# Sitelok  Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Reviews of Sitelok

Ease of use

4.7

Customer Service

4.9

## Pros and Cons in Reviews

JP

Jason P

DirectorProfessional Training & Coaching, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“I've used it on a personal website (wedding build) to control my guest responses and it was central to building a site with some superb feedback.“

August 9, 2023

MT

Mauro T

HeadMedia Production, Self-employedUsed the software for: 6-12 months.

“Those unfamiliar with these systems need a learning phase but a great personalized direct assistance is provided.“

July 29, 2023

RO

Raouf O

video producer and website designerMedia Production, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Plugins like 2FA, login with social networks and paid memberships are available and doing what they should.“

April 28, 2022

RO

Raouf O

video producer and website designerMedia Production, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“I have set up multiple Sitelok sites and I like this software a lot.“

April 28, 2022

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Richard C.  
Director  
Photography  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sitelok set me free"

February 28, 2019

5.0

I sell software online and it needs to be activated to protect it from piracy. Most developers rely on one of the major software activation websites, or the Microsoft or Apple Store to deal with sales and activation. But I have a limited market and don't sell all that many programs a year, not enough to justify the monthly payments or commissions for a sales processing and activating service,so I did it myself, manually, for several years. Every sale needed instant email response and that tied me to my computer and the need to be somewhere with an internet connection every day. Then I found Vibralogix. It was the perfect solution and best of all it was inexpensive and did not take a lot of time to set up. Within a week my entire sales and activation process was completely 100% automated. A customer can click on a Paypal buy button to order a download or DVD, and Sitelok with the PayPal plugin catches the sale information, sends my thank you email to the buyer with download links, sends the DVD order with address to Kunaki, and when the user activates my software Sitelok assures the user has the right to activate it, registers the computer hardware number and the activation key with that user. Sitelok also handles second licenses, updates, and can resend user order information. All this with one up front small purchase price garnished with brilliant friendly email support. Sitelok Set me Free.

Pros

Easy to install, works perfectly, readable documentation, requires zero tinkering, excellent coding of forms on my website, never fails, captures sale information from Paypal, sends orders to Kunaki DVD makers, registers my customers, sends customers emails with protected download links, easy to design custom emails, captures and records customer activation of my software, simple backup of database, no monthly fees, very inexpensive, terrific support, set it up go on vacation

Cons

I can't think of a single con. I never had a problem that could not be fixed with email support.

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Nic M.  
Director of Annual Giving & Donor Events  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Perfect for RapidWeaver web developers"

January 13, 2019

5.0

Sitelok is a powerful, easy to use platform for developing members-only or restricted access. It can be implemented with virtually any site type, and it is right at home with development tools like RapidWeaver. With a library of powerful plugins, it is possible to connect Sitelok with other great platforms such as Stripe for robust payment processing, MailChimp for powerful email marketing and SendGrid for reliable transactional emails. Choose Sitelok for headache-free development!

Pros

Sitelok is an extremely versatile platform for developing members-only or restricted access pages and websites. My primary use case for Sitelok is locking-down CMS pages. As a web developer building with RapidWeaver, I am able to utilize Joe Worman's powerful Total CMS for content management and manage access with Sitelok which ensures robust security and user management for website backends. Because Sitelok is well-developed, I am able to publish it to my web servers and have it fully-functional in mere minutes. Ease of implementation and use is surely Sitelok's greatest attribute.

Cons

There are areas of Sitelok's admin pages that I feel could be refined. For example, Sitelok allows you to utilize custom data fields, but 10 of them are visible out of the box. It might be nice to have an option to add them ad hoc. I have to stress that this is a minor complaint and does not take away from Sitelok's well-developed platform. I would also like to see better-designed standard login pages. The default pages look a bit dated with their bold gradients and strong shadows—so I don't use them. Using an external library such as Bootstrap or Foundation for stylizing these forms would address this. Like my previous complaint, form styles do not detract from the core functionality of Sitelok—they just visually date it.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Director of Strategic and New Development  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Members Only Area"

January 9, 2019

3.0

Pros

Locks the site down, but you're going to spend a long time to learn and setup everything.

Cons

The fact that setup is not more simple. Give me a remote php installation file that I can upload and run on my server, and then install via the file Allow me to select the following from a Admin menu index page to be loaded after successful login areas, folders and files I want to protect page or msg to display if login was not successful.

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Ed P.  
Writer  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Worth Every Penny!"

January 9, 2019

5.0

I used to have a site where users logged in to get access to special interactive services, but it required a great deal of manual labor to keep it up and make it work, and if I was out of town, could not be managed promptly. With Sitelok, I've been able to tailor my new site around Sitelok's services, allowing me to automate user service and provide unique and easy-to-use interactions for users, with the ability to easily help customers at home or remotely, and as I've mentioned above, the outstanding customer service has made sure that my site is always up and running -- and improving. I have nothing but great things to say about Sitelok.

