Mushroom Networks vs. Speedify with Starlink: An Appliance or an App

Mushroom Networks sells Broadband Bonding appliances, like the Truffle and the Portabella, that combine several internet connections at a business site, Starlink included, so they work as one faster and steadier internet connection. Each site that needs it needs its own Mushroom box. Speedify does the same job in software: an app for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, and for supported routers, so it runs on the devices your business already has.

Below: how each one works with Starlink, a side-by-side table, and which Speedify setup fits a business looking at Mushroom Networks. To talk through your own sites, contact the Speedify team.

Speedify bonds Starlink with other internet sources for failover, no bonding hardware needed

STARLINK 4G/5G CELLULAR OFFICE LINE SPEEDIFY ENCRYPTED DATA EVERY LINK THE SITE HAS STARLINK DROPS NO BONDING HARDWARE WORK CARRIES ON POINT OF SALE VIDEO CALLS CLOUD APPS FIELD DEVICES
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How Speedify's channel bonding technology works on any hardware

Walk through the protocol, the per-packet distribution model, the failover logic, and the encryption layer in one detailed explainer. The architecture and the engineering tradeoffs that make Speedify different from a load-balancer or a regular VPN.

Get started with Speedify for your business

Speedify offers three commercial paths. They're not exclusive — most enterprise customers combine two or more.

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Speedify Teams

Bonded internet for everyone in your business, managed from one dashboard.

Speedify on every supported OS for every team member


Centralized dashboard for billing, user provisioning, and usage analytics


CSV import/export and a RESTful management API

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Speedify for Routers

Run Speedify on hardware you already own, or buy a Powered by Speedify router with it preinstalled.

License for supported OpenWrt routers


Powered by Speedify hardware lineup ready to deploy out of the box


Miri, GL.iNET, and other partner models


Whole-LAN bonding without per-device install

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Embed Speedify into your product

Build channel bonding into your own product. For OEMs, software vendors, and hardware manufacturers shipping connectivity as a feature of their own product line.

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Build it yourself with the Speedify SDK.

Integrate Speedify into your iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, or QNX product. Full developer documentation, sample code, and supported integration paths. You own the build, we provide the bonding stack.

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B · CUSTOM ENGINEERING

Have us build it for you.

Engage our engineering team to deliver custom integration work, deployment architecture, and protocol-level customization. Done by the team that built Speedify, against your spec and your timeline.
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How Speedify Combines Starlink with Other Internet Connections Without an Appliance

Speedify sends your internet traffic over every internet connection you have at the same time: Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite. Speedify’s servers around the world put the pieces back together, so a single file transfer or video stream gets nearly the full speed of all your internet connections combined. If one internet connection drops, Speedify moves your traffic to the others automatically.

Speedify needs at least two internet connections to do this. With one Starlink dish and nothing else, it can’t add speed or stop drops.

A Mushroom Networks appliance has to be bought, shipped and installed at every location. Speedify runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and supported OpenWrt routers, so your business uses Starlink with its other internet connections on the devices it already runs. For a business with many sites, or with people and vehicles on the move, that turns a hardware shipping project into a software rollout.

Speedify also has two tools made for Starlink. Speedify’s Starlink Control Center shows each Starlink dish’s live status, speed, ping, obstructions, uptime and alerts, for several Starlink dishes at once. Speedify’s cellular sharing lets people on the same Wi-Fi pair their phones and share their 4G/5G cellular data. That helps most where one appliance with one set of cellular modems still can’t get enough signal.

Speedify vs. Mushroom Networks for Starlink: Side-by-Side Comparison

What you’re comparing Mushroom Networks Speedify
How it combines internet connections Broadband Bonding, on an appliance Splits data across all connections in software, for nearly their full speed combined
Hardware you need at each site Yes, a Truffle or Portabella appliance None, install an app or use a supported router
Runs on phones, laptops and servers No, an appliance at each site Yes, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Uses Starlink with cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet Yes Yes
Rules for which traffic goes first Yes, detailed traffic controls Streaming mode puts calls, streams and games first
Build it into your own product Sold as appliances Yes, Speedify SDK
Time to set up a new site Ship and install an appliance Install an app

Which Speedify Setup Fits a Business Looking at Mushroom Networks

Businesses look at Mushroom Networks when they want several internet connections combined at a fixed site. The Speedify setup that matches is the Speedify app on each device or at each site, with Speedify Teams to manage every location from one dashboard.

Where a site really does want one box for the whole network, a Powered by Speedify router does that job, and the rest of your devices stay on the Speedify app. If you want to build this into your own product or into devices you ship, the Speedify SDK does what an appliance can’t. See Speedify for business.

More Comparisons of Speedify and Other Starlink Options for Business

See how Speedify compares with other ways to use Starlink together with other internet connections at a business.

Speedify Is Used on Millions of Devices Worldwide

Speedify has powered stronger Internet for millions of consumers since 2014

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Millions of Speedify downloads worldwide, and growing every day

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More than 75,000 5-star reviews for Speedify in the iOS and Android app stores

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Points of Speedify presence in datacenters around the globe

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Hundreds of terabytes of fast, secure data streamed every week via Speedify

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The Bottom Line on Speedify vs. Mushroom Networks for Starlink

If you want Starlink combined with your other internet connections without an appliance at every location, Speedify gets you there in software, on five operating systems, with Starlink dish status and cellular sharing on top. Speedify makes your internet faster, more reliable, and more secure.

See how Speedify combines internet connections or read how Speedify shows and manages several Starlink dishes.

Speedify Business Solutions

Speedify Teams

Get faster uploads and downloads and a more reliable internet connection for all the people and devices in your business.

Speedify for Routers

Power your OpenWRT, GL.iNET, or Miri router with Speedify and combine Wi-Fi, Ethernet, 4G, 5G, Starlink and other satellite internet connections together.

Speedify Embedded Solutions and Integrations

Embed Speedify software into your app or hardware products and leverage the core channel bonding technology of Speedify in new and interesting ways.