# What hardware and software do I need to use with sipgate trunking?

When it comes to choosing hardware and software for your sipgate trunking account you can select from a wide range of products.

**Especially suited**

* **Asterisk** and Asterisk based PBXs are ideal for Voice over IP and provide all of the functions of a conventional phone system. As soon as your VoIP device has been registered, you can use the full range of functionality.
* **3CX** is a software-based VoIP-PBX

PBXs provided by the following manufacturers are also especially suited

* Grandstream
* Gigaset
* DrayTek IPPBX
* Panasonic
* Siemens
* Cisco
* Aastra