Pros

It is reliable and allowed me to create my site around Sitelok, knowing it keeps my site and files secure, and makes it easy for users and myself to manage. Its plugins are incredibly useful. Above all else, the customer service is the best I've experienced for any software, or any company, for that matter.

Cons

There are no magic pills, so you have to get to know the software, read the manual where needed, and ask questions if required, but otherwise I can't think of anything I don't like about it.

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Ankit N.  
Automation Engineer  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Opens a new world of thinking in scrips"

January 10, 2019

4.0

Sitelok is great at what it does without any question. I moved to it as recommended by friend because of struggle in managing user tokes for credentials. There are other products supported by this company as well. Such as one issue was if we integrate third party api such as paypal, it goes into it's on website in popup form but with scripts you can disable that and provide more seamless integration like it's part of your site.

Pros

Literally, there are scripts for most of the stuff. Login and user access is complicated and reinventing whell doesn't make sense. That's the place where sitelok shows it's power. Just drop in the script and it takes care of everything. There are many plugins available which is good as you can use any you want with minimal size increase on client side.

Cons

Definitely very less community support. Looking for answers on google doesn't help much.

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Richard B.  
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder  
Leisure, Travel & Tourism  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Excellent For Member Management - Great Support"

January 10, 2019

5.0

Excellent, we are already reviewing how to better leverage what we have. It has made managing our growing membership much easier and has integrated with our front end UI efficiently.

Pros

Ease of use and quick to set up. Customer support is phenomenal. Lots of good plugins available to extend in various directions. Simplicity of general use, our team picked up the admin side very quickly and with little training required. Great value considering the flexibility.

Cons

Very few. If I had one tiny request for increase in value for us specifically it would be to have a little more data kept within the system - as one might see in a conventional relational style database (keeping multi year data against core profile). For example a history of subscriptions (payment system assists but would prefer that inside). Ability to customise is good but there are some limits, all fair considering the value for money.

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David M.  
Mitglied im Geschäftsausschuss, Geschäftsführer  
Non-Profit Organization Management  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Sitelock with Rapidweaver"

January 9, 2019

5.0

Sitelok does exactly what I want, there is no higher praise. I found the support particularly friendly and useful, together with being astoundingly fast.

Pros

Sitelok has much more features than I will ever need, but it has all the things that I need. I value the ability to have differing permissions for different areas of our website very much indeed and this was an important selling point for me. The integration with Rapidweaver via Joe Workman's stack works very well, it took me a while to understand the connections though. He who reads the instructions properly always has a distinct advantage

Cons

The automatic password generation is much too weak for me, but the software allows much better passwords created elsewhere. The generated information graphs are not really much use to me, but others might find more use for them.

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José M.  
CEO  
Medical Practice  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sitelok is really amazing. Go for it and find more benefits"

January 9, 2019

5.0

My experience is great

Pros

Support is awesome. Software is easy to use. A lot of documents well explained to give us the opportunity to do yourself

Cons

I like what sitelok has, but I want more and more features

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Ankush A.  
Senior Software Engineer  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Enables great control on your website login"

January 12, 2019

4.0

Sitelok handles your user access while giving you full control. It's highly customizable and easy to use.

Pros

User access such as register, login, forgot password etc. everything controlled by sitelok even if you don't use PHP, it works in html pages as well. Control panel is great as you can see all users, force anyone to log out for security purpose, even send emails to any user and can use existing email templates.

Cons

PHP seems old now so it's better if they support full packages in multiple other languages just to remove language barrier for those who are afraid to use PHP based scripts.

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Gregg H.  
Webcast Producer  
Broadcast Media  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sitelok - Amazing tool to add Membership, Registration, and Paywall functionality to your Website"

January 13, 2019

5.0

Customer support via email is excellent. They even provided me with some customized code at no extra charge.

Pros

Powerful and flexible features to create registration pages and allow access to protected pages on your website. Once you spend a little time reading the documentation it is easy to copy snippets of PHP code and add them to your protected pages. Then there is an intuitive, easy-to-understand browser-based dashboard to manage your users. Also many plug-ins are available (several are free) that add additional functionality to the overall package. There is a sophisticated email system built-in complete with templates and auto-responders; very cool.

Cons

There are some advanced functions that require use of APIs so if you are not technically inclined these can be intimidating. However, must of the functionality I needed did not require using these super-advanced features.

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SW

Simon W.  
General Manager  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I'm using Sitelok since 2011 and I'n very satisfied."

