Cleeng vs PostGate

Cleeng is a SaaS platform for direct-to-consumer businesses managing subscribers across web and mobile apps. Its products cover subscriber management, churn analytics, payment and checkout management, and customer care. Businesses can offer subscriptions, live pay-per-view, video on demand, passes, one-time purchases, seasonal plans, and live events. Cleeng manages subscriptions across web, app stores, connected-TV services, and direct carrier billing. Pre-built connectors address identity, data, payments, marketing, support, and tax workflows; open APIs and a MediaStore SDK cover checkout, purchases, transaction history, account management, plan changes, and coupons. Merchant Basic is free for up to 10k subscribers. Pro is free up to 10,000 monthly subscribers, then $0.39 per subscriber; in-app purchases on Pro require implementation through a certified Cleeng partner. Cleeng states compliance with GDPR, CCPA, PSD2, and PCI DSS and SOC 2 Type 2 certification. It reports 99.9% platform availability and more than 20 million hosted user accounts.

PostGate is a WordPress plugin for charging for access to premium content. Publishers can protect an entire site or selected categories, posts, pages, supported custom post types, taxonomies and Gutenberg blocks. Access can require payment or login, and protected material unlocks after successful payment. Stripe-hosted Checkout supports one-time purchases and recurring subscriptions; public previews can be limited by paragraph count or word count. In the WordPress dashboard, publishers can track orders, subscriptions, payment status, revenue and premium-content performance. Subscribers manage billing details, invoices and subscriptions through Stripe Billing Portal. Optional Google Sign-In can be configured with Google OAuth credentials. PostGate says Stripe-hosted Checkout handles payment details, verified webhooks update orders and access, and card details are not stored on the WordPress server. The free plan has no monthly PostGate subscription, but successful transactions incur a 5% platform fee and Stripe processing fees apply separately. The plugin requires WordPress 6.2 or higher and PHP 8.1 or higher. It does not include community profiles or member directories.