ManageWP seemed like it was going to be a great solution and then they released the monthly subscription prices.
If you are managing 51 sites and up, you will be paying $84.00 p/m. Do the math, that is just over $1,000.00 annually.
If you are managing 101 sites and up, you are looking at $115.00 p/m, which comes to approximately $1,400.00 annually.
In both cases I quoted the "Business Plan" because for all practical intents and purposes, the "Standard Plan" is virtually useless for serious Internet marketers. With the standard plan you do not have the ability:
- To implement Bulk User Management
- To Clone or Migrate websites from one domain/hosting to another
- To perform Backups (to your server, Amazon S3, Dropbox, FTP or an email address)
Honestly, a better route if you are dealing with over 50 WP blogs may be either:
Or potentially
Of course, a final option is to pay a coder to write a script for you. We opted to use XMarkPro and it is working fine.
As far as LFE, that would be a way much better option than ManageWP. Since I never joined, I can't say how well the system is in as far as managing your blogs when it comes to updating plugins, themes, etc., in a bulk automated fashion. But you can always hit up the LFE support to find out if that is the case. LFE runs $300.00 a pop until their is a major upgrade, then you have to pay again. But you get access to their WPMUs and Pligg sites, which the last time I checked was at around 5000.
In conclusion, although the software application is good, ManageWP seems a bit pricey compared to other options.