Phone.com vs. TextNow Comparison


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		Related Products 800.com 800.com is a business phone and call tracking platform that helps small and growing businesses understand, manage, and respond to inbound calls more effectively. The platform provides local and toll-free numbers, call tracking, call recording, voicemail, SMS, and detailed call reporting so teams can see where calls come from and how they’re handled. Businesses use 800.com to track phone leads across websites, ads, social media, and offline marketing, improve response times, and follow up on missed calls. With integrations for Google Ads, GA4, Meta, Microsoft Ads, and popular CRMs, 800.com connects call data to marketing and sales workflows. The platform is easy to set up, flexible as businesses grow, and designed to turn phone calls into clearer insights and better customer experiences. 2,436 Ratings Visit Website 3CX 3CX is a software-based, open standards IP PBX that offers complete Unified Communications, out of the box. Suitable for any business size or industry 3CX can accommodate every need; from mobility and status to advanced contact center features and more, at a fraction of the cost. Ideal for companies working remotely, 3CX includes mobile apps, video conferencing and website live chat. Installation, management and maintenance of the PBX is so easy that you can effortlessly manage it yourself, whether on an appliance or server at your premise on Windows, Linux or in the cloud. Alternatively you can choose to have it hosted by 3CX for a completely hassle-free solution. 1,237 Ratings Visit Website TollFreeForwarding Activate your new international phone number in 60 seconds. Choose from phone numbers in over 120+ countries and 1,000 cities. Forward your calls to any phone number in the world. Robust scheduling options allow you to route your calls based on the days and hours of your business. Route your calls to your main call center during business hours and to voicemail during non-business hours. Instantly view detailed information about calls made to your TollFreeForwarding phone number. Learn about your customers' call habits to help make decisions about outbound sales and follow-up. Keep track of your calls by recording all or some of your calls. Recorded calls are stored in call detail records and can be played or downloaded at any time. 3,231 Ratings Visit Website ULTATEL Ultatel stands at the forefront of business communications, empowering organizations with cutting-edge cloud VoIP technology to boost productivity and stay connected with customers anywhere, anytime. Our plans come fully scalable, featuring unlimited HD Voice, SMS, Fax, Chat, Video, and over 40 advanced features and integrations. Experience true transparency with our no-hidden-fees pricing model—what you see is exactly what you pay! 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With in-built visual call management, integrated video conferencing, advanced contact center features, and ready-made SMS, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, CRMs, and more platform integrations, P-Series boosts productivity at all levels and provides everything across desktop, mobile, and browser with simple user apps. Available in the Appliance, Software, and Cloud Editions, P-Series provides flexible deployment options, allowing you to have it sited on-premises or in the cloud. Balancing costs and future growth, it requires a lower total cost of ownership, less training, and fewer management efforts. The ease of use and future-proof adaptability are paramount. 116 Ratings Visit Website Intermedia Unite Intermedia Unite® brings business communications, collaboration, and customer engagement into one easy-to-use platform—keeping teams connected, productive, and responsive from anywhere. It replaces fragmented tools by combining business phone service, video conferencing, team chat, and file sharing into one seamless experience, so employees can collaborate without switching apps. Unite delivers enterprise-grade calling with 100+ features, integrated customer engagement, and enhanced Microsoft Teams experiences. With mobile and desktop apps, users can call, meet, message, and engage customers from anywhere while maintaining a consistent business identity. AI-powered transcription, summaries, and insights help teams capture details and follow up efficiently. Backed by 99.999% uptime and J.D. Power-certified support, Unite ensures reliable performance—resulting in simpler communications, more productive teams, and better customer engagement. 1,634 Ratings Visit Website iPlum iPlum is a mobile first solution for business professionals. iPlum works on your existing smartphone without changing carriers. Get best call quality & text in any situation. 