Community Phone vs. VirtualPBX Comparison


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About Calling made modern. Your business number. Your employees' phones. Our amazing features. A dial menu spoken by our voice actors. Callers press numbers to make purchases, hear MP3s, connect to specific staff, and more. Make and answer calls using your number on multiple phones without the caller ever knowing. Employees hear secret in-house menus, transfer calls, and send voicemails to their email, all from their dialpad. These business features require no new software or hardware. Your dialpad come to life. Porting your business or personal number at the press of a button. Select from our menu of modern voice features for your business or personal line. We'll activate these features on your current phone for you. No work (or learning) required from you. We'll be here to transform your number whenever your desires change.		About VirtualPBX gives small businesses a complete, high-powered cloud phone system for $15/user/month with every single feature already included. One simple plan. No contracts. No feature gates. Zero surprises. Just smarter voice for your business—whether your team is at a desk, on the road, or working from home. Deploy AI FrontDesk whenever you're ready for intelligent 24/7 call handling, and scale into advanced messaging tools as your business grows. As the pioneers who invented cloud telephony in 1997, we back every account with expert, U.S.-based human support from people who genuinely understand small business. Because having the right technology is important—but having the right team behind it levels the playing field.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook		Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Businesses that want a modern business phone system using their current phones		Audience Any Business, Anywhere
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online		Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API		API Offers API
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial		Pricing $18/month Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.1 / 5 ease 4.6 / 5 features 4.1 / 5 design 4.6 / 5 support 4.1 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.7 / 5 ease 4.5 / 5 features 4.5 / 5 design 4.2 / 5 support 4.8 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros from Real Users Pros It worked for local calls. It was east to sign up, and the website was okay. The hardware was good and was small. I notice that Community Phone service has many great reviews online, however, where I am concerned, the jury is still out. First of all, I ported my old phone number into the Community Phone service, however I have noticed that I still have two phone numbers, one is the temporary number initially assigned, while the second is my old ported number, which I really wanted. Now, the temporary phone number is still active, along with my ported number. During the day, I get many calls and when answered I get a dial tone and not a person on the other line! I am not sure they are calling the temporary number or if it is a spam call that Community is blocking! During a normal day, I may get five or six of these types of calls per day. Also, when I first signed up with Community, I set up voice mail with the temporary number. It appears that cannot be changed. I still have to go into voice mail using the temporary number, which discourages me from using voice mail. Sure, the price is a plus, but I am not sure the drawbacks are put out there for consideration. I did get Panasonic Phones and sometimes I wonder if their specific directions interfere with the Community directions? Excellent customer service with prompt delivery. It was a simple and efficient setup. I was able to start ringing family and friends right away. The whole process was super simple and the landline base was easy to install. When I needed help the customer service rep was awesome! Community Phone provides a very affordable, super easy to use, and all with minimal skill use landline service. Reliable, inexpensive, and great call quality. By far, the biggest positive with CP is customer service. If I attempt to contact CP with a problem, CP responds with a native speaker of English within 24 hours, generally far less. Since I needed just a landline it is exactly what I expected and the price was perfect. I got to keep my # of 35 years so very happy.		Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros It's a nice affordable option. Nice to have up to 5 lines on a basic plan, with different voicemails for each. 1. Readily available to walk thru and support acct. 2. Not pushy but accommodating in suggesting the best system depending on needs and great followup 3. Kind and personable 4. Easy to set up with all flow from virtual assistant to direct calls to the appropriate recipient. 5. Porting phone number was efficient and quick. Virtual PBX is easy to use, they provide great customer service, and they offer excellent pricing options for new or established businesses. It's easy to use a computer or laptop to make and receive calls, especially that for or business a computer is needed to handle the calls. Having support if needed is a comfort. We can step away from the office and still conduct business as usual. Thank you for a well thought of product. Good price, great customer service, probably more features than I need, but may use them if I grow larger. Cons The softphone for the desktop was buggy in my experience, and the web browser phone was difficult to get set-up in the beginning. I am looking forward to when voicemail can convert to text and be texted to my mobile. Hopefully soon Online interface is a bit clunky and at times a bit buggy. Not as intuitive as I'd like, but they have great customer support to help. Cannot think of any. Occasional glitches, voicemail not easy to access (it's tucked away in the web interface, but once you know where to find it, it's ok)...no voicemail transcripts with the email notification...no text capability for lower tier plan
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person		Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Community Phone Founded: 2018 United States www.communityphone.org/business		Company Information VirtualPBX Founded: 1997 United States www.virtualpbx.com
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