Comparison of VoIP software - KCall

Voice over IP (VoIP) software is used to conduct telephone-like voice conversations across the internet. VOIP phone service is often cheaper than traditional phone service, and is becoming more popular for both business and personal calls.


General softphone clients

Program Operating systems License Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
Abbeyphone Windows XP/2000 Closed Proprietary SIP      
AGEphone Windows XP/2000/Vista, Windows Mobile Trialware version / Closed Proprietary SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, UPnP Recording, Voice Mail, Multiple Services at Once, Outlook Support, Call Forwarding 1.67 Windows, 1.71 Mobile
AOL Instant Messenger MS Windows, Mac OS, Linux Freeware SIP, RTP Video, file transfer, PC to phone, phone to PC
BitWise IM Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Freeware / Closed Proprietary Blowfish File transfer, whiteboard 1.7.2
Brosix Windows Freeware / Closed Proprietary AES Text chat, Video, File transfer, Whiteboard, Co-Browse, Voice mail, Voice conference 1.7.2
Cisco IP Communicator Windows Closed Proprietary SCCP (Skinny), SIP, TFTP 2.1
Coccinella FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows GPL Free software XMPP, IAX Supports TLS/SSL and SASL File transfer, whiteboard
Cornfed SIP User Agent Linux Freeware / Closed Proprietary SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Gnome GUI clients 1.0.1
CounterPath Bria Windows & Mac Closed Proprietary SIP, STUN, ICE SRTP, TLS Contact centric interface, Customizable Skinning engine, eyeBeam Feature set 2.1
CounterPath eyeBeam Windows, Mac, Linux Closed Proprietary SIP, STUN, ICE SRTP, TLS Video, IM, Conferencing, Multiple login account, QoS, Outlook integration, Call transfer, 6 lines 1.5
CounterPath X-Lite Windows, Mac, Linux Freeware SIP, STUN, ICE IM, single login account, for Windows and Mac also Conferencing, Video and SIMPLE based presence] Windows and Mac: 3.0, Linux: 2.0
damaka Windows Freeware SIP Always end-to-end encrypted using unspecified algorithm. CallOuts™, video, desktop sharing, voice commands, file-sharing, SMS, IP Radio, RSS reader 2.5 (December 26, 2006)
DingoTel Windows Freeware Proprietary protocol, SIP, H.323 Some of the Dingotel traffic is encrypted. Has a 2-way radio feature, so one can tunnel FRS through the internet.
ComunIP ClicVoz Windows, Linux Closed Proprietary SIP, SDP, ICE (draft-17), STUN, proprietary HTTPS Tunneling Protocol, RTP, TFTP TLS/SSL
  • G.711, G.726, G.729, GSM, iLBC, Speex audio codecs
  • AEC, AGC, VAD
  • Instant Messaging
  • File transfer
  • Contact Management
  • USB Phone inputs
  • ATA conformance
2.5.0 (July 31, 2007)
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting) Linux, Windows GPL Free software SIP, H.323, STUN, Zeroconf Video, IM 2.0.9. (April 12, 2007)
Express Talk Windows, Mac OS X, Windows CE Freeware version, Licensed version. SIP 6 Lines, multiple accounts, conferencing, transfers, recording, push-to-talk (intercom) 2.04
Eyeball Chat Windows Freeware Free VoIP, video and IM 2.2
Eyeball Messenger Windows Closed Proprietary SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE Video, IM, Conferencing, Federated IM, QoS, Call transfer, 6 lines, Voice mail 1
Gizmo Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000 Freeware SIP, XMPP, Jabber SRTP Recording, voicemail, Jabber IM, Gizmo to phone, phone to Gizmo, Talk with Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, or Windows Live user 3.1.2.291 June 20, 2007
The Global Exchange 2006 Windows Only Freeware Cryptography & Custom Protocol(CP) Video, voice mail, missed calls
Globe7 Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000 Freeware SIP SRTP Call landline, mobile, Free call to 25 destinations, VOD, SMS, Free US DID number. 7.2.0.0 April 12, 2007
