VoIP Billing Software allows you to enter the VoIP services segment with a low initial outlay, but with the ability to add capacity and service benefits when you want. You can scale your business up cost-effectively, for example from 1,000 to 4,000 concurrent calls.
Since VoIP Billing Software commonly supports traditional billing features, like Progressive Billing, and often offers billing enhancements, you can afford to experiment, and target and attract profitable segments of the market.
Configure your product through the advanced Web-based GUI administrative panel, offered with most all VoIP Billing Software-- everything is at your browser screen for convenience and ease. VoIP Billing Software often integrates multiple servers on one platform, reducing your integration cost.
Following is a short list of VoIP Billing Software Publishers, compared side-by-side.
VoIP Server Software Comparison Chart | |||||||
| Software | Homepage | OS | DBMS | Systems | Real Time | Web GUI | Calling Cards |
| Alepo1 | http://www.alepo.com | Y | Y | Y | |||
| SysMaster2 | http://www.sysmaster.com | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Advanced VOIP3 | http://www.AdvancedVOIP.com | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Packet Shaper4 | http://www.packet-shaper.com | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Reve Systems5 | http://www.itelbilling.com | Y | Y | Y | |||
Re: 1Alepo RBS VoIP is an All-in-one Billing, Prepaid and Customer Care package that has all the features you need to start offering Voice Over IP services. RBS VOIP can be installed and integrated with your gateway in under sixty minutes. As soon as it is installed, RBS VOIP can be used for producing calling cards with zero leakage credit enforcement, ANI based billing, and wholesale termination services.
2SysMaster is a Comprehensive VoIP Billing Platform. Some key features are: ANI/PIN Authentication DNIS Authentication and Call Redirect Time Peak On/Off Billing Number Surcharge Unlimited Routes and Number Portability Customer Specific Custom Routes Unlimited Number of Custom Batches Advanced Rate Switching High Call Throughput FlagFall and Progressive Billing Dual Credit Time Support Unlimited Rate Tables Multi-Lingual IVR and Custom Prompts Managed Service Support Four Layer Billing Structure (Provider/Owner/User/Agent) Reseller Pre-Paid and Post-Paid Billing and Call Routing Wholesale Pre-Paid and Post-Paid Real Time Billing and Call Routing.
3Advanced VoIP is a suite of billing software providing complete solutions of billing to VoIP Providers and Internet Service Providers. Billing solutions provided by AdvancedVoIP.com become an important link in a network for new and existing service providers. It is also specifically developed to handle huge and fast growing volume of traffic. It bills phone to phone, pc to phone, pc to pc and phone to pc calls accurately. In a Carrier grade network it does accurate billing for call originations, call terminations and call transits. It supports hardware from almost all the major vendors like Cisco, Nortel, Mera, Quintum, Ericsson, Siemens, Alcatel, Huawei etc.
4Packet Shapers is a leading Soft Switch development set up with secific solutions for VOIP Operators (Originators and Terminators). The Terminating Operator uses only 1 real IP address for multiple Carriers and Desination Gateway POPs. In addition he can do CDR reconciliation with the carrier. Originating Operator can create his own prices, have multiple carriers and resellers.
5Reve Systems: ItelBilling has the following features: 1) Easy to Use with Complete Flexibility 2) Fully web based; supports any browser, including Internet explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera. 3) Flexible Rate / report Configuration 4) Real Time ACD, ASR Monitoring 5) Hourly, weekly and monthly Automated Mail Alert for traffic status (customizable) 6) Low credit, Poor ASR, ACD, Gateway & port failure Email alert (customizable). 7) Business Power Tool for analyzing profit, loss. 8) Prepaid and Postpaid Options 9) Online CDR options 10) Can run Hosted Billing Solution 11) Different level security (administrative/client/operator/monitoring) system 12) Supports any RADIUS Based Gateway/Gatekeepers
This chart is a tool to understanding some of the options available for VoIP Billing Software solutions; but may not be accurate in some regard. Please research each VoIP Billing Software Company before making a decision.
Copyright 2005, Fran Corpier. Date: Nov 30 2005 Words: 841
About the Author Fran Corpier, is an independent researcher and database application developer for organizations requiring real-time, interactive information exchanges. Fran has been researching Voice Over IP (VoIP) since 1998. You can link to her blog and popular Articles Directory for free website content at http://www.bigeuniverse.com. This article may be reprinted freely, as long as it is printed in its entirety, without change, and includes the author's links, copyright notice, and byline, plus this notice.
