How to Self-Host your jambonz Voice Infrastructure
Host jambonz on your own servers or cloud environment to control your network, your data, and your scaling model—without per-minute fees or vendor lock-in.
How self-hosting on jambonz works
Deploying jambonz yourself is simple; here’s the workflow from
installation to activation:
- Spin up a jambonz single server or cluster using our provided scripts and documentation.
- Choose a domain or subdomain name to host the jambonz portal as part of the install.
- Complete the post-install steps, including creating the necessary DNS records for the system.
- Go to https://licensing.jambonz.org to acquire a license; the license will be keyed to your selected domain name.
- Paste the license key into your self-hosted jambonz portal under Settings/Admin tab.
- Voila! Your system is now licensed and ready to run.
How jambonz licensing works
The jambonz self-hosting is designed to flex with your deployment model—whether you’re running a lightweight single-node system or a fully redundant cluster in an air-gapped environment. In all cases, licenses are keyed to a single jambonz cluster or system (identified by domain name); if you need to run multiple clusters then you must license each cluster separately.
Standard Licensing
- Is a monthly subscription model where you are charged each month for the license
- Has two pricing models: session-based or unlimited
- Can be canceled at any time
Pricing
- Session-based: $7/session, where a session is defined as a single incoming or outgoing call (note: an incoming call that dials an outgoing call counts as a single session).
- Unlimited: flat monthly fee of $2,000.
Special requirements:
- One free trial license per system is available to start with; educational and pre-revenue organizations can request longer-term free trial licenses.
- An air-gapped license is available upon request for those companies that want to run jambonz systems in a completely private, air-gapped environment.
These licenses are not subscription licenses (i.e. they do not auto-renew) and must be purchased for a specific period of time and then renewed by the customer. - An OEM license is available to those who want to redistribute the jambonz software to their customers as part of their product; contact us for details.
Why self-host for Voice AI
Full control
Deploy in your VPC, on-prem, or hybrid environments—no dependency on vendor clouds.
Compliance & privacy
Keep all call data and media within your controlled environment.
Predictable costs
Flat-rate commercial licenses based on concurrent call capacity. No per-minute billing or feature upcharges.
Flexible deployment
Run on AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes clusters, bare metal, or customer environments.
Same platform, deployed your way
Recording, streaming, transcription, speech hooks, analytics—unlock them all with your license key.
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