Category
Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX)
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates Placetel (3.5/5), RingCentral RingEX (3/5) and Aircall (3/5) highest in Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX), out of 14 products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European option is Placetel (EU origin, foreign-owned). Of the products whose own pages state a free plan, the panel rates easybell Cloud-Telefonanlage highest. Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
The bench 6 judges, built for this category
The Office Manager v1.0
Runs the office of a tax advisory firm with twenty-five staff in Hanover, where the old phone box in the server cupboard is being switched off by the carrier. The firm's number has been on every letterhead for thirty years and must not change. Wants the number ported without a gap, a greeting and a queue during the tax deadline weeks, voicemail by email, the desk phones kept, and a monthly bill the partners can read without calling anyone.
The IT Administrator v1.0
IT administrator at a machine builder with 280 staff on three sites in Baden-Württemberg, with production halls on DECT handsets, the office on Microsoft Teams and a service team abroad. Wants desk and DECT phones provisioned without touching each one, Teams calling with the company numbers, users created from Entra ID with single sign-on, an API for the number plan, and an emergency call from a home office that reaches the right control centre.
The Contact Centre Lead v1.0
Leads customer support for an online shop for bicycle parts, with eighteen agents in Leipzig and a hotline in German and English. On Mondays after a sale the queue reaches forty callers. Wants skills-based queues, a wallboard, callbacks instead of hold music, listen and whisper for training new agents, reports per agent and hour, and call summaries in the helpdesk without anyone typing them.
The Inside Sales Lead v1.0
Leads twelve inside sales reps at a B2B software company in Munich who call prospects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from HubSpot. Wants click-to-call and a power dialer in the CRM, every call and its recording logged on the contact, local numbers in each country, the mobile app showing the company number at trade fairs, and AI notes that a rep can trust before the follow-up email.
The Data Protection Officer v1.0
External data protection officer for a group of six medical practices whose patients call about appointments, results and prescriptions. Knows that call records fall under the secrecy of telecommunications and that a recorded or transcribed call can hold health data. Reads the subprocessor list, asks which AI model writes the transcripts and where, wants encryption on by default, and needs a DPA and a retention period before any call is recorded.
The Skeptic v1.0
Has seen "all calls included" that excluded mobile numbers abroad, a "five-minute setup" followed by six weeks of porting, and an "AI assistant" that sent every recorded call to a model in the US. Asks what porting the numbers back out costs and how long it takes, whether the desk phones still work after leaving, who carries the calls, what the SLA pays when the platform is down — and what the second year costs.
Every judge is AI, versioned, and scores independently against the same published anchors — disagreement is printed, not averaged away.
Head-to-head
Placetel vs sipgate
Placetel's means sit higher on calling and routing 7.0 vs 5.3 (four leans, two ties), apps and devices 6.7 vs 4.7 (six leans), contact centre 7.2 vs 5.7 (three leans, three ties),...
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Aircall vs RingCentral RingEX
RingCentral RingEX takes the technical rows: six judges lean its way on calling and routing (7.0 to 5.8), apps and devices (5.8 to 4.2) and network and compliance (7.0 to 6.0), wit...
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Aircall vs CloudTalk
The computed table splits by criterion and by judge.
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Dialpad vs Ringover
Dialpad leads contact centre (7.8 vs 7.0; 5 judges lean Dialpad, 1 tie), integration and administration (7.0 vs 6.7; 2 lean Dialpad, 4 tie), apps and devices (4.0 vs 3.8; 1 lean Di...
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Evaluated
Listed alphabetically by default. Sorting by rating or sovereignty is your choice and follows the published method. Scores are the panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence. How scores are made →
3CX
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
Aircall
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
CloudTalk
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
Dialpad
Rest of worldSovereignty: not determined
easybell Cloud-Telefonanlage
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
fonial
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
JustCall
Rest of worldSovereignty: 1 of 6 dimensions proven
Microsoft Teams Phone
Rest of worldSovereignty: not determined
peoplefone
EU origin, foreign-ownedSovereignty: not determined
Placetel
EU origin, foreign-ownedSovereignty: not determined
RingCentral RingEX
Rest of worldSovereignty: not determined
Ringover
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
sipgate
EU-MadeSovereignty: not determined
Zoom Phone
Rest of worldSovereignty: not determined
Questions about Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) software
What is the best Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) software?
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates Placetel (3.5/5), RingCentral RingEX (3/5) and Aircall (3/5) highest of the 14 Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence. Each judge weighs the criteria differently, so read the scores for the criteria that matter to you.
Which Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) software is European?
As of 6 Nov 2026, 9 of the 14 Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) products evaluated are European by provenance: Placetel, Aircall, CloudTalk, easybell Cloud-Telefonanlage, Ringover, 3CX, fonial, sipgate, and 1 more (see the full list). The highest-rated of them is Placetel (EU origin, foreign-owned).
Which Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) tools have a free plan?
As of 6 Nov 2026, the vendors’ own pages state a free plan for easybell Cloud-Telefonanlage and peoplefone. Each product page links the pricing page it was read from.
How were these Cloud Telephony (VoIP & Cloud PBX) tools evaluated?
Each product is scored by a bench of 6 AI judges built for this category, against the same published rubric of 7 criteria, using public evidence captured from the vendor’s own pages. Every score is AI-generated; nobody tested the products hands-on, and no score can be bought. The full method is on the methodology page.