Elastix or FreePBX and why?
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I'm on board with FreePBX being better than Elastix at the moment (even though my heart belongs with Elastix because that's what I learned when I first dove into VOIP). I think all of the commercial features they are offering for the latest version could be quite powerful as well if they will help your business (like Parking Pro, Endpoint Manager, Fax Pro, Q-Xact reports, etc.). Elastix had several paid add-ins too, but I don't think they have had the firepower that some of the new ones from Schmoozecom have.
I will say I really like the fact that in newer versions of FreePBX you have the ability to use device and user mode and can register more than one device to a single extension. I have not tried it, but I can think of many use cases for it.
But, I do look forward to playing around with Elastix 3 (MT) and 4 to see if Elastix can return to its former glory someday.
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@Danp said:
So is freepbx a good choice for a voip novice? Also looking for opinions on hosted vs on-premise. Am I better to spin up a vm internally or host on DO?
Just be careful when you are talking about running something like FreePBX in-house on a VM versus with a hosting provider on a VM. There may be differences in the kernel that can cause buggy behavior in the PBX (like running Elastix on VMWare vs. Xen and call reports working in one case but not the other). It can work, but you want to test it to make sure.
But I'd say for a VOIP newb, FreePBX is a decent choice to dig in and start playing.
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@NetworkNerd said:
@Danp said:
So is freepbx a good choice for a voip novice? Also looking for opinions on hosted vs on-premise. Am I better to spin up a vm internally or host on DO?
Just be careful when you are talking about running something like FreePBX in-house on a VM versus with a hosting provider on a VM. There may be differences in the kernel that can cause buggy behavior in the PBX (like running Elastix on VMWare vs. Xen and call reports working in one case but not the other). It can work, but you want to test it to make sure.
But I'd say for a VOIP newb, FreePBX is a decent choice to dig in and start playing.
Awesome, I'm hoping that my consultant will point things like this out to me, as well as other pitfalls that might exist.
