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MikroTik hotspot billing software in the cloud

Last updated: 10 November 2026

Hotspot billing software decides who may use your MikroTik hotspot, for how long, how fast and how much - and keeps track of what each login was sold for. RadiusNest does this as a cloud service: your router asks it at every hotspot login through RADIUS, it applies the package the customer bought, and every sale lands in your reports. There is nothing to install on a server of your own, and the router does not need a public IP address.

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What hotspot billing software does

A MikroTik hotspot shows a login page and lets a device online once a username and password (or a voucher code) are accepted. On its own, the router can only check logins it stores itself. Hotspot billing software takes that job over and adds the business around it:

  • Authentication - checking every hotspot login and refusing the ones that are wrong, expired or used up.
  • Limits - telling the router the speed, data, time and number of devices each login is allowed.
  • Selling - vouchers, online payment, renewals and resellers, with a record of every sale.
  • Customer care - letting customers see what they have left, and letting you find, renew or disconnect anyone quickly.

Doing this in the cloud means one place for all of it, however many hotspot routers you run.

How RadiusNest connects to your hotspot

When you add a router in RadiusNest, the dashboard writes a setup script for it. Pasted into the router's terminal, the script:

  1. Opens a secure connection from the router to RadiusNest. The router dials out, so it works behind CGNAT and without a public IP address.
  2. Adds RadiusNest as the router's RADIUS server for the hotspot, with accounting, so the router reports how much each customer uses.
  3. Turns on RADIUS for the hotspot server you marked for RadiusNest - other hotspot servers on the router are left as they are.

From then on every hotspot login is checked by RadiusNest. Your hotspot login page stays on the router, so you can keep your own design (see customizing the MikroTik hotspot login page). If the router has no hotspot yet, RadiusNest can also build the hotspot and PPPoE server for you. How RADIUS itself works is explained in cloud RADIUS server for MikroTik.

RouterOS versions: the setup script uses WireGuard on RouterOS 7 and L2TP/IPsec on RouterOS 6. New releases are tested on RouterOS 7 routers. If your router runs RouterOS 6, try it on the free trial before you move customers over.

Vouchers

Vouchers are the usual way to sell hotspot access. In RadiusNest you choose a package and a quantity, and it makes a batch of unique codes:

  • Printable cards with your ISP name, the package, the price, the code and a card number such as "3/30", so a batch can be counted.
  • Codes with a username and password, or a single code with no password, whichever suits your customers.
  • The time starts at first login, so unsold cards do not run out on the shelf.
  • Used and disabled cards are marked, and unused ones can be deleted.
  • Resellers can make and sell cards from their own pool.

More in the MikroTik hotspot voucher system.

Packages, speed and data limits

A package is what a customer buys. Each package can combine:

  • Speed - download and upload, sent to the router at login.
  • Data - a total for the period, or unlimited. When it is used up, the login stops or is slowed to a fair-use speed, your choice.
  • Time - days of validity and, if you want, a limit on time online.
  • Devices at the same time - one phone per login, or several.
  • Hours - for example a night package that only works from 11 PM to 6 AM, or separate day and night data on one login.
  • App data - extra data for one app, such as TikTok or YouTube, on routers where App usage is turned on.

Guides: data, time and speed limits per user, devices at the same time, day and night data and app usage and app data limits.

Customers and self-service

  • Every customer has an account you can search by username, name or phone, with usage, end date and history.
  • Logins can be username and password, or by device (MAC address) so a known device goes online without typing anything.
  • An optional "remember devices" setting lets the router log a customer's phone back in by itself for up to 30 days.
  • Customers get their own page to see data and days left and change their password, and an optional Telegram bot that answers in English, Urdu, Persian, Pashto and Arabic.

See MikroTik hotspot MAC authentication and hotspot cookies.

Payments, renewals and resellers

Customers can buy or renew a package themselves from your online shop, paid to your own payment account. Supported payment services include Stripe, PayPal, Flutterwave, Xendit, Razorpay, Mercado Pago, M-Pesa and mobile money through pawaPay. When a payment arrives, the login is created or renewed by itself.

Every voucher, renewal and shop order is recorded as a sale, so you can see what was sold, by whom and what is still unpaid. Resellers and staff get their own logins with their own permissions, and resellers can sell from a pool you give them.

More in card and PayPal payments for MikroTik hotspots and M-Pesa payments.

Many routers, one dashboard

Add as many hotspot routers as your plan allows. Customers and packages are shared across them, and each router has its own page: whether it is connected, who is online on it, recent logins, and - when you turn them on - a live view, a router check that finds common configuration mistakes, and nightly router backups. See automatic MikroTik backups and network monitoring.

Set it up in five steps

  1. Start the free trial and add your router.
  2. Paste the setup script into the router's terminal (Winbox, New Terminal).
  3. Mark your hotspot server for RadiusNest, or let RadiusNest build one.
  4. Create your packages and print a first batch of vouchers.
  5. Log in on a phone with one voucher and watch it appear online in the dashboard.

A full walk-through of the router side is in MikroTik hotspot setup step by step.

Who it suits - and who it does not

A good fit: hotspot operators and small and mid-size ISPs on MikroTik routers who sell vouchers or monthly packages, run several sites, use resellers, or want customers to pay online.

Probably not a fit: networks built mainly on fibre (OLT) management or TR-069 device control, or operators who need accounting-package integrations - those are outside what RadiusNest does today. If your routers are not MikroTik, RadiusNest is not built for them.

What it costs

RadiusNest plans are in US dollars and include every feature. You pay in advance for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months by card or crypto, with no contract; card payments renew automatically only if you turn that on. There is a free trial on your own router and a 14-day refund on any payment. Current prices are on the pricing page.

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Questions and answers

What is MikroTik hotspot billing software?

Software that checks every hotspot login on a MikroTik router, applies the package the customer bought - speed, data, time and devices - and records the sale. Most of it works through RADIUS, so the router asks the billing software at each login.

Do I need my own server or a public IP address?

No. RadiusNest runs in the cloud, and your router connects out to it, so it works behind CGNAT.

Which RouterOS versions work?

The setup script supports RouterOS 7 (WireGuard) and RouterOS 6 (L2TP/IPsec). New releases are tested on RouterOS 7. On RouterOS 6, test with the free trial before moving customers.

Can I keep my own hotspot login page?

Yes. The login page stays on your router; RadiusNest only checks the logins it sends.

What happens if the router loses its connection to RadiusNest?

Customers who are already online stay online, because the router keeps their sessions. New logins cannot be checked until the connection is back, so a reliable internet link for the router matters.

Is RadiusNest a MikroTik product?

No. RadiusNest is independent software that works with MikroTik routers. It is not made by, or affiliated with, MikroTik.

Related guides

MikroTik and RouterOS are trademarks of MikroTik. RadiusNest is independent software and is not affiliated with MikroTik.

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