Which billing system you would prefer?

mazker

Hello,
I am gonna ask another question.
Mostly providers and clients.
Which would you prefer for billing system?

Note - Here 2 polls are open. One is for provider and next is clients. Please note it while voting.

Thanks

D_XTREME

i recommend WHMCS coz there are many features

jh

As a client if want to see something that isn't just a plain installation of anything. Some adaptive work shows you care about the system.

agentmishra

humm

@mazker, why did you not include clientexec...

rsk

agentmishra said: why did you not include clientexec...

@agentmishra it used to be ok, but now I hear lots of security flaws?

Cloudcone

We use HostBill why i don't see it on the poll ?

AlexanderM

@rsk said:
agentmishra it used to be ok, but now I hear lots of security flaws?

I heard WHMCS also has a lot of security flaws

netomx

is that hard to make a billing system? AFAIK, it seem to be easy to make

netdude

I pondered them all, still ended up going with HostBill: it's pretty and fast My hostbill in action: http://manage.media-magic.ca/ I like it

jh

netomx said: is that hard to make a billing system? AFAIK, it seem to be easy to make

Good one.

netomx

@jhadley said:
Good one.

You made one. Why it shoudl be difficult? Maybe I'm not seeing the whole package

jh

netomx said: You made one. Why it shoudl be difficult? Maybe I'm not seeing the whole package

It's hard to sum up exactly how hard it is in a few sentences, so I'll give you some numbers (please bear in mind this is only going on Loading Deck, which is relatively simplistic compared with WHMCS and HostBill for example).

• 18MB of proprietary code
  
• 57 database tables (per tenant)
  
• Roughly £15k spent in addition to an enormous amount of my own time (code checking, frontend development, design work, business formation, legals, software licences etc.)

I'm guessing that you have a very simplistic view of what a billing system could be - I started with the same view and quickly realised that when WHMCS is $15/month, you can't persuade people to use something with much less for any profitable price.

Also remember that nobody's going to buy a billing system from someone selling from a basement - so there are lots of business hoops to jump through. Also, people these days expect a lot aesthetically, which means countless design hours. If you're not amazingly multi-talented, then you have to pay other people to do a lot

Hope this helps.

BuyCPanel_Alex

Even though I know WHMCS has been having exploit issues, that's the billing software we use and I've never really had any big issues with it, besides it'd be harder to get used to another billing format anyway

8QE

I prefer HostBill and Blesta

netomx

@jhadley I didn't received the notification until I remembered this. 18mb of code?! Wow, I I'll retire what I said hahaha

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