One system for the whole ISP
Billing and payments, networking, CRM, ticketing, field services and inventory in one product, which suits an operator with several departments.
Splynx and Centipid
A full ISP suite and a billing platform
Splynx runs billing, CRM, ticketing, field services and inventory for an ISP. Centipid runs billing, payments and MikroTik access for one. Both bill PPPoE and hotspot subscribers and both answer RADIUS. The difference is how much else comes with it, how it is priced, and which local payment rails reach your subscribers. This page is what each one ships, with the Splynx side taken from its own site.
What Splynx gets right
It is a capable, widely used platform, and many operators run it happily. Nothing on this page rests on it being a bad choice.
Cloud or your own server
Splynx hosts it by default, inside its maintenance fee, and an on-premise installation is also possible.
A long gateway list
Its integrations include Paystack, Safaricom M-Pesa, Payfast, Netcash, Stripe and PayPal, with GoCardless and SEPA for direct debit.
What each one ships
The Splynx column is what splynx.com, its pricing page, its integrations page and its wiki say in October 2026. Check them for current terms.
| Splynx | Centipid | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | ISP billing and network management, with CRM, ticketing, field services and inventory | Hosted ISP billing and OSS/BSS for MikroTik networks, with tickets and inventory |
| Where it runs | Splynx cloud hosting by default, or on your own server | Ours. Nothing to install, tune, patch or back up |
| RADIUS | A RADIUS server in its networking module | Included, with nothing to install |
| Collecting money | Integrations including Paystack, Safaricom M-Pesa, Payfast, Netcash, Stripe and PayPal | 26 payment gateways, M-PESA, PayFast, Paystack and Razorpay among them |
| Telling the subscriber | Email, SMS, calls and WhatsApp, from its CRM | 25 SMS providers, WhatsApp and email, sent from the billing event |
| MikroTik | RouterOS API for PPP secrets, DHCP leases, hotspot users and queues, or RADIUS | Provisioning, remote Winbox, monitoring, alerts and configuration backups |
| Setup help | 2 hours included, then $70 an hour in 5-hour packages | Onboarding support on every plan; data migration on Enterprise |
| Price | By active customers in steps of 100, from an entry licence of up to 400, in US dollars | 3% of hotspot revenue, or $0.25 per active PPPoE subscriber |
Moving across without dropping anyone
The safe order is the same in Johannesburg and in Pune. A small group through one real billing cycle tells you more than a month of feature lists.
- 01
Check your payment rails
Confirm the gateways and SMS senders your subscribers already use are on the country page before you move anyone.
- 02
Connect one router
Point a single MikroTik at Centipid over RADIUS and leave the rest on Splynx.
- 03
Run one real cycle
Import a small group and let them expire, get a reminder, pay for real and reconnect.
- 04
Move the rest
Once that cycle runs cleanly, move the remaining routers and switch the old system off.
What Centipid costs instead
Splynx charges for each block of 100 active customers. Centipid takes a share of hotspot revenue and charges PPPoE per subscriber active that month, after a trial long enough to run real customers through it.
Free trial
14 days
Every feature on your own routers, no card required.
- Hotspot Of the hotspot revenue collected in a month, so a quiet month costs less.
- 3%
- PPPoE Per subscriber active that month, with no licence step. Routers, staff and vouchers are never metered.
- $0.25
Where to go next
The pages that carry this further, from the billing model to what it costs.
Common questions
Not if it does what you need. If your team works in its CRM, field services and inventory every day and the licence suits you, stay.
No. Neither is Splynx: both are commercial products. Splynx can also be installed on your own server, which Centipid cannot. If keeping the system on your premises matters, Splynx is the honest answer.
Yes. PayFast, Paystack, DPO Pay and PayPal are available in South Africa. Centipid bills you in US dollars, so allow for the rand moving against it.
Yes. Razorpay payment links take UPI, cards, netbanking and wallets, and reminders go out on the DLT rails through MSG91 or Fast2SMS.
Yes. Centipid answers MikroTik routers over RADIUS for PPPoE and hotspot, so the routers you run today stay where they are.
Yes. Subscribers, their packages and PPPoE passwords import from a spreadsheet or straight from a MikroTik router, checked before anything is written. Data migration from your current system is part of the Enterprise plan.
3% of hotspot revenue or $0.25 per active PPPoE subscriber each month, after fourteen days free with no card required. Run both and the two fees add up on one invoice.
Pay for the subscribers you have. Free for fourteen days.
Fourteen days with no card, on your own MikroTik routers, with payments, renewals and reconnection running without a licence step.