ShadowPBX
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ShadowPBX, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ShadowPBX's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Managed — Starter | $49 a month | 10 extensions · 5 concurrent calls · 10 GB recording storage · billed monthly |
| Managed — Pro | $149 a month | 50 extensions · 20 concurrent calls · 50 GB recording storage · billed monthly |
| Self-Hosted | Free | No per-seat fees · all features included · forever · MIT license |
| Pay As You Go | Free | Outbound: $0.012/min (US/CA) · Inbound: free (unlimited) · 1 SIP trunk channel · Local DID: $1.50/mo · Toll-free DID: $3.00/mo · $0 / mo base |
| Business | $29 a month | Up to 10 channels · 1,000 min included · 3 local DIDs · 1 toll-free DID · $29 / mo |
| Managed Starter | $49 a month | 10 extensions · 5 calls · $49/mo |
| Enterprise | $99 a month | Unlimited channels · 5,000 min included · 10 local DIDs · 3 toll-free DIDs · $99 / mo |
| Managed Pro | $149 a month | 50 extensions · 20 calls · $149/mo |
The facts
Each one read from ShadowPBX's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The product has Admin, Supervisor, and Agent roles with scoped access, and uses bcryptjs password hashing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- APIs
- The product provides REST APIs, including for call transfer, voicemail management, and supervisor monitoring.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Auto attendant
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Bring your own trunk
- Users can connect an existing standards-compliant SIP trunk and configure it through the web GUI or API.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Business numbers
- multiplechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Call routing
- customchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Dashboard
- A Socket.IO dashboard displays active calls, registered extensions, call statistics, and system health.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The product is designed to be installed on the user's server, and the maker advertises a single install script.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dialers
- Dialing features include auto, predictive, power, and progressive dialers, plus campaign management and Do Not Call list scrubbing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Included users
- 10checked 22 Sep 2026
- License
- The project is MIT licensed, with the maker stating that all features are available without paid modules or feature gates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- ShadowPBX is an open-source, self-hosted IP phone system built in Node.js.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Recordings
- A dedicated background worker converts RTPEngine packet captures to WAV files and links recordings to call detail records.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker describes HTTPS and WSS through an Nginx reverse proxy with Let's Encrypt certificates, fail2ban protection, and SIP registration rate limiting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support and development
- The maker invites users to open issues and submit pull requests through the project repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Telephony
- It supports SIP registration, inbound DID routing, outbound routing, call queues, IVR, voicemail, call recording, and supervisor monitoring.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Trunk integrations
- The maker lists verified compatibility with SignalWire, Twilio, and Telnyx, and compatibility with Vonage, Flowroute, VoIP.ms, and Bandwidth.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company details
- The about page does not state a headquarters or founding year.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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