Avaya UCaaS vs. Cisco UC-One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avaya UCaaS
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Avaya 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
Cisco UC-One
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Cisco's UC-One (formerly BroadSoft) is a Unified Communications as a Service platform that allows users to work from desktops, tablets, desk phones, or smartphones, and move between devices. UC-One includes business phone services, messaging, audio and video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing, virtual meeting rooms, etc. which are integrated in the UC-One Hub interface. Cisco announced their acquisition of BroadSoft in October 2017.N/A
Pricing
Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Features
Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
5.9
Ratings
33% below category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
19% above category average
High quality audio7.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
High quality video6.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Desktop sharing8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
8.8
Ratings
7% above category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Calendar integration9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Meeting initiation9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Live chat8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
7.6
Ratings
1% below category average
Cisco UC-One
5.0
Ratings
42% below category average
User authentication7.60 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.60 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
7.8
Ratings
7% below category average
Cisco UC-One
6.7
Ratings
22% below category average
Hosted PBX8.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.90 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
8.5
Ratings
1% above category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Answering rules7.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call recording8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call park9.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call screening9.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Message alerts8.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging8.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Online Fax8.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription7.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
7.8
Ratings
8% below category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Mobile app for iOS8.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Avaya UCaaS
7.9
Ratings
1% below category average
Cisco UC-One
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Centralized communications management7.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Team messaging7.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Team document sharing8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Small Businesses
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
6.6
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Usability
7.6
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Availability
9.0
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Performance
7.9
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Support Rating
4.8
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In-Person Training
6.8
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Online Training
9.1
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Implementation Rating
8.1
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Configurability
6.2
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Ease of integration
6.6
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Product Scalability
6.3
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Vendor post-sale
6.6
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Vendor pre-sale
7.3
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User Testimonials
Avaya UCaaSCisco UC-One
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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For a company like ours where 24/7 reliability is important both for the safety of our techs and the ability to complete the task at hand, this product has served us well. Like any other tech change, there was an initial learning curve, but this one was low and our time to implementation short
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Pros
  • 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.
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  • Clear quality of service
  • easy implementation
  • good return on investment
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Cons
  • 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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  • Mobile App Chats do not always sync to the PC application.
  • Switching from WiFi to Cellular on mobile applications typically drops the call.
  • Caller ID on the iPhone/iPad app only shows the phone number and not the Caller ID information.
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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Usability
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
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
We have not been faced to any performance issue.
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Support Rating
The Customer Service and Representatives are always kind and willing to go the extra mile to get anything resolved. Yet, we have not really needed them after the initial set up since the product actually works and we have not really experienced any major issues.
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In-Person Training
whilst on site it was delivered by teams to the desks , not the fault of the trainer
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Online Training
The online training was clear and effective.
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Implementation Rating
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
We used Weave for less than two years. It didn't have any performance tracking capability, and it could not handle our call volume. Once the call volume reached a specific peak, incoming patient calls would automatically drop, which negatively impacted the organization. Thus, our decision to move forward with Avaya was solidified.
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Jive as a whole has a better back end user interface, however, BroadSoft UC One far surpasses it in terms of overall functionality. The larger feature set (IM, Softphone [Jive has], collab bridge, etc) makes the slightly less intuitive back end a small ding against the software as a whole. Plus the stability of UC One as a whole is much higher as well.
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Scalability
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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Return on Investment
  • Moving on cloud calling did save us on costs of managing on-prem infra
  • Since Avaya UCaaS has its own make phones and gateways it saves on support costs due to multiple vendors
  • It lacks many third party integrations available in MS teams, this makes making workflows difficult
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  • The services as a whole are a better feature set for a better price.
  • The software is much easier to use and administrate than previous offerings on the same platform offering a better customer experience.
  • Updates made to the back end are not well communicated and sometimes cause unexpected behavior as a result.
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