PBX Cloud — cloud PBX from R145 a month with no setup fees
PBX Cloud sells a cloud phone system the way hosting is sold: pick your tier, activate instantly, cancel when you like. Pricing is published per extension band, there are no setup fees, porting is free and unlimited, and there is no contract — a genuinely unusual combination in a market built on multi-year seat deals.
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Key facts
| Who they are | PBX Cloud Systems, a South African cloud PBX provider selling on a self-service, automated-provisioning model with a local support team. |
| Published pricing | Tiers by extension count — R145, R185, R250, R365 and R560 per month across the 1 to 25 extension bands, with a custom package above 25. The company states every tier includes the full feature set. Advertised from R25/month at entry level. Pricing is for the system only and excludes call usage. |
| No setup fee | Activation is fully automated, so there is no technician visit or manual provisioning charge. The company states a system goes live in minutes. |
| Porting | Free and unlimited number porting — no per-number charge and no cap on how many numbers you bring across, which is rare enough to be worth confirming. |
| Contract | Month-to-month with no lock-in, cancel any time. |
| Coverage | Listed across all major centres including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Gqeberha, Bloemfontein, Nelspruit, Kimberley, Rustenburg and George. |
| Not published | No founding year and no head-office address appear anywhere on the site. |
| Listed In | Phone System Providers |
Read the exclusion, then read it again
The pricing is genuinely transparent and the terms are genuinely buyer-friendly — no setup fee, free unlimited porting and no contract remove the three things that usually make switching painful. The line to read twice is the one the company itself puts in the note: the published price is for the system only and excludes call usage. That is honest, and it also means the monthly figure is not your bill. Get the call rates alongside the seat price before comparing this to a bundled competitor, because a low system cost with high per-minute rates can land above a higher all-in package. The absent founding year and address are the other gap — on a month-to-month service with no lock-in the commercial risk is limited, but ask who you are contracting with.
Who PBX Cloud is a fit for
- Small offices that want a phone system live today without a sales process
- Businesses porting several numbers who would otherwise pay per-number porting fees
- Companies unwilling to sign a multi-year seat contract for a phone system
How PBX Cloud sits in the Cloud PBX category
- 232 verified cloud PBX and business phone system providers on WhichVoIP; 129 carry a Google rating.
- No published Google rating for PBX Cloud (129 of 232 in the category have one; median 35 reviews).
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Compare cloud PBX and business phone system providers →Commonly asked questions
What does PBX Cloud cost?
Published tiers run R145, R185, R250, R365 and R560 a month across the 1 to 25 extension bands, with custom pricing above that. The company states every tier includes the full feature set. For reference, the 11 verified Cloud PBX providers on WhichVoIP that do publish prices charge R49–R79 per extension per month, with call rates and handsets on top — a yardstick for the figures above. Compare published prices or get up to 3 quotes.
How much does a hosted PABX through PBX Cloud cost?
No, and the company says so plainly: the published price covers the system only and excludes call charges. Get the call rates before comparing it to a bundled competitor. For reference, the 11 verified Cloud PBX providers on WhichVoIP that do publish prices charge R49–R79 per extension per month, with call rates and handsets on top, so expect a quote in that band unless the bundle includes hardware. Compare published prices or get up to 3 quotes.
Is there a setup fee?
No. Provisioning is fully automated, so there is no technician visit or manual activation charge.
Can I port my numbers?
Yes — free and unlimited, with no per-number charge and no cap on how many you bring across.
Am I locked into a contract?
No. Billing is month-to-month and you can cancel at any time.
Where is PBX Cloud based?
It does not publish a head-office address or a founding year. On a month-to-month service that limits the exposure, but it is worth asking.
This listing is maintained by WhichVoIP, an independent South African telecoms comparison service running since 2019. Details are verified against the provider’s public website and were last reviewed on 1 August 2026.