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Pros
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 delight - which is not something I would have expected to write about software that does this kind of job. Elegant and worth every penny.
Sitelok has given a great deal of scalability to my projects due to its great functionality and truly dedicated email customer support.
Sitelok does exactly what I want, there is no higher praise. I found the support particularly friendly and useful, together with being astoundingly fast.
Cons
I've not found any single aspect about the script which I don't like.
Sometimes difficult to use it together with Wordpress.
I found a little bit difficult at least for me the “email template.
In reality, that is outside the scope of the product and only applies to me as my coding knowledge is so poor.
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"Sitelok set me free"
Overall: 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.
"Perfect for RapidWeaver web developers"
Overall: 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.
"Members Only Area"
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.
"Great low priced softwre to secure your site"
Overall: 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.
"Worth Every Penny!"
Overall: 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.
"Very adaptive structure for Panel apps "
Overall: I been using sitelok for about 5 years now adapted in panels and dashboards to manage content views and secure pages for different users and groups, the code is very simple and has a lot a of features to select from users to groups, etc., the ability to interact between users by messaging private, public or groups. Has a lot of plugins very usefully to any web designer. Best solution I bought so far.
Pros: Very easy to use, instructional manual is very detailed, the support is a 5 star, they even help you with extra coding to adapt the code to your own app must companies charge extra for that so is a big bonus, upgrades constantly.
Cons: There is not much to say here you won't find a solution with everything you want , so all you got to do is buy the closes in my case this was. Nothing to regret so far.
"Excellent For Member Management - Great Support"
Overall: 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.
"Sitelock with Rapidweaver"
Overall: 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.
"Very happy"
Overall: A dream come true for companies who don't want to waste time re-inventing the wheel and developing their own user management system.
Pros: -Very easy to install and use -Saves days of coding -Superb customer support -Secure -Flexible, integrates with many other systems, including Stripe
Cons: Nada. I love this software. I keep buying more licenses for various web apps.
"I've been using it for years"
Pros: The best feature is [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] who has had the patience of a saint with me. I am customizing Sitelok for my site's particular needs and he has been fantastic. The install is easy and it has been solid as a rock.
Cons: The one flaw is that you cannot customize the names of the columns in the database.
"Fully functional infrastructure for building a powerful member control site"
Overall: 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.
"Sitelok - simplest yet best membership script"
Overall: 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.
"This is excellent software!"
Overall: If you are looking to set up a membership website give this a shot. I have set up multiple Sitelok sites and I like this software a lot. I think this is a better and more flexible product than Wordpress. I have found it to be very versatile and I have made it fit a lot of scenarios, like Saas, webshops and (paid) membership sites. It is membership software though, not webdesign software. Although there are a lot of design options in Sitelok, I use design software (Rapidweaver in my case) to tweak the design. (The out of the box design is just a starting point.) I have not been asked nor rewarded in any way to write this review, I just think Wordpress needs a competitor.
Pros: Excellent manual! Just as flexible as Wordpress, but it's better designed. I have made it to fit any site design I could think of. Plugins like 2FA, login with social networks and paid memberships are available and doing what they should. I have found no issues with the software whatsoever. SSO with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace will be coming soon as well!
Cons: No cons. It does exactly what it's designed to do.
"Superb for Pay-Per-View Video Platform"
Overall: There are simply not enough superlatives to describe Sitelok and the support packages that Vibralogix has developed. Our on line video platform would have literally cost 100s of thousands of dollars to develop on contract. Sitelok and the support plugins had us up and running with a few hundred dollars investment. The software is easy to understand, and likewise straightforward to implement. We have profited mightily in our business thanks to Sitelok for this work!
Pros: We have used Sitelok for over 10 years to provide secure access to our on-line pay-per-view dog show video streaming platform. Sitelok has been quite easy to adapt to numerous subscription and access issues. the owner has been extremely helpful to design easy-to-implement support modules, including Stripe and PayPal payments, Credits, messaging, marketing and other plugins. His code always works! He continues to provide enthusiastic and extremely helpful customer support, even when traveling or on vacation. We treasure Sitelok and Vibralogix, which has basically made our video platform work!
Cons: Not an enthusiastic fan of the forms editor, mainly because the customization we require is not readily available through this platform. It works great for the standard things, though.
"Great product, great support"
Overall: That said, the Sitelok app will provide my client with a secure distributors area on their website for a fraction of the price they were expecting to have to pay for a bespoke solution. With CSR's's help I have been able to show them quickly how they can use Sitelok to lock down sensitive information for distributors in different user groups and give them access to data, price lists and downloads etc according to their security clearance. I haven't even told them about all the other functionality yet (I haven't got that far, myself!), but thanks to the support I have received so far, I already have a happy client. And so does Vibralogix. Thank you .
Pros: Sitelok from Vibralogix Ltd is pretty easy to use if you take the time to read the manual and watch the videos. However, if you aren't used to this sort of application or find it hard to follow along then the support offered is key, and this is what prompted me to write this review. CSR of Vibralogix provides absolutely first class support: responsive, helpful, knowledgeable and reassuring! I'm still learning about the product and what it can do, but thanks to CSR, I already have a secure Distributors area set up on a client's site. In fact, it turned out that the problems I was having with the initial set up were nothing to do with Sitelok, but the fact that I had set up the third party stacks incorrectly in Rapidweaver...
