{"id":38332,"date":"2011-10-24T18:32:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T22:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/?p=38332"},"modified":"2016-12-08T16:50:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T21:50:33","slug":"what-are-the-best-phone-systems-for-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/what-are-the-best-phone-systems-for-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Best Phone Systems for Startups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being in a startup company means you\u2019re facing some special circumstances. Your budget is tight, your income is fluctuating and uncertain, and the office space always seems to be more \u201cspace\u201d than \u201coffice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But there are ways to stay lean in these cases, and one of those solutions for cutting office expenses is to use <a title=\"VoIP phone systems overview\" href=\"\/voip-phone-system-overview\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol systems');\">VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems<\/a> for your phones. Not only will this technology often be cheaper than traditional phones, but it will be easier and more flexible to manage.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already sold on the idea of VoIP, however, one question remains. What are the best <a title=\"VoIP Phone Systems\" href=\"\/phone-systems\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'VoIP phone systems');\">VoIP phone systems<\/a> for accomplishing just that?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at a few.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Best Phone Systems for Startups<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nextiva<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Starting at just around $21 per month, <a title=\"Nextiva\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextiva.com\/\">Nextiva <\/a>is built for businesses and not just for residents, making it an ideal choice for any start-up. But there are plenty of those around, so let\u2019s ask a deeper question: why is Nextiva so ideal compared to other providers?Well, with Nextiva you\u2019ll get plenty of the usual features such as an auto-attendant, a toll-free number, and on-hold music. Essentially, you\u2019ll sound like a Fortune 500 company in a jiff.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>RingCentral<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a title=\"RingCentral\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/\">RingCentral<\/a> has similar pricing (about $25 per month) as Nextiva, and though the price is a little higher, the benefits and features are just as nice to have at a startup.You\u2019ll also like the unlimited long-distance minutes you get through RingCentral, which is important for a startup that uses technology to talk to clients in every location.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aptela<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">With a price in the area of RingCentral\u2019s and a test drive feature that allows your company to temporarily have free VoIP service, <a title=\"Aptela\" href=\"https:\/\/business.vonage.com\/\">Aptela<\/a> is another provider worth checking out if you\u2019re a start-up.Lots of features, like integrating remote workers, are available for instant usage and you\u2019ll also find a handy web interface with which you can manage it all.<\/p>\n<h2>More\u00a0Than Just Price\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Do you have to listen to us and choose one of the <a title=\"VoIP Service\" href=\"\/cloudspan\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'VoIP service');\">VoIP service<\/a> providers above? Of course not. There are plenty of high-quality VoIP providers out there; but what we ask is that you take a little time to discern which is best for you.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t only weigh price, but features: you may find that paying a couple of dollars for a few extra features really helps your start-up in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for a follow up post that will outline the best IP phones for startups to use with hosted VoIP systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being in a startup company means you\u2019re facing some special circumstances. Your budget is tight, your income is fluctuating and uncertain, and the office space always seems to be more \u201cspace\u201d than \u201coffice.\u201d But there are ways to stay lean in these cases, and one of those solutions for cutting office expenses is to use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business-voip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178843,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38332\/revisions\/178843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}