We Support M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas, Airtel Money & HaloPesa · Free forever for 1 router
For hostels, hotels, cafés, markets & campuses

Run your own WiFi business, keep 100% of the revenue

UpesiLipa is the most advanced hotspot platform for the hardware you already own — TP-Link Omada, MikroTik, Ubiquiti UniFi, Ruijie Reyee, Cambium, Cudy, Ruckus, OpenWrt, Grandstream, Aruba, Cisco Meraki and pfSense, or any Cloud RADIUS device. Mobile-money billing, branded captive portals, all in one dashboard.

No card required to start · connect your own PalmPesa, PlusPesa, FimiPay, ClickPesa, AzamPay, Snippe, Selcom, or SonicPesa · live in under 10 minutes
We are not a payment aggregator. Your customers pay straight into your own mobile-money account — we never touch that money.
TZS 0
1 router, free forever
Sunrise Guesthouse WiFi

Choose a package

1 HourTZS 500
Full DayTZS 1,500
1 WeekTZS 6,000
Pay with M-Pesa
~10 min
router setup
WORKS WITH THE HARDWARE YOU ALREADY OWN
TP-Link Omada MikroTik Cambium Ubiquiti UniFi Ruijie Reyee Cudy Ruckus OpenWrt Grandstream Aruba Cisco Meraki pfSense
✓ TP-Link Omada, MikroTik and Cambium are proven on real operator hardware — real customers, real payments, not a spec sheet. The rest connect over standard RADIUS, so your customers type a voucher code to get online. Not sure what you have? Send us a photo of the label and we will tell you straight.
Free
forever, for 1 router
100%
of customer revenue is yours
~10 min
router setup, self-service
24/7
free support, every plan

Not a promise — what the platform actually does

Real operators, real hardware, measured on our own network
100+
operators across Tanzania run their WiFi business on UpesiLipa
90%
of paying customers are online in under a minute — half of them in one second
12
hardware brands supported, from MikroTik to Cambium — use what you already own
8
mobile-money gateways to choose from — connect the account you already collect with
The old way

Manual WiFi billing doesn't scale

What running hotspots looked like before operators switched.

8+ hours per router, by hand

Manually configuring hotspot users, vouchers, and a payment page for every router doesn't scale past your first site.

Handwritten vouchers, no record

Paper codes with no system behind them — no way to know what's sold, what's used, or what's still valid.

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No visibility into your own network

No live dashboard means you find out something's wrong from a customer complaint, not from your own system.

Features

Everything you need to sell internet

No developers, no separate billing system, no per-customer setup calls.

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Your own payment gateway

Connect PalmPesa, PlusPesa, FimiPay, ClickPesa, AzamPay, Snippe, Selcom, or SonicPesa — customer payments go straight to your account. UpesiLipa never touches your money.

Custom packages

Set your own prices and durations — hourly, daily, weekly, monthly. Hide staff-only packages from the public portal.

Vouchers & mobile money

Sell prepaid voucher codes, accept mobile money, or both — customers choose what's easiest for them.

Live dashboard

Revenue, customers online, router health, and sales — all in one place, updated in real time.

Your branding

Your logo, your colors, your support number on the customer portal. Customers see your business, not ours.

Self-service router setup

Paste one command into MikroTik, or connect over RADIUS if you run UniFi, TP-Link Omada, Cisco WLC, or similar — no technician visit required either way.

Multiple portal themes

Pick from a range of branded looks for your customer payment page — dark, bold market colors, coastal, minimal, and more. Your portal, your style.

Site health checks

See uptime, outages, and voucher success rates for each site — know something's wrong before a customer complains about it.

How it works

Live in four steps

Most operators are selling their first package within 10 minutes.

1

Register your business

Business name, phone, email — verified by email. You land on the Free plan immediately.

2

Connect your router

Paste one command into MikroTik. Your dashboard shows connected the moment it's done.

