Pay-To-View Lite vs PaywallProject

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.

PaywallProject is a WordPress paywall and membership service for local news publishers. Its metered paywall lets publishers set free-article limits by day, week, or month, with rules for different sections or post types. The meter tracks anonymous and free registered visitors by IP address, including after cookies are cleared or a private window is opened. A dashboard covers digital and print subscriptions and donations. Publishers can also create segmented newsletters in WordPress, manage ad inventory with Ads Glue, and use a WooCommerce integration to offer payment options beyond one processor. E-editions provide archived, searchable page-flip issues without a separate reader login, while an AI-powered calendar collects regional events. WordPress is the supported CMS; listed platforms are Android, iOS, and web. Hosting is included with the fully managed service, and the FAQ says BigScoots monitors sites every 60 seconds. The listed Free plan costs $10 a month; Standard costs $995 a month. The site also lists paid service from $299/mo and optional add-ons.