Google Talk Windows XP/2000 Freeware (libjingle is Free software XMPP, Jabber Chat, file transfer, voicemail, mail via “GMail Integration” 1.0.0.104
GoSIP Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000,Windows Mobile Freeware SIP January, 2007
iCall Windows Vista/XP/2000 Freeware SIP Free PC to Phone calling in the US and Canada, Voicemail 2.0.0.58
iChat AV Mac Closed Proprietary SIP AIM ICQ Jabber H263 H264 Integrated, PBX independent January 2007
TABLETmedia iFon™ Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE/5.0, WindowsCE 4.x/5.x Commercial SIP, H.261, H.263, G.711, G.722, G.723.1, G.729A, GSM, AMR Optional: MD5/Digest, DES, AES Mobile VoIP, videoconferencing, messaging, dual-mode devices support 5.10.59
iVisit Windows & Mac Freeware / Closed Proprietary Proprietary P2P protocol 8-way videoconferencing, file sharing, recording in QuickTime format 3.6.3 (verified on July 7th, 2006)
Jabbin Linux, Windows GPL Free software Libjingle, XMPP, Jabber SSL Instant messaging, file transfer, compatible with Google Talk 2.0b2
KCall Linux (KDE) GPL / LGPL Free software SIP 0.5.2 (10th July 2005)
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
KPhone Linux (KDE) GPL Free software SIP, STUN, NAPTR/SRV SRTP Video, voice, IM, external Sessions, IPv6 support for UDP 1.0.2 (22nd September 2006)
Linphone Linux and Microsoft Windows Free software and open source SIP Video, IM, STUN, IPv6 1.7.1 (16 April 2007)
Lotus Sametime Linux and Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X Closed Proprietary SIP, SIMPLE, T.120 and H.323 7.5.1 (April 2007)
Lynxphone Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD Freeware SIP, STUN, ICE SRTP, TLS Voice only, multiple-language support, Windows Address Book integration, skins, custom ringtones 0.6.0
MindSpring (formerly Vling) Windows 2000, Windows XP Freeware SIP, XMPP Instant messaging, PC to phone, file transfer, free voicemail 2.0
Minisip Windows XP, 2000, Linux, Windows Mobile GPL / LGPL Free software SIP SRTP, TLS, MIKEY (DH, PSK, PKE), end to end encryption Video, IM Conferencing
Mirial (DyLogic) Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Closed Proprietary SIP, H.323
  • H.264 video support
  • HD 720p video rx/tx
  • G.722.1/C wideband audio
  • Call recording/export
  • Contact management
  • DV camera inputs
  • T.120, file transfer
  • Acoustic Echo Canceller
  • Far End Camera Control
5.2 (June 8, 2007)
Nadiz Phone Windows 2000/XP/2003 Freeware SIP, RTP, STUN, ICE SRTP, TLS, AES
  • Call log
  • Video capture
  • H.264 video support
1.1-Early Beta! (April 14, 2007)
OpenH323 and OPAL Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows Mobile, VxWorks MPL free software H.323, SIP, IAX, RTP, STUN SRTP OpenH323: 1.19.0.1 (June 12, 2006), OPAL: 2.2.4 (January 24, 2007)
PeerMe Windows 2000 or Windows XP Freeware
PhoneGaim Linux (Linspire), Windows XP/2000 GPL free software SIP
Phoner and PhonerLite Windows Freeware SIP, CAPI TLS, SRTP recording, voicemail Phoner: 2.11 (October 10th, 2007), PhonerLite: 1.38 (October 10th, 2007)
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
PJSIP Linux, Win32 (NT/200/XP), WinCE/Windows Mobile, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, RTEMS, Symbian, etc GPL free software/Closed Proprietary SIP TLS Media stack included, Python API 0.5.10.1 (20 February 2007)
Remote Origin, Inc. Windows Closed Proprietary IAX2 Digest-Authentication TTY, USB Token DRM, Re-Branding, Custom Development Available 1.0 (March 1st, 2007)
ReSIProcate Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Vovida Software License (open source) SIP TLS, Identity, Digest-Authentication SIP Stack, Dialog layer (DUM), Proxy (repro) 1.1 (March 30th, 2007)
SecurePTT Microsoft Windows / Symbian OS Closed Proprietary Proprietary protocol, RTP AES-256 encryption, RSA-2048 key exchange SecurePTT Voice communication, SecurePTT Camera, SecurePTT Chat 1.5
