Phone Systems For Your Business

What is Asterisk open source software?
Asterisk is an open source communications engine that transforms commodity computers into powerful communications servers. Asterisk powers communications applications like IP PBXs and VoIP gateways. Digium's telephony interface cards connect Asterisk® to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Digium's Skype For Asterisk add-on connects Asterisk-based systems with over 500 million Skype users.

What is Switchvox Unified Communications or IP PBX?
Digium's line of Switchvox IP PBX systems make unified communications capabilities available to small and medium businesses. Switchvox provide businesses with a complete IP PBX that is easy to use, install and configure at 20% of the cost of traditional phone systems.

Switchvox includes all of the standard features of a business phone system plus unified communication capabilities like advanced voice messaging, instant messaging, fax, drag/drop call control, multi-party conference calling and advanced IVR. Features that would cost thousands to bolt onto a traditional phone system.

What's The Difference?
Customers frequently asked why Digium offers both the free Asterisk software engine and the commercial Switchvox phone system. The answer is simple: while both products fit into the larger universe of VoIP communication systems, they have very different purposes and are geared towards very different audiences.

Asterisk is built for telephony developers and solution providers. Switchvox is built for business. If you want to create a custom telephony product or solution, Asterisk is great. If you need a powerful, easy to install, easy to maintain, reasonably priced phone system for up to 400 users, then check out Swichvox.