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WISPAPalooza 2016 Billing Software Comparison
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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. + +

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. + +

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! + +

P.S. Friends don't let friends use Quickbooks for subscriber billing. :) + +

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+Ivan Kohler
+President and Head Geek
+Freeside Internet Services, Inc.
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FreesideAzotelBillmaxCDGDirectLink AdminPlatypusPowercodeSonarVISPWISPMon
WISPA member✔✔✔✖✔✔✔✔✔✔
WISP features✔✔✖✖✖✖✔✔✔✔
CDR billing / Telco features✔✖✖✔✖✖✖new/preliminary✖new/preliminary
Fiber ISP features✔✖✖✔✖✖✖✖✖new/preliminary
DeploymentMostly Premise (New: Hosted)HostedPremiseHosted or PremiseHostedPremisePremiseHostedHostedMostly Hosted (also Premise)
LicenseOpen-sourceProprietaryProprietaryProprietaryProprietaryProprietaryProprietaryProprietaryProprietaryProprietary
PriceNo 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"$0.50/customer/month100 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???$500$170 $1330$1250$1300$1200
Monthly price, 3500 customers$395???$1750$368 $3920$4375$3150$3325
Monthly price, 10,000 customers$800???$5000$641 $11,250$9,100$9,000?
Ongoing developmentActive (new major version this year)ActiveActiveTelco consulting-wareActive (new product)MinimalActiveActive (new product)ActiveActive (new major version last year)
Vendor countryUSIreland (sold through US distributors)USUSUSCanada (Platypus in US)USUSPhilippinesUS
Vendor business/ownershipBilling softwareBilling softwareBilling and geologic softwareBilling softwareMDU ISP (VideoDirect)Domain names, mobile phone service (OpenSRS, Ting, Tucows)WISP (Bertram wireless)Billing softwareBilling software, managed ISP services (call center, email/web hosting)Billing software
Vendor sizeSmallSmallTinyHugeTinyMediumLargeSmallMediumTiny
Since19982005 (2010 USA)19971970201519962003201519962007 (2010 billing features)
Notable fact(s)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 franchiseOld ISP system, dormant for years, revived in 2012Large telco/cableco systemNew system with MDU featuresWindows client (and server). Can print and mail your invoices.Humongous trade show booths. Glassdoor horror stories.Ex-Powercode team, early access discount, rapid developmentCan also host your email and answer your support callsNo longer requires Adobe Flash
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