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3CX Live Chat vs Kamailio SIP Server comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

3CX Live Chat
Ranking in Unified Communications
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (8th), IP PBX (1st), Live Chat (4th), Hosted and Cloud Based VoIP (4th)
Kamailio SIP Server
Ranking in Unified Communications
6th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Unified Communications category, the mindshare of 3CX Live Chat is 7.6%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kamailio SIP Server is 5.3%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Unified Communications Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
3CX Live Chat7.6%
Kamailio SIP Server5.3%
Other87.1%
Unified Communications
 

Featured Reviews

Ahmed ACHOUR - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Beyond IT Services
Enhanced service desk workflow which streamlines operations and offers strong integration capabilities
The customers use 3CX for IP telephony and call center activities. Additionally, they use 3CX for service desk activities, including integration with other ITSM products to collect data from customers who need technical support on their platforms 3CX has proven to be a good solution, particularly…
it_user183567 - PeerSpot reviewer
PHP Dev & Telecoms Engineer at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
​The server itself does load balancing however building a fail-over for it is difficult
The server itself does load balancing however the most difficult thing I found was building a fail-over for it. However, if you want to build a fail-over for it that's the tricky part since most sip traffic is routed using UDP. There are plenty of amazing TCP load balancers out there such as HAProxy but none for UDP. You need to use something like Keepalive and fail-over IP and restart the server on fail-over

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Our company has saved a lot of money from using 3CX Live Chat."
"It lets you see how many calls you made, the time you called, and how many minutes you spent on the phone."
"3CX Phone System is fantastic and easy to setup."
"The dashboards and interface of the solution are very good, they have covered most of the main features needed for our needs."
"It is simple to provision, yet has great features."
"The call queue and reporting systems are robust compared to what you have to pay to get the same level of functionality with a competing system."
"3CX is a software-based PBX which can cover every company's needs."
"The setup is wizard driven just like you would expect a Windows application to be, and it is super simple and straightforward."
"This product can scale insanely, the fact that it can handle hundreds of thousands of subscribers is great and means you won't have to worry about scalability for a very long time."
 

Cons

"The outbound call reporting and wall board could be improved for the outbound call centers functions."
"Bring back the multi tenant ability in version 15 and above."
"Message management in 3CX Live Chat is a little tricky. You can transfer a conversation to someone else if it comes into a group, but it isn't always easy to return the conversation to the group."
"For firewall: Its advice is to disable the firewall to allow voice to pass through the network, but there are instants when you don't disable the firewall for security reasons that NAC port comes in."
"3CX should combine the basic version and the enterprise version so that there is only one standard version instead of two."
"It would be great if the web meeting functionality could be extended to enable users to call standards-based video conferencing systems."
"It needs a better training and certification process."
"The current solution requires different ports for each instance and is not allowing for SIP trunk sharing between them."
"Would be nice to have more sample config files for different kinds of scenarios rather then just one default config file."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Switching from POTS or PRI to SIP Trunk save the customer real costs. ROI is seen in less than a year."
"The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to other solutions. There are different license options available. For example, there is a professional version and an enterprise version, and with the enterprise version, you have the ability to modify the dashboards. You can purchase a license at many different time frame increments, such as monthly, yearly, or two years."
"There is no add-on costing on the standard fees."
"3CX sells an annual subscription, but we usually split it out monthly for clients, so they don't see an annual bill for the 3CX licensing, it's just part of their monthly phone bill. As they're paying us for carrier service anyway, we just roll it all together. Your standard phone service would be an additional cost, you either need to maintain a local carrier with POTS lines or PRI or a SIP, or you have to go with a cloud-based SIP."
"We have purchased an annual license to use 3CX Live Chat. There are different options available, you can pay monthly or yearly. I am completely satisfied with the pricing of 3CX Live Chat, it is cheaper than competitors and it is a better solution."
"The price of the solution has been reasonable. We have not had any problems or complaints with the licensing model. We have not reached a point where we need to upgrade. We have all the correct channels."
"There aren't any additional costs. With the license I purchased, I have all features that I need. I don't have to buy an add-on or another license."
"We used a yearly license depending on the customer's requirements, and the customers did not complain about the pricing."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise2
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 3CX Live Chat?
The pricing of 3CX is around six out of ten. For some customers, the first year may be free of charge, allowing them to try the solution before deciding to implement it.
What needs improvement with 3CX Live Chat?
The reporting and dashboards of 3CX could be improved.
What is your primary use case for 3CX Live Chat?
The customers use 3CX for IP telephony and call center activities. Additionally, they use 3CX for service desk activities, including integration with other ITSM products to collect data from custom...
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Sample Customers

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Asipto, Crocodile RCS Ltd, Edvina AB, Evariste Systems LLC, OpenXg Inc., Sipwise GmbH, VoIP Embedded
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