[OpenSIPS-Users] CDRtool vs CGRATES for Opensips 2.2 +

[Jeff Wilkie]

DanB,

Thanks for the very useful information!

I'm reading that the preferred install OS for CGRATES is Debian.  Most of
our development happens on CENTOS 6.x.  Are there packages yet for CENT?
Or would we be required to install from source if we keep that OS?

Thanks

Jeff Wilkie


On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 6:32 AM, DanB <danb.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> Although it is a slippery ground, in order to have the question answered,
> I can claim having experience with both systems (we used to install CDRTool
> for customers and still have today installs running since like 8 years
> without issues).
>
> CDRTool (CDR rating system):
>
>     * Written in php, works closely with db (eg: relies on it's query
> speed with some caching for parts of the rates)
>
>     * Mature implementation, not much development changing the code over
> the years (other than bug fixes).
>
>     * Simple rating definition and implementation.
>
>     * Web interface for rates management as well as CDRs.
>
>     * Designed around rating CDRs and maintaining account balance.
>
>
> CGRateS (OCS - online charging system):
>
>     * Written in Go, caches almost all information in process, database
> agnostic (abstracts databases into interfaces), database speed does not
> influence the speed of calculations, built on micro-services with full
> asynchronous processing.
>
>     * Still in Release Candidate when it comes to architecture, evolved a
> lot over the years, master should be always stable in terms of
> functionality since it runs in production environments (architecture part
> is not yet declared stable - you can expect it to still evolve).
>
>     * Complex rating (rates voice calls, data streams, sms, etc) and
> accounting (unlimited number of balances/bundles and failover between them
> during a call).
>
>     * API (JSON) driven management (full set) with no official web
> interface available yet.
>
>     * Additional functionality: fraud detection with automatic mitigation
> (3 layers: accounts, CDR stats, resources usage), CDR logging with support
> for interim records, QoS LCR and LCR over bundels, real-time (complete in
> memory) call statistics with pattern monitoring and triggers/web hooks
> towards external systems, derive charging (session emulation -
> reseller/distributor scenarios, customer/supplier parallel calculations),
> performance optimized (one CGRateS instance should be able to handle 5k
> requests per second in terms of rating calculations), built-in high
> availability for Diameter setups.
>
>
> So these being said, it is all about the need vs price (time investment)
> you are ready to pay for it by using one system or another (considering
> both systems are opensource and you can extend yourself in one way or
> another). If you don't have complex rating requirements nor the need of
> increased CPS, I trust CDRTool will do the job just fine since it did it
> for us over the years (you get the advantage as said of simple management
> and architecture stability, quick learning curve). CGRateS on the other
> hand should be there if you decide you need more functionality/speed and
> you are also ready to offer it more time and efforts.
>
>
> I hope this helps someone!
>
> DanB
>
>
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