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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aircall

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AAircall headquartered in Paris provides a VOIP system for business designed to support contact centers, featuring IVR and automated call routing, conference calls, shared call inbox and call notes, unlimited concurrent calls and call queuing, and many integrations with CRM or marketing systems to support a variety of support or sales purposes.

    $30

    per user/per month

    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.N/A
    Pricing
    AircallCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $30
    per user/per month
    Professional
    $50
    per user/per month
    Custom
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AircallCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    AircallCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Aircall
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    29 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    AircallCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    7.4
    27 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports7.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    7.1
    30 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules8.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording9.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening7.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    5.7
    19 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Audio conferencing5.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    7.8
    28 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS7.822 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android7.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    -
    Ratings
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.98 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    -
    Ratings
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    6.9
    10 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings5.99 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings5.97 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Aircall and Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aircall
    -
    Ratings
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    7.4
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.98 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings6.39 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings4.38 Ratings
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    Zoom Phone
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Voice
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Google Keep
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AircallCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (31 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AircallCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aircall
    Aircall is a great fit for any SaaS organization for sales and support groups. Since I come from sales, I cannot talk about support, but for the sales team, it's a great help. It's intuitive and user-friendly. No need for formal training as it's very easy to access all the features you need. I particularly like the option of taking calls on my mobile phone while I am away from my desk or traveling, and also how I can easily manage my working hours and schedule. I also like its ability to interact with different CRMs and other useful tools like Slack, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Cisco business edition are well suited for the environment where we need regular communication as they are easy to dial and has got great features. The product is well suited for both small business and large enterprises. Speed dial, good voice quality are key features of Cisco phones. They are not well suited in scenarios where we do not have LAN connectivity or internet. Sometimes we may face latency and jitteriness which is not good.
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    Pros
    Aircall
    • Aircall's integration with HubSpot is fantastic. I can call from anywhere in HubSpot and know that my call is logged automatically. During my call, I have easy access to a contact's record and can pull up any information I need in just the click of a button. The only limit I've found is that it doesn't (yet?) auto-log to tickets. This seems to be pretty common among other integrations so it wasn't seen as a con in our buying decision.
    • I really like the Aircall dashboard and being able to customize who has access to what number. We even have the ability to give outbound calling privileges only to certain team members. It's also great that you can set up each individual number's answer tree to ring to the correct person.
    • There's a lot of cool features that don't make sense for our particular business, but I think Aircall's metric tracking and coaching abilities would be really useful for a lot of teams. I remember in my first call hearing about a feature where a manager can listen in and "whisper" tips to a rep during a call that only the rep would be able to hear. I can see how this would add value in a coaching situation.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The platform supports up to 5,000 users connected at the same time in voice and video calls.
    • Everything is virtually deployed on Cisco servers with reliability.
    • Intuitive configuration and user-friendly web interface.
    • It has several types of IP phones and is compatible with legacy and multi-brand hardware with SIP protocol.
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    Cons
    Aircall
    • No schedule for bank holidays
    • No feature to update more than one phone line at the same time
    • Admins don't have access to the timeline of a call to see with which agent it rang
    • Missing agent-specific stats when your phone lines are organized in teams
    • If calls are setup to ring to a first group and then a second, if the whole first group is already busy, it does not go to the second group but puts the customer on hold
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    Discontinued Products
    • More cloud based services need to be added to the default service package.
    • Companies frequently require a small contact center within the UC environment. It would be nice to see a build it contact center in the box.
    • It would be nice to see some advanced AI based services (IVR voice recognition service) in the BE7K application list.
    • Call recording should be also built in.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aircall
    I give this rating as aircall is very easy to use but also lacks a parallel dialing feature which makes it slower to use. aircall has a pretty seamless integration with salesforce which is helpful. For the cost it is definitely very reasonable but it also lacks a live coaching/listening feature which is very valuable as a manager.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    Aircall
    I provide this rating based on my overall experience using Aircall. I have used it on my previous company as well and that being said, it is a proof that Aircall is a great tool to use in contact centers and with B2B businesses that has direct communication with clients.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    Aircall
    We've enjoyed using Aircall so far and have had no issues with it. The platform is easy to use, looks nice, and makes it easy to keep track of everything.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aircall
    We used to answer phone calls on our fix line when at the office. The quality was very bad but we had in mind that a VOIP solution would be too expensive. When lockdown began last year, I had to redirect calls on my own mobile phone which was not efficient. Also I couldn't receive voicemails, have a history of calls or choose working hours.
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    Discontinued Products
    Looking at the feature sets and customer experience overall it's a good investment to make. It provides insights and also gives needed reports and statistics.
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    Return on Investment
    Aircall
    • Because of the lack of local partnerships with South African telecoms companies, calls to South Africa is very expensive. This was not originally apparent when opening the Aircall account.
    • Not having the option to display a local South African number in the CLIP, means that people are not always eager to pick up the phone when they see an overseas number ringing.
    • The only positive impact has been the collaborative experience and being able to maintain a virtual office
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    Discontinued Products
    • It has allowed for mostly smooth communication from department to department/office to office.
    • It allows for saved phone # / last contact to appear quickly.
    • It has allowed for safety warnings/announcements to emerge all across every office so that everyone within the organization is on the same page about events when they occur.
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    ScreenShots

    Aircall Screenshots

    Screenshot of A simple way to make and receive calls at your desk.Screenshot of Your calls on the go, anywhere you go (iOS + Android).Screenshot of Track your team's call activities in real-time in the Aircall Activity Feed.Screenshot of Track your team's call performance in real-time in the Aircall Analytics Dashboard.