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Open Paging Server vs Commerical Products

Open Paging Server has a lot of the same features as many expensive commerical solutions while being completely free and open source. While this brings many benefits, there are many things a commercial product will always do better than open source software.

Benefits of open source projects (like Open Paging Server)

  • Open Paging Server is completely free for private, public, or commercial use, as it's available under GPL 2.0.

  • You can get involved. You can contribute to the project to help it improve (such as fixing bugs, adding features, or getting involved with the team), make a fork, or learn to make your own software like it.

  • You host it yourself, allowing you to remain in control of your data and freedom.

Benefits of commerical solutions

  • You get commerical support

  • Faster updates and fixes

  • Tested more extensively and sometimes more polished.

  • Less IT resources needed (especially for cloud solutions)

What should I pick

If you are a small to medium enterprise, are familiar with system administration, and want cost savings, Open Paging Server was designed for you.

For large compaines needing commerical support with alot of resources, and/or if you don't want to manage servers, a commerical solution might work better.

At the end of the day though, we are not here to make decisions for you. Our one and only mission is to build and provide a free, open source, and powerful mass notification solution. You should do your research on all available solutions (commerical and open source) and find the one that works best for you and your organization.