Choose PBXact Cloud
Powered by Asterisk & FreePBX
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 Pre-Installed and ready to go | X | No | ✓ | Yes | ✓ | Yes |
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Managed VM hosting platform |
X | No | ✓ | Yes, VM Hosting is provided by the FreePBX Hosting Portal. | ✓ | Yes, VM Hosting is provided by the PBXact Hosting Portal. |
| Easy setup without advanced OS knowledge | X | No. SSH and Linux CLI, TCP/IP networking is usually required to complete and bring up a FreePBX System on a network. | ✓ | Yes. VM hosting platform sets up TCP/IP networking. | ✓ | Yes. PBXact VM hosting platform sets up TCP/IP networking. |
| Automated Backups | X | No. Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining backups and storing them on a 3rd party storage. | X | No. Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining backups and storing them on a 3rd party storage. | ✓ | Yes. Backups are automated and protected by Sangoma Cloud Services. |
| Security by default | X | Admin is responsible for setting up and maintaining a secure system. | X | 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. |
| Toll Fraud Protection | X | No. Admin is responsible for the per-min trunk abuse | X | No. Admin is responsible for the per-min trunk abuse | ✓ | Yes. SIP Trunking is included and managed by Sangoma Cloud Services. No Fraud Risk to the end customer. |
| Automated Billing and Invoicing | X | No. Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX. | X | No. Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX. | ✓ | Yes. Automatic via PBXact Portal |
| State and Federal Taxation | X | Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX. | X | Admin is responsible for setting up and integrating a 3rd party billing system with FreePBX. | ✓ |
Included as part of the PBXact billing platform |
| Includes Softphone Client Licenses | X | No | X | No | ✓ | Yes |
| Sangoma IP Phone provisioning | ✓ | Included | ✓ | Included | ✓ | Included |
| Zero Touch Provisioning | X | Must be setup by Admin | X | Must be setup by Admin | ✓ |
Autoconfigured when purchasing from Sangoma. |
| Includes all FreePBX Commercial Modules | X | No | X | No | ✓ | Included in PBXact Cloud price |
| Reseller Partner Program | X | No | X | No | ✓ | Reseller pricing available |
| SSH access to VM | ✓ | Yes | ✓ | Yes | X | No |
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Compliance - E911 - Kari's Law and Ray Baum's Act |
X | Admin is responsible for configuring E911 and setting up E911 compliance | X | 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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