Dude Paywall vs Pay-To-View Lite
Dude Paywall
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| Figure | Dude Paywall | Pay-To-View Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £2.42/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Paywall Software | 8.1 (#7) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Integrations | Pro supports signed outgoing webhooks to Make, n8n, Zapier, or a custom URL, plus an admin REST API. | It uses the official PayPal JavaScript SDK and requires a PayPal REST API Client ID, Client Secret, and business email. |
| Privacy | Customer email addresses are stored with transactions and entitlements; optional Freemius account connection may collect usage data. | The listing states that the plugin does not send WordPress user data or customer data to TheAppMill.com. |
| Support | The Pro licence includes one year of support and one year of updates. | The pricing page lists Lite support for 1 month and priority support for Pro. |
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Dude Paywall
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Pay-To-View Lite
Pay-To-View Lite is a WordPress plugin for selling rentals of videos and other premium media from a creator’s own site. Customers pay through PayPal or supported card payments to unlock protected content, with access ending when the rental period expires. The plugin creates rental shortcodes and gives each protected item a unique Rental ID. It can protect embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos as well as self-hosted video, and the listing says it works with all video players. Lite applies one rental price and duration to every protected item; individual settings are a Pro feature. Completed rentals are recorded in WordPress admin, including buyer email, transaction reference, payment status, amount, and expiry details. Buyers can receive confirmation emails with configurable sender name, subject, and message. PayPal orders are verified server-side, and access uses signed, HTTP-only cookies. The listing says customer data is not sent to TheAppMill.com. Lite is free; Pro costs $29, paid once. It runs on the web and works without WooCommerce, memberships, subscriptions, or customer registration.