| Feature |
Open Source Asterisk® |
AsteriskNOW™ |
Asterisk Business Edition™ |
| Fully Featured PBX |
* |
* |
* |
| Advanced Features |
* |
* |
* |
| Professional Speech Recognition |
(4) |
(4) |
- |
| Free Channel of Speech Recognition |
- |
- |
* |
| Professional Text-to-Speech |
(4) |
(4) |
(1) |
| Installation and Configuration Features |
|
|
|
| Customized rPath™ Linux Distribution |
- |
* |
* |
| Easy Installation Program |
- |
* |
* |
| Setup Wizard |
- |
* |
(2) |
| GUI for Common PBX Configuration |
- |
* |
(2) |
| Executable Binaries Included |
- |
* |
* |
| Certified Binaries, RPMs, Tarballs |
- |
* |
* |
| Asterisk eXpress Services |
|
|
|
| Maintenance Package Service |
(4) |
- |
(1) |
| Custom Development Service |
(4) |
- |
(1) |
| Support |
|
|
|
| Community-based Support |
* |
* |
* |
| Digium Support for Installation |
- |
- |
* |
| Digium Support for Issues |
- |
- |
* |
| 24x7 Support Available |
- |
- |
* |
| Priority Support |
- |
- |
* |
| Asterisk Technical Manual |
- |
- |
* |
| Access to Portal |
- |
- |
* |
| Includes Warranty |
- |
- |
* |
| Special Offers |
|
|
|
| Digium Product Discounts |
- |
- |
* |
| Special Partner Offers |
- |
- |
* |
| Testing |
|
|
|
| Regression Tested |
- |
- |
* |
| Tested for Up to 240 Calls |
- |
- |
* |
| Certified with All Digium Cards |
- |
- |
* |
| Certified with Listed Servers and 4 Linux Distributions |
- |
- |
* |
| Certified with Partner IP Phones, Partner Gateways, and 3rd Party Partner Cards |
- |
- |
* |
| Certified with Partner Software |
- |
- |
* |
| Terms |
|
|
|
| GPL |
* |
* |
- |
| Commercial License |
- |
- |
* |
| Source Code Available |
* |
- |
(5) |
| Warranty |
- |
* |
|
| Indemnification |
- |
* |
* |
| Cost |
|
|
|
| Price |
Free |
Free |
Require License |
