Membership Plugins w/Paypal

Hi everyone,

I want to create some content on my wordpress site, midweekpolitics.com, that is for members only and would be paid for via paypal subscriptions/IPN. Originally i tried wp-member, and it didn’t work right with my hosting environment, and the customer service was terrible.

I’m exploring other options, and I see numerous “installation services” when googling “wordpress membership plugin,” and then some free options on this site. Can someone direct me in terms of do I really need to pay for a plugin to get good membership and paypal integration with protected pages, or are there free plugins that will do fine? I am fine paying for a plugin if need be, but it’s not clear that it’s really necessary.

Any opinions and direction to specific plugins would be greatly appreciated.