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What VICIfast handles that you would otherwise do yourself
A side-by-side look at the infrastructure work managed VICIdial hosting removes from your plate versus a DIY from-source install.
How VICIfast support works
VICIfast manages infrastructure — provisioning, OS, VICIdial install, TLS, backups, and uptime. Campaigns, leads, carrier, and compliance stay with you. Here is how to know who owns what when something goes wrong.
Is VICIdial really free?
VICIdial is genuinely free, open-source software. But free software is not the same as free to run. Server costs, carrier minutes, and maintenance labor are real expenses that add up quickly.
Scheduled snapshots of your dialer
VICIfast automatically takes point-in-time disk snapshots of your managed VICIdial server on a schedule, so you have a restore point without remembering to back up manually.
VICIfast for agencies running multiple clients
Agencies running VICIdial for multiple clients can spin up a separate single-tenant dialer per client on VICIfast, each with its own branded subdomain, billed month-to-month with no shared infrastructure.
Watching your dialer's uptime on the status page
VICIfast provides a public status page powered by BetterStack plus a real-time health model that tracks whether your dialer is HEALTHY, DEGRADED, or UNREACHABLE — separately from your billing status.
Automatic TLS certificate renewal on your dialer
Let's Encrypt DNS-01 certificates on your VICIfast branded subdomain renew automatically. Here is what happens behind the scenes so HTTPS never lapses.
Live-monitoring your agents with VICIfast
VICIfast includes live call monitoring so supervisors can silently listen to agent calls, coach via whisper, or barge in and join the conversation directly.
How much does VICIdial cost?
VICIdial software is free, but running it costs money. The total bill comes from three components: server hosting, carrier minutes, and labor — or a flat managed fee that replaces all three.
Factory-resetting your dialer safely
A VICIfast factory reset wipes your managed server back to a clean VICIdial installation, with a safety snapshot taken first so you can recover if you change your mind.
Resizing your dialer for a bigger campaign
When a campaign scales up, you can resize your VICIfast VPS to more CPU and RAM from the dashboard. The resize is near-instant and snapshot-backed, and is not available on BYOI plans.
Building a branded agent soundboard
The VICIfast soundboard builder lets you create clickable audio clip boards that agents play into live calls, branded per customer and organized by campaign.
How VICIfast hardens your VICIdial box
Every VICIfast server ships with a layered security baseline — firewall, brute-force protection, SSH certificate auth, SIP-TLS, and locked-down VICIdial defaults. Not a stock from-source install.
The VICIfast self-hosted (BYOI) plan
The VICIfast BYOI plan installs and manages VICIdial on a server you already own — your own Hetzner box, AWS instance, or on-prem hardware. You keep your compute bill; VICIfast handles the VICIdial install and management.
What VICIdial really costs: pricing and ROI
VICIdial software is free and open-source. Running it is what costs money. Here is an honest breakdown of server, carrier, and labor costs, plus how to think about ROI per agent.
The VICIfast plans explained
VICIfast offers tiered managed plans by agent count — Starter, Growth, and Scale — plus a self-hosted BYOI option. All plans are month-to-month with no long contracts, and annual billing saves roughly two months.
What it costs to host VICIdial
Hosting VICIdial means renting a server sized to your agent count and call volume. This post covers what size box you need and what that typically costs, from a small team to a hundred-seat operation.
From signup to your first campaign on VICIfast
The exact path from creating an account to launching your first VICIdial campaign — sign up, provision, add leads, connect your carrier, and dial.
No long contracts: month-to-month VICIdial hosting
VICIfast runs month-to-month by default — no annual commitment required. Cancel at the end of any billing period. Annual billing is available for operators who want to save roughly two months of fees.
Taking VICIdial calls on your phone over SIP
A plain walkthrough of how a phone registers over SIP, takes a VICIdial call, and passes audio to and from your carrier.
Is VICIdial right for a small team?
VICIdial scales down to a handful of agents. Here is what a small team gains, what it has to manage, and when it is overkill.
VICIdial vs Five9 on features
A feature-by-feature look at VICIdial and Five9: dialing modes, routing, reporting, and where each platform pulls ahead.
VICIdial vs Convoso on price
A plain breakdown of what you actually pay for VICIdial versus Convoso, from per-seat fees to server and carrier costs.
Your own branded subdomain over HTTPS
Every VICIfast dialer comes on a branded subdomain with auto-issued HTTPS, so agents log in to a clean, trusted URL from day one.