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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CallFire

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ACallFire is a VoIP and messaging solution designed for both external B2C interactions and internal company use. It includes features such as text messaging, call tracking, voice broadcasting, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Subscription pricing starts at $99 per month.

    $99

    per month

    EZ Texting

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AEZ Texting provides businesses and organizations with a text marketing solution, including features and integrations to keep conversations going. The solution can be used by businesses to connect with their audiences. It can be used to send promotions, promote a new product, build brand awareness, or drive traffic to websites or storefronts. EZ Texting Key Features EZ Texting's features are designed to enhance the effectiveness of text marketing…

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    CallFireEZ Texting
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $99.00
    per month
    Startup
    $199.00
    per month
    Grow
    $299.00
    per month
    Pro
    $599.00
    per month
    Launch
    $25
    per month
    Boost
    $75
    per month
    Scale
    $125
    per month
    Enterprise
    $3,000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CallFireEZ Texting
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—LAUNCH PLAN: Recommended for up to 500 contacts. Local EZ Textable Number. Max Speed: up to 500/day. Cost Per Msg:$0.030. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. BOOST PLAN: Recommended for 501-2,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume Number. Max Speed: up to 2,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.025. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. SCALE PLAN: Recommended for 2,000-50,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume, High-Speed Number. Max Speed: up to 50,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.020. Delivery Rate: 95%. Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. ENTERPRISE PLAN: Recommended for 50,000+ contacts. This Plan offers. Dedicated Short Codes. Max Speed: up to 1 MM/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.010. Delivery Rate: 99%. Includes 200k msg/mo. Pricing information for EZ Texting is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase EZ Texting must be conducted with the seller. Included in All Plans: Unlimited Incoming Messages, Contacts, & Keywords. New Features: Realize ROI faster with AI Compose & Team Inbox with AI Reply. Live Support Chat: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm ET and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm ET. Growth Tools: QR Codes, Keywords & Signup Forms. MMS Edge: Enhanced Image Library + Editor powered by Shutterstock. CRM-Lite: Upload, Management, Groups & Personalization.
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    Community Pulse
    CallFireEZ Texting
    Considered Both Products
    CallFire
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    CallFire
    Chose EZ Texting
    We like Call fire better.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Would buy again
    95 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    88 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    98 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    96 Answers
    Features
    CallFireEZ Texting
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of CallFire and EZ Texting
    Feature
    CallFire
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    5% below category average
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of CallFire and EZ Texting
    Feature
    CallFire
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of CallFire and EZ Texting
    Feature
    CallFire
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallFire and EZ Texting
    Feature
    CallFire
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    CallFireEZ Texting
    Small Businesses
    Zoom Phone
    Score9 out of 10
    SimpleTexting
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Attentive
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Voice
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Airship
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallFireEZ Texting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    8.6
    (256 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (95 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (112 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallFireEZ Texting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallFire
    If you need to find a test candidate for your client quickly, this is one of the best ways. Pull yourself a hot list of a couple hundred potential candidates and load them in to CallFire. Then get ready to hit about 50-60 calls per hour. You should have a great test candidate for your client in about 24 hours! It's amazing how quickly you can show your clients the true speed of your company.
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    CallFire
    For what we use EZ Texting for (Emergency contact system), it does what we need and is very easy to manage and keep up to date. The team always reaches out to see if there is anything more we need, which is kind as well. I can't speak to its features as a whole, however, as its use is very narrow in scope in our business.
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    Pros
    CallFire
    • CallFire provides detailed analytics that show what/when callers select within the phone system
    • The text message broadcast feature is a game changer. This allows a company to dispatch text campaigns with specific calls-to-action, with tracking analytics.
    • The voice broadcast feature allows a mass automated message to be sent to client phones. This saves a lot of time when the same notification needs to go out to multiple clients.
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    CallFire
    • I appreciate the detailed delivery reports.
    • The support team’s quick responses are appreciated.
    • The automation feature is incredibly handy for instantly messaging leads right after they sign up.
