This post compares the two side by side so you can pick the right fit for your business.
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Speedify Starlink Index — real-world performance from 6,228 Starlink users: 2.3% downtime, about 33 minutes a day for always-on connections
Your Starlink loses connection every day.
Speedify’s Starlink Index reports Starlink performance data from a sample of thousands of real-world Starlink dishes.
Daily Starlink downtime
~33 min
2.3% of connected time unreachable
Avg packet loss
0.17%
vs 0.08% on T-Mobile
71% of Starlink users ran at least one other internet connection — 4,400 of 6,228 users. Cellular is the most common backup.
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Should you get a backup connection for Starlink?
Yes. Starlink goes down every day — an always-on dish averages about 34 minutes of downtime daily from routine satellite handoffs. A second connection keeps you online when Starlink drops.
What’s the best backup connection for Starlink?
A 4G/5G cellular hotspot or SIM is the most practical backup for most Starlink users — it works anywhere Starlink works, requires no installation, and uses a different network so outages rarely overlap. Cable or DSL broadband is a strong option if you have it at a fixed location. A second Starlink dish is also possible if you need maximum throughput.
How do you use two internet connections at once with Starlink?
Speedify combines Starlink with any other connection — cellular, cable, Wi-Fi, or a second dish — into one bonded connection. Speedify runs on your phone, laptop, or router. When Starlink drops, Speedify moves your traffic to the backup instantly, so calls don’t cut out and downloads don’t stall. Speedify is free to try.
71% of Speedify’s Starlink users already run a second connection. Speedify’s Starlink Index tracks real-world Starlink performance data from thousands of dishes.
See the full dataset →How Speedify Bonds Starlink Without Proprietary Hardware
Speedify connects to their global server network, then splits traffic at the packet level across every available connection at once – Starlink, Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, wired Ethernet, other satellite. A single download, upload, or video stream uses the combined capacity of all bonded links, up to 95% of theoretical aggregate throughput.
When a connection degrades or fails, Speedify reroutes to the remaining connections in under a second without dropping the session. Speedify runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and supported OpenWrt routers, so bonding happens on the exact device that needs it, with no proprietary appliance to source or rack.
Two Speedify capabilities have no Peplink equivalent for a Starlink site.
- Speedify’s Starlink Control Center reads telemetry straight from each dish: obstruction maps, throughput, ping, uptime, and live alerts for a stuck actuator motor, a non-vertical mast, or a thermal throttle, plus dish alignment tools for aiming multiple dishes at different sky.
- Speedify’s cellular sharing feature lets a field crew pool their 4G/5G cellular connections across devices on the same network, creating bonded capacity from the phones already on site.
Speedify vs. Peplink for Bonding Starlink
| Capability | Peplink (SpeedFusion) | Speedify |
|---|---|---|
| Bonding method | Packet-level bonding plus WAN smoothing | Packet-level bonding, up to 95% of aggregate throughput |
| Hardware required | Yes, Balance / MAX routers | None, software on existing devices |
| Runs on phones, laptops, and servers | App does smoothing only, full bonding needs a router | Yes, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
| Bonds two Starlink dishes plus cellular | Yes | Yes, in software |
| Starlink dish telemetry and alignment | No | Yes, Starlink Control Center |
| Cellular sharing across devices | No | Yes |
| Central fleet and policy management | InControl 2, deep multi-site management | Speedify Teams |
| Private server endpoint | Cloud or self-hosted appliance | Add-on on any plan, Dedicated or Self-Hosted Servers |
| Time to first bonded site | Procure and configure hardware | Install an app |
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Which Speedify Deployment Suits a Peplink Evaluation
For a business weighing Peplink, the closest Speedify mapping is the software app plus the Self-Hosted Servers or Dedicated Servers add-on. That pairing gives the private, controlled egress a Peplink-plus-cloud design provides, without proprietary endpoint hardware.
Businesses that still want a router at a fixed site can run a Powered by Speedify router on OpenWrt, GL.iNet, or Miri hardware and keep the same software bonding stack everywhere else. Speedify covers this when talking about the enterprise alternative to Peplink.
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Related Speedify Starlink Bonding Comparisons
See how Speedify compares to other Starlink bonding options for business, or read the full overview of the channel bonding market.
- How Speedify bonds Starlink for business: the full competitor comparison
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- Speedify vs. Mushroom Networks
- Speedify vs. Viprinet
- Speedify vs. Dejero
- Speedify vs. LiveU
- Speedify vs. TVU Networks
- Speedify vs. Cradlepoint
- Speedify vs. OpenMPTCProuter
The Bottom Line on Speedify vs. Peplink
For a business whose goal is a reliable Starlink connection without a hardware program, Speedify is faster to stand up, runs on devices the business already owns, and adds Starlink dish tooling and cellular sharing that proprietary hardware does not. Speedify makes your business internet faster, more reliable, and more secure.
Learn more about Speedify channel bonding or read how Speedify bonds multiple Starlink connections for business.
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