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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    3CX

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACyprus based company 3CX offers an IP PBX phone system.

    $1.08

    per user/per month

    Aspect Unified IP

    Score3.7 out of 10
    N/AAspect Software headquartered in Massachusetts offers Aspect Unified UP, a call center solution for enterprise contact centers. It supports an omnichannel customer experience across voice, email, chat, SMS, IM, and social channels.N/A
    Pricing
    3CXAspect Unified IP
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $1.08
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    $1.31
    per user/per month
    Standard
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    3CXAspect Unified IP
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrice displayed is based on 25 users. 3CX pricing is based on the number of simultaneous calls your business requires or in other words, how many calls your system needs to support at once. Unlike other PBX vendors there is no per extension cost.
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    Community Pulse
    3CXAspect Unified IP
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    3CX
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
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    Features
    3CXAspect Unified IP
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of 3CX and Aspect Unified IP
    Feature
    3CX
    -
    Ratings
    Aspect Unified IP
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of 3CX and Aspect Unified IP
    Feature
    3CX
    -
    Ratings
    Aspect Unified IP
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    3CXAspect Unified IP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (14 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    3CXAspect Unified IP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3CX
    In many scenarios decision is driven by budget and compared to other solutions at the time of purchase [3CX] was simply the cheapest solution for what it has to offer. If you are looking for integrations, extensibility, and advanced functionalities, this might not be a solution for you. At the time of use (and this may have changed by now), there was a lack of APIs, CLI commands, and similar so nothing could be automated with the system. There are ways of importing data through CSV but automation would solve us so much time and support calls if we were able to connect with other systems.
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    Aspect Unified IP is perfect to handle multiple outbound dialing campaigns, with tools that allow you to configure how customers must be reached, call them at different phone numbers by the time of the day, set priorities when dialing, or gather information about all running campaigns in dashboards in real-time.
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    Pros
    3CX
    • Simplicity: Using a single 3CX interface we can manage every phone and extension used throughout our company.
    • Flexibility: There are a wide variety of options to configure each extension and phone. Changing anything after the hardware is deployed is very easy.
    • Portability: Phones with 3CX can be easily moved or repurposed within an office or at remote locations, including users' homes. The mobile app allows users to use their office extension anywhere without exposing their cell number.
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    • Integrates inbound and outbound call routing in one platform, allowing agents to work in a seamless blend mode between all call types (inbound, predictive, manual).
    • Allows you to associate an account number with every agent phone call, the call type, and the reccording ID giving you the critical datapoints necessary to research, put together a customers experience from a telephony perspective, etc.
    • Create agent templates to streamline agent setup reducing the potential for admins to configure an agent incorrectly, placing them in services they aren't skilled for and vice versa.
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    Cons
    3CX
    • I would like to be able to see direct-dial numbers on the handsets. Currently that is not possible but that would be a nice feature.
    • You need an SBC per location, which can be a point of failure.
    • You also need a server that might get disconnected, which is another point of failure.
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    • The reports are very basic.
    • There may be a broader reporting line, perhaps with more detailed records.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    3CX
    No answers on this topic
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    Aspect Unified IP is very competent to handle most customers' needs in the contact center and it delivers what is promised. The only negative aspect is the costs of services, maintenance and professional services, too expensive.
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    Support Rating
    3CX
    The 3CX Phone System is only a five because while they provide set-up/how-to/Q and A documents to help your district or company get started, they do not offer support for free. The documents provided, though, are good enough for you to get you up and running. We also found a good source of help through a sip trunk provider, which was a 3CX reseller provider.
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
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    Alternatives Considered
    3CX
    The main differences between 8x8, Inc. and 3CX is pricing and ease of use in my opinion. The 3CX system uses annual based pricing plans based on of simultaneous calls your company needs, not the number of extensions/users and offers a free plan. 8x8, Inc. charges per extension with different plans. We currently have 19 extensions so the 3CX system makes more sense for us, however, if your company only has a few extensions you may want to throughly consider both options. In my experience, it was difficult to add new extensions and phones with 8x8 because at least at that time we had 8x8 I could not add anything on the web admin. I had to call a sales rep which took a lot more time. Also, if you didn't purchase a phone and/or headset directly from 8x8 at a usually higher price than Amazon for example then you would have to spend anywhere from 30 minutes to hours on the phone with 8x8 tech support to program the phone to work with the 8x8 system so adding a new extension could turn into a long ordeal. I can easily add new extensions on 3CX directly in the web cpanel. Granted, if you are actually adding a new phone number you would need to purchase that number from a company like ATT first before adding it to 3CX. The difference between a phone number and an extension would be a phone number allows a customer to call in directly using that number. The extension would require the customer to call the main business number then be transferred to the extension. 3CX provides a list of supported phone models on their website
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    We had evaluated Avaya. It was pretty good as well. However, we wanted a more software driven solution. Aspect also was able to give better results in our Proof of Concept.
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    Return on Investment
    3CX
    • 3CX has a lot to offer for a very low cost as its business model is based on simultaneous calls and not per device. It's very cost effective and very affordable.
    • As the 3CX server does not require a high-performance server to run, with the Public Cloud option, it might allow even further savings.
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    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    • As stated before, we have been using UIP for over a decade now. Prior to this tool we had agents logging into Avaya for inbound, and using CTI fuctionality to bounce the agent back and forth between inbound and any predictive campaigns. By moving to Aspect it allowed us to streamline that process, reduce agent downtime, lost efficiency, while at the same time consolidationg all of our call center telephony data into one central location allowing us to easily track a customers telephony experience over any period of time.
    • The only negative impact is due to the upgrade schedule that has made for some interesting challenges forcing us to utilize IT resources that could have been used on more critical corporate projects. These upgrades might not be as big of a deal for any company out there that does not have a lot of integration with Aspect such as custom reporting, data loads, API hooks, etc.
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