3CX Live Chat vs Cisco VoIP PBX comparison

3CX and Cisco are both solutions in the IP PBX category. 3CX is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.0, while Cisco is ranked #2. 3CX holds a 25.7% mindshare in IP, compared to Cisco’s 12.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of 3CX users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cisco users who would recommend it.

3CX Live Chat

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91% willing to recommend

Cisco VoIP PBX

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100% willing to recommend

3CX Live Chat

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

3CX Live Chat

Ranking in IP PBX

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Virtual Meetings (10th), Unified Communications (2nd), Live Chat (5th), Hosted and Cloud Based VoIP (5th)

Cisco VoIP PBX

Ranking in IP PBX

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IP PBX category, the mindshare of 3CX Live Chat is 25.7%, down from 30.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco VoIP PBX is 12.0%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IP PBX Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
3CX Live Chat	25.7%
Cisco VoIP PBX	12.0%
Other	62.3%

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Featured Reviews

Ahmed ACHOUR

General Manager at Beyond IT Services

Enhanced service desk workflow which streamlines operations and offers strong integration capabilities

The customers use 3CX for IP telephony and call center activities. Additionally, they use 3CX for service desk activities, including integration with other ITSM products to collect data from customers who need technical support on their platforms 3CX has proven to be a good solution, particularly…

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Adriano-Simao

Chief Technology Officer at Triana Business Solutions Lda

Provides support for help/service desk to be knowledgeable about all eGov infrastructure

Reduces costs throughout country inside a private network. Provides support for help/service desk to be knowledgeable about all eGov infrastructure and their users and technicians Regarding the extension of the country and most of the sites out of the capital city, we need to have support in…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"3CX has strong reporting and management features. You can manage the capabilities of a call center with queues and timers. It's a complete solution."

"This solution gives our customers mobility. They can use their phone system everywhere. The other key feature is the security."

"3CX is a reliable solution."

"It’s straightforward to set up."

"3CX has a graphical user interface, and this is awesome because I don't have to have an IT person from my company in my customer's environment to set up and configure 3CX for my client. I just train the customer."

"It lets you see how many calls you made, the time you called, and how many minutes you spent on the phone."

"3CX is useful and easy to use. I can talk to my colleagues from anywhere."

"The solution is stable."

More 3CX Live Chat pros

"Reduces costs throughout country inside a private network."

"Provides support for help/service desk to be knowledgeable about all eGov infrastructure and their users and technicians."

Cons

"Some customers want to integrate a CRM solution with 3CX, but it's not compatible."

"3CX Live Chat could improve by having better integration with other solutions because we had multiple calls in which information was not extracted correctly. We had to modify their names, and some other data needed to be sorted out for a better understanding of the calls."

"There are a lot of quality of life things that could be improved. When adding extensions, you need to use the extension import setting, you can't just use an import function to update extensions. You have to delete and recreate the extension, which can have all kinds of unintended consequences."

"There should be an option to save some extensions."

"You cannot make a group call on 3CX. That feature would make my life easier because I could talk to two suppliers or a supplier and management together. I wouldn't need to end the call and call another person."

"I need a robust provider who can help me use Live Chat. Unfortunately, I have to move from one provider to another because they don't have enough capabilities to maintain good service."

"The solution was simple to install, but the configuration was not as simple. The full installation process took a few days."

"The reporting and dashboards of 3CX could be improved."

More 3CX Live Chat cons

"Regarding to the older version we use, we need some improvements on chat, smartphones, video conference, call recording capabilities, etc."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have purchased an annual license to use 3CX Live Chat. There are different options available, you can pay monthly or yearly. I am completely satisfied with the pricing of 3CX Live Chat, it is cheaper than competitors and it is a better solution."

"The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to other solutions. There are different license options available. For example, there is a professional version and an enterprise version, and with the enterprise version, you have the ability to modify the dashboards. You can purchase a license at many different time frame increments, such as monthly, yearly, or two years."

"There is no add-on costing on the standard fees."

"Switching from POTS or PRI to SIP Trunk save the customer real costs. ROI is seen in less than a year."

"3CX sells an annual subscription, but we usually split it out monthly for clients, so they don't see an annual bill for the 3CX licensing, it's just part of their monthly phone bill. As they're paying us for carrier service anyway, we just roll it all together. Your standard phone service would be an additional cost, you either need to maintain a local carrier with POTS lines or PRI or a SIP, or you have to go with a cloud-based SIP."

"The price of the solution is reasonable. There are a few license options and we are using an enterprise license."

"We used a yearly license depending on the customer's requirements, and the customers did not complain about the pricing."

"The price of the solution has been reasonable. We have not had any problems or complaints with the licensing model. We have not reached a point where we need to upgrade. We have all the correct channels."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	2

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 3CX Live Chat?

The pricing of 3CX is around six out of ten. For some customers, the first year may be free of charge, allowing them to try the solution before deciding to implement it.

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What needs improvement with 3CX Live Chat?

The reporting and dashboards of 3CX could be improved.

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Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Live Chat

September 2025

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Overview

Connect with your website visitors for free with the 3CX Live Chat plugin. With more than 1,900,000 downloads, 3CX Live Chat is the most popular, effective and reliable live chat plugin for WordPress. Increase conversions and boost customer satisfaction by communicating directly with your website visitors in real-time.

Integrate with 3CX for a multichannel communications suite including voice and video (requires 3CX V16). Get 3CX for free for one year for unlimited users hosted by 3CX, in your own cloud account or on-premise on Windows or Linux.

Easy and convenient for visitors
Build rapport with potential customers via live chat
Increase sales
Reduce customer support line costs by using live chat
Learn to understand the pain points of your customers

FEATURES

Simple and clean UI for all users
Option to elevate a live chat to a call or video call
Free iOS or Android apps to respond to messages through a smartphone
Ability to transfer chats to other agents
Agent’s picture is shown in the live chatbox
Customizable chatbox. Add a company logo, change the colors of the chatbox
All chats are saved in chat history
Dedicated storage system for all offline messages
Create unlimited agents to handle live chats and calls
Customizable offline message form
Supports animations in the chatbox
Ability to choose whether you want to accept or decline a chat

3CX

Cisco VoIP PBX component integrates IP communications, collaboration products, and applications into a single, unified system. VoIP PBX helps create a strong unified communications system that will accommodate your immediate business needs, and adjust to your needs as they change and grow.

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