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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

    Vonage Business Communications

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AVonage Business Cloud is a communication solution aimed at small-midsize companies. It integrates with third party applications, and includes IP-PBX capabilities, video conferencing, and collaboration tools. Pricing starts at $19.99 per month and increases with the amount of phone lines needed.

    $19

    per month per extension

    Pricing
    8x8 WorkVonage Business Communications
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Mobile
    $19.99
    per month per extension
    Premium
    $29.99
    per month per extension
    Advanced
    $39.99
    per month per extension
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkVonage Business Communications
    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 WorkVonage Business Communications
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Vonage more expensive for the features. no integration to ERP, but compatible to a lager variety of phone equipment.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    When I first used Vonage, it was easier to set up and get what I wanted, and they did everything for me. But after they were sold, everything changed, and they did nothing for the customer and bumped up the price. 8x8 was more difficult to use and didn't do anything for you, …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 seemed to be a more established business platform than Vonage, which seemed to still be a little stuck in its consumer roots. We also checked out RingCentral which was pricier and we didn't particularly like the fact that it would have a virtual answer instead of just …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Moved from Vonage to 8x8 and can confidently say that 8x8 is far better. From memory, I think Vonage may be slightly cheaper but comparing price to functionality, support and other key variables 8x8 is a far better value.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Although RingCentral and 8x8 provider similar offerings, I find the pricing and ease of use more appealing to 8x8. I also like the US-based customer support that 8x8 offers. I feel the feature set for Vonage for Business is not as strong as either RingCentral or 8x8. For …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 Work is easier and much more organized both from a user and an admin perspective, and more cost-effective from a business owner standpoint.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 offered better hosted PBX plus update their system many times a year
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    it is working well, has good Mobile and Desktop App and all the Options that I need. Including Fax and Options to Easily find other users when they are online and Available or they are Not, I cannot name any Options that May not be Needed and the Support is the Only Option that …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    All have additional charge for all the additional option you want to use , also there is bigger issue of IP. For example you are in USA and traveling to any country in Europe your app will stop working , so all your customers are gone till the time you get back to USA. this is …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Its much better in all ways possible.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Pricing, features, and the Gartner Magic Quadrant review were also considered. The platform's multiple reviews were very attractive.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Very well, overall, on par if not better product than all.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 beats out all the other players in quality, reliability, and ease of configuration. They are not the lowest cost, but they are comparable for the basic features. Once you jump into enterprise features, you pay for what you get- and you get quality and ease of configuration, …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 X Series has all of the features I need, and plenty that I don't utilize at the moment - but I will when I add more people to my team. The features are easy to implement and use. I have never had a problem with dropped calls, bad connections, etc., as I used to have with …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) seemed to present the optimal combination of cost, features, scalability to support our growth, track record, and positive reviews.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) provides more functionality for more users at a cost slightly lower than the competition.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Price
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Significantly cheaper than other services and overall a more pleasant customer service and sales experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 was far less expensive
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    We liked the flexibility of 8x8. We liked the fact that they supply VOIP services to the regulator in the UK. We liked the robustness of their network and the quality of their support. We liked the initial discounts and the low cost of entry. We liked that they are a NASDAQ …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 outperformed all companies and produce results - exactly what we needed. 8x8 may not be the cheapest VoIP company, but their system works solid.
    Incentivized
    Vonage
    Chose Vonage Business Communications
    I don't think 8x8 is around anymore. I didn't choose Vonage it was chosen for me. I cannot say it is better than 8x8, but it is comparable. As I am not very familiar with other programs, I cannot give it a good comparison. Receiving an email when I get a voicemail is also nice.
    Incentivized
    Chose Vonage Business Communications
    When I used to use 8 x 8, it started off as a good price, but the product was not all that great, and they lock you in on a tough contract that automatically changes price and no longer becomes economically viable. That is not the case with Vonage Business Communications, you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Vonage Business Communications
    We evaluated the listed cloud VOIP providers for clients and ourselves, as well as various on-premise solutions. While not perfect, Vonage had the best balance of cost, ease of use, support, reliability, and hardware offerings.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    8x8 WorkVonage Business Communications
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.8
    395 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Vonage Business Communications
    9.3
    8 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Hosted PBX9.9218 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.876 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.4357 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.7
    442 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Vonage Business Communications
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Answering rules9.1398 Ratings8.59 Ratings
    Call recording8.7343 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Call park8.4318 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Call screening9.1301 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Message alerts8.1385 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.9
    385 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Vonage Business Communications
    7.5
    9 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.0318 Ratings8.39 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.8248 Ratings6.76 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Business Communications
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    3% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Business Communications
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Business Communications
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Business Communications
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Vonage Business Communications
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Business Communications
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    8x8 WorkVonage Business Communications
    Small Businesses
    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    PanTerra Networks
    Score6.3 out of 10
    PanTerra Networks
    Score6.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkVonage Business Communications
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (463 ratings)
    8.8
    (26 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (30 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (104 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (142 ratings)
    1.0
    (11 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 WorkVonage Business Communications
    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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    Vonage
    Vonage Business Communications excels in scenarios requiring seamless remote work, such as virtual teams and remote workers. It's also ideal for businesses needing reliable disaster recovery solutions. However, it may be less appropriate for very small businesses with minimal communication needs or those with limited budgets, as the comprehensive features might be more than necessary.
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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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    Vonage
    • Eliminates physical phone consoles that can be pricey and unnecessary for staff.
    • Has a companion app that allows you to use your personal cell phone to check messages or make calls.
    • The desktop application is easy to use and has a number of customizable settings so that the app can be minimized but alert you of incoming calls.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    • The extension can only have three devices which is difficult if you work in multiple locations. Your cell phone is one of the three, so you really only get two. I have three office locations that I work out of and it would be nice to have my extension at each.
    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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    Vonage
    I think it will be renewed as overall it is a midrange product that mostly does what we need it to
    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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    Vonage
    I thought it had very practical and useful usability. It has a clean and simple interface with large fonts that make it easy to read. It isn't particularly difficult, although figuring out some operations may be a bit challenging. For the most part though, it isn't very difficult to use
    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
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Vonage
    We hardly have any issues with it to where we need to call them. There was a point where our connections across the board were terrible and it held us up in production quite a bit but since then things have been pretty simple and streamlined.
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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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Vonage
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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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    Vonage
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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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    Vonage
    We believe Vonage Business Cloud is best for our organization over the AT&T and the Verizon platforms for several reasons including price, ease of use, connectivity, and other options. Since we have implemented this solution along with newer Polycom phones, we have had very few issues with our phones or our phone platform.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Vonage
    • Cut down phone hardware expense since the soft phone is free and easier to use.
    • Text is becoming a more important and effective way to reach clients. Some will not answer a call or accept voicemail but respond quickly to text messages.
    • Allows me to work from anywhere with smart phone app saving hours at work.
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