BEST AFFORDABLE Small Business Phone Systems

Ring Central offers a variety of plans so that a business can pick and choose which has the right number of minutes and features for the price.

You can choose between the Office or Professional Plans, but it is important to note that Office plans come with unlimited calling, while Professional Plans include extensions free of charge – so it is a tradeoff between the two.

But, because Ring Central is extremely easy to integrate with CRM and other third-party software, offers flexible terms and over 40 features for free, they are our top pick for affordable virtual phone system providers. With Ring Central, you get exceptional call quality – so you are never sacrificing reliability and quality to save a few bucks each month. While upfront they may seem pricey, you may be surprised at just how affordable this big name virtual phone system provider really is.

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For Office Plans, you get unlimited local calling starting at $24.99 per month and going as high as $44.99 per month, per user. Toll-free minutes are not unlimited and range from 1,000 to 10,000 depending on the plan.

If you are willing to trade unlimited calling for minutes, you get extensions added in free. Ring Central’s Professional Plans start at $22.99 per month (Pro Plan) for 300 minutes and two extensions, $29.99 per month (Pro Plus) for 1,000 minutes and five extensions and $39.99 per month (Pro Power Plan) for 200 local minutes, 1000 toll-free minutes and up to 10 extensions.

If you opt for the annual plan – where you pay upfront per year, your price can go down to $12.99 per month for the Pro Plan, $19.99 per month for Pro Plus, and $24.99 per month for Pro Power.

Shared Minutes Plans:	Unlimited Minutes Plans(per user):
Available Minutes: 300, 1000, 2000	Included Domestic Minutes: Unlimited
Extensions: 2, 5, 10	Included Toll Free Minutes: 1,000
Phone #’s: 1	Phone #’s: 2
Per Minute Charge for Overage Minutes: 3.9¢, 4.4¢, 4.9¢	Overage Minutes for Toll Free: 3.9¢
The Information below applies to both Shared and Unlimited Minutes Plans
Cost for Additional Local #’s: $4.99/month	Cost for Additional Toll Free #’s: $4.99/month
Cost for Vanity #’s: $30	Cost for Virtual International #’s: $15/month
Cost to Transfer a Number: Free	Cost Additional Minutes Packages:

Virtual PBX is a feature-rich, highly reliable virtual phone system provider that caters to those on a tight budget. Just like Ring Central, they let you choose between unlimited calling or tradeoff for minute restrictions, but unlimited extensions and multiple numbers.

Virtual PBX offers two categories of calling plans: Office and Anywhere. With Office Plans, you get unlimited calling and 1,000 toll-free or conferencing minutes. With the Anywhere plans you have 300 to 2000 local minutes and toll-free minutes, but you get unlimited extensions, and two numbers free as part of your price.

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The pricing for Virtual PBX is as follows:

Office Plans come with unlimited local calling and 1,000 toll-free or conference minutes. These are charged per month, per user. You can choose from $33.99 per month for one line, $24.99 per month for two to 19 lines, $22.99 per month for 20 to 99 lines and $19.99 per month for 100 or more lines – so you will pay less the more users you add.

AnyWhere Plans come with minute restrictions, but each comes with two numbers for free and unlimited extensions. Choose from Startup for $9.99 per month for 300 minutes, Pro for $19.99 per month for 1,000 minutes, or the Premium for $24.99 per month for 2000 minutes.

Shared Minutes Plans:	Unlimited Minutes Plans(per user):
Available Minutes: 300, 1000	Included Domestic Minutes: Unlimited
Extensions: Unlimited	Included Toll Free Minutes: Unlimited
Phone #’s: 1	Phone #’s: 2
Per Minute Charge for Overage Minutes: 3.9¢, 4.4¢, 4.9¢	Overage Minutes for Toll Free: 4.9¢
The Information below applies to both Shared and Unlimited Minutes Plans
Cost for Additional Local #’s: $5/month	Cost for Additional Toll Free #’s: $5/month
Cost for Vanity #’s: $30	Cost for Virtual International #’s: Varies
Cost to Transfer a Number: $25	Cost Additional Minutes Packages:

eVoice is ideal for the small business user that is on a tight budget, but still needs exceptional call quality, features and enough user options to keep their business going.

