I had been asked a while ago to put together a short Excel spreadsheet listing many of the "common" features of Asterisk as compared to a typical PBX. Many PBX vendors supply an exhaustive list of their features, and I figured I'd take as many of the unique features as others had offered, and put them together in a big list, and then also include some of the features that are unique to Asterisk.
I think this list will be of some use to persons evaluating Asterisk against their existing PBX platform, or other vendors of new VoIP systems. Note that I took some liberties with the "standard feature" syntax: often, things that seemed _very_ easy for me to do with Asterisk's scripting features I listed as "S"tandard, even though it would require a few minutes of work. Other features which seemed to be a little more complex, or which would require some web programming, I listed with estimates of how much time it would take to build them. I assumed use of Cisco 7960 phones, so some of the features which are really deskset options I listed as "S"tandard if I were to use 7960 devices. Caveat emptor for other desksets.
This is not truly a "comparison", since there are no other columns in the spreadsheet. However, it's good fodder for you to whack your VoIP or PBX vendor on the nose with, since they typically will not be able to match the feature list.
Olle: feel free to add to the Wiki, since you asked for this type of list.
Anyone else: feel free to send me updates in cut/pasteable Excel form if you have things you'd like to add to the list.
JT
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