Sangoma Asterisk vs. TrioPBX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Asterisk is an open source toolkit for building communications applications, now owned and supported by Sangoma (acquired with Digium in 2018). Most Asterisk-based systems and solutions require additional components (e.g. IP-phones, VoIP gateways or telephony interface cards, and other hardware), and expertise.N/A
TrioPBX
Score 0.0 out of 10
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TrioPBX is a cloud-hosted business phone and contact center platform built for organizations that want professional telephony, modern routing, and actionable analytics without the cost and complexity of on-premise hardware. The system consolidates inbound and outbound calling, IVR, queues, recordings, and WebRTC softphones into a single, configurable service suitable for customer support, sales, and service desks. Its architecture emphasizes quick rollout,…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTrioPBX‑Pricing at a glance On the TrioPBX pricing page you’ll find transparent per‑user, per‑month pricing with all key features included — and importantly, no hidden long‑term contracts. Basic Plan – Ideal for small teams and lean budgets The Basic tier starts at just US $5 per user/month when you select 1‑5 users. Included with this plan: 200 local calling minutes per user — a solid allowance for light to moderate calling needs. Core features such as multi‑lingual IVR (Interactive Voice Response), the ability to ring all devices (desktop, mobile, web phone), one year of call recording, a dashboard, and a web‑phone interface. The entry cost and bundled minutes make this plan very friendly for startups, remote teams, freelancers, micro‑businesses or any operation that doesn’t yet need advanced features or large volumes of calls. Why it works for low‑budget scenarios At US $5/user/month the overhead is minimal, so you can get professional VoIP functionality without a large investment upfront. The included minutes mean you’re not immediately paying extra for basic outgoing calls, helping to control cost predictability. You get essential functionality (IVR, call recording, web phone access) that many legacy or traditional phone systems charge extra for – so you’re getting modern features for much lower cost. The plan is scalable. As you grow, you can move to the “Advanced” or “Premium” tiers when you genuinely need more minutes or additional features like click‑to‑dial, holiday routing, webhooks or audit logs. For now, you pay only for what you need. The billing is monthly and in USD with no long‑term lock‑in stated beyond “Cancel anytime” in the general FAQ section. Perfect use‑cases for the Basic plan A small team (1‑5 users) working from home or in a virtual/remote office environment who want unified communications without high cost. A startup or small business where budget is tight, but you still want features like IVR and call recording to present a professional image. A business that wants to test hosted PBX/VoIP before committing to higher‑volume plans — you can start lean and upgrade later.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(8 ratings)
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Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Sangoma
Digium Asterisk is well suited for a city government as a communications solution for internal and external use. Other options like PBX are more expensive and hard to escalate. VoIP makes it easier to use the communications infrastructure instead that already exists rather than having to wire every phone when the solution is a digital or analog phone. In my city, government offices are not in the same place, which makes it harder to communicate everything together.
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TrioPBX
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Pros
Sangoma
  • Easy communication and configuration with many soft phone and hard phone models
  • A great community that helps the software have more and more functionality
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TrioPBX
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Cons
Sangoma
  • Transferring to a Voicemail is particularly hard to do, and calls tend to drop when transferring.
  • I would like a different interface; the current one feels clumsy
  • Over the weekend, it logs you out, and you have to remember your password or reset it to gain access.
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Usability
Sangoma
User friendly. Very little training to use it
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Support Rating
Sangoma
I have asked in the not so recent past about having my phone updated with my saved Digium "favorites" list but it doesn't seem that this is possible
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TrioPBX
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Alternatives Considered
Sangoma
Recently I've been using Vonage Business, and while it is far more expensive and a lot less configurable than Digium, the mobility is essential for my new role. Digium is ideal for a business with both a very technical staff and a user base that is not remote. Digium was selected due to price and ability to create custom applications.
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TrioPBX
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Return on Investment
Sangoma
  • being zero cost, we saved at least 3 million on what a legacy pbx would have cost
  • the savings and speed means lower cost on our service making us more competitive
  • stability
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TrioPBX
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