January 9, 2019

5.0

I can highly recommend Sitelok for every user. I will create a complete e-learning solution with RapidWeaver and it was crystal clear that I will protect my site with Sitelok.

Pros

I use Sitelok and integrated it with RapidWeaver. Sitelok is really stable and the product support is stellar. With Sitelok I run a members area on a premium website and with the easy tu use admin dashboard, I can protect all my sites and my content perfectly.

Cons

Nothing. And if I couldn't move forward with Sitelok, the support and the manual are very helpful.

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BV

Ben V.  
Proprietor  
Photography  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sitelok improved our business"

January 12, 2019

5.0

We wanted a membership system for our sales of specialised digital camera cleaning products and came across Vibralogix and their product Sitelok was just the solution we were looking for. It had every feature we could want and then some more that proved invaluable. We had quick and professional assistance with intergration, including additional code to meet a specific situation. Although we have recently closed down operation after 37 years, the approximately 10 years of using Sitelok greatly enhanced our customers experience.

Pros

Ease of intergration. Every feature we needed and more. Thorough and complete documentation. Superb back-up service and help from vendor.

Cons

There was little to not like. In fact I can't think of anything.

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RCA

Richard C A.  
Owner  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "What Sitelok has done for me"

January 9, 2019

5.0

I needed to have some security on my website and Sitelok provided that solution. The conversation tools and security have helped me provide my customers with a secure area to pass files and communicate without the worry of being compromised.

Pros

The support is fantastic and the software has made my website very secure and provided many functions that I would not have been able to create. My customers enjoy these features and it makes communications between us very easy.

Cons

There is not enough of it. I am sure the people at Sitelok are working on exciting new functions.

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AG

Alan G.  
Owner  
Arts and Crafts  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sitelok is easy to use but highly sophisticated"

January 9, 2019

5.0

Integration of Sitelok has allowed secure frameworks for development, prototyping and release versions. The integration with PayPal has smoothed the way to effective subscription services.

Pros

Very easy to install and implement within an overall website development. The customer support has been extremely fast and effective. You have a sense that they genuinely care about the product and customers.

Cons

Any limitations are due to my programming skills rather than what Sitelok can do.

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IR

Ian R.  
Hobbyist  
Sports  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent Website Solution to Create a Members Login Area"

January 9, 2019

5.0

Pros

Works well and have never had an issue once it is up an running.

Cons

Had problems with the installation (always read the manual) but were easily solved by our rep whose support is simply excellent

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TR

Tony R.  
President  
Professional Training & Coaching  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "We Love Sitelok"

January 9, 2019

5.0

Sitelok has helped us start our business and grow our business and continues to provide exactly the functionality we need to sustain our platform. It's been an absolute amazing investment for the small amount of money required and the tech support from Vibrologix is beyond outstanding. I highly recommend this for any person looking to start and maintain their membership platform.

Pros

We can run and edit the software to fit our specific business needs.

Cons

As at new startup, it was slightly difficult to get it installed, but tech support cleared that up in minutes.

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TB

Tony B.  
Co-Director  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Works Perfectly!"

January 24, 2019

5.0

I have been using the software for 4 years, and have not upgraded because my version is working perfectly.

Pros

Great instruction manual, allowed me to easily set up a membership site easily. Great support!

Cons

I'm using the software on a basic level, and have not explored all aspects, but no complaints.

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RW

Robert W.  
Webmaster  
Leisure, Travel & Tourism  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Just what I was looking for."

January 9, 2019

5.0

I needed a programme that would be compatible with Serif Webplus x8 when they discontinued their service. After searching the internet I cam across Sure lol and it appears just what I was looking for. After downloading the software and instructions I was at first thinking this is going to be difficult to set up but after following the instructions step by step it became easier to understand and soon I was up and running. Don't be put off by the very large instruction book just do the basics then you can add more features later. This software can do a lot more than I would ever use.

Pros

This package is very reasonably priced with No on going fees and does everything I needed and more.

Cons

It was no problem but had to change my website from HTML to PHP but just followed the explicit instructions and it was soon done.

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SP

Salvatore P.  
Ceo  
Shipbuilding  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Simply"

January 10, 2019

5.0

Protect some folders

Pros

Very professional and efficient. Clear instruction book.

Cons

Simply application. Very nice support. Very good desk interface.

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MR

Matthias R.  
CEO  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Powerful software, great support"

January 9, 2019

5.0

We are using it for newsletter subscriptions to comply German law (double-opt-in). And for a membership area for some customers.

Pros

Sitelok is very powerful and helps to add a professional membership area to your website.

