{"industry":{"id":"ff619d7c-d7d7-485e-a05a-53fba07f33ed","slug":"telecommunications","label":"Telecommunications","description":"Business voice, fiber, UCaaS, and network services"},"topic":{"slug":"ucaas","label":"UCaaS","description":null,"schemaKind":null},"answer":{"id":"bdd3ca12-ec0a-4baf-9dd3-ccf3a03b18c5","slug":"how-much-does-ucaas-cost-for-50-employees","question":"How much does UCaaS cost for 50 employees?","answerMarkdown":"On four published plans from two providers, 50 users come to between $600 and $1,250 a month in subscription fees. Atlantech Online advertises UCaaS lines starting at $12 and $18 per user per month, which comes to $600 or $900 for 50 users. Nextiva lists $15 and $25 per user per month on annual small-business terms, which comes to $750 or $1,250. Those totals are the per-user rate times 50. The full budget depends on what each quote includes beyond that rate, such as phones, setup and taxes.","answerText":"On four published plans from two providers, 50 users come to between $600 and $1,250 a month in subscription fees. Atlantech Online advertises UCaaS lines starting at $12 and $18 per user per month, which comes to $600 or $900 for 50 users. Nextiva lists $15 and $25 per user per month on annual small-business terms, which comes to $750 or $1,250. Those totals are the per-user rate times 50. The full budget depends on what each quote includes beyond that rate, such as phones, setup and taxes.","answerHtml":"

On four published plans from two providers, 50 users come to between $600 and $1,250 a month in subscription fees. Atlantech Online advertises UCaaS lines starting at $12 and $18 per user per month, which comes to $600 or $900 for 50 users. Nextiva lists $15 and $25 per user per month on annual small-business terms, which comes to $750 or $1,250. Those totals are the per-user rate times 50. The full budget depends on what each quote includes beyond that rate, such as phones, setup and taxes.

\n","summary":"On four published plans from two providers, 50 UCaaS users come to $600 to $1,250 a month in subscription fees: $600 or $900 on Atlantech Online's $12 and $18 starting rates, and $750 or $1,250 on Nextiva's $15 and $25 per user per month on annual small-business pricing. The full budget depends on what each quote includes beyond the per-user rate, and the number of licenses can differ from the headcount.","publishedAt":"2026-06-08T19:57:25.625","verifiedAt":null,"editorialStatus":"APPROVED","lastReviewedAt":"2026-10-10T04:10:51.304","nextReviewDueAt":null,"templateVersion":"v2","aliases":[],"confidenceScore":null,"confidenceLabel":null,"canonicalUrl":"https://www.answerstack.io/q/how-much-does-ucaas-cost-for-50-employees"},"contributor":{"id":"ec39deab-44fe-48d8-9029-fefe993ab85a","slug":"answer-stack","displayName":"AnswerStack","websiteUrl":null},"contributorOrganizationProfile":null,"contributorPerson":null,"sections":[{"id":"169dea20-1f6a-43cc-8800-01c0f6ae440d","sectionKey":"arithmetic","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"The arithmetic for 50 users","introMarkdown":"UCaaS is sold per user per month, so the subscription is the rate times 50, and the year is that figure times twelve. Atlantech's [UCaaS pricing](https://www.atlantech.net/solutions/voice/unified-communications) shows a Business Line starting at $12 and a Premium Line starting at $18. [Nextiva's pricing page](https://www.nextiva.com/nextiva-pricing) shows its Core plan at $15 and its Engage plan at $25. Each row below puts all 50 users on one plan at the published rate.","introHtml":"

