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WHMCS Alternative : Personal Invoice & Management
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WHMCS Alternative : Personal Invoice & Management

bigcatbigcat Member
edited December 2012 in Help

Hi,
I'm looking for an alternative to WHMCS for simple product management and payment checkout.

TL;DR
I sell digital goods through various channel. Currently potential customer will land on my WHMCS installation for order and purchase. However I think WHMCS is overkill for what I'm doing because on top of the license, I need to subscribe to VPS and SSL certificate which cost me well above $20/month in total. I don't need any automation, support system or other WHMCS bells and whistles. I got on average 12 new customer per month.

I've tried few possible alternative but none have met my expectation yet.
1. Boxbilling - promising but the invoicing system is horrible.
2. CurdBee - The best so far but they don't have package/plan manager

Requirement
1. Package manager and order system
2. Invoicing system
3. Checkout to payment processor
I would prefer hosted solution since its easier and I wouldn't be keeping user critical information such as credit card number. Also I wouldn't mind paying for any cheap hosted WHMCS service(if any).

Budget
less than $10/month. The cheaper the better.

I would love to hear your suggestion based on your experience.

Comments

  • @bigcat said: simple product management and payment checkout

    Magento, CubeCart, and other shopping carts that handle digital goods won't work for you?

  • http://www.boxbilling.com - Tell me if u like it :)

  • PacketVMPacketVM Member, Host Rep
    edited December 2012

    Hi,

    Not sure if getbillr.com would be right for you? @jhadley would know more on this! It may do what you're looking for.

    I use CurdBee for internal invoicing for private clients and it's good..for invoicing only. Nothing else. WHMCS is only $12.95 per month though so not sure what it's not an option? ClientExec?

    Otherwise, hit up @jhadley as I said.

    Cheers,
    Dominic

  • @dominicl said: ClientExec?

    Clientexec costs more than whmcs now.

  • PacketVMPacketVM Member, Host Rep

    @Corey said: Clientexec costs more than whmcs now.

    CE is a dollar cheaper on LicensePal ;) Still, CE is not worth that much heh

  • Hostbill

  • @dominicl said: CE is a dollar cheaper on LicensePal ;) Still, CE is not worth that much heh

    ce is awesome

  • @bamn said: Magento, CubeCart, and other shopping carts that handle digital goods won't work for you?

    This will be...complicated. I dont want to operate full blown website, just a simple invoicing and client management platform.

    Tried that but the invoice or any email template is unprofessional

    @dominicl said: Not sure if getbillr.com would be right for you?..WHMCS is only $12.95 per month though so not sure what it's not an option?

    Will definitely check that out :)
    WHMCS+VPS+SSL cost more than $20/month for me

    the price...

  • CoreyCorey Member
    edited December 2012

    @bigcat said: Will definitely check that out :)

    WHMCS+VPS+SSL cost more than $20/month for me

    You can get a rapidssl through whmcs for $12/year that's only $1/mo.... I'm sure other people offer rapidssl as well.

    Also you should be able to get away with one of these $14yr / $15yr vps that will run a billing system with only 12 customers a month.

    Your costs would already be below $15/mo now.

  • Hostbill, ClientExec, BoxBilling

  • Could create your own front end for one of the invoicing softwares out there.

  • SpeedBusSpeedBus Member, Host Rep
    edited December 2012

    http://bambooinvoice.org/ and http://www.simpleinvoices.org/

    SimpleInvoices is pretty neat.

  • @SpeedBus they don't have the ordering though.

  • @Corey said: Also you should be able to get away with one of these $14yr / $15yr vps that will run a billing system with only 12 customers a month.

    What is the minimum system requirement anyway? Currently I'm using 512MB OpenVZ which cost $6/month.

  • To everyone who recommended BoxBilling: the op has already tried it and isn't happy with the invoicing system.

    I'm not sure if you total budget of $10/mo is viable.

  • You can also look at Blesta.

  • PacketVMPacketVM Member, Host Rep

    If you can stretch..use WHMCS/CheapSSL's/SecureDragon :)

  • A few more options:

    shoplocket.com
    spacebox.io

  • ryanarpryanarp Member, Patron Provider

    We used Hostbill for a little while.

  • What do you sell? Do you need to invoice your customers every month, or it is one off purchase?

  • RobertClarkeRobertClarke Member, Host Rep
    edited December 2012

    I would recommend http://ballparkapp.com but they just charged me $99.99 for their max plan, even though I signed up for the $13.99 plan...

    Edit: Look at my new post.

  • Thank you for all the suggestion, I don't have the time to check them all yet but will update on my final decision.

    I need recurring invoices

  • If other have mention it so I just to mention (again) about alp (accountlabplus) from netenberg it free! yey!
    Give it a shot.

  • imagineimagine Member
    edited December 2012

    One I often reccomend is www.quickfile.co.uk

  • jhjh Member

    Some of the functionality you requested is in my software, Billr, some is not. There is however a new release due in January which I can work with you to make sure your functionality is in, if you like?

  • RobertClarkeRobertClarke Member, Host Rep

    Wow, the devs from BallParkApp just messaged me about my issue, and refunded the difference. Would highly recommend them, the support is ++

  • qpsqps Member, Host Rep

    @RosenCruz said: You can also look at Blesta.

    $99 for an owned license is a pretty decent price.

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