# VoIP.ms

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/voip-ms/

10 people recommended VoIP.ms in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for low per-minute rates, low monthly fees and good control for technical users. Common caveat: few programmable voice features and hard number porting.

Summary written by Claude from 23 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 22 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Low rates and monthly fees (6 comments in the sample): "I had good luck with voip.ms as a SIP provider. It is inexpensive at $1.10/month for the phone number and $0.008/min for calling." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487300)) "voip.ms is about $1.30/mo with the cost of the phone number (DID) and "minutes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486667)) "they have a great feature set and are very affordable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785816))
- Works with SIP phones and adapters (2 comments in the sample): "I used Grandstream HT801 with success with voip.ms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487733)) "I used a Fanvil "hotel phone" and voip.ms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486657))
- Works reliably in practice (2 comments in the sample): "So far it’s working like a charm, they love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47491001)) "VoIP.ms works great in both the US and Canada." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47147815))

## What people warn about

- Few programmable voice features (2 comments in the sample): "Voip.ms is great for a simple SIP trunk but it has almost none of the programmable voice and other features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47548107)) "couldn't find any way to do it natively" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47549304))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://voip.ms/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "VoIP.ms", https://hackerapproved.com/p/voip-ms/ (10 recommend, 1 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.