Captive Portal Solutions
We offer a range of WiFi captive portal solutions for UniFi networks that cater to the needs of different industries and deployment scenarios.
Below is a brief summary of each option.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or if you need help choosing the right solution for your business.
Captive Portal options
Captive Portal Software
Our captive portal software is specifically designed for UniFi networks from Ubiquiti and can be deployed on-premise.
It offers seamless integration with UniFi hardware, allowing you to easily create and manage captive portals.
With this solution, you can customize the look and feel of your captive portal to match your branding and capture valuable guest data.
The self-hosted solution also allows you to customize the branding of the admin pages by applying your own logo, theme and Company name.
Captive Portal as a Service
Our captive portal software is also available as a hosted captive portal service or CPaaS, which means that you don't need to worry about the technical details of deployment and maintenance.
With this solution, you can customize the look and feel of your captive portal to match your branding and capture valuable guest data.
Our team handles everything from SSL certificates, backups, to operating system and software updates, providing you a hassle-free solution that you can rely on.
Captive Portal for Paid Access
When you wish to sell vouchers for WiFi access through the captive portal, this solution provides a secure and efficient way to accept credit card payments using Stripe's tokenized payment platform.
The solution helps reduce risk and PCI compliance efforts and costs by preventing your UniFi controller and the captive portal server from touching and handling sensitive card and cardholder data. The solution also offer a self-service portal for the users where they can manage access for their devices and keep their payment details up to date.
Captive Portal for Hotels
For Hotels and Motels, we offer an additional module that integrates our captive portal software with popular Property Management Systems (PMS).
This module allows you to automate guest authentication for WiFi access based on their last name and room number/name, as well as capture valuable visitor data that can be used for personalized marketing.
Custom Captive Portals
If you have unique requirements that are not met by our standard solutions, we can build a custom captive portal solution for you.
In most cases we use our mainstream solution as a starting point and then tailor it to your specific needs. This way, you get a solution that is perfectly suited to your specific business needs.
Art of WiFi has been instrumental in advancing the technologies we use at ElephantWiFi. Art of WiFi have the ability to take a concept right through the initial stages or discussion into development, testing and further advancement all the while providing excellent feedback and advice. They are a joy to work with and no doubt will be involved in many more projects with us in the future, I would not hesitate to recommend Art of WiFi for any web based development.
Rod Rayner
ElephantWiFi
Frequently Asked Questions
Self-hosted vs CPaaS vs Paid Access—how do I choose?
Pick self-hosted if you want full data control, on-prem/server freedom, and deep customization. Choose CPaaS if you want the fastest launch with zero server upkeep—hosting, SSL, updates, and monitoring are handled for you. Select and Paid Access if you need to sell internet access (passes, time/volume) with built-in payments through Stripe.
What exactly is the Paid-Access portal?
It’s our UniFi-compatible portal focused on selling Wi-Fi—think time- or data-limited passes, day passes, or venue pricing—using online payments and automatic access control. This solution is self-hosted.
Which payment providers are supported for Paid-Access?
We support Stripe for card payments using their secure token-based payments platform. This greatly reduces PCI compliance requirements and increases security.
How fast can we go live?
CPaaS usually launches the same day. Self-Hosted and Paid-Access (self-hosted) can be running within a day on a small (virtual) server once DNS/SSL and SMTP credentials are ready.
Who hosts the data?
Self-Hosted/Paid-Access (self-hosted) run on your infrastructure. CPaaS is hosted by us with regional options; you can export or delete data at any time.
Where is CPaaS data stored?
Choose one of our three regions—Central Europe (Amsterdam), North America (San Francisco), or South-East Asia (Singapore)—and your tenant stays in that region.
What maintenance is required?
Self-Hosted/Paid-Access (self-hosted): you handle OS updates, SSL certificates, snapshots, and backups. CPaaS: we handle hosting, updates, monitoring, snapshots, backups, and SSL certificates for you.
Is branding/white-labeling supported?
Yes—The Self-Hosted/Paid-Access solutions can be fully white-labeled under your domain with your own logo, theme and no vendor branding; all solutions offer full per-site branding of the captive portal pages.
What analytics and reports are included?
You get real-time and historical metrics (logins, uniques, return rates, devices, locations) plus scheduled email reports (weekly/monthly) per site. Paid-Access provides voucher-related reports for usage and revenue insights.