UCaaS is sold per user per month, so the subscription is the rate times 50, and the year is that figure times twelve. Atlantech's UCaaS pricing shows a Business Line starting at $12 and a Premium Line starting at $18. Nextiva's pricing page shows its Core plan at $15 and its Engage plan at $25. Each row below puts all 50 users on one plan at the published rate.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":10},{"id":"7c0c73f7-6631-4780-9d5a-c507ee9cfa3f","sectionKey":"fifty_user_table","sectionType":"table_section","heading":"Subscription cost for 50 users at published rates","introMarkdown":null,"introHtml":null,"outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{"rows":[{"cells":["Atlantech Online Business Line","From $12","$600","$7,200"]},{"cells":["Atlantech Online Premium Line","From $18","$900","$10,800"]},{"cells":["Nextiva Core","$15","$750","$9,000"]},{"cells":["Nextiva Engage","$25","$1,250","$15,000"]}],"columns":["Plan","Per user, per month","50 users, per month","50 users, 12 months"]},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":20},{"id":"780145e1-9059-49e1-842d-dac7c8389302","sectionKey":"rate_assumptions","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"What those rates assume","introMarkdown":"Atlantech labels both of its prices \"Starting At\" and offers a consultation and pricing call to arrive at a quote. The $600 and $900 figures hold if your quote comes in at the starting rate.\n\nNextiva's rates carry conditions the page spells out. They're annual small-business pricing for new customers with 1 to 100 employees who sign a paid agreement of 12 months or longer. A 50-person company fits the size range. The term is the condition to weigh, because the rate comes with a minimum agreement of 12 months. That's the length of the commitment. How often you're billed during it is a separate detail for the order form.","introHtml":"

Atlantech labels both of its prices "Starting At" and offers a consultation and pricing call to arrive at a quote. The $600 and $900 figures hold if your quote comes in at the starting rate.

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Nextiva's rates carry conditions the page spells out. They're annual small-business pricing for new customers with 1 to 100 employees who sign a paid agreement of 12 months or longer. A 50-person company fits the size range. The term is the condition to weigh, because the rate comes with a minimum agreement of 12 months. That's the length of the commitment. How often you're billed during it is a separate detail for the order form.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":30},{"id":"b96c00f9-81ef-47fa-80b1-feae1244841c","sectionKey":"what_each_line_includes","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"What each line includes","introMarkdown":"The four prices don't buy the same thing. Atlantech's Business Line card lists calling features, such as call forwarding, transfer, hunt groups and call park, with a voice trunk for unlimited local calling and unlimited domestic long-distance. Its Premium Line card lists voicemail, conferencing, collaboration and a softphone.\n\nNextiva's Core card lists inbound and outbound voice, business SMS, video meetings, screen and file sharing, call routing, team chat and a mobile app. Engage adds customer-to-team SMS, a toll-free number with minutes and advanced reporting.\n\nThat changes which row you look at. A team that wants conferencing, collaboration and a softphone is pricing Atlantech's Premium Line at $900 a month. A team that mainly needs phones that ring, transfer and reach an outside line is pricing the Business Line at $600. Nextiva's $750 and $1,250 rows bundle a different mix, so check each plan against your own list before you compare totals. Start from [the features a small business uses most](https://www.answerstack.io/q/what-ucaas-features-matter-most-for-small-businesses), because they tell you which row is yours.","introHtml":"

The four prices don't buy the same thing. Atlantech's Business Line card lists calling features, such as call forwarding, transfer, hunt groups and call park, with a voice trunk for unlimited local calling and unlimited domestic long-distance. Its Premium Line card lists voicemail, conferencing, collaboration and a softphone.

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Nextiva's Core card lists inbound and outbound voice, business SMS, video meetings, screen and file sharing, call routing, team chat and a mobile app. Engage adds customer-to-team SMS, a toll-free number with minutes and advanced reporting.

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That changes which row you look at. A team that wants conferencing, collaboration and a softphone is pricing Atlantech's Premium Line at $900 a month. A team that mainly needs phones that ring, transfer and reach an outside line is pricing the Business Line at $600. Nextiva's $750 and $1,250 rows bundle a different mix, so check each plan against your own list before you compare totals. Start from the features a small business uses most, because they tell you which row is yours.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":40},{"id":"2e04b837-7c05-4a39-82a3-7a518fc407d8","sectionKey":"license_count","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"How many of the 50 need a license","introMarkdown":"On plans priced per user, like these four, you pay for each person who has a line. Fifty employees cost 50 licenses only if every one of them needs a line. Suppose 44 of your 50 people need a line. At $18 per user, that's $792 a month in place of $900.\n\nThe count can also go up. A phone in a conference room or at a front desk isn't a person, but it can still need a line. How a provider charges for shared phones is a question for the quote. So is whether one account can put some users on a cheaper line and others on a fuller one. Settle both before you build a budget on them.","introHtml":"

On plans priced per user, like these four, you pay for each person who has a line. Fifty employees cost 50 licenses only if every one of them needs a line. Suppose 44 of your 50 people need a line. At $18 per user, that's $792 a month in place of $900.

