[Asterisk-biz] Billing software

[Mike Clark]

Darren Wiebe wrote:

> AgileBill does not do voip billing or manage asterisk.  Part of the 
> reason we are switching away from AgileBill is that they developed a 
> product called AgileVoice which partially competes.  It is definitely 
> not open source though.
>
> Darren Wiebe
> darren at aleph-com.net
>
> Thameem Ansari wrote:
>
>> If i need Agilebill I can just go with that and why do i need ASTPP? 
>> I don't understand whats the difference between these two..
>>
>> -Thameem
>>
>> On 11/21/05, *Darren Wiebe* <darren at aleph-com.net 
>> <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Version 1.2 was somewhat linked to AgileBill.  AgileBill was used to
>>     process payments.  The configuration you mention is more than what
>>     I run
>>     it on.  I run it on FC 2 and FC 1 as well as FreeBSD.  The
>>     requirements
>>     are minimal.
>>
>>     Darren Wiebe
>>     darren at aleph-com.net <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net>
>>
>>     Thameem Ansari wrote:
>>
>>     > I went thru the ASTPP and it seems that it should be integrated 
>> with
>>     > Agilebill which is not open source. Also please tell me whether it
>>     > will work with my configuration I have provided in my initial 
>> post.
>>     >
>>     > Thanks,
>>     > -Thameem
>>     >
>>     > On 11/21/05, *Darren Wiebe* <darren at aleph-com.net
>>     <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net>
>>     > <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net>>> 
>> wrote:
>>     >
>>     >     Well, depending upon your exact needs, I would recommend
>>     having a look
>>     >     at ASTPP.  The demo box is broken right now.  The demo box
>>     lives in my
>>     >     house and my son got at it......  It will be back in the
>>     next day or
>>     >     two.   www.aleph-com.net/astpp
>>     <http://www.aleph-com.net/astpp> <http://www.aleph-com.net/astpp
>>     <http://www.aleph-com.net/astpp>> is
>>     >     it's home.  It is entirely released
>>     >     under the GPL.  We are writing plugins to allow you to use
>>     >     OSCommerce to
>>     >     handle receiving payments.
>>     >
>>     >     Darren Wiebe
>>     >     darren at aleph-com.net <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net>
>>     <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net <mailto:darren at aleph-com.net>>
>>     >
>>     >     Thameem Ansari wrote:
>>     >
>>     >     > I am looking for some open source billing software for
>>     asterisk for
>>     >     > small business. I went thru two choices, a2billing and
>>     astbill. The
>>     >     > first one is ok but not attractive but the second one,
>>     >     installation is
>>     >     > painful and needs Mysql 5.x. I have Fedora Core 3 and
>>     >     > mysql-3.23.58-16.FC3.1. I am not sure the astbill going to
>>     work with
>>     >     > these settings.
>>     >     >
>>     >     > If anyof you know of any commercial softwares (cheap one)
>>     please let
>>     >     > me know. I want to try with open source for the initial
>>     stage and go
>>     >     > for commercial on once I start making some revenue.
>>     >     >
>>     >     > Thanks,
>>     >     > -Thameem
>>     >     >
>>
>
Darren:

Have you taken a look at ebills? http://ebills.sourceforge.net/ It is 
open source, so there might be possibilities for integration. I have not 
used it, so can't say how well it performs.