Powerlynx is a cloud Wi-Fi hotspot management and monetisation platform, and it ranks for ISP and hotspot billing searches in Nigeria. This comparison reports Powerlynx's published pricing and integrations from powerlynx.app as read on 6 November 2026. They are reported, not endorsed, and the arithmetic is shown.
Short answer: Powerlynx licenses by concurrent online users: $100 a month for up to 400 users online at once, scaling in 100-user increments at $0.25 per user, with all features included, no setup fees and a 21-day free trial. Iterative Billing charges 2 percent of the hotspot revenue it collects, capped at $27 a month up to $5,400 collected and $45 above that, with a $9 minimum, and never meters users, sites or routers. Powerlynx supports more hardware brands; Iterative Billing costs less on every example below and also bills PPPoE and fibre. We build Iterative Billing, so check both.
The two platforms at a glance
Powerlynx says it is hardware-agnostic and works with MikroTik, Cambium, Ubiquiti, TP-Link and other equipment. Its integrations page lists MikroTik over RADIUS through a WireGuard VPN, Cambium APs in cnMaestro, TP-Link EAPs on a self-hosted Omada controller and Nokia WLAN-GW, with payments including PayPal, Paystack and M-Pesa. Every plan includes the full platform, and its site is in English and Spanish.
Iterative Billing is a cloud ISP billing and OSS/BSS platform with built-in FreeRADIUS and CoA, MikroTik RouterOS v6 and v7, Huawei GPON OLT automation, TR-069, NOC monitoring and AI agents. It collects M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, Paystack, Flutterwave, Pesapal and WaafiPay payments into the operator's own merchant accounts. Outside Kenya it charges $0.135 per active PPPoE or Static IP customer a month, capped at $45 up to 500 customers, $90 up to 1,000 and $360 above that, plus 2 percent of collected hotspot revenue capped at $27 a month up to $5,400 collected and $45 above it, with a $9 monthly minimum and a one-time $9 account fee. Optional add-ons are billed on top: every add-on together is $71 a month in the Legacy Partner bundle, with OLTs at $10 each.
Price by hotspot revenue
| Hotspot revenue collected a month | Powerlynx (up to 400 concurrent users) | Iterative Billing |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | $100 | $10 |
| $1,350 | $100 | $27 (capped) |
| $3,000 | $100 | $27 (capped) |
| $5,400 | $100 | $27 (capped) |
| $10,000 | $100 | $45 (capped) |
Monthly platform charge from each vendor's published US dollar rates. Powerlynx's charge depends on peak concurrent users, not revenue: each 100 users above 400 adds $25 on its published $0.25 per user. Iterative Billing's charge depends only on collected hotspot revenue and stops at $27 until a network collects $5,400 a month, and at $45 above that, however many users, sites or routers it runs. Kenyan networks pay the same share in shillings, capped at KSh 3,000.
Hardware and payments
Powerlynx covers more access hardware: Cambium, TP-Link Omada and Nokia gateways as well as MikroTik. Iterative Billing's hotspot runs on MikroTik routers, with 21 captive-portal themes, time and data vouchers, and self-purchase by M-Pesa, MTN MoMo and Airtel Money, Paystack, Flutterwave, Pesapal or WaafiPay. It also runs PPPoE, Static IP and fibre customers on the same account, which matters once a hotspot business adds home connections. See hotspot billing software for the full hotspot feature set.
Trials
Powerlynx offers a 21-day free trial. Iterative Billing reviews each application within one business day and gives approved networks a 3-day trial, then a one-time $9 account fee.
Which should you choose?
If your hotspots run on Cambium or TP-Link Omada gear, Powerlynx supports that hardware directly. If you run MikroTik, collect by mobile money or also sell home internet, Iterative Billing costs $27 a month on $3,000 of hotspot revenue against Powerlynx's $100 starting licence. Run your own numbers in the hotspot profit calculator. Apply for Iterative Billing at billing.iterativebilling.com/register (approved networks get a 3-day trial), and the caps are on the pricing page. Powerlynx figures are from its published pricing as of 6 November 2026 and may change. We keep the same date-stamped comparisons for Splynx, Centipid and the other platforms on the alternatives page.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Powerlynx cost?
- Powerlynx's pricing page, read on 6 November 2026, starts at $100 a month for up to 400 concurrent online users and scales in 100-user increments at $0.25 per user. It says there are no setup fees and offers a 21-day free trial.
- Is Iterative Billing cheaper than Powerlynx for a hotspot?
- On published rates, yes, in every example we ran: Iterative Billing takes 2 percent of collected hotspot revenue capped at $27 a month up to $5,400 collected and $45 above, against Powerlynx's $100 starting licence. A hotspot collecting $10,000 a month pays $45.
- Which hardware does each support?
- Powerlynx lists MikroTik, Cambium, Ubiquiti, TP-Link and Nokia equipment. Iterative Billing's hotspot runs on MikroTik RouterOS v6 and v7.