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WISPA Member Billing Software Comparison 2017
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WISPA Member Billing Software Comparison 2019
I put together a concise comparison highlighting the differences between different billing systems. 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.
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Mostly Premise (New: Hosted) |
Hosted |
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Hosted or Premise |
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Premise? |
Hosted |
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No per-customer or license charges. Can purchase implementation, support, and customization services. |
?/customer/month |
$0.15-$0.20/customer/month |
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"If you have to ask, you can't afford it" |
$0.50/customer/month |
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100 customers free, then $0.05-$0.70/customer/month |
$0.63-$1.40/customer/month |
$0.50-$1.25/customer/month |
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$0.15-$0.50/customer/month |
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$0.90-$1.30/customer/month |
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$195 |
$18,000 (one-time, not monthly) |
$199 |
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$500 |
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$4170 (one-time, not monthly), plus $141/month |
$170 |
$1330 |
$1250 |
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$500 |
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$1300 |
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$195 |
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$1750 |
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$8145 (one-time, not monthly), plus $141/month |
$368 |
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$4375 |
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$3150 |
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$641 |
$11,250 |
$9,100 |
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$9,000 |
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$50,000 |
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$66.250 |
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$90,000 |
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Active (new major version 2016) |
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Ireland (sold through US distributors) |
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Canada (Platypus in US) |
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Czech Republic / Kenya / US |
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Philippines / Hong Kong |
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Billing software |
Billing software |
Billing and geologic software |
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Billing software |
MDU ISP (VideoDirect) |
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Billing software |
Domain names, mobile phone service (OpenSRS, Ting, Tucows) |
WISP (Bertram wireless) |
Billing software |
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Billing software |
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Fiber consulting, billing software |
Billing software, managed ISP services (call center, email/web hosting) |
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Mature and full-featured ISP and CDR billing. New UI, WISP mapping features and hosted option. |
Simple hosted system for small WISPs, almost like a franchise |
Old ISP system, dormant for years, revived in 2012 |
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Large telco/cableco system |
New system with MDU features |
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Classic ISP system added WISP features and joined WISPA in 2017 |
Windows client/server application; limited web interface. Can print and mail your invoices. |
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Humongous trade show booths. Glassdoor horror stories. Conspicuously missing from WISPAmerica 2018. |
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Humongous trade show booths. Glassdoor horror stories. |
Ex-Powercode team, rapid development, acquired WISPMon in September 2017 |
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Up-and-coming new system with lots of international customers |
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New, fiber-focused system from respected consultants FiberSmith |
Can also host your email and answer your support calls |
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-Last updated Jan 11th, 2018 |
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+Last updated May 8th, 2019 |
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