{"id":"fserver-asterisk","name":"asterisk","af_score":23.0,"security_score":40.8,"reliability_score":38.8,"what_it_does":"Asterisk is an open-source communications platform for building telephony systems (e.g., PBXs and call routing). It provides core telephony switching functionality and supports integrating with SIP/telephony hardware, voicemail, IVR, conferencing, and custom dialplan logic.","best_when":"You need a customizable, self-hosted VoIP/PBX solution with flexible dialplan/IVR and control over telephony infrastructure.","avoid_when":"You need a plug-and-play, hosted API with minimal operational burden and turnkey security/compliance controls.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:56:01.020074+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":true,"known_gotchas":["Integration is operational and configuration-heavy (dialplan, SIP trunks, network access).","Management/control interfaces (if used) require careful security hardening; agent access could be dangerous if misconfigured.","Call flows are stateful; naive retries can trigger duplicate actions (e.g., multiple call attempts)."],"error_quality":0.0}