If you use a Mac, there are many VoIP services and software out there that allow you to make free and cheap VoIP phone calls on your Mac. Since Windows is more spread, VoIP providers offer softphones that are firstly Windows-compatible and it is quite frustrating to find there isn’t a Mac-version softphone of the VoIP service you are using. Here is a list of VoIP software that you can install on Mac for VoIP.
Skype is the most popular VoIP service and it offers a VoIP softphone client for its more than half a billion users to install on their computer. You get to call your Skype buddies for free. You can make voice calls and video calls and conferences. You pay low rates to calls to landline and mobile phones. Skype has been improving its
VoIP client for Mac, but one thing puts it behind the Windows version – it is not free, though cheap.
This VoIP client comes free with your Mac operating system, which means you already have it on your machine. The application is clean and slick, and it allows great video-conferencing features with up to 4 people talking at the same time. However, it suffers from not being able to make calls to landline and mobile phones – you can only talk to people on their Macs.
QuteCom was previously called Wengophone. It is a strong and free VoIP client application that offers what Skype offers plus SIP compatibility. That is, you can make free voice and video calls to other people using QuteCom, and make cheap calls to landline and mobile phones worldwide. You can also send SMS. You can configure your QuteCom client to work with any SIP-compatible VoIP service so that you can use the application as a phone with the service.
SightSpeed is an award-winning VoIP service for its business product. There is a service with several plans, including a business plan, with an application to install on your machine. Calls within their network are free and cheap to landline and mobile phones. There are a lot of features and you can make video conferences with up to 9 participants with their premium plan.
This application is purely for Mac. There is no PC version. It is a VoIP softphone that works with an Asterisk PBX, so it might not be a choice for many of you out there. But if you have an Asterisk IAX account, it comes very handy, with some interesting features.
