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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FreePBX

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AThe FreePBX EcoSystem has developed over the past decade to become a widely deployed Open Source PBX platform in use across the world today. Sangoma now offers and supports the FreePBX appliance, a purpose-built, performant PBX solution designed and tested for optimal performance, and the only officially supported hardware solution for FreePBX. The appliance comes preloaded with the FreePBX Distro and includes a one-year warranty.N/A

    HotTelecom

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABeta Company's HotTelecom is a service that consists of a wide range of VoIP needs with over 6000 virtual phone numbers both local and mobile for business, designed to present an easy to use and affordable means of communication. HotTelecom offers virtual phone numbers, toll-free numbers, SMS numbers, SMS numbers for registration and multi-channel numbers, and virtual PBX set-up. All these come with clear-voice technology, for high sound quality.

    $5

    Monthly fee + connection fee

    Pricing
    FreePBXHotTelecom
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Virtual fax number
    $30
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Virtual PBX
    $65
    Monthly fee
    Direct virtual phone number
    from 5
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Virtual SMS number
    from 7
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Toll-free (800) number
    from 7
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreePBXHotTelecom
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Each price is the price of monthly fee. There might be an additional connection fee for the products.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreePBXHotTelecom
    Considered Both Products
    Sangoma
    No answer on this topic
    Beta Company
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    FreePBXHotTelecom
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of FreePBX and HotTelecom
    Feature
    FreePBX
    -
    Ratings
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of FreePBX and HotTelecom
    Feature
    FreePBX
    -
    Ratings
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of FreePBX and HotTelecom
    Feature
    FreePBX
    -
    Ratings
    HotTelecom
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreePBXHotTelecom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreePBXHotTelecom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sangoma
    FreepBX is a great product if you are able and willing to manage your own PBX system. It requires some know-how to set up but once running, it works very well. There is a large community that helps answer questions, but it isn't "plug and play" so you will need to be able to research and troubleshoot your own issues (or pay for support).
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    When our clients or partners call our corporate number they can now reach any needed employee or department by themselves. It is simple - they just need to use voice assistant and press the needed number.
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    Pros
    Sangoma
    • Standard telephony.
    • VM to email.
    • Firewall
    • Expandable extensions.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    • Friendly and responsive customer support.
    • Wide geographical coverage.
    • It's easy to set up.
    • High-quality phone calls.
    • There are a lot of additional services available.
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    Cons
    Sangoma
    • Phone integration/firmware can be clunky and has a learning curve.
    • Relies on crowd sourcing information as expected for open-source.
    • Requires some moderate expertise for setup.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    • Video calling is not available as a feature.
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    Usability
    Sangoma
    It works well, there isn't much more to say. You can get a free ($0) phone system packed with features, then if you need even more features then the cost is extremely cheap, and it works well. On top of this, you have complete freedom in the PBX to do as you wish, and debug and see everything
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Sangoma
    No answers on this topic
    Beta Company
    We are totally satisfied with help Customer Support. They were quick and responsive
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sangoma
    3CX may be slightly easier for a novice to use, but FreePBX completely beats it when you remove that factor. You can do anything you want, and debug and see everything. Now with AI its even easier to debug and learn how the PBX works if you hit an issue
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Sangoma
    • Drastically reduced our direct telephony cost as we don't need to have the hardware and support.
    • Very functional and added new functionality that we did not have previously.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    • We've got the option to use another marketing channel with HotTelecom's SMS virtual phone numbers. They also provide us with an ability to count everything in marketing campaigns made with SMS numbers and to make the right decisions based on the received data.
    Read full review
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