    • The onboarding process is straightforward.
    • Genuine customer inquiries show up in the inbox, organizing important messages in one place.
    • You can avoid the email spam folder by using ez texting!
    • Opt-outs resolve themselves.
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    Cons
    CallFire
    • The services are easy to use and robust, but there is room for improvement. Unfortunately, not much has changed over the last 2 years of use. There haven't been any new features or innovations in that time.
    • API integration and automation is not easy for most folks to jump into and there is very little technical support or documentation to take advantage of such features.
    • The standard reports are generally sufficient, but there isn't any customization or intelligence available.
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    CallFire
    • Drafts don't save well, seemed like I kept having to redo the same text because a draft wouldn't save.
    • I want to be able to click and update users quickly, but there were too many steps to add/remove people from lists.
    • The app didn't work if I used google SSO - i couldn't ever get signed in.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallFire
    There is no reason not to, it has proven effective in the usage
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    CallFire
    We're excited about EZ Texting and what it does for us. We want to get more into automation with campaigns dealing directly with web sales so a more robust solution will likely leave EZ Texting as our event activation partner and only be used during select times of the year.
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    Usability
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    I think it is straightforward to use. UX is always challenging, and the platform does an excellent job of making it easy enough to use. However, it's not 100% intuitive and takes just a bit of figuring out, so I gave it an 8 / 10. It's easy enough as is, but of course, it could always be better.
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    Reliability and Availability
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    We have never needed to use the system and it be unavailable. They seem to schedule their server maintenance perfectly (at least for us!).
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    Performance
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    It works pretty well but sometimes things don't work the way you would assume, IE marking messages as read is not as intuitive
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    Support Rating
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    EZ Texting "gets it"! When I have had something I needed customer service to help me with, they returned my emails and calls promptly. I have a smaller business and they came through as if I was a huge corporate entity. They really care about all sizes of customers!
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    Implementation Rating
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    The most important aspect of implementation was selecting a valuable keyword. When we first started using EZ Texting, we were able to grab a simple, easy word to use to connect people to our texts. That proved invaluable in our marketing and selling people on using the service. If we didn't have a good word, I would imagine it wouldn't have been as successful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallFire
    CallFire has a pricing structure that is attractive to us as a small business. The "pay as you use" options helps us keep our overhead low, especially with so many softwares already in our tech stack. It's a tremendous value for the cost!
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    CallFire
    EZ Texting has a much better user interface and better support. At first I wanted to "pay as you go" so switched from EZ Texting to BulkSMS. BIG MISTAKE. After 2 hours of banging my head against the wall, I went straight back to EZ Texting and paid the little extra monthly and it was like light from Heaven shined down upon me
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    We have been grandfathered into our old package, but I wish there were better package options offered now.
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    Scalability
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    We haven't really utilized it for this purpose but it does seem like there are a lot of great options you can utilize.
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    Professional Services
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    CallFire
    easy access
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    Return on Investment
    CallFire
    • I sent out a broadcast message pretty deep in our data base, well three years out. I had one customer come in and buy thanking me for contacting her.
    • Our holiday season was up 35% over last year, this year we used CallFire more than we did in the past.
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    CallFire
    • Customers, as well as potential customers, do not seem to have any issue, providing their phone numbers for text messages as opposed to receiving countless emails.
    • Upselling items has improved considerably due to our ability to notify customers of new products and specials that we are offering in the store.
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    ScreenShots

    EZ Texting Screenshots

    Screenshot of where the user can view recent activity, upcoming campaigns, and access AI Assistant.Screenshot of the enhanced Image Library + Editor powered by Shutterstock, which includes 450+ million free images and 20k design templates to create more scroll-stopping texts.Screenshot of the upgraded AI Compose - Used to create engaging messages with emojis, helpful templates,, easy editing, and Spanish translations.Screenshot of workflows. These are used to send texts triggered by actions and events to boost engagement and drive conversions. With a drag & drop editor, technical expertise or code is never required.Screenshot of delivery confirmations, as well as where the user can check on bounce rates and view opted-outs.