From your first issue to your hundredth title
Magazine Manager fits independent publishers, mid-sized media groups, and enterprise organizations managing multiple brands, regions, and revenue streams. Same platform — sized to where you are today and where you’re going.
Three sizes. One platform.
Magazine Manager scales from a single editor running one title to enterprise media organizations managing multiple brands, regions, and revenue models — without re-platforming as you grow.
Solo & Small Publications
Independent magazines, niche/trade publications, hyper-local newspapers. You’re moving off spreadsheets and need ad sales, billing, and production in one place — without a six-month implementation or a dedicated IT team.
Mid-Sized Media Groups
Regional publishing groups with several titles, recurring subscription revenue, and dedicated sales, production, and finance teams. You need shared rate cards, role-based access, and consolidated reporting across publications.
Enterprise Media Organizations
Enterprise publishers managing multiple brands, markets, and revenue streams. Multi-currency operations, advanced permissions, finance integrations, and white-glove configuration to align with complex internal workflows.
Move off spreadsheets without buying a platform that’s bigger than you are
You don’t need a 200-seat enterprise CRM. You need ad sales, billing, production, and renewals working together, set up fast, with pricing that fits an independent publication. That’s where Magazine Manager started in 2003 — and it’s still where many of the 33,000+ media products on the platform live today.
- Live in two weeks — including data migration from spreadsheets
- One platform: ad sales CRM, rate cards, invoicing, production, renewals
- Mobile-friendly so a small team can sell from anywhere
- No IT team required — set up and supported by Mirabel directly
- Per-user pricing that scales with your team
- Capterra “Best Ease of Use” 2024 — your team will actually use it
Built to scale with enterprise complexity
Enterprise media organizations face a unique challenge: managing advertising, subscriptions, marketing, finance, and operations across multiple brands, teams, and revenue models — without adding complexity or risk. Magazine Manager consolidates these into a single integrated platform purpose-built for enterprise publishers.
- Multi-currency support for global operations
- Multiple payment gateways for regional and customer preferences
- Advanced user permissions and role-based access controls
- Extensive configuration options to align with internal processes
- Support for high transaction volumes and large user bases
- Native QuickBooks and Xero integration — no manual reconciliation
- Programmatic advertising and email-platform integrations
- White-glove implementation and continuous optimization partnership
What becomes important at each stage
All capabilities are part of the platform — what we work with you to configure depends on the size and complexity of your operation.
| Capability | Independent | Multi-Title | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Ad Sales & Operations | |||
| Ad sales CRM & pipeline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rate cards, frequency discounts, agency commissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Production workflow & closing date tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated invoicing & tearsheet delivery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Renewal alerts & advertiser retention | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implementation timeline | ~2 weeks | 2–4 weeks | Custom |
| Multi-Publication & Subscriptions | |||
| Multiple publications under one account | Up to 3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscriptions & recurring revenue management | Optional | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editorial projects & events tied to revenue | Optional | ✓ | ✓ |
| Marketing & audience development tools | Optional | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hundreds of customizable dashboard tiles | Standard set | ✓ | ✓ |
| Finance & Integrations | |||
| Native QuickBooks integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native Xero integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple payment gateways | 1 standard | 2–3 | ✓ |
| Programmatic ad-server integrations | — | As needed | ✓ |
| Enterprise Capabilities | |||
| Multi-currency operations | — | As needed | ✓ |
| Advanced role-based access controls | Basic roles | Standard roles | ✓ Advanced |
| Extensive workflow configuration | Standard | Configurable | ✓ Custom |
| Multi-brand portfolio reporting | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| High transaction volume support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implementation & ongoing partnership | Self-serve + support | Standard onboarding | White-glove |
From a 1-person publisher to a 1,000-employee group
Real customer reviews from publishers at opposite ends of the size spectrum — same platform, both finding fit.
“This software has saved me hundreds of hours of time since I started using it. We used to do our sales management and tracking on spreadsheets. It took endless hours cross checking spreadsheets to make sure we had everything accounted for. For a small organization, we did a lot of evaluation to make sure the cost would be worth it for us, and it has definitely earned me countless saved hours.”
“I have been very happy with MM, we mostly use it for reporting and billing. For the sales staff the ease of access is great — can be accessed from just about anywhere. We first purchased MM in 2007 and at the time it was very compatible to our needs and was fairly priced.”
Whatever size you are, we’ll show you the version of Magazine Manager built for it
Tell us how many titles you publish and how your team is structured. We’ll set up a tailored demo using sample data that matches your scale — independent, multi-title, or enterprise.