HOMER vs sip-exporter
HOMER
sipcapture.orgsip-exporter
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| Figure | HOMER | sip-exporter |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · VoIP Monitoring Software | 8.3 (#5) | 7.9 (#7) |
| Deployment | The project supports Docker, and the current HOMER repository documents release packages and Docker builds. | The project provides a single-container deployment and says the container must run privileged with host networking to access eBPF and the network interface. |
| Integrations | The site lists HEP/EEP support for Kamailio, OpenSIPS, Captagent, Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, RTPEngine, sipgrep, sngrep, and hepipe. | The Prometheus-format metrics are documented as compatible with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana Cloud, and other Prometheus-compatible scrapers. |
| License | The HOMER 11 repository states that the project is released under the AGPL-3.0 License. | The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and says modified network-accessible versions must offer users the corresponding source under the license terms. |
| Purpose | HOMER is a VoIP and RTC capture framework for analysis and monitoring. | sip-exporter is an open-source eBPF sensor that turns SIP signaling and correlated RTP traffic observed on a Linux host into Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboards. |
| Support | Commercial support options listed include development support, 24/7 SLA production support, and advanced training; requests are quote-based. | The project directs users to GitHub Issues for support, bug reports, and feature requests, and to its security policy for private vulnerability reports. |
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In their own words
HOMER
HOMER is a free framework for capturing VoIP and real-time communications traffic for analysis and monitoring. Its listed tools include search, end-to-end analysis, and packet drill-down, together with call-flow and PCAP capture, statistics, analytics, a REST API, and widgets. Capture agents support HEP3 encapsulation, payload encryption and compression, and TLS. The listed core covers SIP, RTCP, RTCP-XR, WebRTC signaling, and log collection. HEP/EEP integrations include Kamailio, OpenSIPS, Captagent, Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, RTPEngine, sipgrep, sngrep, and hepipe. HOMER 11 is described as an all-in-one HEP capture and API server for the 11.x data lake, with ingest, DuckLake storage, a Node using FlightSQL, and a Coordinator with a REST API. Docker is supported, and the project uses the AGPL-3.0 License. The maker presents HOMER for ITSPs, VoIP providers, and trunk suppliers. Commercial development support, 24/7 SLA production support, and advanced training are available by quote.
sip-exporter
sip-exporter is a free, open-source Linux and self-hosted eBPF sensor for SIP and correlated RTP monitoring. It exposes Prometheus metrics at /metrics, including SIP traffic, active sessions, RFC 6076 performance, voice quality, RTP, RTCP, fraud, and diagnostic measures. RTP analysis covers jitter, packet loss, packet-delay variation, and E-model MOS; RTCP sender and receiver statistics include loss, jitter, and round-trip time linked by SSRC. Documented fraud indicators include registration scans, INVITE bursts, account takeover after a registration country change, and False Answer Supervision. A Grafana dashboard has 11 sections, with Prometheus alert examples and Alertmanager examples for Slack, PagerDuty, and email. Metrics are documented for Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana Cloud, and compatible scrapers. Deployment uses a single container that must run privileged with host networking. Capture is limited to IPv4/UDP SIP and related RTP/RTCP, and the sensor must see signaling and media on the same call path.