Cons

Although it is installed very quick and easy, you´ll need some time to configure it like you want to have it. But i think that is quite normal for this extensive software.

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JRL

James R L.  
Project Manager  
Renewables & Environment  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Exactly what I needed for private membership site"

January 10, 2019

5.0

Very positive experience so far. Provided a very affordable solution for a secure private membership website.

Pros

Easy to install and implement on website by following the instructions in the included manual. Easily integrated with websites built using Rapidweaver. Developer provides detailed instructions on how to implement this. Easily customised to suit specific needs with plenty of examples provided by Developer to get you started. Messaging plug-in a great addition. Feedback on support from Developer is very positive although have not had the need to use it yet.

Cons

A bit of knowledge required to set up mysql database if you haven't done it before.

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AV

Alain V.  
Teacher  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Sitelok, a must have"

January 9, 2019

5.0

Pros

I'm a teacher and I use Sitelok to put excercises online for each year (a totl of 10 years). Sitelok makes it possible to assign different pages to each year. It's easy to set up and to use. I also like the different plugins that are an added value for my site.

Cons

At this moment I encountered nothing I don't like about the software.

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JP

Jason P.  
Director  
Professional Training & Coaching  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Fully functional infrastructure for building a powerful member control site"

August 9, 2023

5.0

Outstanding. I've used it on a personal website (wedding build) to control my guest responses and it was central to building a site with some superb feedback. It's also at the centre of being able to provide my consultancy business and service products for customised, member-based online education and training.

Pros

The SiteLok product and the associated plug-in options are perfect for creating a website that has fully functional and professional membership options and controls. The support provided by Vibralogix is first-class. As a New Zealand based customer, any query I send by the end of the day is answered in my mailbox the next morning without fail. I have not received this degree of customer support from other organisations in a long time. Very helpful and a willingness to 'get stuck in' and make sure your website succeeds.

Cons

The product makes it really easy to implement the functionality without coding knowledge, providing all the snippets. However, I would recommend you have some degree of understanding of programming concepts, as you may need to configure some of the php code in your implementation. If that causes an error, you may get stuck. That said, Vibralogix provides superb expertise and helped me fix a couple of issues same or next day, so I can't fault their product support.

Reason for choosing Sitelok

It has everything I need, and is easily integrated into a self-build website using RapidWeaver and Foundry Stacks on a mac (in my case). I'm in complete control of my website, my design and not trying to plug together lots of different "solutions" that try and do everything.The customer support provided is a real market differentiator too.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Director of Technology  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great low priced softwre to secure your site"

February 25, 2019

5.0

I am very happy with Sitelok, its my go to software that allows me to password protect pages and create members only sections on website

Pros

Sitelok is a great low cost way to secure your website and allow for different levels of access for your project. I currently use SiteLok on several projects, and its great for things like a members only site, and allowing certain groups of users to have access to certain sections. There are several plugins available, and very helpful, such as the password requirement plugins (you set rules asto what a password has to consist of) which I highly recommend. Setup is a breeze, low php 5 requirement and a database. No reason to build your own access management software when Sitelok is available.

Cons

The support is good, I have emailed a few times but I wished there was a up to date video on several aspects of sitelok, such as using with development tools. Upgrading it also very easy but I do wish there was a more direct aspect, such as in other software where you can put in your access code and it would download and install the latest version. I know this would be complex but would be a great feature.

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DA

David A.  
Website developer  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sitelok - simplest yet best membership script"

January 9, 2019

5.0

I personally selected Sitelok from a range of competitive scripts offering similar functions, and have continued to choose Sitelok over the past 5 years or more. This should indicate the trust I place in the script, and convenience it offers. I am a developer who likes to deliver my clients unique websites that fit their needs as closely as possible, and Sitelok is unique in that it allows me to create highly bespoke membership website sections that can perform in totally different ways. While Sitelok provides in-built registration forms and so forth, the API allows you to extend and adapt these and other standard membership pages - and more! Other Vibralogix scripts such as Linklok are also highly recommended when obfuscating download links. All in all, Sitelok and Vibralogix hit a huge sweet spot for me personally, and I appreciate the thought and design philosophy the developer brings to the table.

Pros

Sitelok is designed to easily integrate with any other script. It's focus is for developers and site owners who enjoy total control of their user experience, and need to break out of the limitations of deployment provided by even advanced membership scripts and plugins. While it requires some understanding of PHP to deploy to its full advantage, Sitelok comes with a well thought out API that speeds up integration, allowing site owners and developers to create any type of member site they wish.

Cons

You need to be able to be willing to work with simple PHP and HTML. Having said that, integrating Sitelok is very easy - two lines of code at the top of a PHP file, and your page is protected. The rest is up to your imagination.

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