While they do not have any unlimited calling plans, they offer businesses multiple numbers and extensions all for a flat rate each month – giving you the power to look like an enterprise even if there are only three of you in the office. While their prices may seem steep, it is important to realize that most plans charge per user, per month. These plans include the lines and extensions for the single monthly price – so when you compare, you may be surprised at how affordable they are.

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eVoice offers four plans to choose from, each with minute restrictions. But, you get Advanced Features with your plan and there are no contracts – offering you the flexibility and affordability you need. Choose from :

• Professional Plan at $12.99 per month for 300 minutes, six phone numbers and two extensions
• Small Business Plan at $29.99 per month for 1,000 minutes, 15 numbers and five extensions
• Small Business 2000 Plan at $49.99 per month for 2000 minutes, 30 phone numbers and 10 extensions
• Small Business 4000 Plan at $79.99 per month for 4000 minutes, 45 numbers and 15 extensions.

Shared Minutes Plans:	Unlimited Minutes Plans(per user):
Available Minutes: 300, 1000, 2000, 4000	Included Domestic Minutes: ~
Extensions: 2, 5, 10, 15	Included Toll Free Minutes: ~
Phone #’s: 6, 15, 30, 45	Phone #’s: ~
Per Minute Charge for Overage Minutes: 3.9¢	Overage Minutes for Toll Free: ~
The Information below applies to both Shared and Unlimited Minutes Plans
Cost for Additional Local #’s: None	Cost for Additional Toll Free #’s: None
Cost for Vanity #’s: $30	Cost for Virtual International #’s: $29.95/month
Cost to Transfer a Number: Free	Cost Additional Minutes Packages:

Nextiva offers type types of plans: Nextiva Connect which features shared minutes and call forwarding ability for busy professionals and then Nextiva Office which provides unlimited minutes on a per user basis and is more appropriate for an office setting.

Features you will get with Nextiva Connect include: local or toll free numbers, call forwarding to any phone, unlimited extensions, voicemail to email and auto-attendant. Some features you will get with your Nextiva office plans include toll-free numbers, mobile apps, attendant consoles, call recording, unlimited internet fax and 40 other standard features (like voicemail, caller ID, etc.)

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With each office plan you get unlimited calling and faxing. With the Office Pro plan, it starts at $19.95 per month, per user. For the Office Pro Plus you get unlimited calling and faxing for $22.95 per month, per user. For Office Enterprise you get unlimited calling and faxing for $29.95 per month per user along with Team Presence, Call Recording and Attendant Console.

Nexiva Connect starts at $8.95/month for the Single User Plan which gives you 100 shared minutes. Then you can go up to the Small Business Plan for $19.95/month with 500 Shared Minutes, and finally the Business Pro Plan for $6.95/month and unlimited shared minutes.

Shared Minutes Plans:	Unlimited Minutes Plans(per user):
Available Minutes: 100, 500, unlimited	Included Domestic Minutes: Unlimited
Extensions: Unlimited	Included Toll Free Minutes: None
Phone #’s: 1	Phone #’s: 1
Per Minute Charge for Overage Minutes: 4.5¢	Overage Minutes for Toll Free: 2.5¢
The Information below applies to both Shared and Unlimited Minutes Plans
Cost for Additional Local #’s: $4.95/mo plus $9.95/setup	Cost for Additional Toll Free #’s: $4.95/mo plus $19.95/setup
Cost for Vanity #’s: Not Offered	Cost for Virtual International #’s: Not Offered
Cost to Transfer a Number: Free	Cost Additional Minutes Packages: Not Offered