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Trusted by 500,000+ users and backed by 30+ years of experience, net2phone eliminates the friction of scattered channels and disconnected tools, so every conversation drives retention and growth. Unite unifies voice, messaging, video, and chat in one place, with call recording, sentiment analysis, and AI-generated follow-ups. AI Agent automates customer inquiries and workflows across phone and chat in 30+ languages, handing off to humans when needed. Coach AI reviews 100% of interactions to guide agent performance. uContact gives high-volume teams omnichannel routing and real-time dashboards. Every solution integrates with the tools you already use and runs on enterprise-grade security. Beyond software, net2phone provides expert guidance at every step, from setup to integration to ongoing optimization, so your technology delivers measurable results. 197 Ratings Visit Website PBXware PBXware is the world’s first and most mature IP PBX Professional Open Standards Turnkey Telephony Platform. Since 2004, PBXware has deployed flexible, reliable, and scalable Next Generation Communication Systems and VoIP solutions to Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMBs), enterprises, Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs), Call Centers and governments worldwide by combining the most advanced of the latest technologies. Bicom Systems’ softswitch is offered in Business, Contact Center and Multi-Tenant Editions, each supporting specific features maximizing performance, reliability, and expandability. 39 Ratings Visit Website Community Phone Calling made modern. Your business number. Your employees' phones. Our amazing features. A dial menu spoken by our voice actors. 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About Voice. Text. Video. Fax. Conferencing. Collaboration. Phone.com is the modern, work-from-anywhere solution for today’s agile, mobile, and always-on entrepreneurs and growing businesses. The Phone.com solution includes advanced business phone features your growing business needs to serve your customers effectively and professionally. Advanced call handling options enhance your company image, and mobility features keep you connected anytime, anywhere with colleagues, customers, and partners whether you’re in the office or on the go.	About Download and use TextNow on any device to get a free phone number, and call and text anywhere in North America for free. TextNow is the only app that offers free nationwide cellular service supported by ads. Just buy a SIM Activation Kit to get started. TextNow offers free or low-cost international calling to over 230 countries, so you can talk more without worrying about a big bill. Download the TextNow app and get a second phone number, with the area code you choose. Use TextNow as your business phone line on your phone, tablet, and computer. Buy a SIM activation kit and get a TextNow enabled SIM card that gives you unlimited nationwide talk & text for free! Upgrade to remove ads or get high speed data. TextNow's wireless network services are provided using the wireless network of a leading national mobile service provider.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Small businesses	Audience Businesses and anyone requiring a solution to get a phone number and start calling and texting for free
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing $12.74/month Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Pricing $9.99 per month Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 1.5 / 5 ease 3.0 / 5 features 3.0 / 5 design 3.5 / 5 support 1.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Phone.com services have little to no downtime. Very easy to use and set up, with excellent client care. Very easy customization and configuration. Good connection and stable network. Helps to grow my business and connect to other companies. Conferencing, calling and video calling makes it easy to advance my business. Cons Provisioning new phone tends to be a little complicated; there is no self-help portion to adding new (physical) phones. No cons, it had helped me to grow my business and connect to other companies and customers.	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros I like text now at first because I could finally call my country and receive text messages to my phone while away. I started using this phone number to get people to reach me while in a foreign country I use it in my email signature I use it on my business card I used it on my website but then... Was great before the company introduced all the pay walls. Now a barely serviceable extra line. Does not drop the majority of calls. Cons After a couple of weeks of using text now one morning the app was no longer connected to my account and I could no longer retrieve my phone number. So out of despair because I needed to make a phone call in my country I decided to just create a new account thinking that I would have to change all the phone numbers everywhere where I had a written the old text now phone number... And again I lost access to that number a second time and it is this time text now banned me. And I would have had to fight for my number and I talk to myself to the heck with that! I'm done with TextNow I'll never use it again. App selectively does not ring or alert you to texts (even after applying company prescribed fixes). Have to pay to get access codes, or they are willfully blocked. The price is ridiculous. Ads everywhere for you to accidentally click on. App pirates your phone after some texts, and makes you watch a full commercial, in the middle of your conversation. Solution is to close the app, and reboot it. Loading time is slow. Can you imagine if you were in trouble?! I actually paid to have my number reserved for a few months, and found out that it is a separate charge to get access codes, despite it not being advertised that way.