SightSpeed Mac OS X / Windows Freeware SIP,RTP,Proprietary P2P protocol video, voicemail, phone in, phone out, multiparty calling, conference recording, text messaging, interop with hardware SIP phones, nat traversal, video mail 6.0
SIP Communicator Linux, Mac, Windows XP/2000 (all java supported) LGPL free software SIP/SIMPLE, Jabber Text messaging
SJphone Windows 2000/Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows Mobile 5 Freeware SIP, RTP, STUN, Jabber, H.323 Customisation for ITSP Windows XP/Vista: 1.65 beta (Mar 27.2007)
Skype Windows 2000/XP, Mac OS X, Linux(32-bit i386 only), Windows Mobile Freeware Proprietary P2P protocol Encrypted Video (not on Linux yet), file transfer, voicemail, Skype to phone, phone to Skype, additional P2P extensions (games, whiteboard, etc…) Windows: 3.2.0.163, Linux: 1.4.0.4, Mac OS X: 2.6.0.148, Windows Mobile: 2.2.0.36 (All as of June 17, 2007)
SmeetX, Smeet SDK Linux, Microsoft Windows SIP, H.323, STUN, proprietary P2P protocol Optional encryption plugin Video (H.263, H.263+, MPEG-4 and H.264), ActiveX control, XML, SOAP 1.3.3 (as of April 2007)
SoftBX Microsoft/Windows XP/Vista/Outlook 2000/2003/Windows Mobile 6 Closed Proprietary SIP, H.323, 3 way/multi-party conference, presence display, operator, call centre agent 4.1.1003 (January 2007)
Switchboard, The Windows 2000/XP, Mac OS X, Linux, OS/2, and any other Java enabled platform Freeware Proprietary P2P protocol Encrypted web-based (no installation), conferencing, file transfer, ICQ, AIM, and MSN compatibility 3.2 (March 2007)
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
TelTel Windows Freeware SIP, STUN TLS, SRTP IM, TelTel-Out, TelTel-In 0.9.2.18
TERAVoice Server Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Freeware / Closed Proprietary SIP, H.323, ISDN, analog TLS Soft-PBX, IVR, Voicemail, Voice Portal Server 2004 (17th of April 2005)
Tivi Windows, many cell phones, Nokia smartphones Freeware tivi-to-land line Video call: 0.127a, Lite: 0.602.
Twinkle Linux GPL free software SIP SRTP, ZRTP 1.1 (July 21, 2007)
Vbuzzer Windows XP Closed / Proprietary freeware SIP TLS IM (MSN), voicemail, personalized voice greeting. 2.0.282
VoipDiscount Windows 2000/XP/Vista Freeware SIP
VOIspeed Windows 2000/XP Freeware SIP IPBX, IVR, CRM integration, LCR, Voicemail 4
vPhone Windows Freeware + proprietary SIP, GSM, VOIP Conferencing, address book, SMS, chat
WengoPhone Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000, SmartPhone, Windows Mobile GPL free software SIP AES-128|[1] Video, IM (MSN, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, Jabber, GoogleTalk), voicemail, wengo to phone. v2.1.0 (May 15, 2007)
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
Windows Live Messenger Windows 2000/XP Freeware SIP, RTP, proprietary Video, voice, chat, text messaging, PC to Phone
wxCommunicator Windows XP/2000 GPL free software SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE, Voice, chat, recording, conferencing, multiple sip profiles
Yahoo! Messenger Microsoft Windows, Mac OS (8, 9, X), (Linux/FreeBSD version not VoIP capable) Freeware SIP (using TLS) and RTP (media) Video, file transfer, PC to phone, phone to PC
YakaPhone Microsoft Windows, Mac OS (8, 9, X), (Linux/FreeBSD) Freeware IAX, IAX2 Audio, Video, Text & SMS, PC to phone, phone to PC
XMeeting Mac OS X BSD free software SIP, H323, STUN Video, call recording v0.33
Zfone (formerly PGPfone) Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Viewable source / Proprietary license (includes time bomb provision) SIP and RTP SRTP, ZRTP Beta (6th of December 2006)
Zoiper (formerly Idefisk) Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Shareware / Proprietary SIP, RTP, STUN, IAX, IAX2 Native conferencing, address book, outlook integration, click to dial Zoiper 2.07 - 28th of August, 2007
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release


