-up or monthly. 12% to 19%. Read my review.
• Membership Management, Plug ‘n Pay Technologies (www.plugnpay.com/content_direct/membership.html). Requires DirectLink Gateway. Additional charges for subscription and access management, $295 set-up, $15/month, 15 cents/transaction (first 100 transactions per month free).
• Passmaster Gold, Citro Communications (http://www.citro.net/scripts/). $450.

E-Commerce plus Password Administration (higher cost)

• Infoweb E-Commerce Service, Infocon America Corp. (www.infoconamerica.com/infoweb.html).
• eRights, eMeta (http://www.emeta.com/erights/overview.html). Written in Java.
• MemberGate Content Publisher, Hamilton News Media (www.membergate.com). $7,500 and up.
• WebOnTheFly, Dan Miller (www.webonthefly.com). Written in ColdFusion.
• EclipseNet, Sandlot Corp. (www.sandlot.com). Mid-tier solution. Average client pays about $250,000.