Linphone vs Zoiper

October 18, 2024 | Author: Adam Levine
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Linphone
Linphone is an open source Voice Over IP phone (or SIP phone) that makes possible to communicate freely with people over the internet, with voice, video, and text instant messaging.
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Zoiper
Zoiper, the free softphone to make VoIP calls through your PBX or favorite SIP provider. Available for iPhone, Android, WP8, windows, mac and linux.

Linphone and Zoiper are both open-source SIP softphones for Windows, macOS, Linux android and iOS. They offer voice and video call functionality and support encryption protocols like SRTP and ZRTP for secure communications.

But Linphone (launched in 2001) is French software, designed for tech-savvy users and enterprise communication systems. It provides built-in SDKs for developers to customize and embed the softphone in their applications. Linphone provides advanced features like multi-device support and call transfer (that is useful for business use cases). Native support for WebRTC is making it ideal for web-based VoIP projects.

Zoiper (2003) is Bulgaria-based SIP-client that targets small and medium business. It's known for its user-friendly interface and minimal configuration requirements. Zoiper offers a paid version with additional features like push notifications and fax. It supports IAX protocol in addition to SIP, that can be useful to companies with Asterisk-based systems.

See also: Top 10 SIP Softphones
Author: Adam Levine
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