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==Comparison table==
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==Clients – Comparison table==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;border:1px solid #888888;"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;border:1px solid #888888;"
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Name
 
!Name
!GSM Codec
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!License / Source
!Speex Codec
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!OS
!CELT Codec
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!Noise canceling
!Opus Codec
 
!Other Codecs
 
 
!Overlay
 
!Overlay
!Noise canceling
 
 
!Positional audio <sup id="fn_2-1_back">[[#fn 2-3|3]]</sup>
 
!Positional audio <sup id="fn_2-1_back">[[#fn 2-3|3]]</sup>
!License / Source
 
!Works on (client)
 
 
!Skins
 
!Skins
|-
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!Opus Codec
|[[GameVox]]
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!CELT Codec
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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!Speex Codec
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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!GSM Codec
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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!Other Codecs
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Close <sup id="fn_2-2_back">[[#fn 2-2|2]]</sup>
 
| Windows, Mac OS X (by request)
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Server Themes
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Main_Page|Mumble]]
 
|[[Main_Page|Mumble]]
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Free / Open
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| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Free / Open
 
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iPhone
 
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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|| No
 
|-
 
|-
|[[TeamSpeak 2.x]]
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|[https://www.GameVox.com GameVox]
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| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free / Closed
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| Windows, Mac OSX
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | No
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Server Themes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | External
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free / Close <sup id="fn_2-1_back">[[#fn 2-1|1]]</sup>
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
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|| No
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Modified files
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[TeamSpeak 3.x]]
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|[http://www.mohawkvoice.com/ Mohawk Voice]
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| Windows
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free / Close <sup id="fn_2-1_back">[[#fn 2-1|1]]</sup>
 
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
 
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | ?
 
|-
 
|[[Ventrilo]] 3.x
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Close <sup id="fn_2-2_back">[[#fn 2-2|2]]</sup>
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| Windows, Mac OS X
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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|| No
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Ventrilo]] 2.x
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|Skype
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free / Closed
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | < 2.3.x
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| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X<sup id="fn_2-4_back">[[#fn 2-5|5]]</sup>
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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|| Yes<sup id="fn_2-4_back">[[#fn 2-4|4]]</sup>
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|-
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|TeamSpeak 2.x
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| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free Client, Commercial / Closed
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| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ffffdd | External
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Modified files
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Close <sup id="fn_2-2_back">[[#fn 2-2|2]]</sup>
 
| Windows
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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|| Yes
 
|-
 
|-
|[[VoiceChatter]]
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|[http://teamspeak.com TeamSpeak 3.x]
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free/charged Clients, Commercial / Closed <sup id="fn_2-1_back">[[#fn 2-1|1]]</sup>
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| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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|| Yes
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|-
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|[http://www.ventrilo.com Ventrilo 3.x]
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Free Client, Commercial / Closed <sup id="fn_2-2_back">[[#fn 2-2|2]]</sup>
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| Windows, Mac OS X
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Free / Open
 
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Intel only)
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
|-
 
|[[Mohawk Voice]]
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
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|| Yes
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|-
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|VoiceChatter
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Free / Open
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| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Intel only)
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Close
 
| Windows
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
|-
 
|[[Skype]]
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes<sup id="fn_2-4_back">[[#fn 2-4|4]]</sup>
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|| No
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
| bgcolor=#ffffdd | Free / Close
 
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X<sup id="fn_2-4_back">[[#fn 2-5|5]]</sup>
 
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | ?
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
  
* <cite id="fn_2-1">[[#fn 2-1 back|1:]]</cite> TeamSpeak is free for personal/non commercial usage.
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* <cite id="fn_2-1">[[#fn 2-1 back|1:]]</cite> The TeamSpeak clients for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are free to download. iOS and Android clients must be payed.
 
* <cite id="fn_2-2">[[#fn 2-2 back|2:]]</cite> Ventrilo is free for personal/non commercial usage with some limitations.
 
* <cite id="fn_2-2">[[#fn 2-2 back|2:]]</cite> Ventrilo is free for personal/non commercial usage with some limitations.
 
* <cite id="fn_2-3">[[#fn 2-3 back|3:]]</cite> You hear your teammates as though they are speaking from their relative position in-game.
 
* <cite id="fn_2-3">[[#fn 2-3 back|3:]]</cite> You hear your teammates as though they are speaking from their relative position in-game.
 
* <cite id="fn_2-4">[[#fn 2-4 back|4:]]</cite> Skype uses proprietary codecs. More recent versions use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_%28codec%29 SILK].
 
