VoIP.ms
Hacker ApprovedVoip provider in Networking & smart home
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.
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.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 10 years
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Low rates and monthly fees
“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.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “voip.ms is about $1.30/mo with the cost of the phone number (DID) and "minutes".”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “they have a great feature set and are very affordable”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data” - Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months”
- Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Playa Phone”
- Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids”
Works with SIP phones and adapters
“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.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “I used Grandstream HT801 with success with voip.ms.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “I used a Fanvil "hotel phone" and voip.ms.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” Works reliably in practice
“So far it's working like a charm, they love it.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “VoIP.ms works great in both the US and Canada.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Few programmable voice features
“Voip.ms is great for a simple SIP trunk but it has almost none of the programmable voice and other features”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “PyPI package telnyx has been compromised in yet another supply chain attack” “couldn't find any way to do it natively”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “PyPI package telnyx has been compromised in yet another supply chain attack”
What people said
All 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“They were the cheapest I could find”
“pretty finicky with 2FA codes”
“I don't like they way they've made it harder for me to see what they actually offer”
“they have a great feature set and are very affordable”
“but it literally doesn't work”
“I had an horrible experience with VoIP.ms.”
“couldn't find any way to do it natively”
“Voip.ms is great for a simple SIP trunk but it has almost none of the programmable voice and other features”
“it's better all around I think”
“this cements my decision to use voip.ms vs telnyx”
“So far it's working like a charm, they love it.”
“the monthly costs way lower”
“I used Grandstream HT801 with success with voip.ms.”
“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.”
“voip.ms is about $1.30/mo with the cost of the phone number (DID) and "minutes".”
“I used a Fanvil "hotel phone" and voip.ms.”
“In voip.ms you can use the phone book and the caller id filter”
“Something in that range seems reasonable... calls to other subscribers are free.”
“I've never had an issue porting in or out of VOIP.ms, and it seemed easy enough to me.”
“VoIP.ms is hard to port into and out of, I've repeatedly seen them drop part of the account number when transferring a number”
“VoIP.ms works great in both the US and Canada.”
“Great for technical users who want maximum control and lowest rates”
“Countries like Germany start at $ 0.0147 / min”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.