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FirstSpot® v6 different editions comparison

    Features
    Trial
    Standard
    Premium
    Advanced

    Authentication
    Anonymous option with shared secret, Multiple Logins (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Username/password login
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Bind to first login MAC address
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Use MAC/IP as username (and Passive Login)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Scratch card (new in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Self sign-up
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Scenario 2 : Distributed Network Topologies with centralized ODBC datasource. (new in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    ODBC authentication mode
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    RADIUS authentication mode
    Y
    N
    N
    Y

    Usage
    Disconnect users when access minutes (i.e. timeleft) are used up or reach a specific time (i.e. day-pass)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Data transfer tracking
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Data transfer quota
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Recurring (e.g. every Mon/Wed at 7-9pm)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Restricted Account
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Credit card support - PayPal Website Payments Standard, PayPal Website Payments Pro Direct Payment, WorldPay, Authorize.Net, Google Checkout plus user defined payment (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Instant Keywords™ (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Hotspot Printing
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    SMTP Roaming (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    InfoBox announcement, time left reminder
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Improved mobile device support with live update (new in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    In-browser Message - Message Broadcast, always-on InfoBox, disconnect reminder (new in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    In-browser Message - Internet surfing break (new in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Maximum concurrent logins
    5
    unlimited*
    unlimited*
    unlimited*

    Networking and Security
    NAT related features (Option to disable NAT, ProxyARP support, assign Real IP to client and port forwarding)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Client Isolation
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    DHCP server excluded IP and static IP-MAC mapping
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Global bandwidth throttling
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Per-user bandwidth throttling
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Client pass-through
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    change DNS Suffix firstspot.org
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Password Offloading
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Client Black List (under Client Filter) with block page (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    IP Block List with block page (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Port Filtering (performance enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Multiple Network Segments. See Scenario 3 at link
    Y
    N
    N
    Y
    IP-based Session Handling (usually used with Multiple Network Segments - FirstSpot® needs to recognizes the clients by IP instead of MAC, as the router between the client and FirstSpot® will filter out the client MAC)
    Y
    N
    N
    Y
    QoS (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    N
    N
    Y

    Administration
    Server OS support (i.e. Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008) (Windows 2008 support new in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    VM support (e.g. VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V) (new in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Operator accounts
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Dynamic Multiple Languages Support
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    URL tracking (enhanced in v6!)
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Prepaid card printout (via QuickAdd or Bulk Accounts)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Maximum time limit per session
    Y
    N
    Y
    Y
    Remove inactive user accounts automatically
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    FirstSpot® API (new in v6!)
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Load Balancing / Failover (new in v6!)
    Y
    N
    N
    Y

    Trial version limitations
    Expire 1 month after installation
    Y
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    Trial popup windows after login
    Y
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
    15 minutes per session limit
    Y
    N/A
    N/A
    N/A
* Administrator can limit the number of concurrent users by using feature "Maximum number of concurrent users"
 
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