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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 (7th), IP PBX (1st), Live Chat (4th), Hosted and Cloud Based VoIP (6th)
Kamailio SIP Server
Ranking in Unified Communications
7th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Unified Communications category, the mindshare of 3CX Live Chat is 7.5%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kamailio SIP Server is 4.8%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Unified Communications Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
3CX Live Chat7.5%
Kamailio SIP Server4.8%
Other87.7%
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

"The solution is basically an online phone, it doesn't charge you anything, you can contact people easier than using normal applications, and it has powerful and secure connections."
"The most valuable features of 3CX Live Chat are the ability to go straight to a call or screen-sharing and creating multiple channels from the same chat widget effectively. The ability to raise a call straight out to the cloud is fantastic, it is really useful. Additionally, it integrates very well with WordPress."
"The monthly savings on service alone pays for the system in 8 months or less."
"Reception dashboard is excellent. I can see all the calls on the system and can pull back calls that are going into voicemail or transfer by drag and drop."
"We have multiple branches countrywide and we all connect to one seamless system for all our communication needs."
"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 easy to use. It's pretty a much regular PBX system. It is quite easy to configure aspects of it, and it has a good soft client."
"It has resulted in customer satisfaction for the company product on IVR/web conference/application integration/mobility, etc."
"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

"You cannot make a group call on 3CX. That feature would make my life easier because I could talk to two suppliers or a supplier and management together. I wouldn't need to end the call and call another person."
"The call logs/reporting functions need some improvement and are still very basic."
"3CX Live Chat could improve by having better integration with other solutions because we had multiple calls in which information was not extracted correctly. We had to modify their names, and some other data needed to be sorted out for a better understanding of the calls."
"During one upgrade, we lost conferencing that took several months to add back in the new version."
"Yes, we have had many problems with this product, but step-by-step, they fix them, because this is a new product."
"It would be really good to have an expanded range of VoIP handset hardware to include more Cisco phones."
"It actually has some stability problems. It actually lags and sometimes doesn't load."
"There's some complexity in interfacing with external devices."
"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

"There is no add-on costing on the standard fees."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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 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."
"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 is reasonable. There are a few license options and we are using an enterprise license."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
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Company Size

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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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