Cannon VoIP vs. the competition
Straight, side-by-side comparisons on pricing, features, setup, integrations, and hardware, so you can decide for yourself. Pick a platform below.
Built for two-user offices all the way to enterprise and government deployments, with multiple layers of failover and redundancy. How we stay up
Two kinds of phone providers
Business phone providers come in two kinds. Knowing which kind you are buying from tells you who actually runs your phone system.
Companies that build their own platform
RingCentral, 8x8, Dialpad, Zoom Phone, GoTo, Vonage, Ooma (which also owns Phone.com) and Google Voice build or run their own phone software. Cannon VoIP is in this group too. We wrote our own phone software and apps, and we run our own servers and switching from an undisclosed location in Fort Worth, with two backup regions. Where we differ is the bill: our $34 per extension is all-in, while the same features at the big platforms cost far more once tiers, add-ons and fees are counted.
Resellers of white-label platforms
Many providers put their own brand on a platform another company builds, such as NetSapiens. Spectrum Business Connect, for example, is provided by RingCentral and sold by Spectrum. Others build on licensed call-control software: Nextiva's own guides show its voice service built on BroadSoft (now Cisco). The reseller handles sales and support; the platform vendor controls the software and its roadmap.
The difference with Cannon VoIP is the price and what it includes: $34 per extension, with a built-in CRM, contact center tools like a wallboard and power dialer, video meetings and website chat on every extension. Why built, not resold, matters · See how our network is built.
RingCentral
Tiered plans that gate SMS and recording behind upgrades, plus add-on fees.
Nextiva
Low entry price, 12-month minimum contract, AI sold as a separate add-on.
8x8
Pricing isn't published, you talk to sales to find out what you'll pay.
Dialpad
AI-forward, but CRM integrations and SMS limits are tier-gated.
Zoom Phone
Cheapest tier bills calls per-minute; a real phone system costs more.
3CX
Self-managed PBX software, you source your own carrier, IT, and hosting.
Ooma
Low sticker prices, but queues, CRMs, and transcripts live on the top tier with account-wide texting caps.
Vonage
Promotional annual rates, fees on top, and desk phones gated to mid-tier plans.
GoTo Connect
List price looks close until the metered texting, fee stack, and quote-gated pricing arrive.
SpectrumVoIP
The DFW hometown matchup: quote-based pricing and free phones tied to term contracts, vs published and month-to-month.
Phone.com
Cheap solo plan, Pro at $40 for CRM integration, fees on top, now owned by Ooma.
Grasshopper
Per-account pricing for app-only teams; desk phones, video, team chat and CRM not listed.
Quo
Cheaper annual plans and an MCP server; app only, with desk phones, video and a sales CRM not listed.
Google Voice
Cheap add-on for Workspace users, but teams need a Workspace plan; no CRM, wallboard or dialer listed.
Comcast Business
Cheap lines with Comcast Internet, then a stack of fees, rented phones and auto-renewing terms.
Spectrum Business
Low year-one promos tied to Spectrum Internet; Business Connect is RingCentral's service, sold by Spectrum.
Moving from any of them is built in
Live imports from RingCentral and 3CX, imports from 8x8, FreePBX, Grandstream, Yeastar and PortSIP exports, and a universal import or AI-ready migration kit for everyone else. Optional discovery calls capture what your old menus say, nothing applies until you approve the plan, and your old service keeps taking calls until your numbers port. Each comparison shows how the move works for that provider.
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