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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

    Webex Calling

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AWebex Calling is Cisco’s flagship cloud calling solution with over 12 million users worldwide. It delivers an enterprise-grade calling experience that enables customers to replace PBX hardware with a cloud calling solution. Webex Calling's connectivity and collaboration experience includes calling, meetings, messaging, contact center, and integrated devices.

    $17

    per month per user

    Pricing
    8x8 WorkWebex Calling
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Webex Call
    $17
    per month per user
    Webex Suite: Meet + Call
    $25
    per month per user
    Webex Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkWebex Calling
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkWebex Calling
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 X Series provides a full stack solution and approaches customer from a business outcome perspective.
    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
    Cisco
    Chose Webex Calling
    Webex Calling does very well against all their competitors. Its strength is integration with Call manager, enterprise feature set, End to End Encryption, their own phones. Most vendors use third party phones and gateways which creates extra overhead in management. Having a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Webex Calling
    For our needs these were both non-starters. I'm sure these products may have some of the same if not all the same features but what they are missing is the Webex Meeting integrations. Since we do not use Zoom, RingCentral was a no go. 8x8 did not fit into our overall …
    Incentivized
    Chose Webex Calling
    One single piece of software that also pairs with industry leading hardware for calling and collaboration. Webex combines the best of both worlds, you can use it on and off site from various devices and options , like mobile app, web browser as well as hardware and have a …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Would buy again
    166 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    148 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    174 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    111 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    127 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkWebex Calling
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.8
    395 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Webex Calling
    7.7
    153 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Hosted PBX9.9218 Ratings7.0115 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.876 Ratings7.8104 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.4357 Ratings7.0145 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.7
    442 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Webex Calling
    7.5
    158 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Answering rules9.1398 Ratings7.3142 Ratings
    Call recording8.7343 Ratings7.5136 Ratings
    Call park8.4318 Ratings7.1131 Ratings
    Call screening9.1301 Ratings7.4123 Ratings
    Message alerts8.1385 Ratings8.4124 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings7.215 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.9
    385 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Webex Calling
    8.4
    151 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.0318 Ratings8.4135 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.8248 Ratings8.4123 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Calling
    8.3
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Calling
    8.6
    16 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Calling
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings6.916 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings6.815 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Calling
    7.5
    14 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings7.514 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Calling
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    7% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.315 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Webex Calling
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Webex Calling
    7.0
    17 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings7.616 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings7.517 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings6.216 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings6.817 Ratings
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    Score6.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkWebex Calling
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (463 ratings)
    8.3
    (174 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (30 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (104 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (142 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 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 WorkWebex Calling
    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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    Cisco
    Webex calling has efficient call monitoring systems and advanced call logging tools. Unlike other call management service providers, Webex calling has a flexible pricing plan and personalised customer care services. The product allows for customization to meet the unique needs of individual users. It has global coverage capabilities and unlimited implementation. Software user friendliness and availability of unlimited integration options.
    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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    Cisco
    • Has clients for multiple platforms and devices
    • Uses existing network connections instead of hardwired phone lines
    • Client can be consolidated with other communications methods (Slack, Zoom, Chat) in one place
    • Client is simple to use
    • Client integrates with remainder of physical phone system for special cases (university main reception number, for instance)
    • Handles call routing to different locations well
    • Integrates with existing computer audio (for instance, Apple AirPods)
    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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    Cisco
    • Webex Calling supports limited codecs that are generally accepted all over the world but it would be good to see if they add transcoding support.
    • The local gateway option is designed more for on premise PBX communication. It would be good to see if it is developed more as a local PSTN breakout where local SIP trunk or local PRI is terminated.
    • We would like to see more of the dial plan features like CLI manipulation, translation, etc.
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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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    Cisco
    The service can be intermittent and the call forwarding feature will not always work perfectly. There will be periods of time where the calling feature will not work at all and people on the other end can hear me but I am unable to hear them. It also requires a fairly strong signal which can be an issue if you work somewhere remote or a building without much service.
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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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    Cisco
    Cisco Webex Calling is an outstanding cloud collaboration that includes enterprise-grade cloud phone system designed for the modern hybrid workplace. Webex Calling integrates calling, messaging, and meetings into a single, intuitive platform, empowering your teams with unparalleled flexibility and productivity. Benefit from advanced features like HD audio and video, voicemail to email, call forwarding, and intelligent call routing, ensuring crystal-clear communication and efficient workflows from any device, anywhere. Webex Calling prioritizes security and reliability, offering redundant data centers and end-to-end encryption to safeguard your conversations. Its scalable architecture effortlessly adapts to your envolving business needs, providing a future-proof communication foundation. Enhance collaboration and streamline operations with a solution that's not just a phone system, but a comprehensive communication hub.
    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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    Cisco
    I've not actually had it ever be unavailable when I needed to use it. As mentioned before, a network outage would take it down, but we have redundant systems for our network connections with automatic failover.
    Incentivized
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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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    Cisco
    I don't really see this impacting any other system performance at all. The client is very light use on resources, even on my iPhone. I don't know what else it connects to behind the scenes other then the campus directory, but I haven't seen or heard of any impacts. It seems fairly self contained except for wherever it interfaces with the general telephone system connectivity outside the campus.
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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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    Cisco
    I have been working for a long time with Cisco as a provider and also Cisco TAC and Cisco Support Engineers. The support starts right beforehand in the documentation of the product you are interested in. From the start you have a good, complete, and detailed and easy to read datasheet and there's always someone available to answer any questions.
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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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    Cisco
    We did it inhouse for our teams
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    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Cisco
    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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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Cisco
    The company uses Microsoft Teams. They do use Microsoft Teams right now and for a long time a lot of the different practices have been using on-premise, contact Call Manager and Unified Communications Express. But Cisco WebEx, the cloud-based product is one of the new ones. And some of our other site practices are also using RingCentral. So cloud calling is not new to the company. For those of us who are familiar with Cisco products, the transition to WebEx calling is not as difficult as it might be for some other products. Going from on-prem to RingCentral, there is more of a learning curve with.
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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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    Cisco
    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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    Cisco
    So far it has been very reliable, with very little down time that was associated with the product itself. We have had network outages due to external factors such as construction cutting a fiber link, but other than that kind of thing not much for failures.
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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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    Cisco
    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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    Cisco
    • Certainly when it comes to my client base, they certainly understand the benefits of the full end-to-end, Cisco stack. And when I talk about a calling platform in regards to it simply being a call from one end to another or a message from one end to another, Cisco provides so much more because it enables all that AI and I guess analytical data of which the endpoints cover. So when it comes to integrating with a meeting room experience and you're in a meeting room that can cater for up to 20 people, but say for example, only two or three people on average utilize that room, that type of safe spacing information gets transmitted into other business decisions that can benefit the business from an ROI perspective such as rearranging the interior design to create better outcomes for worker experiences. So much more than just a calling platform.
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