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Supported
Company Information Phone.com Founded: 2007 United States www.phone.com/small-business-phone-service/	Company Information TextNow Canada www.textnow.com
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Categories Business Phone Systems Supported Business VoIP Supported Call Forwarding Supported Cloud Communication Platform Supported Cloud PBX Supported International Calling Supported IVR Supported Second Phone Number Supported Softphone Supported Telephony Supported Toll Free 800 Number Supported UCaaS Supported Unified Communications Supported Vanity Phone Number Supported Video Conferencing Supported Virtual Phone Number Supported Web Conferencing Supported	Categories International Calling Supported Second Phone Number Supported
Show More Features Business Phone Systems Features Call Logging Supported Call Monitoring Supported Call Recording Supported Call Routing Supported Employee Directory Supported IVR / Voice Recognition Supported Mobile Access Supported Virtual Call Center Not Supported Web Conferencing Supported Business VoIP Features Call Parking Supported Call Recording Supported Contact Management Supported Encryption Not Supported IVR / Voice Recognition Not Supported Ring Groups Supported SIP Trunking Not Supported Unified Communications Supported Voice Quality Enhancement Supported Cloud Communication Platform Features Audio / Video Conferencing Supported Call Center Not Supported Call Recording Supported Call Routing Supported Chat / Messaging Supported Fax Management Supported File Sharing Supported IVR / Voice Recognition Supported Cloud PBX Features Call Recording Supported Call Routing Supported IVR / Voice Recognition Supported Ring Groups Supported SIP Trunking Supported Virtual Extensions Supported Web Conferencing Supported Softphone Features Audio / Video Conferencing Supported Call Logging Supported Call Recording Supported Call Transfer Supported Caller Identification Supported Chat / Messaging Supported Contact Management Supported Fax Management Supported Telephony Features Auto-Dialer Not Supported Call Center Management Supported Call Monitoring Supported Contact Management Supported Inbound Reporting Supported IVR / Voice Recognition Supported Outbound Reporting Supported Predictive Dialer Not Supported Telemarketing Management Not Supported Voice & Data Integration Supported VoIP Supported Unified Communications Features Audio / Video Conferencing Supported Calendar Management Not Supported Call Recording Supported Call Routing Supported Chat / Messaging Supported Fax Management Supported File Sharing Not Supported Mobile Access Supported Multi-User Collaboration Supported Voice Mail Supported Video Conferencing Features Electronic Hand Raising Supported Mobile Access Supported On-Demand Webcasting Supported Presentation Streaming Supported Presentation Tools Supported Private Chat Supported Real-Time Chat Supported Record & Playback Ability Supported Screen Sharing Supported Two-Way Audio & Video Supported Video Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported Web Conferencing Features Electronic Hand Raising Supported Mobile Access Supported On-Demand Webcasting Supported Presentation Streaming Supported Presentation Tools Supported Private Chat Supported Real-Time Chat Supported Record & Playback Ability Supported Screen Sharing Supported Two-Way Audio & Video Supported Video Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported
Integrations ActiveLens Supported AllProWebTools Supported Axis LMS Supported CALLEY Not Supported Chrometa Supported Comm100 Supported HostBill Supported Keepgo Not Supported Lariat Collections Platform Supported Live Proxies Not Supported SCRM Champion Not Supported Stackreaction Supported Zapier Supported Zoho CRM Supported Show More Integrations View All 10 Integrations	Integrations ActiveLens Not Supported AllProWebTools Not Supported Axis LMS Not Supported CALLEY Supported Chrometa Not Supported Comm100 Not Supported HostBill Not Supported Keepgo Supported Lariat Collections Platform Not Supported Live Proxies Supported SCRM Champion Supported Stackreaction Not Supported Zapier Not Supported Zoho CRM Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 4 Integrations
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