Transparent pricing
Per-subscriber pricing published on the page: $1 each for your first 50, $0.40 to 500, $0.30 beyond, with a $25/month minimum. No enterprise quote, no contract.
VS
Sonar
The full Sonar toolset without the enterprise price tag.
Sonar is a capable platform, but its enterprise pricing and implementation program are a lot for a growing ISP. ISPbox runs the same core operations - billing, RADIUS provisioning, ticketing and network monitoring - with transparent plans and native mobile apps, and imports your Sonar data to get you live.
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01
What it costs to start
Both platforms price per subscriber - the difference is the floor. Sonar starts billing at $500 a month; ISPbox starts at $25.
Sonar
$500/mo
Monthly minimum, at $1.25 per subscriber - plus an enterprise implementation program to get live.
ISPbox
$25/mo
Monthly minimum, at $1 per subscriber - dropping to $0.40 past 50 and $0.30 past 500, full platform included.
Roughly $5,700 a year of difference at the entry point - before implementation fees.
// See full ISPbox pricing · competitor pricing per their public materials, August 2026
02
ISPbox vs Sonar
Where the two platforms differ for a small to mid-size ISP.
| Focus area | ISPbox | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant (MCP) | ✓Built in - Claude & ChatGPT | ✗Not offered |
| Entry price | ✓From $25/mo | $500/mo minimum |
| Native mobile apps | ✓Field + subscriber apps | ~Web-first |
| Provisioning stack | ✓MikroTik + RADIUS + CoA included | Part of larger rollout |
| Getting live | ✓Self-serve + Sonar importer | Guided implementation |
✓ included · $ paid add-on · ~ partial / varies · ✗ not offered
// Based on publicly available information, August 2026. Spot something outdated? Tell us.
03
Why operators move from Sonar to ISPbox
The same operational depth, without the enterprise cost and onboarding overhead.
Native mobile apps included
ISPbox Field for technicians and a branded subscriber app ship with the platform, so your team and your customers are covered on day one.
Migrate without a services contract
Import clients, services, invoices and payments from a Sonar CSV export yourself, guided by the onboarding checklist.
AI
Built-in MCP server
Your ISP panel now speaks AI. Sonar doesn't.
Every ISPbox workspace ships a built-in MCP server: connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor with one URL and let AI diagnose "why is this customer offline?", warn everyone behind a failing tower, read your LibreNMS/Zabbix alerts and run your billing reports - under each staff member's own permissions, with a full audit trail.
Why is John Smith offline?
diagnose-service(id: 4821)
Ridge Tower 3 is down since 06:12 - John and 46 others are affected, his billing is fine. Want me to notify them all?
04
What you get from day one
A complete back office, not a module list.
Billing, provisioning, support, network monitoring and a customer portal are all included in every plan.
Automated recurring billing
Proration, tax, autopay across four gateways, and hourly dunning that unblocks the second a payment lands.
Network map and monitoring
Mapbox network map, built-in ping monitor, LibreNMS and Zabbix sync, and automatic incidents with a public status page.
REST API and webhooks
A token-scoped REST API, 17 webhook events and auto-generated developer docs for your own automations.
Ready to migrate from Sonar?
Send us a Sonar export and we will map out the import and go-live plan.
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