Honest pricing. Taxes in. No contracts.
Hosted PBX, online fax, and business SMS — three products, one rule: the number you see is the number you pay. No Compliance Recovery Fee. No annual lock-in.
Hosted PBX
A full cloud phone system, three sizes
Unlimited US calling, toll-free + 1,000 minutes, digital receptionist, Follow Me, ring groups, conferencing, and a dedicated fax number — identical on every tier. The only thing that changes is how many lines and how much pooled texting you need.
1-User Phone System
1 local number · +$40/additional line
- 250 pooled texts/mo
- Unlimited US calling
- Toll-free number + 1,000 TF minutes
- Dedicated fax number, included
- Virtual PBX & digital receptionist
- Expert greetings
- Follow Me & ring groups
- Conferencing
- Multi-location support
- BYOD — bring your own devices
- 24/7 US-based support
- Web portal access
4-User Phone System
4 local numbers · +$35/additional line
- 1,000 pooled texts/mo
- Unlimited US calling
- Toll-free number + 1,000 TF minutes
- Dedicated fax number, included
- Virtual PBX & digital receptionist
- Expert greetings
- Follow Me & ring groups
- Conferencing
- Multi-location support
- BYOD — bring your own devices
- 24/7 US-based support
- Web portal access
8-User Phone System
8 local numbers · +$30/additional line
- 2,000 pooled texts/mo
- Unlimited US calling
- Toll-free number + 1,000 TF minutes
- Dedicated fax number, included
- Virtual PBX & digital receptionist
- Expert greetings
- Follow Me & ring groups
- Conferencing
- Multi-location support
- BYOD — bring your own devices
- 24/7 US-based support
- Web portal access
Need Hosted PBX at real scale?
Custom seat counts, SIP trunking, multi-site rollouts, and SLAs — Enterprise is a conversation, not a form.
The Honest Bill
Same team. Two invoices.
Drag the slider to your headcount. One invoice assembles itself fee by fee, the way the big carriers actually bill you. The other one doesn't need to — it's already the whole price.
Typical monthly invoice
RingCentral (month-to-month)
- RingCentral Core — $30/seat × 4$120.00
- Compliance & Administrative Cost Recovery Fee$3.00/seat$12.00
- E911 Service Fee$1.00/seat$4.00
- Fax add-on (Core has none — requires Advanced)+$5.00/seat to upgrade$20.00
- Taxes & regulatory surcharges~11%$17.16
- Plus: 12-month annual contract required to get anywhere near this price — this is already the more expensive month-to-month rate.
/mo, before any add-ons you actually want
TCSS — 4-User Phone System
That's it. Taxes in. No contract.
- 1,000 pooled texts/mo
- Fax number included
- Toll-free + 1,000 minutes
- 24/7 US-based support
Figures modeled on RingCentral's published month-to-month pricing plus its standard per-seat fees — see the sourced comparison below.
Online Fax
Fax plans that finally scale
Dedicated fax number, fax-to-email, portal send, and searchable history on every plan — including a market-first 2,000-page tier nobody else publishes.
Fax 500
500 pages/mo · overage $0.02/page
- 500 pages included
- Dedicated fax number
- Fax-to-email delivery
- Send from portal or email
- Searchable fax history
- Taxes & fees included
Fax 1000
1,000 pages/mo · overage $0.02/page
- 1,000 pages included
- Dedicated fax number
- Fax-to-email delivery
- Send from portal or email
- Searchable fax history
- Taxes & fees included
Fax 2000
2,000 pages/mo · overage $0.015/page
- 2,000 pages included
- Dedicated fax number
- Fax-to-email delivery
- Send from portal or email
- Searchable fax history
- Industry first — no competitor publishes a 2000-page tier
Need fax volume at real scale?
Custom seat counts, SIP trunking, multi-site rollouts, and SLAs — Enterprise is a conversation, not a form.
Business SMS
All-in texting, pooled across your team
No per-user rationing. Start pay-as-you-go at 1.5¢/msg, or step up to a pooled plan — inbound is always free, and 10DLC registration is handled for you.
Pay-as-you-go
No monthly fee — pay per message
- Simplest way to start
- Inbound texting — always free
- 10DLC registration handled by TCSS
- No commitment
- Taxes & fees included
SMS 1000
1,000 messages/mo included
- Effective rate 1.2¢/msg
- Inbound texting — always free
- 10DLC registration handled by TCSS
- Overage $0.015/msg
- Taxes & fees included
SMS 2500
2,500 messages/mo included
- Effective rate 1.16¢/msg
- Inbound texting — always free
- 10DLC registration handled by TCSS
- Overage $0.015/msg
- Taxes & fees included
SMS 10K
10,000 messages/mo included
- Effective rate 0.99¢/msg
- Inbound texting — always free
- 10DLC registration handled by TCSS
- Overage $0.012/msg
- Taxes & fees included
Need high-volume SMS at real scale?
Custom seat counts, SIP trunking, multi-site rollouts, and SLAs — Enterprise is a conversation, not a form.
