PIN codes, printed QR vouchers, SMS OTP, PMS login or a free daily allowance - with per-user speed and data limits and a record of every session, run as a managed cloud service.
The category is called hotspot billing software, and the name misleads. Most of the hotels, hostels, cafés and campuses we install for do not charge a rupee for internet. What they need is the rest of the machinery: a way to issue access to the right person, a limit so that one guest cannot take the whole link, an expiry that happens without anybody remembering, and a record of who was connected and when.
That machinery is the same whether or not money changes hands. If you do sell internet - a premium tier, a conference package, paid access in a co-working space - the plans and the usage accounting are already there. If you do not, you use exactly the same system to give it away in a controlled way.
Underneath it is cloud AAA: RADIUS authentication on the property’s MikroTik router, authorisation rules that apply the limits, and accounting that keeps the history.
A property can run more than one at a time - PMS login for rooms, vouchers for the banquet hall.
A code issued at the desk, per guest or per room, valid for a set time or data allowance. The simplest thing to hand to a walk-in, and the easiest for staff to explain.
Batch-generated voucher cards with a QR code the guest scans instead of typing anything. Useful for events, conferences and banquet halls where a hundred people arrive at once.
The guest enters a mobile number and receives a code. Where you want a verified, traceable identity attached to each session, this is the method that provides it.
No credential to hand out at all: the guest enters their room number and surname, the platform checks it against the property management system, and access ends by itself at checkout.
A capped amount of time or data with no credential, for properties that want the WiFi to feel open while still holding a line against one device using the whole link.
Where internet is chargeable or premium speed is sold as an upgrade, plans are defined centrally and applied per user, with usage recorded against each one.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Speed per user | Separate download and upload caps per device, so the connection is shared rather than raced for. |
| Data volume cap | A megabyte or gigabyte allowance per user or per voucher, after which the session stops or drops to a slower profile. |
| Session time limit | Validity measured from first login or from issue, whichever the property wants. |
| Devices per room | A ceiling on how many devices one credential may bring online at the same time. |
| Automatic expiry | Driven by the PMS at checkout, or by the voucher's own validity - not by somebody remembering to revoke it. |
| Live sessions and history | Who is online now, what each user has consumed, and the connection history afterwards, per property or across a group. |
A group manages every property from one dashboard, with its own plans, vouchers and reporting per site, rather than logging into each building’s router in turn.
It is the system that decides who may use a public WiFi network, on what terms, and keeps the record - normally a captive portal the user sees on connecting, a credential of some kind, per-user limits, and reporting. 'Billing' is historical: plenty of properties never charge for internet and still need all of it, because the limits and the records are the point.
No. Most iberry sites give internet away free and use the platform for control and records rather than revenue. The same machinery that would sell a plan also enforces a free allowance, a speed cap and an expiry at checkout.
Not one that you run. RADIUS is the protocol the router uses to ask whether a login is valid and what limits to apply; with iberry that service is operated in the cloud and the property just runs the router. There is no server in your back office to patch, back up or keep online.
Yes. Vouchers are generated in bulk against a plan and printed as cards with a PIN or QR code, which is the usual arrangement for front desks, events and banquet bookings.
iberry's published plans are ₹30,000 one-time for a 30-40 room property, ₹50,000 for 40-60 rooms and ₹99,000 for large and five-star properties, each with ₹12,000 yearly maintenance. The plan covers the managed service; the hardware is standard MikroTik RouterOS equipment rather than a proprietary gateway.
The commonly considered alternatives are 24Online, HotSpot Express, WiJungle, Xceednet and ActivePrism, with Antamedia and Start Hotspot as international options. The comparison that matters is whether you are buying licensed software you host, an appliance you own, or a managed service - three different purchases whose sticker prices are not comparable. The buyer's guide sets that out in full.
Tell us the room count, whether internet is chargeable and how guests should log in. See also the hotel WiFi software buyer’s guide, PMS integration and pricing.
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