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VOIP Provider Finder

Australian business VOIP providers that suit a 1 to 20 seat business, filtered on what actually decides the choice: contract terms, real monthly cost, and the conditions each provider buries below the headline price.

8 providers, 7 with a published AUD price. Provider data last checked: 2026-08-27 to 2026-09-02.

Matches

Meets every requirement you set, cheapest published price first.

Matches, but the price is not published

Meets your requirements on everything we can check, but the provider publishes no Australian dollar figure, so it cannot be compared on price. You will need a quote.

Does not match

Ruled out by at least one requirement above. Shown so you can see what you excluded and why, not hidden.

Worth knowing: Fully component/usage-based. The $0.55/extension figure is NOT a seat price -- a geographic number ($3.30/mo), calls (11c/call or /minute), and features like IVR/voicemail ($1.10/mo each) must be added to reach a real total. Displaying $0.55 alone in a comparison table would be misleading without this context attached.

Worth knowing: The $1/extension headline price excludes call rates entirely -- not an all-inclusive seat price. Real monthly cost depends heavily on call volume.

Worth knowing: Flex includes only 1 concurrent call per licence. Complex (CAT-C style) number-porting estimates vary across SIPcity's own material -- one section says ~6 weeks, another 8-12 weeks -- needs editorial QA before quoting a firm timeframe.

Worth knowing: This no-lock-in price is for the PAYG/BYO hosted service only. The MaxoPhone handset-included bundle is a separate product with a 24-month contract and $728.75 minimum charge -- do not conflate the two when displaying a single headline price.

Worth knowing: True minimum monthly configuration is closer to $12.90 once a $2 local number, $5.95 user licence and $4.95 device licence are added to the $10.90 base plan. No setup fee, no early-termination fee.

Worth knowing: On the 24-month 'included handset' options ($35-$40/mo), early cancellation triggers BOTH a service early-termination charge ($13 x remaining months) AND a separate handset buyout ($7-12 x remaining months depending on handset). One DID is compulsory at $0.40/mo extra. Handset delivery is a further $14.95/device if a handset option is chosen.

Worth knowing: Provisioning is sales-led. Setup and equipment-return costs were found to vary by contract in wave-2 research but the exact minimum term was not confirmed -- do not display a contract-length claim until verified.

Worth knowing: No AUD figure is published. Re-verified 2026-09-02 by the Phase 2 freshness check: the AU pricing page loads and offers an AUD selector but exposes only USD amounts; the parent /au/products/ path, /au/pricing/ and the vendor sitemap were also checked and none publishes Standard/Pro AUD pricing. Do not display a dollar figure for Dialpad. Other terms confirmed same date: fees exclude taxes; subscription and one-time services are invoiced in advance while porting fees are invoiced in arrears with no published amount; if Dialpad terminates for an uncured breach or non-payment, all remaining fees for the service term become payable immediately. Teams integration is limited to Connect Pro/Enterprise and requires a Microsoft Teams Phone licence. The public uptime SLA is Enterprise-tier only. Pro requires a 3-user minimum. No general setup fee is disclosed.

How to read these prices

Every headline price on this page is the provider's own published figure for one user per month, and almost none of them is what the bill comes to. Call rates are usually charged on top, number rental is usually separate, and several providers split the seat into a user licence plus a device licence. The caveat shown on each row is the specific thing that provider adds, taken from its own pricing page on the date shown.

Handsets are separate from the plan for every provider here that publishes a BYO price. Where a provider offers a handset-included bundle, that bundle is a different product on a different contract, and its price is not the figure shown above.

Common questions

Is this list every VOIP provider in Australia?

No. It is a shortlist of providers that suit a 1 to 20 seat Australian business and publish enough detail to compare honestly. Larger enterprise platforms and providers that only quote through a salesperson are deliberately out of scope.

Why does one provider show no price?

Because the provider does not publish an Australian dollar figure. We check each pricing page rather than estimating, so a provider with no published AUD price is shown as quote-required rather than given a guessed number.

Are these prices the real monthly cost?

They are the provider's own headline figure, which is rarely the whole bill. Call rates, number rental, user and device licences and handsets are commonly extra. The caveat on each row states what that specific provider adds on top.

Do you get paid if I click through?

No commission is earned on any provider in this tool. One provider, Maxotel, has a referral relationship with us that has produced no conversions, and it is listed on the same factual basis as every other provider with no ranking advantage.

Still deciding between two providers? Our guide to comparing AU business VOIP providers covers the criteria that separate them once the price is close.

Read the comparison guide