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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Work

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/A8x8 Work is a collaboration hub for phone, video, and messaging. It brings secure unified communication and collaboration experiences to every employee.

    $24

    per month

    Avaya Aura

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThe on-premises Avaya Aura Platform delivers unified communications and customer service solutions, designed to enhance employee and customer experiences. It is presented as real time communications architecture using session-based collaboration technologies, and is used to enable multi-modal unified communications and omnichannel customer experience solutions.N/A
    Pricing
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
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    Avaya
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    42 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    71%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.8
    395 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Avaya Aura
    7.5
    34 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Hosted PBX9.9218 Ratings6.619 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.876 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.4357 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.7
    442 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Avaya Aura
    7.4
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Answering rules9.1398 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Call recording8.7343 Ratings7.328 Ratings
    Call park8.4318 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Call screening9.1301 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Message alerts8.1385 Ratings7.030 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings5.813 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings6.018 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.9
    385 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Avaya Aura
    7.0
    22 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.0318 Ratings7.121 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.8248 Ratings6.820 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    8.1
    28 Ratings
    2% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings7.215 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.9
    17 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings6.917 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.8
    21 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings6.719 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings6.816 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.7
    12 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings6.712 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.8
    20 Ratings
    12% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings6.518 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings7.116 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    7.0
    35 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings6.720 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings6.214 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings7.021 Ratings
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    Score6.3 out of 10
    PanTerra Networks
    Score6.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (463 ratings)
    8.0
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (30 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (104 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (142 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8x8 Inc.
    I’ve found 8x8 Work to be a reliable and efficient communication solution for our business. It offers excellent call quality, easy management of call flows and departments, and seamless integration for both in-office and remote users. One feature we especially like is that it automatically searches for phone numbers on the web, which saves time and makes it easier to identify and reach contacts
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    Avaya
    Avaya Aura is secure and reliable; in our case, for customers that looking for stable solutions on voice, Avaya Aura is that solution fit. In a scenario where our customer is looking for digitalization, I think Avaya Aura is less appropriate.
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    Pros
    8x8 Inc.
    • 8x8 Work manages roles and permissions well. It is very simple to create permission groups needed for certain roles that may even overlap teams needs.
    • User management is fairly simple and straight forward.
    • Analytics reporting is good quality for the higher tier licenses
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    Avaya
    • So one of the things it's done well is it's stable. It's networked at all the sites. We have five-digit dialing everywhere, and one of the features we like is the crisis alert feature. So if somebody calls 911 at a particular school, it sets an alarm off on the phones upfront and displays the extension number and the room number of who called 911. So they can respond and they know where to send first responders. So it's pretty cool.
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    Cons
    8x8 Inc.
    • Click to dial for the web based client.
    • The ability to have specific contact lists that can be shared with certain teams only.
    • Group voicemail notification to show once a voicemail has been listened to by another member of the team.
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    Avaya
    • Pricing is always a concern.
    • How to maintain the attractive price point as they transition from perpetual licensing to subscription-based.
    • Offering the benefits of 'economies of scale' even in situations where the transitioning is not wholesale from the onset but incremental over time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8x8 Inc.
    All our employees love this product. No one has ever had an issue, whether it be the phone or fax. Great during the winter when employees have to work from home because of the snow. Never had an issue with the phone app. Highly recommend this product
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    Avaya
    We are happy with this product since we have used until now around 10 years.
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    Usability
    8x8 Inc.
    We never have problems working with 8x8, employees pickup quickly on how to use the system best for them. Calling out and receiving calls is simple, the ablility to click on a number and 8x8 dial it for you saves so much time when you are making high volume calls.
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    Avaya
