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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Express (discontinued)

    Score3.9 out of 10
    N/A8x8 Express was a cloud-based phone system that included unlimited calling within the U.S and Canada, HD video conferencing, business SMS and team chat, pre-configured. As of March 2023 8x8 Express is end of sale and no longer available.N/A

    RingEX

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ARingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.

    $19.99

    per month

    Pricing
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials (up to 20 users)
    $19.99
    per user/per month
    Standard
    $27.99
    per user/per month
    Premium
    $34.99
    per user/per month
    Ultimate
    $49.99
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing above is per/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Essentials - $29.99/month (paid monthly) Standard - $37.99/month (paid monthly) Premium - $44.99/month (paid monthly) Ultimate - $59.99/month (paid monthly)
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    In my experience, RingEX is much less complicated to install and configure than products like mitel and 3CX. I think RingEX is much more reliable than 8x8 with a much higher quality in calls.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    RingEX continues to outperform the competition in features, security, and reliability. Every time we evaluate and test drive other services we find that they don't compare in some significant way with RingEX. That we have been a client since their first 18 months of operation …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    116 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    121 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    105 Answers
    Features
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    3% below category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    4% below category average
    RingEX
    8.5
    160 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Hosted PBX7.54 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.05 Ratings8.0118 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.66 Ratings9.3143 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings8.4109 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings8.6144 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.9
    6 Ratings
    5% above category average
    RingEX
    8.8
    169 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Answering rules9.06 Ratings8.7154 Ratings
    Call recording9.05 Ratings9.2143 Ratings
    Call park9.04 Ratings8.5123 Ratings
    Call screening9.34 Ratings8.5134 Ratings
    Message alerts9.25 Ratings9.1159 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    RingEX
    9.3
    146 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.73 Ratings9.2128 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.62 Ratings9.3110 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    12% below category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized communications management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    145 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.5125 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.380 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings9.398 Ratings
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    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
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    Score6.3 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    8.5
    (180 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (110 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The 8x8 app is great and very user friendly and straightforward. Team Members can adjust their own setting as needed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    RingCentral
    When setting up a new user with a phone. I can call in their support line. They followed me through every step of setting up the new phone. Our office has very specific settings, and our support staff will walk you through the completion. Even do test calls, making sure the user is properly set up for voicemails, faxes, or any type of notifications.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • So easy to use!
    • Voicemail - can be accessed anywhere, includes transcription of the voicemail and an email message with the recording
    • Telephone services without all the fees of a landline service
    • Auto attendant, offering recordings of our messages
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • Chat and Messaging - Conversations are easy to search, topics can be pinned or bookmarked, and groups are easy to create and administer.
    • Phone - The core functionality works very well allowing voice, txt/sms, and faxing for all users. Administration is generally fairly easy as well.
    • Mobile Client - the mobile app offers all of the same functionality as the desktop or web client.
    • Video - Video calls make it easy to share screens with other users and includes a lot of tools for planning.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • We are just starting to use the platform and using limited features at the moment and 8x8 is doing everything we need it to do.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    RingCentral
    • Customer support is rudimentary. They should improve tier 1 customer support's ability to understand our needs rather than asking customers to reinstall the app
    • Revolving door of account managers, which causes loss of continuity in discussing opportunities
    • Analytics is not complete. Details about faxing and web meetings is missing.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I never had a failure. RingEX tests its infrastructure periodically and pushes handset updates automatically without interrupting the user or team's operation. The few issues with offline phones resulted from our internal network, never theirs. Like with all VoIP systems, it's as good as the network. However, using the mobile app means you can always take calls.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    If you get less than 4 phones you fall into the online only customer service. There were a couple of times that I could have used more assistance but figuring it out online was a bit of a hassle.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    8x8 has a much lower cost that avaya for the same features. 8x8 is a bit more user friendly than some other larger well established brands. It still uses industry standards in terminology and call flows to for anyone with voip experience its a pain free switch to make over.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    RingEX provides better service and features at a competitive price. There really is no comparison between the two solutions. Spectrum Business gives us reliable land line phone service with multiple lines and reliable business internet. Adding new lines is a physical experience with a visit from a spectrum technician. RingEX provides everything we need from the phone system to additional tools like video meetings and conference calling all with a very user friendly application. Adding new lines is just a click away
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Being able to listen to phone calls when there is a discrepancy
    • Keeping the honest honest by knowing we can listen to calls
    • Easy to communicate internally, been very helpful and time saving
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • Enabling the team to streamline inbound and outbound calling strategy has increased productivity by at least 30%.
    • It improved internal collaboration by enabling the team to communicate effectively and clearly in real-time.
    • Improved level of professionalism that we could showcase to our clients, intangible benefit.
    Incentivized
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