Cogsdale CSM Utility Billing vs CUSI Utility Billing

Cogsdale CSM Utility Billing provides convergent billing for utility services, including electric, water, wastewater, sewer, gas, refuse, internet, telephone and cable. It supports flexible rates, unlimited routes, multiple billing plans and bills that combine services. Customer service tools bring together customer and premise information, activity history, payment arrangements, reports and document management. Payment channels include customer portals, IVR, kiosks and pay by text, with processing partnerships including InvoiceCloud and Paymentus. Collections cover overdue and delinquent payments, arrangements and extensions, agency exports, and bad debt or write-offs. The system can send bills and collection or payment-arrangement notices by email, SMS and electronic copies. Its MeterSense add-on works with leading AMI systems to manage and interpret smart meter data. Cogsdale describes a RESTful API using tokenized security and JSON, and offers managed cloud hosting with a stated 99.9%+ uptime guarantee. Listed platforms are Android and iOS. Pricing is on request.

CUSI Utility Billing provides utility billing and customer information software. It offers UMS as an on-premise option and UB4 as a hosted, browser-based application available wherever there is an internet connection. UMS supports customer management, services and devices, work orders, billing schedules, payments, and reporting. UB4 includes a report writer for custom reports and dashboards. The CWP customer portal lets customers review usage and payment history, pay bills, register for services, and set communication preferences. MMRS supports meter reading from internet-enabled devices and wireless uploads to CUSI billing applications. CUSI lists more than 100 integrations across work management, accounting, identity verification, metering, and print systems, as well as custom integrations and APIs. The software supports water, sewer, electricity, natural gas, storm water, refuse, and other utility services. CUSI states that its products use current encryption standards, follow NIST guidelines, and are PCI, FIPS, and SOC 2 attested; it also announced a SOC 2 Type II audit. Pricing is available on request.