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About The “Free” in FreePBX stands for Freedom. That’s because FreePBX, the world’s most popular open source IP PBX, gives users the tools to build a phone system tailored to their needs. Discover the power of open source communications. Take a look at all the built-in features FreePBX has to offer and start building your phone system. Transform your FreePBX install into a robust Unified Communications system with commercial modules from Sangoma and other add-ons for FreePBX. Visit the Knowledge Base on the FreePBX Wiki! Or let FreePBX experts assist with support for installing FreePBX, updating, troubleshooting, and beyond. Completely free to download and use, the power of FreePBX comes from a global community of developers who ensure it remains a high compatibility and customizable platform with all the key features needed to build a scalable business phone system on any budget.	About Everything you need to know to dive into the FreeSWITCH platform. FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a versatile software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. From a Raspberry PI to a multi-core server, FreeSWITCH can unlock the telecommunications potential of any device. Combined with our hosted cloud platform, SignalWire, FreeSWITCH can interconnect with the outside world and scale to any size. The Pre-built virtual machine has both a written and video how-to to help you get started. All you need is a copy of virtualbox and you can be off and running in minutes. If you are an experienced developer you can also follow the instructions below to compile the FreeSWITCH platform from source among other manual installation options. If you already have a spare Debian instance handy, you can follow the link below to get detailed instructions on how to get our packages installed.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Companies interested in a completely free open source PBX system	Audience Companies in need of a Software Defined Telecom Stack
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported	Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.0 / 5 ease 1.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 1.0 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Have used FreePBX since 2007 and reliable and stable PBX, since then Sangoma have added lots of new features that any business could use. I think as in a free system, FreePBX is great if you have technical knowledge to set it up. Cons I can't say I have ever used their support, but seem lots more expensive than big vendors like Cisco for support. I am sure to compete in this arena they will improve the support model. The system is good, so might not need support most answers are found online. The only reason for support are bugs that may come up.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Sangoma Technologies Founded: 1984 Canada www.freepbx.org	Company Information FreeSWITCH Founded: 2005 United States freeswitch.com
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Integrations AWS Marketplace Supported DID Logic Supported DIDforSale Supported FlyNumber Supported Telnyx Supported Azure Marketplace Supported CRMTiger Supported Dynamics Telephony Supported EcholoN Not Supported FetchIt Not Supported GTranscribe Supported ICTBroadcast Supported Kamailio Not Supported NetThunder Supported Oki-Toki Not Supported Oreka TR Supported SIP Caller Supported SIP.US Supported SIPStation Supported Syncro Supported Show More Integrations View All 19 Integrations	Integrations AWS Marketplace Supported DID Logic Supported DIDforSale Supported FlyNumber Supported Telnyx Supported Azure Marketplace Not Supported CRMTiger Not Supported Dynamics Telephony Not Supported EcholoN Supported FetchIt Supported GTranscribe Not Supported ICTBroadcast Not Supported Kamailio Supported NetThunder Not Supported Oki-Toki Supported Oreka TR Not Supported SIP Caller Not Supported SIP.US Not Supported SIPStation Not Supported Syncro Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 10 Integrations
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