Hosted services

Program Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
EasyIVR Closed Proprietary Proprietary Protocol Virtual ACD, IVR, Voice Broadcasting, Development environment, 12
HarmonicaPhones Closed Proprietary Proprietary Protocol VirtualPBX, Conferencing, ACD, Development environment, Flash UI 2.3
Jajah Closed source Connects together two conventional phones.


PDA specific

Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
HipVoice WinCE 4.2, PocketPC, Windows Mobile 5.0, CE 5.0 Proprietary XMPP, Jabber Proprietary algorithm Unicast & Multicast Push-To-Talk 3.1
Express Talk Windows Pocket PC or Windows Mobile OS (all versions since 2002) Closed / Proprietary SIP,G.711, GSM 2 Lines, On Hold, Push-to-Talk v2.07
TABLETmedia iFon™ Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE/5.0, WindowsCE 4.x/5.x Commercial SIP, H.261, H.263, G.711, G.722, G.723.1, G.729A, GSM, AMR Optional: MD5/Digest, DES, AES Mobile VoIP, videoconferencing, messaging, dual-mode devices support 5.10.59
MobiVoIP Palm OS 5 proprietary? SIP, G.711, GSM 6.10 FR no? Caller-ID via SIP, Call Timer, works in background, address book integration  ?


Mobile phones

Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Latest release
fring Symbian 8 or 9, Windows Mobile 5 or 6 proprietary SIP, Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Twitter, ICQ
HipVoice WinCE 4.2, PocketPC, Windows Mobile 5.0, CE 5.0 Proprietary XMPP, Jabber Proprietary algorithm Unicast & Multicast Push-to-Talk v3.1
TABLETmedia iTalkie™ Windwos 2000/XP, Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE/5.0, WindowsCE 4.x/5.x Commercial Optional: MD5/Digest, DES, AES serverless Push-to-Talk with presence and direct calling (VoIP) 1.46


Frameworks and libraries

Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Key and target markets Latest release
Tapioca Linux GPL free software Telepathy (software) 0.3.9 (June 12, 2006)
ComunIP VoxBR Windows, Linux Closed Proprietary SIP, SDP, ICE (draft-17), STUN, proprietary HTTPS Tunneling Protocol, RTP, TFTP SSL/TLS Fast-CGI integration (PHP backend), IRC protocol support Client and server-side applications, Software SBCs, VoIP Middleware (including support of SaaS delivery model) 2.5.0 (July 31, 2007)


