HOMER vs Sipfront Probe
HOMER
sipcapture.orgSipfront Probe
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| Figure | HOMER | Sipfront Probe |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · VoIP Monitoring Software | 8.3 (#5) | 5.5 (#21) |
| Founded | 2011 | 2020 |
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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.
Sipfront Probe
Sipfront Probe has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.