Engineering notes from the team building the platform.

Two of the most-mentioned newer platforms published no readable price on the capture date. What each vendor does state, what actually changed in the category, and the six things to get in writing.

Ilinca Bostan

One vendor publishes six numbered tiers. The other publishes a claim. This post contains no Upmind prices, because none could be read, and explains what to ask instead.

Mario Marin

Unlimited clients and up to 250 clients are two different commercial theories, not two points on one scale. Who counts, what overage costs, and the five counting rules to get in writing.

Ilinca Bostan

These two are not the same kind of product, so the honest comparison is EasyDCIM plus a billing platform against HostBill Data Center alone. Once you write it that way, the arithmetic changes.

Mario Marin

A dollar a month separates them on price, so the decision is licensing terms. Blesta will sell you the licence outright; Clientexec will let you try it first. What else differs, and what neither one does.

Ilinca Bostan

Most comparisons quote these two in the same units, and they do not use the same units. What each HostBill edition actually unlocks, and why the colocation entry price is not the headline one.

Mario Marin

WHMCS prices by client count and its self-hosted ladder stops at 1,000. Blesta is flat and unlimited, and will sell you the licence outright. A sourced comparison, including the gap neither one fills.

Mario Marin

Two vendors will sell you a perpetual licence and three will only rent you one. Where the crossover actually sits, calculated from published prices, plus the four costs the model does not capture.

Mario Marin

Every major hosting billing vendor ships an importer, and the best-supported one belongs to the incumbent. Here is what each tool reads, what it costs, and the five things none of them carry across.

Ilinca Bostan

Outgrowing WHMCS? This step-by-step plan shows how to migrate to a self-hosted billing platform without disrupting customers or losing data.

Mario Marin

Reseller programs drive growth, but only if your billing can handle them. Learn how reseller and sub-account billing work on a self-hosted platform.

Ilinca Bostan

Your brand is the product. Learn how to white-label your billing platform, from portal to invoices to custom domains, on a self-hosted system you control.

Mario Marin