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| author | Ivan Kohler <ivan@freeside.biz> | 2017-01-09 15:42:16 -0800 |
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| committer | Ivan Kohler <ivan@freeside.biz> | 2017-01-09 15:42:16 -0800 |
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initial add of current comparison chart from wispapalooza 2016
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diff --git a/wispa-billing-vendors.html b/wispa-billing-vendors.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9c226b --- /dev/null +++ b/wispa-billing-vendors.html @@ -0,0 +1,328 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html> +<head> +<title>WISPAPalooza 2016 Billing Software Comparison</title> +{ include('elements/header.html'); } + +<div id="content1"> + + <h6>WISPAPalooza 2016 Billing Software Comparison</h6> + +<p align="left">There will be an unprecedented ten billing vendors at WISPAPalooza this year. Wow! That's a lot of choices for a WISP to sort through. + +<p align="left">I put together a concise comparison highlighting the differences between different billing systems. Looking for something hosted in the cloud or on-premise? Looking for an established company, or a new entriant? Prefer dealing with small vendors, or large ones? This should help you narrow things down. I tried hard not to make a useless advertisement with a long list of features, but rather a digestable, fair comparison of relevant information about the competition. + +<p align="left">Of course I hope you'll consider <a href="http://freeside.biz/">Freeside</a>, but I know we're not the right fit for everyone. Please support vendors who support our industry through WIPSA membership. I hope this helps you find the right billing vendor for you! + +<p align="left">P.S. Friends don't let friends use Quickbooks for subscriber billing. :) + +<p align="left"> +-- <br> +Ivan Kohler<br> +President and Head Geek<br> +Freeside Internet Services, Inc.<br> + +<br><br> + +<table width="98%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tblprod"> + <tr><td align="center" valign="top"> + +<table width="100%" class="comparison" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + + <tr> + <td></td> + <td><a href="http://freeside.biz/"><img src="imgs/big-logo.png" alt="Freeside" width=170></a></td> + <td><img src="http://www.wispsolutions.com/images/stories/AzotelSIMPLer/azotel-logo.gif" width=130 alt="Azotel"></a></td> + <td><img src="https://www.billmax.com/images/BillMax-shadow.jpg" width=130 alt="Billmax"></a></td> + <td width="130px"><img src="cdg.png" height=64 alt="CDG"></a></td> + <td><img src="http://www.directlinkadmin.com/img/logo.png" width=130 alt="DirectLink Admin"></a></td> + <td><img src="http://site2.ispbilling.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/platypus_logo_250x77.jpg" width=130 alt="Platypus"></a></td> + <td><img src="http://www.wispa.org/Portals/37/ContactImages/8978.png" width=130 alt="Powercode"></a></td> + <td><img src="http://www.wispa.org/Portals/37/ContactImages/8952.png" width=130 alt="Sonar"></a></td> + <td><img src="https://d1a309rwthnrm3.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/04183021/visp.png" width=130 alt="VISP"></a></td> + <td><img src="http://www.wispmon.com/img/wispmonsm.png" width=130 alt="WISPMon"></a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>WISPA member</th> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>WISP features</th> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>CDR billing / Telco features</th> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="maybe">new/preliminary</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="maybe">new/preliminary</span></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Fiber ISP features</th> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="yes">✔</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="no">✖</span></td> + <td><span class="maybe">new/preliminary</span></td> + </tr> + + + <tr> + <th>Deployment</th> + <td>Mostly Premise (New: Hosted)</td> + <td>Hosted</td> + <td>Premise</td> + <td>Hosted or Premise</td> + <td>Hosted</td> + <td>Premise</td> + <td>Premise</td> + <td>Hosted</td> + <td>Hosted</td> + <td>Mostly Hosted (also Premise)</td> + </tr> + +<!-- <tr> + <th>Client</th> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Windows</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + <td>Web</td> + </tr> +--> + + <tr> + <th>License</th> + <td>Open-source</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + <td>Proprietary</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Price</th> + <td>No per-customer or license charges. Can purchase implementation, support, and customization services.