* <cite id="fn_2-4">[[#fn 2-4 back|4:]]</cite> Skype uses proprietary codecs. More recent versions use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_%28codec%29 SILK].
 
* <cite id="fn_2-5">[[#fn 2-5 back|5:]]</cite> The Linux and OS X clients offered by Skype offer limited functionality compared to the Windows client, and are updated far less frequently.
 
* <cite id="fn_2-5">[[#fn 2-5 back|5:]]</cite> The Linux and OS X clients offered by Skype offer limited functionality compared to the Windows client, and are updated far less frequently.
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==Servers – Comparison table==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;border:1px solid #888888;"
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|-
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!Name
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!License / Source
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!OS
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!Self hosting
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!Limited slots
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!Virtual servers
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!Commercial usage
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|-
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|[[Main_Page|Mumble]]
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Free / Open
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| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Unlimited
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Unlimited
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Unrestricted
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|-
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|GameVox
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
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| | -
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Yes (more than 6 slots with payment only)
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| -
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| ?
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|-
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|Mohawk Voice
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
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| Windows
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| ?
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| -
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| ?
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|-
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|Skype
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
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| -
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| -
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| -
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| -
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|-
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|TeamSpeak 2.x
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
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| Windows, Linux
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Yes (depends on the license)<br />Without registration/license max. 1000 slots
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Limited (depends on the license)
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Depends on the license
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|-
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|TeamSpeak 3.x
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
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| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Yes (depends on the [http://sales.teamspeakusa.com/licensing.php?page=choose license])<br />Without registration/license max. 32 slots
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Limited (depends on the license)
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Depends on the license
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|-
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|Ventrilo 3.x
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Commercial / Closed
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| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | Yes (more than 8 slots with payment only)
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| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
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| ?
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|-
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|VoiceChatter
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Free / Open
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| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Yes
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Unlimited
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Unlimited
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| bgcolor=#ddffdd | Unrestricted
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|-
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* [http://gcguild.net/movie/ventrilo-vs-teamspeak-vs-mumble simple voice delay comparison of ventrilo, teamspeak, and mumble (Video)]
 
* [http://gcguild.net/movie/ventrilo-vs-teamspeak-vs-mumble simple voice delay comparison of ventrilo, teamspeak, and mumble (Video)]
  
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Clients – Comparison table

Name License / Source OS Noise canceling Overlay Positional audio 3 Skins Opus Codec CELT Codec Speex Codec GSM Codec Other Codecs
Mumble Free / Open Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, iOS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GameVox Free / Closed Windows, Mac OSX Yes Yes No Server Themes Yes No No No No
Mohawk Voice Commercial / Closed Windows No No No No ? No Yes No No
Skype Free / Closed Windows, Linux, Mac OS X5 ? ? ? ? No No ? ? Yes4
TeamSpeak 2.x Free Client, Commercial / Closed Windows, Linux, Mac OS X No External No Modified files No No Yes Yes Yes
TeamSpeak 3.x Free/charged Clients, Commercial / Closed 1 Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes
Ventrilo 3.x Free Client, Commercial / Closed 2 Windows, Mac OS X No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
VoiceChatter Free / Open Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Intel only) No No No No ? No Yes No No
  • 1: The TeamSpeak clients for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are free to download. iOS and Android clients must be payed.
  • 2: Ventrilo is free for personal/non commercial usage with some limitations.
  • 3: You hear your teammates as though they are speaking from their relative position in-game.
  • 4: Skype uses proprietary codecs. More recent versions use SILK.
  • 5: The Linux and OS X clients offered by Skype offer limited functionality compared to the Windows client, and are updated far less frequently.

Servers – Comparison table

Name License / Source OS Self hosting Limited slots Virtual servers Commercial usage
Mumble Free / Open Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Yes Unlimited Unlimited Unrestricted
GameVox Commercial / Closed - No Yes (more than 6 slots with payment only) - ?
Mohawk Voice Commercial / Closed Windows No ? - ?
Skype Commercial / Closed - No - - -
TeamSpeak 2.x Commercial / Closed Windows, Linux Yes Yes (depends on the license)
Without registration/license max. 1000 slots
Limited (depends on the license) Depends on the license
TeamSpeak 3.x Commercial / Closed Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Yes Yes (depends on the license)
Without registration/license max. 32 slots
Limited (depends on the license) Depends on the license
Ventrilo 3.x Commercial / Closed Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Yes Yes (more than 8 slots with payment only) No ?
VoiceChatter Free / Open Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Yes Unlimited Unlimited Unrestricted

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