Lately I’ve been trying to find some subscription software to use for a project I’m working on. Some of these PHP subscription systems have been difficult to find and I thought I’d give you a quick rundown of a few of them to hopefully make your life a bit easier.

Amember

Price: Under $200

Pros

• Site features trial download, support forum, and an online demo
• Software Integrates with many payment processors and other software like WordPress, PHPBB, and more

Cons

• Software development doesn’t seem very active, only 2 updates in 2007
• Forum isn’t much help aside from a few helpful members, have to use ticket system
• General lack of announcements or news, unsure if software integrates with new versions, like PHPBB3

Caribou CMS

Price: Starts at $free (LE version, 100 members)

Pros

• Site features online demo and ticket system for support
• Software integrates with Paypal, 2Chechout and authorize.net
• Software has built-in CMS and many features available
• Active development, they responded to my email message quickly
• *Now integrates with PHPBB3 and vBulletin software

Cons

• Can’t view users in administration area
• Somewhat difficult to implement a custom front-end design

Omni-Secure

Price: Starts at $197

Pros

• Site features online demo, 10-day trial of the software and ticket system for support
• Software integrates with Paypal, 2Chceckout, authorize.net, PHPBB, and more
• Software features Multi-Directional Login Forms and more
• Active development, many new features added already this year

Cons

• CMS integration plugins cost extra, about $50 each
• More expensive than some of the alternatives

Hopefully this general rundown will be enough to get you going. I try not to spew my opinion too much when writing an article like this.