Virtual PBX® Plan Comparison and Options

SOHO Small Business Corporate
Base price-per-minute 6.9 cents 5.9 cents 5.9 cents
Block rates as low as
3.0 cents/min
as low as
3.0 cents/min
as low as
3.0 cents/min
Monthly service fee $9.99 based on
extensions
based on
extensions
Extension fees None $12/month
per extension
$9/month
per extension
Included extensions 3 none none
Maximum number of extensions 3 25 Unlimited
(min. 25 exts.)
SmartID™ yes yes yes
Recording Manager™ Free Free Free
Real-time, on-line system monitor Free Free Free
Real-time reporting Free Free Free
Email & web message delivery Free Free Free
Virtual fax (receive/forward) Free Free Free
Dial-by-name directory Free Free Free
Double-Leg Billing No No No
Set-up Fee $25 $100 $250
TrueACD™ queues $20/mo One free, $15/mo each additional Three free, $15/mo each additional
Maximum number of ACD queues 1 8 8
Extra toll-free or
local numbers
$10/mo each $10/mo each $10/mo each
Local DID for an extension $10/mo each $10/mo each $10/mo each
Integrated conference bridge Yes Yes Yes
Free conference minutes (1st 6 months) 25 free/mo 100 free/mo 100 free/mo
Maximum number of conference seats 10 25 96
On-line conference monitor Free Free Free
SelectRoute™ No Optional Optional
GeoRoute™ No Optional Optional
Port existing number $25
one time fee
$25
one time fee
$25
one time fee
Vanity number $25
one time fee
$25
one time fee
$25
one time fee
System & Management Features
No hardware/no software yes yes yes
Central business number yes yes yes
Web management yes yes yes
Unlimited scalability yes yes yes
No busy signals yes yes yes
Online real-time system monitoring yes yes yes
Mission-critical fault tolerance yes yes yes
Offsite data backups yes yes yes
Multiple business numbers Optional Optional Optional
Call Answering Features
Auto-attendant yes yes yes
Custom greeting yes yes yes
Music-on-hold yes yes yes
Music jukebox yes yes yes
Info-on-hold yes yes yes
Day and night mode yes yes yes
Direct inward dial (DID) yes yes yes
Call & User Features
Virtual extensions yes yes yes
Follow-me calling yes yes yes
Advanced transfers yes yes yes
Configurable Call Preview Detail yes yes yes
Call Screening yes yes yes
Call-answer security yes yes yes
Do-not-disturb yes yes yes
GeoRoute™ No Optional Optional
SelectRoute™ No Optional Optional
Information extensions yes yes yes
User-assignable ring times yes yes yes
Voice & Fax Mail Features
Never full mailboxes yes yes yes
Centralized messaging yes yes yes
Personal greetings yes yes yes
Phone notification yes yes yes
Email notification yes yes yes
Web notification yes yes yes
Pager notification yes yes yes
Email delivery yes yes yes
Web delivery yes yes yes
Automatic callback yes yes yes
TrueACD™ Queuing Features
Virtual call center With ACD queue yes yes
Even load distribution With ACD queue yes yes
Self-managed agent presence With ACD queue yes yes
Skills-based routing With ACD queue yes yes
Queue optimization With ACD queue yes yes
Overflow queues With ACD queue yes yes
Protected queues With ACD queue yes yes
Call waiting signal With ACD queue yes yes
Info/music on hold With ACD queue yes yes
Online real-time queue monitoring With ACD queue yes yes
Queue logs With ACD queue yes yes
Advanced queue admin privileges With ACD queue yes yes
Agent wrap-up time With ACD queue yes yes
Other Features
Call blocking yes yes yes
Dynamic operator extension yes yes yes
Web callback yes yes yes
Call detail records yes yes yes
Multi-stage dialing yes yes yes
Virtual calling card yes yes yes