</td> + <td>?/customer/month</td> + <td>?/customer/month</td> + <td>"If you have to ask, you can't afford it"</td> + <td>$0.50/customer/month</td> + <td>100 customers free, then $0.05-$0.70/customer/month</td> + <td>$0.63-$1.40/customer/month</td> + <td>$0.50-$1.25/customer/month</td> + <td>$0.90-$1.30/customer/month</td> + <td>$0.95-$1.35/customer/month</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Monthly price, 1000 customers</th> + <td><span class="smyes">$195</span></td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>$500</td> + <td>$170 <!-- ($167 Platypus + $3 Windows 10 license amortized over 36 months) --></td> + <td>$1330</td> + <td>$1250</td> + <td>$1300</td> + <td>$1200</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Monthly price, 3500 customers</th> + <td><span class="smyes">$395</span></td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>$1750</td> + <td>$368 <!-- ($314 Platypus + $54 Windows 2012 server & SQL server 2014 Standard w/10 CALs, amortized over 36 months) --></td> + <td>$3920</td> + <td>$4375</td> + <td>$3150</td> + <td>$3325</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Monthly price, 10,000 customers</th> + <td><span class="smyes">$800</span></td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>$5000</td> + <td>$641 <!--($472 Platypus + $169 Windows 2012 server & SQL server 2014 Standard w/25 CALS, amortized over 36 months) --></td> + <td>$11,250</td> + <td>$9,100</td> + <td>$9,000</td> + <td>?</td> + </tr> + +<!-- + + <tr> + <th>Monthly price, 100,000 customers</th> + <td><span class="smyes">$1600</span></td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>$50,000</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>?</td> + <td>$66.250</td> + <td>$90,000</td> + <td>?</td> + </tr> + +--> + + <tr> + <th>Ongoing development</th> + <td>Active (new major version this year)</td> + <td>Active</td> + <td>Active</td> + <td>Telco consulting-ware</td> + <td>Active (new product)</td> + <td>Minimal</td> + <td>Active</td> + <td>Active (new product)</td> + <td>Active</td> + <td>Active (new major version last year)</td> + </tr> + +<!-- XXXXX .... survey says + <tr> + <th>Share of WISP market</th> + <td>Small</td> + <td>Large</td> + <td>Small</td> + <td>None</td> + <td>New product</td> + <td>Large</td> + <td>Large</td> + <td>New product</td> + <td>Medium?</td> + <td>Small</td> + </tr> +--> + + <tr> + <th>Vendor country</th> + <td>US</td> + <td>Ireland (sold through US distributors)</td> + <td>US</td> + <td>US</td> + <td>US</td> + <td>Canada (Platypus in US)</td> + <td>US</td> + <td>US</td> + <td>Philippines</td> + <td>US</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Vendor business/ownership</th> + <td>Billing software</td> + <td>Billing software</td> + <td>Billing and geologic software</td> + <td>Billing software</td> + <td>MDU ISP (VideoDirect)</td> + <td>Domain names, mobile phone service (OpenSRS, Ting, Tucows)</td> + <td>WISP (Bertram wireless)</td> + <td>Billing software</td> + <td>Billing software, managed ISP services (call center, email/web hosting)</td> + <td>Billing software</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Vendor size</th> + <td>Small</td> + <td>Small</td> + <td>Tiny</td> + <td>Huge</td> + <td>Tiny</td> + <td>Medium</td> + <td>Large</td> + <td>Small</td> + <td>Medium</td> + <td>Tiny</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Since</th> + <td>1998</td> + <td>2005 (2010 USA)</td> + <td>1997</td> + <td>1970</td> + <td>2015</td> + <td>1996</td> + <td>2003</td> + <td>2015</td> + <td>1996</td> + <td>2007 (2010 billing features)</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <th>Notable fact(s)</th> + <td>Mature and full-featured ISP and CDR billing. New UI, WISP mapping features and hosted option.</td> + <td>Simple hosted system for small WISPs, almost like a franchise</td> + <td>Old ISP system, dormant for years, revived in 2012</td> + <td>Large telco/cableco system</td> + <td>New system with MDU features</td> + <td>Windows client (and server). Can print and mail your invoices.</td> + <td>Humongous trade show booths. Glassdoor horror stories.</td> + <td>Ex-Powercode team, early access discount, rapid development</td> + <td>Can also host your email and answer your support calls</td> + <td>No longer requires Adobe Flash</td> + </tr> + +</table> +</td></tr> +</table> + +</div> + +{ include('elements/footer.html'); } + |