    Avaya Aura is extremely complex. Now that AI has come into the fold, Avaya needs to apply AI processes and tools to help identify and resolve issues with an installed platform. In addition, proactively identify potential issues. Ayaya has had some financial difficulties over the last few years. This may be why they outsource their expensive support. Our customer experience would benefit by having access to Avaya knowledgeable Engineers for questions about products and services as needed.
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    Reliability and Availability
    8x8 Inc.
    As mentioned before, we have not had an outage with the phone system per say, There was an issue with the call center where we did have an outage, but it was quickly and promplty handled by 8x8 support, they got us up and going again within 24 hours. The 8x8 hard phone and softphone side of things have been rock solid, I couldn't ask for anything more seeing we are in health care and it's exactly what we were looking for. When and if there is an issue 99% of the time it's user error
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    Avaya
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    Performance
    8x8 Inc.
    None of the features that are available slow down the application. The reports (even the ones with hundreds of records) complete very quickly and the web interface as well as the mobile application never struggle to load or complete a task. The analytics will sometimes take some time to reflect the online status of users but it is to be expected due to connection speeds.
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    Avaya
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    Support Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    We are a USA based organization. Support was refreshingly quick (callback via phone or email, online live agents). Agents are knowledgeable, thorough in their explanations, and extremely patient when dealing with end-users at various levels of the ICT knowledge spectrum.
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    Avaya
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    In-Person Training
    8x8 Inc.
    The person giving the training was very engaged, He also listened and answered all the questions. He created a video for our company while he was training in case we needed to reference it again in the future. The questions he could not answer were answered within 24 hours via an email to the IT support staff here so we could share the answers with the rest of the group
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    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Avaya
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    Implementation Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    The implementation of 8x8 X was rather smooth. We had training prior to getting the system. The IT company did a good job on the training. The whole system is wonderful. Saves me so much time with the faxing, as i can just let it go by itself and not have to make sure pages don't get skipped, as with a regular fax machine.
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    Avaya
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    Alternatives Considered
    8x8 Inc.
    I prefer 8x8 Work; it has the right number of features and modes for the communication I need. I much prefer 8x8 Work meetings to zoom meetings, as it is much, much easier to transition between devices when I am on the road. 8x8 Work is also easier to manage across multiple modes of communication.
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    Avaya
    So I've seen the Cisco product out there. I've seen the old Nortel products, Mitel, I've been doing this for a long time. I've seen a lot of other products. And Avaya, Nortel were the Western Electric and Northern Electric of the world way back when. So pretty much the grandparents of all the other stuff that's out there. So their foundation is really strong. So I think this product stacks up amazing, especially for places that are mission critical, like hospitals, maybe the military, and stuff like that. They have the app, if you need an app, they do stuff on mobile devices, and that you can have remote workers. So I think they stack up really well against the other companies. The problem is probably advertising and the schools that are teaching this stuff are promoting a particular product and that's where the other products have the advantage. They're in the schools and it's, I call it indoctrination, but they're in the schools and they're teaching the people. The other product, their competitors are teaching in the schools, their product line. And that's how they can do promotion better.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8x8 Inc.
    At this time, we’re very happy with the pricing model that we have worked out and they have provided for us. Just be sure to do your homework, and use your comparisons to work out your cost with 8x8. They will be very straightforward with you on what they can
    adjust for you.
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    Avaya
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    Scalability
    8x8 Inc.
    The only issue was adding licences was not via a button click but through your account admin which seems bad practice in a SaaS world as the user should be able to sign up, amend and close their account with ease
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    Avaya
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    Professional Services
    8x8 Inc.
    PS had all the users etc. set up by our go-live date. All hard phones were activated and when we received them, all we had to do was set them up and punch in the activation code to activate them.
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    Avaya
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    Return on Investment
    8x8 Inc.
    • Getting access to emergency voicemails left on our office lines when we are at home, on the weekend, or after hours.
    • Texting clients from a dedicated office line portal, keep things private and organized.
    • The ease of installation and helpful support when needed significantly limit the time wasted.
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    Avaya
    • As far as a negative impact on a surface level, not too much negative impact was to go right into that and we had the scare eight months ago. Well, we didn't know if Avaya was a product we were going to be able to continue with. But after this conference, we got the warm and fuzzies back. That is a product that we can keep for a number of years and they'll continue to grow and keep on upgrading it and stay current. So we'll be sticking with that.
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