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They might as well call it a leased license at 83.25 a month unbranded, and 41.58/month branded with an annual commitment required. Because "Owned" in my opinion does not mean having to re-pay the entire "owned" price again after a year.
HostBillApp: We make WHMCS seem reasonably priced.
It says "Valid for lifetime" in the description? Maybe it is a lie like the pie?
Well it is a one time fee of $999, but if you want updates then it is another $999 a year
Most of the time their actual policies are more reasonable than they read. My experience anyway. If you like someone's product, start a conversation don't just go by their marketing.
It's valid for a lifetime as in you don't have to pay again after a year, but then you're stuck with the buggy software until you buy the update for the same price as the full version.
Now that I look at it, their business model is amazing. Keep the software buggy and barely usable which forces people to renew next year.
HostBill makes WHMCS look good! (tm)
@kbeezie also mentioned to me: "HostBillApp : We make WHMCS seem reasonable."
@Spencer - Actually the unbranded license (last time when I checked 10 minutes ago) was like $499.95 per year (lets hope it didn't change). So it boggles the mind that you have to pay $999 to renew -support- and updates for a $499.95 product. How does that make sense?
@jarland - I agree, however raising their prices to absurd levels and locking potential customers out is beyond stupid, no matter how reasonable they are behind their keyboards. Or maybe they're just in a bipolar phase, who knows.... who cares...
@KuJoe - BINGO!
Here are some facts: I have a WHMCS owned license. I get replies to my tickets in a very reasonable amount of time (I extremely rarely need to submit one) and the renewal fee for support and updates is beyond reasonable at $44.95 / year.
Hostbill is a freak show
We use it for our shared hosting business in NZ called CompleteHost.
WHMCS is so much more reliable. when a hostbill release comes out they break more than they fix.. plus its expensive.. having used both WHMCS wins hands down..
Dont even get me started on their lack of support...$30 per ticket???
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"][URL="http://www.azzavps.com"]Value VPS's from $3 per month! | AzzaVPS.com [/URL][/COLOR]@azzavps your fake sig is really dumb
You might want to consider removing that spam from your post and your sig.
@azzavps - You mean $75 per ticket :P
Also, bbCodes are not allowed here, please check your signature.
bbcodes removed!
wow so they price of a ticket has gone up and up and up like the general license cost.. thats crazy. I was waiting days for some requests.
Best thing to do with hostbill is get it working, back up often and dont upgrade to much!
ok before anyone jumps on me, signature really updated this time ;-)
?? http://hostbillapp.com/order/
Owned unbranded = $999 to start, $999 to renew.
It'll be $9999 soon.
Maybe he made enough money .. and now increased the price so in case some one pays he gets even more haha
Ahh but it's "optionally" renewable... which is basically saying, you'll want to renew because that bug you had a year ago... it's still there and suddenly they fixed it 2 days after your subscription expired.
Does any of you guys know the ARGO joke? Because it kinda applies to HostBill...
Argo fuck yourself?
http://www.funny.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Funny.woa/wa/funny?fn=C4PBF
By the way if each license :
"Each new license purchase receives 30-days tech support. After 30 days period you can purchase additional tech-tickets at $75/ticket.
Guaranteed response time: 18h . "
what's the point of spending 999.99 if you have to end up paying 75/ticket after your initial 30 days? (on renewals doesn't make much sense because you're already installed, and won't likely be requiring support).
Also has anyone here who actually used them actually been compensated anything for them failing to respond within 18 hours?
@kbeezie yeah that's the one ;-)
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Best joke ever.
I just posted this in their Pre-Sales forum, but they are real Nazis over there, so I doubt that it will be approved and posted:
-UnBranded License: $2999.95 / year
im going to be moving from hostbill to whmcs.
TBH, as a customer, I prefer WHMCS to HostBill anyway.
@azzavps - How many customers do you have to move over?
We just moved 150 over from Hostbill.
There is a migration script for the majority although it does have flaws and all third party module services like SolusVM need to be re-keyed with the vpsid
at this trend, I hope HB will bring back its free tier to win back suckers. Adding HB to my radar.
@peppr - I still can't believe that some sucker paid $600 for a HostBill license... I guess one is born every minute. Here: http://sqz.io/mapispehostbill
@marcm The internet thrives on them. It is best to have them on a buying spree.
I was tempted to give hostbill a shot. Then 2 days later they jacked the prices up again.
Anyone good with WHMCS modules? I'm sure most people would kill for similar SolusVM/vePortal/etc plugins that Hostbill has for WHMCS. I'd def pay for a custom SolusVM module that is similar to Hostbill's (it uses the same API, so it CAN be done).
or does anyone know of a good alternative to the SolusVM maintained WHMCS module?