# Anveo review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Hosted business phone service with visual call flows Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Anveo is a hosted phone service for small businesses and individuals, with a drag-and-drop IVR call flow builder, extensions, voicemail, call queues, online fax and conference calling. It also sells phone numbers, SMS and wholesale voice termination, and it works with your own SIP phones. - **Category:** Business Phone Systems - **Made by:** Anveo Inc. (since 2006) - **Website:** https://www.anveo.com/enter.asp - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: call minutes, numbers and SMS are billed by rate on top of the package. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Anveo has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.55 per month, billed annually ($7.85 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free package with 2 users or SIP accounts, a 10-item IVR call flow and voicemail to email. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 2 users or SIP accounts, 10-item IVR call flow, voicemail to email; voicemail-to-text costs $0.25 a message. | | Starter | $6.55 per month, billed annually ($7.85 billed monthly) | 3 users or SIP accounts, 15-item call flow, shared voicemail box and dial-by-name directory. | | Professional | $22.55 per month, billed annually ($25.85 billed monthly) | 5 users or SIP accounts, 25-item call flow, 15 voicemail-to-text messages a month included. | | Business | $40.55 per month, billed annually ($44.85 billed monthly) | 6 users or SIP accounts, 35-item call flow, paging and 40 voicemail-to-text messages a month included. | Read from https://www.anveo.com/service.asp on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Anveo before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lower monthly price with annual billing** (Annual discount): The packages page shows a lower monthly equivalent when the Starter, Professional or Business package is paid annually. Source: https://www.anveo.com/service.asp ## Key features - **Visual call flow builder:** A drag-and-drop builder for inbound and outbound IVR menus and auto attendants, free on every package, with the flow size capped by plan. - **PBX features on every plan:** Unlimited extensions and voicemail boxes, call queues, call transfers, conference calling, voicemail to email and the ability to use your own SIP device. - **Fax and call campaigns:** Online fax with fax to email, plus call campaigns, voice broadcast and outbound IVR, are listed for all packages. - **Numbers and SMS:** Sells phone numbers and has separate SMS and call rate pages; Anveo Direct sells origination and termination for other PBXs. - **API and control panel:** Includes API access, a business control panel and the Anveo Communicator, all free. ## Good for - Small teams that want a free or low-cost hosted PBX - Businesses using their own SIP phones or adapters ## Worth knowing - Numbers, call minutes and SMS are billed separately by rate; the packages cover the phone system itself. - Voicemail to text is $0.25 a message on Free, and extra messages beyond the included amount cost $0.10. - Attended call transfers and call parking are add-ons on every package, and paging needs the Business plan. - The packages page gives no included call minutes, so usage is charged at the published call rates. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Anveo is a hosted phone service with a visual call flow builder and a free plan for 2 users. Calls, numbers and SMS are billed separately, and attended transfers and call parking are add-ons. - **Value for money: B.** Starter is $6.55 a month on yearly billing ($7.85 monthly) for 3 users, under the $7.20 line. Call minutes, numbers and SMS are charged on top. - **Free plan and trial: B.** A free plan with 2 users, a 10-item call flow and voicemail to email. Voicemail to text is $0.25 a message. - **Features: C.** A visual call flow builder, PBX features, fax, campaigns, numbers, SMS and an API. Attended transfers and call parking are add-ons, and no minutes are included. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build the call flow yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with an API and control panel but no phone apps or integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Anveo's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among business phone systems - Anveo's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 55 of the 77 other business phone systems we grade, and level with 12. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 72 of 77) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $6.55 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 5 of the 49 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/business-phones ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Anveo you would be making phone numbers and calls carried over the phone network. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 55 of the 77 other business phone systems we grade. It costs $78.60 a year. - You could not: Phone numbers and calls carried over the phone network. - You could not: Fax numbers connected to the phone network. - You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Business phone line, Business texting, Online fax, Public API ## Alternatives - [OnSIP](https://toolgpa.com/tools/onsip): Hosted VoIP phone system with per-feature pricing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anveo-vs-onsip) - [Phone.com](https://toolgpa.com/tools/phone-com): Business phone service with apps, texting, fax and answering. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anveo-vs-phone-com) - [Ooma Office](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ooma-office): Small business phone system with a virtual receptionist, no contract. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anveo-vs-ooma-office) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.anveo.com/service.asp - https://www.anveo.com/enter.asp - https://www.anveo.com/company.asp Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/anveo Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).