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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

    Microsoft Teams

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.

    $4.80

    per month per user

    Pricing
    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft Teams Essentials
    $4.80
    per month per user
    Microsoft Teams Enterprise
    $5.25
    per month (paid yearly) per user
    Microsoft Teams Enterprise
    $5.25
    per month per user
    Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    $7.20
    per month per user
    Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    $15
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discounts are available for non profit organizations.
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Our company chose 8x8 Work because it offers a reliable, all-in-one communication platform with voice, video, and messaging in one place. Unlike other tools like Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, or Zoom, this program has provided a better global fill for supporting both remote …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    3CX has a very poor admin portal and its difficult to use. The support you get from them is minimal and they rely on existing users to fix their issues using a forum, their nkowledge base compared to 8x8 is very poor and so is their support
    Microsoft Teams simply does not have …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    With Microsoft Teams, It doesn't allow you to have license region as India and to have US numbers. It requires both to have same region. which is not suitable for us. With CallTrackingMetrics, we found it to be more suitable for digital marketing and tracking those calls. Not …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    As an employee, we have used many communication systems in the pst such as Skype, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, etc. I believe the reason why 8x8 X Series is better than all its counterparts is due to the one-stop solution it offers along with better quality. In my opinion, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    I have not utilized any other products similar to 8x8. The closest would be Microsoft Teams, which we use to message other individuals and groups within the company. It has similar features as 8x8, including calling, instant messaging and video chatting functions. We utilize …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    N/A
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Fuze was good from few perspective, espectiall the click and dial option anywhere on the browser page where a number was situated.
    8x8 Work says that has that but does not feel the same. also on adding notes in the CRM Fuze had a better usebilty
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 Work offers all we need in an easy-to-use format. Zoom seemed to have too many features that are not required and can be overwhelming to Users who are not the most Tech-Savvy. The price point of 8x8 is great, too. Get everything we need at a low cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 offered better hosted PBX plus update their system many times a year
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 is miles ahead of EvolveIP. More features, way better admin portal. Softphone is not even in the same league.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    I am not aware of any other phone system we have used. We do use teams for administrative meetings and communication. While the meeting quality in teams is better than the meeting quality in 8x8, I still prefer 8x8 overall for day to day communications and use. I prefer 8x8 …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 seemed to have higher quality video when video conferencing compared to the other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    None
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    it's very similar but has better phone quality
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 Work was clearly focused in on not just the quality of the end-user experience- but the quality of a non-IT end user experience. Some of the "Open source" options were clearly designed by IT engineers for IT engineers. Some organizations may very well welcome a level of …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 Work is better in some aspects, such as admin interface where everything can be accessed from one interface. Overall the perceived call quality seems to be better on 8x8 Work than it was on Fuze with less user complaints. Fuze did have better and easier to use analytics and …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    I did a demo of Zoom Phone and it was much more complicated than 8x8 Work to setup, configure and maintain. 8x8 Work has many more features that come standard with the product. It looked to me like there were many more steps when creating a new user and assigning them a phone …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    I have not used or evaluated any other products like 8x8.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    In our system selection process we were able to narrow down our selection to three primary options, dial pad, Mitel and 8x8. After the due diligence and criteria review we did trials of each of these potential solutions. From that we determined that the 8x8 offering was what …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    We havent used another
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 X Series is easier to manage, implement, and is currently supported.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    None
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 has everything we needed at the price we wanted. Other companies were missing important features that we use on daily basis. One of them being integration into teams
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Would buy again
    201 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    180 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    202 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    115 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    139 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.8
    395 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.9218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.4357 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.7
    442 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules9.1398 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording8.7343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.4318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening9.1301 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.1385 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.9
    385 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS9.0318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.8248 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of 8x8 Work and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    4.1
    192 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings4.8147 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings3.176 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings3.8162 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings3.7101 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings5.2184 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings4.1169 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings4.0118 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of 8x8 Work and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    5.7
    201 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings5.5200 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings4.9199 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings5.3187 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings4.6112 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings3.9122 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.547 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings5.743 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.1156 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of 8x8 Work and Microsoft Teams
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    4.6
    186 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings4.7130 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings4.0158 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings4.6160 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings5.5173 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings4.9156 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings3.6117 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.353 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings4.3132 Ratings
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    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score6.3 out of 10
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    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (463 ratings)
    5.4
    (278 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (30 ratings)
    3.7
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (104 ratings)
    5.2
    (62 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (142 ratings)
    8.3
    (113 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkMicrosoft Teams
    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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    Microsoft
    Positive: The virtual workspace created for a work team within the same company, for the resemblance of information and communications in one place.Negative: The access for members of a non-profit organization who have external emails from the host but need the same access as an internal person since their volunteer work is part of the very core of the federation.
    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
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Virtual meetings - ease of set up and execution
    • File sharing! We build channels for projects, and being able to invite only project members is huge!
    • Peer-to-peer communications - being able to "ping" one of my colleagues, either text, video or call-only, on-demand, is what runs our business.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The feature of notifications in the mobile application could be improved. Sometimes notifications of different teams are not visible and are only visible when the application is opened.
    • It uses lots of computational resources while running and thus, slows down the system sometimes.
    • It allows a few channels per team. The number of channels could be increased for better productivity.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
    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.
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    Microsoft
    User experience has been much better than the previous Skype for Business app. It has an easy-to-use interface with persistent chats. The search feature is very fast and useful. MS Teams has mostly focused on Collaboration and team building features which are very useful for organizational communications. Since Teams is accessible from multiple platforms like Laptop, Desktop, Mobile phones, etc it has been very convenient from a Mobility perspective.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    Rare, but outages do happen
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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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    Microsoft
    Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
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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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    Microsoft
    Using Microsoft Teams has resulted in much faster business communications with both co-workers and consultants. There has been little need for support with this software as the interface is very intuitive and the product is overall very well designed. We did encounter an issue with the built-in phone service, however, this was quickly resolved by the support team.
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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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Microsoft
    I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
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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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    Microsoft
    Our company and IT department previously used Skype for our communication needs. Skype was not dependable in my opinion, because it seems each time I used it during a call and/or a meeting, I and several other team members would get disconnected more than once. This caused a great interruption of our meeting, caused team members to have to ask others to repeat themselves and caused a general lack of interest in employee attendance during meetings.
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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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    Microsoft
    Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
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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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    Microsoft
    It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
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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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    Microsoft
    I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
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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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    Microsoft
    • I'm not sure I can point to a specific ROI, but it has improved our ability to communicate and work more effectively together.
    • It's also nice to have records of every interaction, photo, and document that has been shared. Less chance of something completely disappearing.
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