The purpose of this chart is to allow you to make a quick comparison
of the major features offered by DreamAccount which most of our
competitors are lacking.
At the bottom of the chart is each product's score card. You will
see that only one product on this chart truly measures up!
DreamAccount *
Membership Client Pro
aMember Pro *
Locked Area Pro *
Account Manager Pro *
Price
$149.00
$99.00
$99.95
$95.00
$149.00
Support
Free for 6 Months
For a Fee
For a Fee
Yes
Yes
Upgrades
Free for 6 Months
For a Fee
For a Fee
Free for 1 Year
Free for 1 Year
Money Back Guarantee
Yes
No
No
No
No
Programming Language
PHP
Perl
PHP
Perl
Perl
Source Code
Included
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
(but against license & voids warranty)
Database Structure
MySQL
Flat File
MySQL
Flat File
Flat File
Easy
Web Install
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Supported
Gateways
(for real-time processing)
Authorize.net
Paysystems IMA
Verisign Payflow Pro
Ibill
Planet Payment
ECX
RTWare
Echo
Netbilling
BluePay
eProcessing Network
SkipJack
Protx VSP Direct
PlugnPay
DPILink
eWay
SurePay
SecPay
2Checkout
ClickBank
PayPal
Payflow Link
QChex
E-Gold
None
PayPal
WorldPay
Automated
Recurring
Billing
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Multiple
Currencies
Yes
No
No
No
No
Tax
Option
Yes
No
No
No
No
Coupon
/ Discount Feature
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Free
Trial Subscriptions
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Multiple
Subscriptions for each customer supported
Yes
No
No
No
No
Enter
Order and Account Notes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes (only one line of information)
Free
E-mail Blocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Block
User by IP
Yes
No
No
No
No
Built
In Support
and Contact Form
Yes
No
No
No
No
Easy
Web Configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
HTML
Template Driven
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other
Authentication Control Options Supported
(other than .htaccess)
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Prevents
Password
Sharing
Yes
(via optional script)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Affiliate
Option
Yes
No
No
No
No
Affiliate
Payout Automation
Yes
No
No
No
No
Extensive
Billing, Order, and Subscription Management and Statistics
via Admin Panel
Yes
No
No
No
No
Income
& Sold Subscriptions Reporting
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Complete
Order & Account
Statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No (only lists active accounts)
Newsletter
Management
Yes
Yes
(but inferior to DreamAccount)
Yes (but inferior to DreamAccount)
No
No
Ability
to E-mail Customers
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Customizable
E-mail Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Able
to protect multiple sites on server
Yes
No
No
No
No
Allow
multiple payment processors simultaneously
Yes
No
No
No
No
Feature Scorecard:
27
12
9
6
7
Payment Processor Scorecard:
28
5
6
1
5
Overall
Scorecard:
65
17
15
7
12
* Dream Account, Membership Client PRO, aMember, Locked Area Pro,
and Account Manager Pro are registered trademarks of their respective
companies. All Features listed are accurate as of 4/15/03. Features
subject to change, Dreamcost assumes no reasonability for feature
changes or misrepresentation of above software.
Thanks for the time you spent on my DreamAccount to get it working with my site. The account works great and with the templates and flash we made. We might change a bit more...who knows. But the account is wonderful inside.
Jay Vasallo -
Clanzwarz Gaming Servers
