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Hosted PBX Phone System

Hosted PBX Systems Compared

A hosted PBX phone system gives you all the functionality of a large corporation phone system, without the expense. With no hardware to buy or expensive system to maintain, hosted PBX phone systems give your small business a big business feel.

Hosted PBX Phone System Features

A hosted PBX system comes with the same features that Fortune 500 companies enjoy without the expense or hassles of expensive PBX systems. Some of these features include an advanced auto attendant, call forwarding, voicemail, and complete control over call routing.

With the ability to have many extensions, a hosted PBX phone system allows each employee to have their own that is accessible via one main toll-free or local phone number, regardless of where in the world they are located. This allows even your remote employees to appear to be working at your main location. Or it allows phone calls to be forwarded to wherever you happen to be at the moment.

Below, you will find tables comparing the features of the leading hosted PBX phone service providers.

Hosted PBX Systems save Money

A hosted PBX system gives you the same state-of-the-art call answering and routing ability of hardware-based PBX systems without any of the drawbacks. Since the hosted PBX system enhances your existing phone line and service, you do not have any expensive hardware to purchase or maintain.

With plans starting at under $10 per month, there is a PBX phone system to fit any budget. With the ability to forward calls to any working phone in the world, including cell phones and home phones, you will always be reachable from your primary business number.

PBX System Free Trial

As the leading hosted PBX system provider, RingCentral offers small office phone plans that will fit the needs of any sized business. They offer a FREE 30-day trial so that you can see how well their PBX phone system can enhance your existing phone lines.


Video Introduction to RingCentral’s Hosted PBX Phone System

Below, you will find two videos that introduce the RingCentral virtual phone service:



Hosted PBX System Plan 1 Comparison

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Hosted PBX Plan 1 Includes: ringcentral logo
Professional
grasshopper logo
Start
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Monthly Price (if paid monthly) $14.99 $9.95
Monthly Price (if paid annually) $9.99 no-x
30-day FREE Trial checkmark no-x
30-Day Money Back Guarantee N/A checkmark
Free Setup & Activation checkmark no-x
Activation Fee N/A $25
Included Monthly Minutes 100 100
Additional Minutes 6.7¢
Rollover Minutes checkmark no-x
One-Legged Billing checkmark checkmark
Hosted PBX Extension 5 Unlimited
Toll-Free or Local Number checkmark1 checkmark1
Transfer Existing Numbers checkmarkUnlimited no-x $30 (toll-free only)
Additional Local Numbers $4.99/month $5/month
True 800 Number (Starts with 800) $15 Activation $15 Activation
Dedicated Fax Number $4.99/month $5/month
Dial-by-Name Directory $4.99/month checkmark
Internet Voicemail with eMail Delivery checkmark checkmark
Virtual Auto Attendant checkmark checkmark
Complete Internet Fax Capability checkmark no-x
Call Forwarding Service checkmark checkmark
Answering Rules checkmark no-x
ACD Call Queuing checkmark checkmark
Hold Music/Messages checkmark checkmark
Call Screening checkmark checkmark
Call Controller checkmark no-x
Call Logs checkmark checkmark
RingMe Click-to-Call checkmark no-x
Overall Rating 4 and one half star rating 3 and one-half start rating
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Hosted PBX System Plan 2 Comparison

