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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 UCaaS

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAvaya UCaaS is an all-in-one business communications platform. Avaya UCaaS aims to set employees up for success with unified internal communication, supporting voice, chat, email, video, file sharing, and task management. The software enables users to create collaboration in real-time using any device or system through one platform.N/A
    Pricing
    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
    Editions & Modules
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    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
    Free Trial
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 X Series seems to be more flexible and feature rich than other similar public cloud telephony solutions.
    Incentivized
    Avaya
    Chose Avaya UCaaS
    Apart from Cisco Webex Calling/app no other vendor offers their own phones hardware, gateways. We need to add other vendors like yealink, Poly, Audiocodes to complete the solution. This makes things very difficult from management perspective. As you have to hire a person who …
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    87 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    81 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    91 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    72 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.8
    395 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Avaya UCaaS
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Hosted PBX9.9218 Ratings8.118 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.876 Ratings6.817 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.4357 Ratings8.023 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.7
    442 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Avaya UCaaS
    8.5
    26 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Answering rules9.1398 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Call recording8.7343 Ratings8.320 Ratings
    Call park8.4318 Ratings9.421 Ratings
    Call screening9.1301 Ratings9.420 Ratings
    Message alerts8.1385 Ratings8.423 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.314 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings7.820 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.9
    385 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Avaya UCaaS
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.0318 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.8248 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya UCaaS
    5.9
    22 Ratings
    33% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings6.618 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya UCaaS
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.314 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya UCaaS
    8.8
    17 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya UCaaS
    8.5
    16 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya UCaaS
    7.5
    20 Ratings
    2% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Avaya UCaaS
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya UCaaS
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings7.216 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.313 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
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    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    PanTerra Networks
    Score6.3 out of 10
    PanTerra Networks
    Score6.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (463 ratings)
    8.7
    (100 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (30 ratings)
    6.6
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (104 ratings)
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (142 ratings)
    4.8
    (83 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkAvaya UCaaS
    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
    Incentivized
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    Avaya
    Call centers where lots of calls come in per day are better suited for Cloud office. Small businesses or companies that don’t really make outgoing calls or receive a lot of incoming calls other than within the company would not really be suited for Avaya Cloud Office.
    Incentivized
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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
    • User-friendly GUI management interface with the possibility to create different rooms, notebooks, calendars, and chats.
    • The management interface for recordings is made in the rooms with the possibility of downloading them to the location.
    • Link and file sharing with other participants.
    • Chat with all participants and individual.
    Incentivized
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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
    • Avaya has very strong contact center offerings and more contact with our salesperson would be helpful, so we can explore the latest offerings
    • Although it's adequate a slightly more intuitive UI would be helpful
    • More integrated reporting at the end-user level.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Avaya
    Things change, business requirements change so when we come to renew we may explore other options, we might go all in on Teams or look at something different - we need something that allows us to increase and importantly decrease our licence count more flexably which Avaya / Ring Central don't allow.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Avaya
    There are few times that we have not been able to take advantage of the tool, but those moments are related to the bandwidth of each person in [their] home. Those who have low signal cannot access meetings on the platform smoothly.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Avaya
    Throughout a year and and a half of remote learning, we only experience two minor technology issues that were resolved within an hour
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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
    We have not been faced to any performance issue.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Avaya
    I have never contacted support directly. However, my rep with Enterprise Systems is excellent. Since joining Avaya, all inquiries and/or concerns have always been resolved within a reasonable amount of time. If it's a less complex issue, it is resolved in real time. I receive a response within 30 minutes or less. When he is out of the office, he always has a backup.
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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
    whilst on site it was delivered by teams to the desks , not the fault of the trainer
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    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Avaya
    The online training was clear and effective.
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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
    Thank to the help of Avaya implementation team, the migration was done with minimal impact. All activities were well defined and done in time.
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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
    Apart from Cisco Webex Calling/app no other vendor offers their own phones hardware, gateways. We need to add other vendors like yealink, Poly, Audiocodes to complete the solution. This makes things very difficult from management perspective. As you have to hire a person who can manage a multivendor environment. Also, in case of outage, multiple bridge open and every vendor blame others. Cisco is costly so we gave a chance to Avaya UCaaS based on its history and reputation in Calling market.
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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
    It fits us well being in multiple geographic areas and we can purchase local numbers or do a BYOD SBC setup
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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
    • This made working from home possible, allowing me to take calls that I wouldn't be able to without having them forwarded by our communications department
    • It works with Teams, realizing when I'm on a conf call and automatically sets a status of away, preventing my phone from ringing, but allowing me to see the voicemail via text so that I can respond
    • If I step out of the office for a little bit, I can have my calls go directly to my cellphone to make sure I'm still available if needed
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