CGI-Central

CGI-Central is a software house that sells downloadable PHP scripts and plugins for membership billing, affiliate tracking, and digital-content paywalls. All products are sold online-only through cgi-central.net; licenses run from $97 for a single-site starter plugin to $599 for an unlimited-site enterprise bundle, placing the brand in the mid-range of commercial PHP add-ons. The company’s flagship “aMember Pro” is one of the few self-hosted membership platforms that integrates natively with 200+ payment processors, cloud storage APIs, and major CMSs in a single install. Lifetime updates, open-source code access, and a one-time fee (no recurring SaaS cost) are core selling points that have kept the product on the market since 2002. Buyers are independent webmasters, small SaaS owners, and niche content creators who want to monetize videos, courses, or software without surrendering customer data to hosted platforms. The brand appeals to technically capable users who value data ownership, one-time pricing, and the freedom to customize billing logic in-house. CGI-Central competes with both subscription-based membership SaaS and other PHP script marketplaces; it differentiates by offering a perpetual license, full source code, and deep on-server control while remaining cheaper than enterprise SaaS tiers that charge by member count or revenue share.