ASTPP v/s PORTAONE: Why customer prefer ASTPP rather than PORTAONE?

 1. Free & Paid Usage Models:

ASTPP: 

1. It has been offering an open-source (community) version.

2. It also offers an enterprise version.

3. You can get started absolutely free with an open-source telecom billing platform.

4. Open source ASTPP billing platform also provides access to some features of the class 4 Softswitch software for free.

5. Upgrade to the enterprise version once you start making a profit or when ready.

PORTAONE:

1. Only the enterprise version is available.

2. You don’t have an option to get started without paying a complete license fee.

3. Unlike ASTPP, you need a hefty investment before making any profits.

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2. Versatility of the Platform:

ASTPP:

1. It is a versatile, smart telephony platform.

2. It has an array of VoIP solutions to offer such as multi tenant IP PBX, class 4 Softswitch software, wholesale VoIP billing solution, fax server, calling card solution, etc. 

3. A single platform can cater to small businesses to large scaled VoIP service providers, ITSPs, etc.

PORTAONE:

1. It is a pricey solution.

2. It needs specific hardware to work optimally.

3. It is developed with features that can meet the needs of big telecom service providers only. 

4. Not suitable for small or medium scale VoIP providers.

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3. Installation & Scalability Complexities:

ASTPP:

1. It is a highly scalable and flexible solution.

2. All elements like core software, database, and GUI platform, can be installed in a single place.

3. It makes management easier and cheaper.

4. Once a business grows and the volume rises up, the business can create clusters with an easy scale up process.

PORTAONE:

1. PortaOne offers 2 major VoIP solutions.

     - PortaSIP (Class 4/5 Softswitch and SBC)

     -PortaBilling (BSS and OCS)

2. To set up PortaBilling, multiple Linux servers are needed even if the call volume is low.

3. It increases intricacy and cost.

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4. Ownership of Platform:

ASTPP:

1. ASTPP gets installed on your server or cloud space.

2. The whole platform is developed by a single community, even if it has multiple VoIP solutions to offer.

3. You get complete ownership and control over the software in the community version.

4. In addition to that, you get the freedom of decision making for server redundancy.

PORTAONE:

1. It has some third party providers that provide the server partitions for PortaOne.

2. If you use this platform, you will need to use services from these third party vendors, which include WorldCall.be and Telinta.

3. This model creates roadblocks related to server redundancy and platform ownership.

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5. User Level System Access:

ASTPP:

1. ASTPP VoIP billing solution has role based user allocation.

2. It also supports the reseller model.

3. It has an insightful and simple to use GUI based interface.

4. All this makes ASTPP quite easy to learn, use and manage for different users.

5. ASTPP supports super admin, admin, customer, and reseller user types.

PORTAONE:

1. PortaOne has only an admin interface to offer with advanced features.

2. This makes it challenging to manage role based users.

3. It doesn’t provide operational flexibility and role based platform access.

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6. Flexibility of Platform Customization:

ASTPP: 

1. The source code of the community version is available for customization.

2. Enterprise ASTPP and its all add-ons are flexible to be customized.

3. ASTPP open source billing can be customized by freelance developers and companies.

4. Using ASTPP billing platform experts or freelancers, you can develop add-ons, enhance UI, etc.

5. This opens the options to get cheaper development services for this powerful platform.

PORTAONE:

1. It is a proprietary solution and its source code is not accessible to VoIP providers that are using it.

2. For any enhancements and development, its users need to take help from PortaOne or its authorized partners.

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7. Technical Support Flexibility:

ASTPP:

1. It has a community forum with a proactive community.

2. The community proactively gives resolutions to any technical or business queries that ASTPP open source billing users face.

3. There are also many freelancers and companies that offer paid technical support for an open source VoIP billing version.

4. Paid technical support from ASTPP experts is available for enterprise users.

PORTAONE:

1. Its users are dependent on the authorized PortaOne partners for any kind of technical support.

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