# paste once into your router terminal
> Broadcasting WiFi as your business name
> Hotspot + payment portal installed
✓ Connected — dashboard updates automatically
3

Connect your payment gateway

Add your PalmPesa, PlusPesa, FimiPay, ClickPesa, AzamPay, Snippe, Selcom, or SonicPesa details — we test the connection live.

4

Set your packages

Pick a template or go fully custom. Your customer portal goes live instantly.

Network equipment and cabling mounted on a utility pole against a clear sky
Put the hardware up once. Wherever your network reaches — a pole, a rooftop, a shop counter — the billing side is already done.
A white router on a desk with a network cable connected
Use the router you already own. One command turns it into a captive portal that takes mobile money. No new hardware to buy.
Pricing

A plan for every size of business

Start free, upgrade only when your own growth asks you to.

Free forever

1 router, every feature, TZS 0

No trial, no credit card, no expiry — the real entry point, not a countdown.

Start free
Twiga
2–3 routers or up to 50 online users
TZS 5,000
per month
  • Everything in Free
  • Room to grow past 1 router
  • Live dashboard & reports
Choose Twiga
Most popular
Tembo
4–6 routers or up to 250 online users
TZS 10,000
per month
  • Everything in Twiga
  • Built for multi-site operators
  • Priority for new features
Choose Tembo
Simba
7+ routers, unlimited online users
TZS 15,000
per month
  • Everything in Tembo
  • Our largest self-serve tier
  • Running more? Talk to us
Choose Simba
90%
of paying customers online in under a minute
Example dashboard
This weekTZS 214,500
Customers online now18
Why UpesiLipa

Built so the money is always yours

UpesiLipa is a WiFi billing platform, not a payment intermediary. Two payment pipelines, never mixed: your customers pay you directly through your own gateway. UpesiLipa only ever charges its own flat or usage-based subscription — separately, on its own schedule.

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We never touch customer money

Your PalmPesa, PlusPesa, FimiPay, ClickPesa, AzamPay, Snippe, Selcom, or SonicPesa account collects every shilling directly — not a UpesiLipa account, not a shared pool.

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Never punishes your customers

If your own subscription lapses, anyone already connected stays connected until their time runs out — no mid-session disconnects.

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Real support, every plan

WhatsApp and email support included whether you're on Free or Simba — no priced-out tier for help.

FAQ

Questions operators actually ask

How much does UpesiLipa cost?

Free forever for 1 router — every feature, no trial, no card required. Beyond that, fixed plans range from TZS 5,000/month (Twiga, 2–3 routers) up to TZS 15,000/month (Simba, unlimited online users).

Does UpesiLipa ever touch my customers' money?

No. Your customers pay straight into your own PalmPesa, PlusPesa, FimiPay, ClickPesa, AzamPay, Snippe, Selcom, or SonicPesa account — UpesiLipa never sits in that path. We only ever charge your own subscription separately, on our own schedule, through our own gateway.

How fast can I actually get set up?

Most operators are selling their first package within about 10 minutes. For a MikroTik router, it's one command pasted into the terminal — no technician visit, no VPN, no separate wizard.

Do I need a payment gateway to start, or can I just use vouchers?

Vouchers work completely on their own — print or hand out codes, no gateway needed. Online payment (M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Mixx by Yas, HaloPesa — via PalmPesa, PlusPesa, FimiPay, ClickPesa, AzamPay, Snippe, Selcom, or SonicPesa) is optional, and you can turn either or both on any time from your dashboard.

I don't have a MikroTik — can I still use UpesiLipa?

Yes. If you run UniFi, TP-Link Omada, or a Cisco WLC controller, UpesiLipa connects over RADIUS instead — same billing, packages, and dashboard, just a different setup path.

What happens if I miss a subscription payment?

A short grace period starts first — new sales pause, but anyone already connected stays connected until their paid time actually runs out; nobody gets disconnected mid-session. If grace expires unpaid, the account is suspended, never deleted — paying at any point resumes everything automatically.

Contact

Get in touch

Questions before you start? We reply fast.

Email support@upesilipa.com or use the form below

Ready to run your own WiFi business?

Set up your dashboard in minutes — keep every shilling you earn.

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