Virtual Phone Number Price — the Published Cost Picture
What a business inbound number costs here — plans from $10 per month, Phonewords from $40 — and why published tables beat a "virtual number" price claim.
Searches for a "virtual phone number price" usually want one number: what it costs per month. The honest answer here comes in published parts, because the products are inbound business numbers rather than anything labelled virtual: 1300 and 1800 plans start at $10 per month across a published range to $99, each with its own call rates — and a word (a Phoneword) adds a separate component from $40 per month. The pricing page holds the current tables.
The published price parts
- Monthly plan: 1300 and 1800 plans at $10, $15, $39, $79 or $99 per month, each with different included value and rates.
- Call charges: per-minute rates that differ for fixed-line and mobile callers, applying per the plan's table — with the business paying the full call cost on an 1800 number and the caller contributing a local call cost on a 1300.
- The word: Phoneword pricing from $40 per month, with availability and desirability affecting the price of the specific word, confirmed during sign-up.
- Add-ons: Call Tracking Numbers ($5 per month), an IVR Keypress Menu ($35 per month) and a Postcode Prompter ($250 per month), listed separately.
Why "virtual number price" claims deserve suspicion
Offers that quote a single headline price for a "virtual number" rarely say what happens after the first month: the call rates, the word's price, the add-ons or the terms. The published model here is the opposite — every part is in a table or a published rule, which makes comparison slower and safer. A price you cannot trace to a rate table is not a price; it is an advertisement.
A worked read of the bill
Take the shape of a typical purchase without inventing figures: a word from the available listing carries its own component from $40 per month, the base it sits on carries a published plan fee from $10 per month, the plan's rate table sets what each minute costs for fixed-line and mobile callers, and any add-on appears at its listed price. Four line items, each traceable to a published document. If a quote in this market does not decompose into those four parts, the missing part is where the surprise will come from later.
Pricing your own setup
Estimate your call volume and caller mix, read the plan tables against them, and add the word's confirmed price if you are buying a Phoneword. The team is reachable on 1300 327 934 during standard business hours (AEST), and the terms and conditions govern billing and cancellation. Related reading: the virtual numbers for business overview, virtual number, or 1300 number Australia cost.
Virtual number price questions
What is the cheapest published price here?
The published 1300 and 1800 plan floor is $10 per month. Call charges apply per the plan's rate table, and a Phoneword's word component starts from $40 per month.
Is the monthly fee the whole bill?
No — call charges accrue per the plan's fixed-line and mobile rates, and any add-ons price separately. The pricing page lists every part.
Why does a word cost extra?
Words are priced on desirability and availability — the published rule. A memorable word is the product being bought, which is why it carries its own component from $40 per month.
Do callers contribute to the cost?
On a 1300 number, yes — callers pay a local call cost and the business pays the remainder. On an 1800 number, callers pay nothing in the Australian context and the business carries the call charges.
Number pricing
Price the number on published facts
Compare the published 1300 and 1800 plans, or search available numbers first.