Lpanel :: Web Hosting Client Management Software

Looks like a fairly good system. The price is not bad considering how much time it will save you. We have not tried it yet, but it looks promising. :)
 
interactive said:
I don't but it looks pretty nice. A bit expensive at $149 though? Why not just use ModernBill?
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Uhh...not to be nitpicky, but I think you should look again if you think lpanel is pricier than ModernBill:

ModernBill: $24.95 / mo = $299.40 / yr
lpanel: $19.95 / mo = $239.40 / yr (or you can pay yearly and get it for $149.95 / yr)

or

ModernBill: Owned license up to 250 clients = $179.95 + $29.95 every 6 mo. renewal for support

lpanel: Lifetime license including support = $249.95


If we're just looking at cost, I'd say lpanel is the clear winner here. I don't have either yet, but am looking for reviews on lpanel also. It is the only one I've found so far that has integration with Wild West Domains, and looks user-friendly.

Valerie
 
Actually it is a little nitpicky.
We are talking about a well established piece of software that is the perennial favorite among web hosts, compared to a virtual unknown in a similar price range.

When you are the new guy on the block cost is a very big factor.

That being said, this thread is several months old and this is the first I've heard of lpanel. They may be great.
 
Blue said:
When you are the new guy on the block cost is a very big factor.
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Well, that was my point exactly. Clearly ModernBill is more established, but it is also more expensive. To someone (like me) who is just looking into dipping a toe into the web hosting business, that $150 difference for the yearly lease is an interesting point, especially when I've seen as many anti-ModernBill posts as I have pro-ModernBill.

Bottom line - since the original poster had mentioned cost, that's what I was responding to - on a cost basis alone, lpanel is definitely cheaper. Obviously, that should NOT be the sole criteria for choosing one over the other.

Blue said:
That being said, this thread is several months old and this is the first I've heard of lpanel. They may be great.
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I'm with you - just started hearing about this and am hoping some actual users will chime in to tell us how it works. We need to find out if it really IS less expensive or just cheap, if you know what I mean! :)
 
I have been thinking about using it myself for some time now as well.

I currently use WHMAP, lpanel look sto have many more features.
 
dreamcost and skipjack?

How about dreamcost? They support skipjack and that's what I'm using for payment. Anyone has any experience with them? I like moderbill but it does not yet support skipjack, they told me that I need to program the API first. And I just don't have the time.
 
It looks pretty nice indeed. :) What is skipjack? I'm using whoiscart (www.whoiscart.net) as my billing automation program right there; it's very good and is only 35 for an unlimited license :). Don't know if it support skipjack though..go ask on whoiscart's forums.
 
We've been using Lpanel but are offering ClientExec to our clients since Lpanel's distributor program is buggy. As a matter of fact, their whole software is pretty flaky which defeats the purpose of something being easy to use.

We have to backtrack and check everything that Lpanel says it did. Argh.

Their support team is lousy (but then so is WHMAP's). Oh well, America thrives on bad customer service. :-/

Roj
 
Despite the fact that support from LPanels coders is lacking at best, the software itself is actuaqlly extremely nice. We switched to it after ModernBill started failing nearly all credit card transactions for no reason that I or the support techs could figure out. I have to say, I like the coupons much better than those in MB, as you can set coupons only to operate on packages and not domains (e.g. providing 3 months free but charging for the domain).

As a billing system that is coded to be modular, (at the moment it only supports cP) it has cP integration that is almost as good as WHMAP's, and that's saying something.

Overall, we've found it to be excellently coded and very frequently updated, whereas MB had nowhere close to the upgrade cycle and the coding was in many cases less than perfect...
 
Just make sure you use IE to manage it since some of the functionality doesn't work perfectly in FireFox or Mozilla. Case in point: Adding clients manually or copying accounts from one server to another.

Roj
 
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