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MWeb Universal is licensed for a one-time price, with upgrades priced separately. Pricing includes free email support. See our Support Policies.
Introductory offer -- Order in the first two months of any release and save $100!
Sorry! This offer has expired for Release 1.1, but will return for Release 1.2.
| Item | Purchase | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MWeb Universal Express (consists of one Main Module plus one Database Connector) | $349 How to order | |
| PastPerfect release 4.0D2 or later | Release 4.0D2 is free for users of version 4 | |
| PastPerfect-Online upgrade | $248 ($199 for AASLH members). Order from PastPerfect | 1 |
| Consulting (optional) | $125 per hour | 2 |
Notes
1. This upgrade provides an easy method to specify which records and fields you want available online, the names of fields, and other configuration.
2. MWeb includes a wizard to configure itself for a PastPerfect-Online Database that uses standard image locations, will be on the same server as MWeb runs on, and where the server allows programs and data to be in the default locations. However, we also offer consulting to help you configure non-standard configurations. We will be happy to prepare a no-obligation estimate.
| Item | Purchase | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MWeb Universal Main Module
1 required |
$249 Order by emailing to info@systemsplanning.com | |
| Database Connectors
1 required per Database |
$100 each Order by emailing to info@systemsplanning.com | |
| Consulting (optional) | $125 per hour |
If your PastPerfect databases are not yet on the PastPerfect server, that is the first step, and requires these items
| PastPerfect release 4.0D2 or later
required for each Database |
Release 4.0D2 is free for users of version 4 | |
| PastPerfect-Online upgrade
1 required per Database |
$248 each ($199 for AASLH members). Order from PastPerfect | 1 |
| PastPerfect-Online hosting
required for each Database |
$410 for first 10,000 records ($329 for AASLH members). Order from PastPerfect |
Notes
1. This upgrade provides an easy method to specify which records and fields you want available online, the names of fields, and other configuration.
See the sidebar on this page for future functionality.
Upgrades are optional, but because of the way they work together, the Main Module and all Database Connectors must be upgraded at the same time. Upgrades are approximately annual.
| Item | Upgrade from previous release | Upgrade from older release |
|---|---|---|
| MWeb Universal Main Module | $49 | $89 |
| Database Connectors | $29 each | $49 each |
The basic pricing model consists of a Startup Fee for analysis of your data and customization of the interface, plus an Annual Fee for the license, maintenance, upgrades, and support. See our Pricing Worksheet to estimate your 5-year costs.
MWeb is priced on the number of Primary Records in your database; we feel this best reflects the level of effort required to develop and support the product. Primary Records are those that represent the materials collected, such as museum objects, library materials, archival materials, documents, and photographs. Secondary Records related to the Primary Records, such as records for images, media, and vocabulary terms, are not billable.
Development of Special Features to your specification is performed on a fee basis. However, features that would be useful to other MWeb customers may be developed free or at reduced cost.
Developing forms for user feedback is billed at the hourly rate. Since forms are automated using another Systems Planning product, InFORMer™, incorporating a form usually takes only a few hours. The InFORMer license is free for MWeb Enterprise sites.
Current prices (in US dollars) are:
| Item | Pricing | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Startup Fee
Includes data analysis, initial dataload, initial customization, and configuration of MWeb Preprocessor |
$4,000.00 plus $0.375 per Primary Record. Minimum $6,000, maximum $24,000.
50% discount for clients using PastPerfect Museum Software (see note 2). Minimum $3,000, maximum $12,000. |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Annual Fee
Includes license, upgrades, maintenance, and support, including Preprocessor |
$0.1125 per record for first 50,000 Primary Records
$0.0375 per record for Primary Records above 50,000 Minimum $1,000. Maximum $8,000 excluding optional features |
1, 5, 6, 7 |
| Interface Management System™ | Free | |
| MWeb Reporter | Free | |
| InFORMer™ | Free | |
| (Optional) Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or DB2 | This refers to the database system used to store your MWeb data, not the database used in your CMS. If you choose to use one of these options, you purchase and install the DBMS. In addition, we add 10% to the Annual Fee because of the greater complexity of support. Does not affect Startup Fee. | 8 |
| (Optional) Special Features and modifications | $125.00 per hour | 9 |
| (Optional) MWeb Enterprise XML Server™ | $4,000/year for first two years, then $1,000/year. This may be reduced for projects demonstrating new applications of the XML Server. | |
| Upgrade from MWeb Universal or PastPerfect-Online |
From Universal, please email for quotation
From PastPerfect-Online, see Note 2 |
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Notes
1. Primary Records represent the objects, library records, archival records, photographs, and documents that you collect; Secondary Records related to the Primary Records, such as records for images, media, and vocabulary terms, are not billable.
2. If you use PastPerfect Museum Software as your collections management system, and wish to use MWeb Enterprise in order to have a customized layout, without any changes to the database, the Startup Fee is one-half what it normally would be. This discount applies to new clients as well as those upgrading from PastPerfect-Online. You must, however, purchase the PastPerfect-Online upgrade from PastPerfect (a one-time $248 or $199 purchase). The normal MWeb Enterprise Annual Fee applies. (If you are upgrading, we regret we cannot discount for payments made to PastPerfect Software, Inc.)
3. Because we must make a substantial investment of time to deliver your initial implementation, we request a prepayment of $1,000.00 (U.S. dollars) before we analyze your data and prepare the initial load; this prepayment is applied to the cost of your initial load and configuration.
4. For consortia, there may be an adjustment depending on the variation in the systems and data models used by the partners.
5. Payable annually in advance, including the first year, based on the number of Primary Records at the start of the period. The annual fee includes routine minor changes such as adding/dropping fields, changing display order of fields, changing display names of fields, minor textual changes, etc.
6. (Optional) Add 20% to the annual support cost for each language other than English.
7. Upgrades are delivered as follows: If you request a Special Feature, change your data model, or require other changes, they are delivered with all upgrades to date. Otherwise you may request an upgrade once a year, at which time we test every change to MWeb and PPS with your configuration.
8. Although MWeb is not open-source, you do NOT need to purchase a license for MySQL, since we do not distribute MySQL.
9. We are happy to prepare written estimates from your written requirements at no cost or obligation. However, we do charge if we must spend significant time to help plan or clarify requirements.
MWeb Universal allows PastPerfect-Online clients to mount their databases on their own web-servers. You will still use the PastPerfect-Online module to specify which records you wish to publish and to export them, and then use MWeb Universal for web access on your own server. To do this you would buy the PastPerfect-Online module without hosting from PastPerfect Software, Inc. and MWeb Universal from Systems Planning.
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