Comments on: Revolutionary VoIP: The Best (free) PBX Ever from 3CX

By: David Larson

David Larson — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:04:32 +0000

I’m curious how the 16 simultaneous calls are calculated. Does an incoming call that gets auto-forwarded to another number, such as a cell phone, get counted as one or two calls?

[WM: According to our Dashboard display, an incoming call forwarded to your cellphone is still only counted as a single call. Same goes for calls between extensions.]

By: WJCarpenter

WJCarpenter — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:21:53 +0000

What happens in regard to licensing at the end of 1 year? I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth. I just want to know what to expect. [WM: For Nerd Vittles readers, the 3CX (free) license in the latest release works like this. You get the 3CX Standard License features listed here with up to 16 simultaneous calls for one year. That setup easily supports about 50 extensions. At the expiration of the year, you can purchase the standard annual license OR your free license will automatically convert to a 4-simultaneous-call perpetual license with unlimited trunks for the duration of the installation, including DNS, email, SSL certs, webmeeting, etc. Nothing else to buy ever!]

By: John

John — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:27:03 +0000

Is there a way to install 3cx on HiFormance cloud server? Running wizard I am getting error message that 3cx requires kernel version 3.xx. Did I miss something in your description?

[WM: Apparently the latest release of 3CX does not support OpenVZ containers such as HiFormance.]

By: David

David — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 03:28:54 +0000

What is the on premise fee after the first year? [WM: See response to comment below.]

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:03:21 +0000

So what happens after the 1 year free? Does it then hit you with the $700 a year renewal fee? [WM: See response to comment below.]

By: DevGuy

DevGuy — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:31:45 +0000

So after 1 year does it revert to the 4 line, no queue, no CDR, earlier stripped version if you don't opt for the $699/year licensing? [WM: See response to comment below.]

By: Sathish Iyer

Sathish Iyer — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:49:36 +0000

I have been using Incredible PBX for 5 years now. It’s one of the best for small business. I cant thank WM enough for the free 3CX version for PIAF5…..awesome….. I think people need to take a little time to research, read, and use it before jumping to write a comment. THANKS AGAIN WM.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:40:10 +0000

I came to look for an upgrade to a long running Incredible PBX installation. So sad to see you sold out to 3CX. I guess I have to look for a different option to stay with Asterisk. [WM: Huh? Not sure how you missed it, but there are six open source, GPL-compliant Incredible PBX solutions plastered on colorful buttons in the top right column of every Nerd Vittles article: Incredible PBX for Wazo, Incredible PBX ISO, Incredible PBX for CentOS, Incredible PBX for Ubuntu, Incredible PBX for the Raspberry Pi, and Incredible PBX for Issabel.]

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 07:42:20 +0000

Is there a possibility of a 3CX RasPi version in the future??

By: Mayor Adam West

Mayor Adam West — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:34:29 +0000

"[O]btain a free Nerd Vittles license key for 3CX." How is this a 'Nerd Vittles' license? It takes you to [the 3CX site]. Nothing special about that. [WM: We beg to differ. Try finding it without the Nerd Vittles link. :wink: ]

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:27:52 +0000

Does this still require a yearly maintenance license purchase like the free version? [WM: See response to comment above.]

By: Berriotxoa

Berriotxoa — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:26:12 +0000

Well, this sounds a lot more reasonable / usable than the previous free version. It was just too limited to even have a look at it. Now with more than one trunk possible, this makes more sense. For smaller offices and at home, most people probably won’t run into the limits of 10 extensions and 4 concurrent calls. Maybe I’ll give it a look now. But I am still leaning more towards Wazo though.

By: drgeoff

drgeoff — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:43:21 +0000

I was hoping that the sentence "And, when your business grows, upgrading to a larger PBX is inexpensive and a one-minute key swap" also meant that I could apply the new (free) key to an existing 1-trunk 8-call server which is already upgraded to 15.5.5. But I can't find any way on the GUI and googling finds a post which says not possible and a complete re-install is required. [WM: Correct. Upgrades are only available to move to a more robust commercial version. This new free version was produced exclusively for Nerd Vittles so I'm afraid you can't switch from a previous free version to this one. It's worth the effort, however. :-) ]

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:26:36 +0000

OK, so I'm a bit confused by the available features. Is this just the "free" version but with call/extension/trunk changes listed at the top? If so, then there are lots of other features we can't use, but are available in older versions of PIAF....so I won't be getting too excited, yet. :-) [WM: I'm not going to spoil the surprise for you. This version was built exclusively for Nerd Vittles followers. Obtain a new license key and take it for a spin. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.]