Cloud & Hosting

Give your business the competitive edge without the expense of investing in a PBX server. A hosted PBX service can accommodate all business sizes, large and small. Depending on your needs, you can choose between Sangoma PBXact Cloud service to host PBXact, the fully supported commercial version of the FreePBX Platform, or selecting a hosting provider for Certified OpenSource FreePBX.

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PBXact Cloud for business telephone service

Get all the benefits and features of FreePBX that you know and love with PBXact, the FreePBX commercial version fully supported by Sangoma, author and maintainer of FreePBX and Asterisk. Sangoma will manage and support your PBXact Cloud system for a low monthly rate, while allowing you to keep full control of all aspects of telephony without the hassle of hardware. Secure your profit margins by letting Sangoma have your back with the reliable and secure PBXact Cloud platform, and create your PBX quickly and easily through the power of the cloud.

Feature	FreePBx ISO/Premise	3rd Party FreePBx Hosting	Sangoma FreePBX/PBXact UCaaS Cloud
Native FreePBX	Yes	Yes	Yes
FreePBX Installation required by Admin	Yes	No. FreePBX Hosting Portal automates FreePBX VM installation and bringup.	No. PBXact Portal automates FreePBX VM installation and bringup.
Managed VM hosting platform	No	Yes, VM Hosting is provided by the FreePBX Hosting Portal.	Yes, VM Hosting is provided by the PBXact Hosting Portal.
Linux and TCP/IP knowledge needed to setup the FreePBX Platform	Yes. SSH and Linux CLI, TCP/IP networking is usually required to complete and bring up a FreePBX System on a network.	No. VM hosting platform setups TCP/IP networking.	No. PBXact VM hosting platform setups TCP/IP networking.
FreePBX Backups	Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining backups and storing them on a 3rd party storage.	Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining backups and storing them on a 3rd party storage.	Backups are automated and protected by Sangoma Cloud Services.
FreePBX Security	Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining a secure system.	Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining a secure system.	PBXact automation configures and optimizes security by default. External firewall security is provided by Sangoma Cloud Services.
Admin is responsible for Toll Fraud	Yes. Admin is responsible for the per-min trunk abuse.	Yes. Admin is responsible for the per-min trunk abuse.	No. SIP Trunking is included and managed by Sangoma Cloud Services. No Fraud Risk to the end customer.
Billing and Invoicing	Manual. Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX.	Manual. Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX.	Automatic via PBXact Portal
State and Federal Taxation	Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX.	Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX.	Included as part of the PBXact billing platform
Whitelabel	Costs extra and must be configured by admin.	Costs extra and must be configured by admin.	Included as part of the PBXact platform. Custom OEM branding available
Softphone Clients	Cost extra must be purchased from Sangoma.	Cost extra must be purchased from Sangoma.	Included in as part of the PBXact price
Sangoma IP Phone provisioning	Included	Included	Included
Zero Touch Provisioning	Must be setup by Admin	Must be setup by Admin	Autoconfigured when purchasing from Sangoma.
FreePBX Commercial modules	Cost extra must be purchased from Sangoma.	Cost extra must be purchased from Sangoma.	Included in as part of the PBXact price
Reseller			Reseller Pricing
SSH access to VM	Yes	Yes	No
Compliance - E911 - Kari's Law and Ray Baum's Act	Admin is responsible for configuring E911 and setting up E911 compliance	Admin is responsible for configuring E911 and setting up E911 compliance	E911 and E911 compliance is automatically set up by PBXact portal.

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