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The count can also go up. A phone in a conference room or at a front desk isn't a person, but it can still need a line. How a provider charges for shared phones is a question for the quote. So is whether one account can put some users on a cheaper line and others on a fuller one. Settle both before you build a budget on them.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":50},{"id":"3613afe6-875a-4061-ace5-209232d19f66","sectionKey":"existing_teams","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"If the company already uses Microsoft Teams","introMarkdown":"A company that already pays for Teams can add calling to it. That's a different purchase from a new UCaaS subscription. Microsoft lists Teams Phone with a domestic Calling Plan at $17 per user per month, paid yearly. Suppose none of the company's existing licenses already include the phone system. Fifty users at that rate come to $850 a month, or $10,200 for the year at Microsoft's paid-yearly price, on top of the Teams licenses it already has. Microsoft also sells Teams Phone Standard at $10 per user per month, paid yearly, for companies that buy their outside calling from a separate carrier. [What Teams Phone costs](https://www.answerstack.io/q/how-much-does-teams-phone-cost) depends on which of those routes you take.","introHtml":"

A company that already pays for Teams can add calling to it. That's a different purchase from a new UCaaS subscription. Microsoft lists Teams Phone with a domestic Calling Plan at $17 per user per month, paid yearly. Suppose none of the company's existing licenses already include the phone system. Fifty users at that rate come to $850 a month, or $10,200 for the year at Microsoft's paid-yearly price, on top of the Teams licenses it already has. Microsoft also sells Teams Phone Standard at $10 per user per month, paid yearly, for companies that buy their outside calling from a separate carrier. What Teams Phone costs depends on which of those routes you take.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":60},{"id":"87e61668-b9e1-4f5a-aea9-de0857651c97","sectionKey":"first_year_additions","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"What the first year adds to the subscription","introMarkdown":"Phones are the first one-time item to check, because you may not need to buy any. A softphone runs on a computer or a mobile phone the employee already has. Atlantech's [business phone service](https://www.atlantech.net/solutions/voice/phone) lists three ways to take calls. You can use a headset on a computer or mobile device, handsets from Atlantech, or your own phones if they work with its voice switch. Fifty new desk handsets would be a separate purchase unless the quote includes them, so check whether your current phones will work before you price new ones.\n\nNextiva's comparison grid marks CRM integrations as an add-on on every plan, and its footnote says some features involve extra setup, licensing or usage fees. Have any add-on you need priced in the quote, along with taxes and regulatory fees.\n\nFifty people on calls and video share the office's internet connection, and [the bandwidth that takes](https://www.answerstack.io/q/what-ucaas-bandwidth-requirements-should-businesses-plan-for) can mean a faster circuit or better switches.\n\nSo the first-year cost is the twelve-month subscription plus whatever add-ons, usage fees, one-time items and taxes the quote adds. Ask each provider for a twelve-month total for your user count, and for the list of services that total covers. Two totals can be compared once those lists match.","introHtml":"

Phones are the first one-time item to check, because you may not need to buy any. A softphone runs on a computer or a mobile phone the employee already has. Atlantech's business phone service lists three ways to take calls. You can use a headset on a computer or mobile device, handsets from Atlantech, or your own phones if they work with its voice switch. Fifty new desk handsets would be a separate purchase unless the quote includes them, so check whether your current phones will work before you price new ones.

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Nextiva's comparison grid marks CRM integrations as an add-on on every plan, and its footnote says some features involve extra setup, licensing or usage fees. Have any add-on you need priced in the quote, along with taxes and regulatory fees.

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Fifty people on calls and video share the office's internet connection, and the bandwidth that takes can mean a faster circuit or better switches.

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So the first-year cost is the twelve-month subscription plus whatever add-ons, usage fees, one-time items and taxes the quote adds. Ask each provider for a twelve-month total for your user count, and for the list of services that total covers. Two totals can be compared once those lists match.

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