Compare
TCSS vs. the big three
Same categories, side by side. Dated, sourced figures for RingCentral, Nextiva, and Vonage — verify anything here against the footnoted link before you quote it.
| Feature | TCSS | RingCentral[1] | Nextiva[2] | Vonage[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes & fees included in the price | Yes — always | No — added after checkout | No — added after checkout | No — added after checkout |
| Contract required | No — month-to-month, always | 12-month term for listed price; early-termination fee applies. Month-to-month runs 33–50% higher per seat | Lowest pricing requires prepaid multi-year terms (up to 3 years) at 100+ seats | 12-month agreement required for the lowest (annual) rate — ~30% cheaper than month-to-month |
| SMS included | 250–2,000 pooled msgs/mo (all tiers) | 25–200 msgs/user/mo (plan-dependent) | Not published per-plan | Not published per-plan |
| Fax included | Included on every tier, no add-on | Not available on Core at any price — requires Advanced ($25–$35/seat) or higher | Not bundled — sold separately as Nextiva vFAX ($7.95/mo for 500 pages, $13.95/mo for 1,000) | Not included on any plan — paperless fax is a $14.99/mo add-on |
| Toll-free minutes | 1,000 minutes included, every tier | None on Core/Advanced; 10,000 shared minutes on Ultra only | 1,000 min on Essential, up to 10,000 min on Enterprise (varies by plan) | None included — toll-free numbers are a $39.99/mo add-on |
| Hidden fees | None | CRF + E911 fee alone add ~$4/seat/mo before taxes | List price commonly runs ~50% higher after regulatory fees, toll-free overage, and add-ons | RCIP fee + 911 fee + federal charges push a $23.99 sticker toward $40 in practice |
| US-based support | Yes, 24/7 | Mixed — offshore + US support centers | US-based support | US-based support |
| Setup | No setup fee — self-serve or call sales | Self-serve online; paid onboarding for advanced/multi-site deployments | Self-serve online; assisted onboarding on higher tiers | Self-serve online signup |
TCSS
- Taxes & fees included in the price
- Yes — always
- Contract required
- No — month-to-month, always
- SMS included
- 250–2,000 pooled msgs/mo (all tiers)
- Fax included
- Included on every tier, no add-on
- Toll-free minutes
- 1,000 minutes included, every tier
- Hidden fees
- None
- US-based support
- Yes, 24/7
- Setup
- No setup fee — self-serve or call sales
RingCentral [1]
- Taxes & fees included in the price
- No — added after checkout
- Contract required
- 12-month term for listed price; early-termination fee applies. Month-to-month runs 33–50% higher per seat
- SMS included
- 25–200 msgs/user/mo (plan-dependent)
- Fax included
- Not available on Core at any price — requires Advanced ($25–$35/seat) or higher
- Toll-free minutes
- None on Core/Advanced; 10,000 shared minutes on Ultra only
- Hidden fees
- CRF + E911 fee alone add ~$4/seat/mo before taxes
- US-based support
- Mixed — offshore + US support centers
- Setup
- Self-serve online; paid onboarding for advanced/multi-site deployments
Nextiva [2]
- Taxes & fees included in the price
- No — added after checkout
- Contract required
- Lowest pricing requires prepaid multi-year terms (up to 3 years) at 100+ seats
- SMS included
- Not published per-plan
- Fax included
- Not bundled — sold separately as Nextiva vFAX ($7.95/mo for 500 pages, $13.95/mo for 1,000)
- Toll-free minutes
- 1,000 min on Essential, up to 10,000 min on Enterprise (varies by plan)
- Hidden fees
- List price commonly runs ~50% higher after regulatory fees, toll-free overage, and add-ons
- US-based support
- US-based support
- Setup
- Self-serve online; assisted onboarding on higher tiers
Vonage [3]
- Taxes & fees included in the price
- No — added after checkout
- Contract required
- 12-month agreement required for the lowest (annual) rate — ~30% cheaper than month-to-month
- SMS included
- Not published per-plan
- Fax included
- Not included on any plan — paperless fax is a $14.99/mo add-on
- Toll-free minutes
- None included — toll-free numbers are a $39.99/mo add-on
- Hidden fees
- RCIP fee + 911 fee + federal charges push a $23.99 sticker toward $40 in practice
- US-based support
- US-based support
- Setup
- Self-serve online signup
[1] RingCentral — figures verified 2026-08: RingCentral Pricing in 2026 — CloudTalk; RingCentral Pricing (2026) — Quo; RingCentral Pricing in 2026 — Retell AI (E911 fee). Published pricing changes — verify before quoting.
[2] Nextiva — figures verified 2026-08: Nextiva Pricing in 2026 — Grasshopper; Nextiva Pricing 2026 — CloudTalk; Nextiva Fax (vFAX) pricing — mfax.to. Published pricing changes — verify before quoting.
[3] Vonage — figures verified 2026-08: Vonage Pricing & Plans — CloudTalk; Vonage Business Pricing 2026 — Costbench. Published pricing changes — verify before quoting.
FAQ
Questions about pricing
Because a contract is a bet that you'll want to leave before it's up. We'd rather earn your business every month than lock you into it. Every TCSS plan — Hosted PBX, Fax, and SMS — is month-to-month, always, with no early-termination fee.
More questions? Talk to a human, not a phone tree.
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