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Hosted PBX Plan 2 Includes: ringcentral logo
Business Plus
grasshopper logo
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Monthly Price (if paid monthly) $29.99 N/A
Monthly Price (if paid annually) $24.99 N/A
30-day FREE Trial checkmark N/A
30-Day Money Back Guarantee N/A N/A
Free Setup & Activation checkmark N/A
Activation Fee N/A N/A
Included Monthly Minutes 500 N/A
Additional Minutes 5.9¢ N/A
Rollover Minutes checkmark N/A
One-Legged Billing checkmark N/A
Hosted PBX Extension 10 N/A
Toll-Free or Local Number checkmark1 N/A
Transfer Existing Numbers checkmarkUnlimited N/A
Additional Local Numbers $4.99/month N/A
True 800 Number (Starts with 800) checkmark N/A
Dedicated Fax Number checkmark N/A
Dial-by-Name Directory checkmark N/A
Internet Voicemail with eMail Delivery checkmark N/A
Virtual Auto Attendant checkmark N/A
Complete Internet Fax Capability checkmark N/A
Call Forwarding Service checkmark N/A
Answering Rules checkmark N/A
ACD Call Queuing checkmark N/A
Hold Music/Messages checkmark N/A
Call Screening checkmark N/A
Call Controller checkmark N/A
Call Logs checkmark N/A
RingMe Click-to-Call checkmark N/A
Overall Rating 4 and one half star rating N/A
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Hosted PBX System Plan 3 Comparison

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Hosted PBX Plan 3 Includes: ringcentral logo
Business Power
grasshopper logo
Grow
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Monthly Price (if paid monthly) $49.99 $49
Monthly Price (if paid annually) no-x no-x
30-day FREE Trial checkmark no-x
30-Day Money Back Guarantee N/A checkmark
Free Setup & Activation checkmark no-x
Activation Fee N/A $25
Included Monthly Minutes 1000 2000
Additional Minutes 4.8¢
Rollover Minutes checkmark no-x
One-Legged Billing checkmark checkmark
Hosted PBX Extension 20 Unlimited
Toll-Free or Local Number checkmark1 checkmark2
Transfer Existing Numbers checkmarkUnlimited checkmark2 (toll-free only)
Additional Local Numbers $4.99/month $5/month
True 800 Number (Starts with 800) checkmark $15 Activation
Dedicated Fax Number checkmark $5/month
Dial-by-Name Directory checkmark checkmark
Internet Voicemail with eMail Delivery checkmark checkmark
Virtual Auto Attendant checkmark checkmark
Complete Internet Fax Capability checkmark no-x
Call Forwarding Service checkmark checkmark
Answering Rules checkmark no-x
ACD Call Queuing checkmark checkmark
Hold Music/Messages checkmark checkmark
Call Screening checkmark checkmark
Call Controller checkmark no-x
Call Logs checkmark checkmark
RingMe Click-to-Call checkmark no-x
Overall Rating 4 and one half star rating 3 and one-half start rating
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Hosted PBX System Plan 4 Comparison

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Hosted PBX Plan 4 Includes: ringcentral logo
Business Premium
grasshopper logo
Max
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Monthly Price (if paid monthly) $99.99 $199
Monthly Price (if paid annually) no-x no-x
30-day FREE Trial checkmark no-x
30-Day Money Back Guarantee N/A checkmark
Free Setup &f Activation checkmark checkmark
Activation Fee N/A N/A
Included Monthly Minutes 2500 10000
Additional Minutes 3.9¢
Rollover Minutes checkmark no-x
One-Legged Billing checkmark checkmark
Hosted PBX Extension 100 Unlimited
Toll-Free or Local Number checkmark1 checkmark3
Transfer Existing Numbers checkmarkUnlimited checkmarkUnlimited (toll-free only)
Additional Local Numbers $4.99/month $5/month
True 800 Number (Starts with 800) checkmark $15 Activation
Dedicated Fax Number checkmark $5/month
Dial-by-Name Directory checkmark checkmark
Internet Voicemail with eMail Delivery checkmark checkmark
Virtual Auto Attendant checkmark checkmark
Complete Internet Fax Capability checkmark no-x
Call Forwarding Service checkmark checkmark
Answering Rules checkmark no-x
ACD Call Queuing checkmark checkmark
Hold Music/Messages checkmark checkmark
Call Screening checkmark checkmark
Call Controller checkmark no-x
Call Logs checkmark checkmark
RingMe Click-to-Call checkmark no-x
Overall Rating 4 and one half star rating 3 and one-half start rating
visit RingCentral
Visit Grasshopper