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# PortaSwitch

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> PortaSwitch runs Class 4/5 soft switching (PortaSIP) and real-time billing with online charging (PortaBilling) on one platform, with an open REST API for easy integration. Wholesale carriers, MVNOs, ITSPs, and UCaaS/voice providers use PortaSwitch to run voice, messaging, IoT/M2M, and data traffic under a single BSS+OCS stack.&#10;&#10;Key capabilities:&#10;&#10;- Open REST API for integration, plus self-service pricing/plan changes – new rates and packages go live without waiting on a vendor release cycle&#10;- Real-time billing and charging for prepaid and postpaid, with wallet/balance tracking and fund-locking against overruns&#10;- Class 4/5 soft switch with SIP call routing, concurrent-call capacity for wholesale sizing, and Cloud PBX / IP Centrex for business telephony&#10;- Wholesale and reseller layers, white-label ready&#10;Multi-site geo-redundancy with automatic failover&#10;- Full source code access under an unlimited license&#10;- Migration to PortaSwitch without interrupting live subscribers&#10;&#10;PortaSwitch is sold as a one-time perpetual license (unlimited, not tied to subscriber count) or a monthly SaaS subscription based on billable events.&#10;&#10;PortaSwitch can be deployed on-premise, fully on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or in a hybrid setup, with billing and switching distributed across as many servers as your concurrent-call and redundancy requirements need – rather than being tied to a fixed platform minimum.
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> Verdict: Rated **5.0/5** by 5 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **5.0/5** | 5 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: PortaOne
- **Founded**: 2001

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Per User
- **Pricing Details**: PortaSwitch offers flexible pricing models tailored to business scale, growth strategy, and infrastructure preferences. The system combines Class 4/5 softswitch capabilities, Online Charging System (OCS), and BSS into a unified package under three main deployment options:&#10;&#10;One-Time Perpetual License (Perpetual PortaSwitch):&#10;A pricing option positioned for large-scale projects.&#10;Single upfront payment for an unlimited license capacity (capacity is limited only by customer-provided hardware).&#10;Self-hosted deployment on customer-managed infrastructure (data centers or private clouds).&#10;PortaCare technical support is optional.&#10;Monthly SaaS Subscription (SaaS PortaSwitch):&#10;A pricing option positioned for start-ups in emerging markets.&#10;Monthly recurring fees with an initial setup charge (lower upfront cost than the perpetual license, not zero).&#10;Self-hosted deployment on customer-managed hardware.&#10;PortaCare technical support is optional.&#10;Managed Cloud Subscription (Cloud PortaSwitch):&#10;A pricing option positioned for start-ups focused on sales.&#10;Fully managed SaaS model deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).&#10;Unlimited capacity, with hosting and support included.
- **Target Audience**: 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Linux (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more

## Features

- API
- Alerts/Notifications
- Batch Invoicing
- Billing & Invoicing
- Billing Rate Management
- Call Data Records(CDR)
- Carrier Access Billing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer History
- Customisable Billing
- Digital Billing
- Electronic Payments
- Flexible Rate Tables
- For Internet Service Providers (ISP)
- For Telecommunications Industry
- Inventory Management
- Metering engine
- Multi-Currency
- Order Management
- Payment Processing

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Billing and Provisioning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4726/billing-and-provisioning/software)

## Reviews

### "Best support in industry" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *15 July 2020* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: PortaSwitch comes with all necessary features without any licensing issues.&#10;All features are included in product
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> **Cons**: SIP trunking feature should be easier to configure
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> We are using PortaSwitch more than 15 years, and during that time we have witnessed excellent support from PortaOne team.&#10;During our partnering with PortaOne we have enabled few dozens alternative telco operators to start with their business using PortaSwitch as main billing and switching platform

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### "amazing company with amazing product" — 5.0/5

> **Nir** | *16 July 2020* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: very agaile. Works great with a lot of users.
> 
> **Cons**: Upgrade was complex and a bit long but still were fine.
> 
> amazing team. We just finished a upgrade and it all went well and smooth.&#10;Very big upgrade including infrasturcture.

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### "Telecom provider in France" — 5.0/5

> **Grigoriy** | *15 July 2020* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Stability of the product, in 8+ years of usagewe had less then two cases system shut down due to software.&#10;All software have bugs, but this team is not letting your down with solution.
> 
> **Cons**: Management interface currently in transformation is not very optimized
> 
> We provide our customers centrex solutions

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### "Great service" — 5.0/5

> **cheyanne** | *15 July 2020* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The software is amazing the features are easy to use
> 
> **Cons**: nothing really all is amazing i love using this product
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> Amazing

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### "Voice Billing Made Easy" — 5.0/5

> **Andre** | *15 July 2020* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Deploying the platfrom is really easy. 99% percent of our business needs are satisfied with this product. Integration is really easy as the API is really easy to use.
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> **Cons**: There may be some very specific business needs that is not fully supported out of the box. Like with any other platfrom there are opportunity to get thee features developed.
> 
> Having dual billing systems and voice switching environments we are able to consolidate in one system

## Links

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