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3CX is a PBX you license per system and host yourself or with 3CX, with a free SMB edition for up to 10 users. Freesbe's phone system is part of a hosted workspace: a number per person, menus and call flows, queues, voicemail you can read, recordings, E911 and texts, set up in the Admin Center and priced per person.
For Small businesses that have outgrown running a PBX, or never wanted to.
Turn on the phone system in the Admin Center, pick the country (the United States or Canada for now), verify your identity once and buy numbers, local or toll-free. One local number per person is included with the add-on, with minutes and texts pooled across the workspace. Your existing numbers can be ported in.
In the Admin Center an admin buys numbers, records a phone menu, draws a call flow, sets business hours and holidays, picks the hold music, and decides who a number rings: one person, a ring group of up to 20, or a call queue with a live board for the supervisor. Callers who hide their number can be turned away.
Start free with up to 10 people and try it today, or book a 20-minute demo with the people who make Freesbe.
A desk phone or a softphone registers with SIP credentials from the Admin Center. Calls also ring the Freesbe app on the computer and the phone, and a call can move between them. If you already have a sip.io account, connect it instead of buying numbers from Freesbe.
3CX runs on your own server or in its own hosting, with your choice of SIP trunk provider and country, and its paid editions are priced per system by simultaneous calls, which can be very cheap per user for a large office. A company that wants to own its PBX and pick its carrier should stay with 3CX.
Freesbe's prices come from its pricing catalog; 3CX's from its pricing and SMB pages on the date below. 3CX prices per system, not per person, so the rows compare the models rather than one number. The add-on isn't on sale yet; talk to us to be first.
| Feature | Freesbe | 3CX |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per person: $4 per person a month (Business), billed yearly, plus the Phone system add-on, $8 per person a month, billed yearly ($10 month to month), on any paid plan | Per system, by simultaneous calls: PRO from $395 a year for 8 simultaneous calls |
| Free edition | Free for up to 10 people, with 90 days of message history for the chat; the phone needs a paid plan | 3CX SMB Free for up to 10 users, hosting included |
| Hosting | Hosted by Freesbe, in the EU, US, APAC or Oceania | Self-hosted, or 3CX hosting billed separately, from $295 a year for 8 simultaneous calls |
| Numbers and minutes | One local number per person; more at $5 a month each; 1,000 minutes and 200 texts per person a month, pooled across the workspace | From your SIP trunk provider |
| Where it works | Numbers in the United States and Canada for now; bring a sip.io account elsewhere | Varies by SIP trunk provider |
| Desk phones | SIP credentials from the Admin Center | Supported IP phones |
| Team chat and meetings | Channels, threads, huddles and meetings up to 20 people, workflows, an inbox | Varies by edition |
As of November 2, 2026. Sources: 3CX pricing, 3CX SMB. 3CX and the other names on this page belong to their owners; Freesbe isn't affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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