Cons: The one thing that I would like to have found, and which might help save CSR a lot of support time dealing with people like me in the future, was an up-to-date and comprehensive video from Vibralogix explaining exactly how Sitelok worked with the Sitelok Stacks in Rapidweaver. There are a number of overview videos out there from JW, but understandably they tend to cover the Stacks end of things and rather skate over the Sitelok Console functionality and integration.
"Sitelok - The best software decision I ever made!"
Overall: Our new website had all sorts of teething problems, but NONE of them were anything to do with Sitelok, which performed flawlessly right from the start. I chose various other elements to use in our website (chatroom,blog etc), but Sitelok is the only one I would still choose if I was to start again today. Six months on, I'm still finding useful little features - or ways to use the options on-offer. As a self-taught PHP coder who knows his limitations, Sitelok is pitched just right; not requiring skills I don't possess, but having all the features I need.
Pros: Sitelok does exactly what I was looking for - handle all the user-registration and page-access stuff, but without all the restrictive bloat of every CMS I looked at. We wanted to build our website without the format restrictions of the traditional CMS,but needed a solid, secure access-control core. Sitelok delivers that with lots of useful extras,either built-in or in the form of plug-ins. Support was,from the start, excellent. For our own reasons, our website revamp took well over a year, but the support was always there top-notch. The fact that Sitelok is NOT a Joomla / Wordpress / Drupal,means it's not a target for hackers - an important consideration these days.
Cons: There is no large user-base to share experiences - Support from Vibralogix more than makes up for that though.
"Long-time user: Outstanding solution for password-enabled access and members"
Overall: My immediate need was for securing a wide range of project management and CMS sub-sites on a single domain. Sitelok was great for that, and I was immediately happy. I had a couple of questions, and rep responded immediately. After using Sitelok on the first site, I began to see more options. It is extensible and easy to understand, and I began incorporating it into a number of my sites at install... It is self-contained and clean, so adding features to it was easy. I now have it on 10? sites, and I recently purchased the newest version just so I could see what has been added. The plug-ins look especially useful. This review is based on something like 10 years of use.
Pros: Very simple to implement... but as you become more familiar with it you can really offer some neat tie-ins with your site's other functionality. Absolutely mandatory for all sites I do.
Cons: Nothing, really. I started with Sitelok a long time ago, and it was easy for a noob to use yet has remained indispensable since.
"The best PHP membership script and support"
Overall: Easy integration and it does not hinder customization of your site like other systems. If you have a custom PHP site and want to quickly add a membership system to it, Sitelok will not disappoint. The pricing is more than fair and the 50% off for new versions is one heck of a deal. I can't say enough good things about the support. They know what they are doing, they are fast and friendly. Best support I've ever had the pleasure of working with. You won't find a better value. You get so much for your money. I don't gush over a product or company unless they are truly a gem.
Pros: Very well documented. Easy to use and very flexible. I have been a happy user of Linklok URL, Sitelok and Linklok Paypal since 2006. I have used many other scripts and carts over the years but none of the others have been as rock solid or as easy to customize. Awesome support too!
Cons: Can't really think of any cons. Instant delivery, robust, fast support.
"Opens a new world of thinking in scrips"
Overall: 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.
"Great application - great support"
Overall: I develop web-based business applications and it is essential to have a secure interface. Having written my own in past, it was a relief to discover SiteLok... now I can focus on the application and leave login security to SiteLok.
Pros: It is easy to install; easy to upgrade and easy to integrate into PHP applications. I can choose to have all users go to one particular link after login or configure certain individual logins go to other links. Likewise, on logout I send people to a common link or a custom link. I have to also say that support has been superior. I always get my questions answered and in some cases, he has provided free upgrades for my clients in order to resolve issues.
Cons: I haven't run into any issues I don't like.
"A Professional Tool Anyone Can Use"
Overall: I have been using Sitelok for several years. I wanted the option to lock out some parts of my website for subscribers only, and was getting nowhere fast until I found this. Many developers wanted hundreds and even thousands of dollars to give me these functions. Sitelok/Vibralogix does it for a bare minimum whilst not skipping on professionalism. (Seriously, they should be or could be, charging a whole lot more!) I have been extremely happy with both the software and the customer service and will continue to use Sitelok for as long as it's around!
Pros: It is easy to navigate, has an easy-to-view layout and you don't need to be an expert web-builder to implement it into your site!
Cons: Some of the button icons are plain and easy to install, but updates do not include some of the buttons.
"Sitelok improved our business"
Overall: 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.
"Great for conference management and member associations"
Overall: I have organized and managed more than 25 educational conferences in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia the last 12 years chairing more than half of them. I've experimented with many different software packages to use with Rapidweaver. After 9 years I settled on Sitelok as it served the purpose for so many tasks (registrations, proposal and grant submissions, etc.) the developer, is very responsive to needs.
Pros: the developer, is very responsive to my questions and needs for the educational conferences I organize.
Cons: Wish it were more of a CMS in which a logged in admin user could update page content via a WYSIWYG editor, similar to the WYSIWYG editor for email templates.
"Using Sitelok for multiple websites"
Overall: Being able to selectively register and login people: great. Being able to send them off to different areas based on their log in: great.Protecting our content: super great. Having secure and unsecure sections: awesome. We've put it on different websites for totally different reasons and it works perfectly.
Pros: We have been using Sitelok for 10 years now, for a number of different websites. Besides the variety of login options, the ability to protect pdfs using the random link option has been the most valuable to us.
Cons: There's really no downside to our uses. Whenever I think I have a problem, customer support always helps me out.
"What Sitelok has done for me"
Overall: 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.