Server software

Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Key and target markets Latest release
3cx phone system Windows XP, 2000, 2003. Freeware / Closed Proprietary SIP IP PBX SMB 2.0
Asterisk PBX Linux for PPC, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X Jaguar. GPL free software / Proprietary SIP, H.323, IAX SRTP/ZRTP     1.4.5, 15 June 2007
Brekeke PBX Windows and Linux Free 60-day trial / Closed Proprietary SIP IP PBX, Voicemail, Conference, ARS Carriers, ITSP, Enterprise, SMB 2.0
Brekeke SIP Server Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Solaris Free Academic License / Free 60-day trial / Closed Proprietary SIP SIP Registrar/Proxy, NAT Traversal, Authentication, Dial Plan, Plugin APIs Carriers, ITSP, Enterprise, SMB, R&D 2.0
Customer Interaction Center Windows 2003/XP Closed Proprietary SIP IP PBX, ACD, IVR, Unified Messaging, Multi-media queueing, Skills-based routing Enterprise and Contact (Call) Centers 2.4
Eyeball Server Suite Red Hat Eneterprise 4 and Fedora Core 4 or higher Proprietary SIP, XMPP, STUN, TURN ICE NAT Traversal IM server, NAT Traversal Server, SIP Proxy Enterprise, Developer, Service Providers
CommuniGate Pro Solaris, Linux, BSD, OSX, Windows, AIX, HPUX Freeware / Closed Proprietary SIP, XMPP, XIMSS TLS/SSL/HTTPS/SRTP/File Encryption/Cert Authority VirtualPBX, Conferencing, ACD, Development environment, Flash UI Carriers, IT-SP, Enterprise 5.1.x
FreeSWITCH Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris Open MPL free software SIP, STUN, XMPP, Jabber, IAX SRTP Recording, Voicemail, Jabber IM, Google Talk, Proxy, Media gateway, Soft-PBX, IVR, 1.0Beta September 10, 2007
GNU Gatekeeper Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000, FreeBSD GPL Free software H.323 Routing, Accounting, AUthorization 2.2.4
IXC Softswitch FreeBSD Closed/ Proprietary H.323, SIP, MGCP, RADIUS Includes integrated billing, codecs transcoding, protocol conversion, financial tools. Carriers, ITSP, Enterprise, SMB. Services: origination, termination, DIDs, calling cards 4.4.x
Nortel’s Аpplication Server 5200(mcs) Linux Proprietary SIP , H.323 SSL encryption multimedia conferencing, instant messaging (IM), presence and other collaboration tools Unified Communication 5200
Merak Mail Server Windows, Linux Proprietary SIP Registrar, Redirect, Proxy, SIMPLE, XMPP SSL/TLS/HTTPS NAT Traversal, PBX properties, gateways, routing, ENUM, NAPTR, unified administration and authentication (email, IM) SMB, Enterprise, ISP 9.0.2
NetUP UTM billing software Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows (NT, 2000, XP, 2003) Closed Proprietary H.323, SIP RADIUS Java-based multiplatform administration interface VoIP providers and ISP 5.2.1-001
OpenSER Linux, BSD, Solaris GPL free software Open source SIP TLS ENUM, IM, XMPP IM gateway, SMS gateway Carrier, ITSP, Enterprise 1.2.1
PACER Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HPUX Closed Proprietary TLS, SSL, HTTPS IVR, Voice broadcasting, Virtual PBX, ACD, XML Messaging, Development environment Enterprise, Developer, Service Providers 12.1
pbxnsip Windows, Linux Closed Proprietary SIP TLS for signalling, SRTP and SDES for media and key exchange IVR, Multicast Paging, Call Recording, Barge In, NAT-Traversal, Trunking, Cell Phone Support, Built-in mini-SBC, multiple-IP Address, Plug and Play, IM, Presence Appliances, Server 2.1 (release)
Solegy-OSS Desktop Dialer Microsoft Windows Freeware SIP Hash (CBCOM mode) Encryption Call transfer (SIP REFER), IM (SIP/SIMPLE or Jabber), NAT Traversal (STUN), multiple codecs (iLBC, Speex, GSM, G.711, G.723, etc.) Service Providers, Developers Beta (December 2006)
SIP Express Router (SER) BSD, Linux, Solaris GPL free software SIP SIP Registrar/Proxy, Authentication, DIAMETER, RADIUS, ENUM, and many others… SIP Service Providers 2.0.0 Ottendorf
sipX ECS IP PBX Linux Open source L-GPL Native SIP Call Control HTTPS, TLS Full redundancy (HA), plug & play management including phones and gateways, fully featured, 100% SIP standards based Enterprises between 200 and 10,000 users, multi-site 3.6, Feb 12, 2007
SoftBX Microsoft/Windows XP/Server 2000/2003/Windows Mobile 6 Closed Proprietary SIP, H.323, CAPI, 4-2000 users/per server, up to 512,000 ITSP platform, Voice Mail, Conference, Call Centre ITSP Hosting Platforms, PBX replacement, Appliances 4.3.1001 (June 2007)
*starShop Open source GPL Based on Asterisk PBX (PBX, not client) Calling Shops and Internet cafes. 0.02 (29th of November 2005)
SwyxWare Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista Closed Proprietary SIP, H.323, CAPI Too Many to List Businesses from 5 users to 10000 Users 6.02 (1th May 2007)
YATE FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Solaris GPL free software Open source H.323, IAX, Jingle, SIP SoftPBX, SIP SBC/Registrar/Proxy, H.323 Proxy, FAX, IVR, Conference, Music on Hold, Radius and many others Small office to carrier grade 1.2.0 (16th April 2007)
ComunIP SIP Server Linux, Microsoft Windows Closed Proprietary SIP, HTTP, Fast-CGI TLS/SSL General-purpose SIP server with a SOA architecture - uses Fast-CGI as backend processing (PHP as default language for customizing server-side applications), full web server integration (Apache, Lighttpd) Application Service Provider Model to Carrier Grade, including support of SaaS delivery model 2.5.0 (July 31, 2007)
Mysipswitch Linux BSD free software Open source SIP, Ajax SSL SIP proxy server which allows the use of multiple SIP accounts with a single SIP login Individuals August 2007
Program Operating systems Licence Protocols/based upon/compatible with Encryption Other capabilities Key and target markets Latest release


See also

  • Voice over IP
  • Secure communication
  • softphone
  • Video conference

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