{"id":4082,"date":"2008-11-04T17:01:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T21:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2024-12-26T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T19:05:49","slug":"free-sip-softphone-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/free-sip-softphone-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"20 FREE SIP Softphones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This post was originally written by Garrett Smith in 2008, and edited by Ying-Hui (Evy) Chen on Oct. 30th, 2020.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I occasionally run into folks who are looking to deploy softphones versus traditional, desktop-based IP hard phones….and am often asked what softphone technologies are out there that are compatible with SIP based IP PBX platforms such as Asterisk and Trixbox. Below is list of the more popular SIP softphones<\/a>, all of which are completely free to use.<\/p>\n

#1Wengo<\/a><\/h2>\n

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QuteCom Previously known as WengoPhone, Qutecom is a free, SIP compatible VoIP softphone initially developed by Wengo<\/a>. QuteCom supports a range of VoIP codecs including G.729, G.711, iLBC, G.722 (wideband) and Speex. H.263 for video is also supported.<\/p>\n

#2 XLite (Now Bria Solo)<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Counterpath Bria<\/a> is a Unified Communications (UC) solution that helps you stay connected to phone calls and messages wherever you are.<\/p>\n

Bria Solo is the new XLite softphone, a very popular, free SIP softphone <\/a>supporting a range of codecs and also offering great support for desktop business video conferencing.<\/p>\n

#3 3CX Softphone<\/a><\/h2>\n
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The 3CX softphone is a free softphone designed to make and receive VoIP phone calls directly from your PC. It comes with an easy to use interface and cost-saving plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

#4 ZoIPer<\/a><\/h2>\n

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ZoIPer<\/a> Features support for both SIP and IAX, and includes free and paid versions of their software.<\/p>\n

#5 Grandstream WAVE<\/a><\/h2>\n