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WISPAPalooza 2016 Billing Software Comparison
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WISPA Member Billing Software Comparison 2020
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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.
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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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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.
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Of course I hope you'll consider Freeside, but I know we're not the right fit for everyone. These nine vendors support WISPA through association membership and trade show sponsorshop. Please consider supporting vendors who support our industry.
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Of course I hope you'll consider Freeside, 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!
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I hope this helps you find the right billing vendor for you!
P.S. Friends don't let friends use Quickbooks for subscriber billing. :)
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WISP features |
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CDR billing / Telco features |
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Deployment |
Mostly Premise (New: Hosted) |
Hosted |
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Hosted or Premise |
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Mostly Premise (also Hosted) |
Hosted |
Premise |
Premise |
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Premise |
Hosted |
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Proprietary |
Proprietary |
Proprietary |
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Price |
No per-customer or license charges. Can purchase implementation, support, and customization services. |
?/customer/month |
- ?/customer/month |
- "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" |
+ $0.15-$0.20/customer/month |
$0.50/customer/month |
+ ?/customer/month |
100 customers free, then $0.05-$0.70/customer/month |
$0.63-$1.40/customer/month |
$0.50-$1.25/customer/month |
$0.90-$1.30/customer/month |
- $0.95-$1.35/customer/month |
Monthly price, 1000 customers |
$195 |
- ? |
- ? |
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+ $18,000 (one-time, not monthly) |
+ $199 |
$500 |
+ ? |
$170 |
$1330 |
$1250 |
$1300 |
- $1200 |
Monthly price, 3500 customers |
- $395 |
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+ $195 |
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+ c. $600 |
$1750 |
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$368 |
$3920 |
$4375 |
$3150 |
- $3325 |
Monthly price, 10,000 customers |
- $800 |
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+ $195 |
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$5000 |
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$641 |
$11,250 |
$9,100 |
$9,000 |
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Ongoing development |
- Active (new major version this year) |
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- Telco consulting-ware |
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Active (new product) |
Minimal |
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Canada (Platypus in US) |
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Billing software |
Billing and geologic software |
Billing software |
- MDU ISP (VideoDirect) |
+ Fiber consulting |
Domain names, mobile phone service (OpenSRS, Ting, Tucows) |
WISP (Bertram wireless) |
Billing software |
Billing software, managed ISP services (call center, email/web hosting) |
- Billing software |
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Small |
Small |
Tiny |
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Since |
1998 |
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1997 |
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2015 |
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- 2007 (2010 billing features) |
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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 |
- Large telco/cableco system |
New system with MDU features |
- Windows client (and server). Can print and mail your invoices. |
+ New, fiber-focused system from long-time fiber consultants Fibersmith |
+ Windows client/server application; limited web interface. Can print and mail your invoices. |
Humongous trade show booths. Glassdoor horror stories. |
- Ex-Powercode team, early access discount, rapid development |
+ Ex-Powercode team, rapid development, acquired WISPMon in 2017 |
Can also host your email and answer your support calls |
- No longer requires Adobe Flash |
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+Last updated Apr 26th, 2018 |
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