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CallHippo vs. Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CallHippo

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACallHippo is an on-demand Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) based Virtual Phone System. CallHippo allows startups and businesses to get local phone numbers instantly from over 50+ countries around the world. The vendor says the easy to use interface and robust backend architecture enables businesses to set up their phone system within less than 3 minutes. The CallHippo platform allows deployment of a flexible telephony network, wherever an…N/A

    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000) was a telephony and VoIP business phone with unified communications features from Cisco, targeted at SMBs. The product is discontinued, and superseded by functionality found in Cisco Webex Calling.N/A
    Pricing
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$5 Per NumberNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    CallHippo
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of CallHippo and Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHippo
    6.8
    5 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    8.8
    21 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Answering rules7.15 Ratings8.819 Ratings
    Call recording6.15 Ratings9.115 Ratings
    Call park7.35 Ratings8.819 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.920 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.419 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallHippo and Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHippo
    5.4
    5 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    7.2
    15 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Mobile app for Android5.45 Ratings7.114 Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings7.315 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of CallHippo and Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHippo
    -
    Ratings
    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    8.6
    18 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of CallHippo and Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHippo
    -
    Ratings
    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    8.7
    20 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings9.119 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Zoom Phone
    Score9 out of 10
    Zoom Phone
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Voice
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Google Voice
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (19 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallHippoCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallHippo
    Calling abroad to international clients, while we use international number then response rate increases. Also, the client also prefers their country's number to respond. The pricing part is less appropriate. I believe they should be charged only for calling services. The name is also not suitable like what is Hippo means in the name. The person who uses this service is a Hippo?
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000) is well suited on small and medium sites that need entry-level voice and IP telephony capabilities, together
    with powerful, easy-to-use collaboration tools. However , if a single user interface or VMware servers are deal breakers for you, I suggest another call system will likely be a better fit.
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    Pros
    CallHippo
    • No positive sides at all.
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    Discontinued Products
    • provides phone support for many models of phones and conferencing devices
    • provides full telephony support for pretty much any phone requirement including call centre options
    • 911 service dialing options and tracking
    • bundle pricing on voice, phone and server licensing
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CallHippo
    • Waiting for iOS mobile app
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Include tools for inter-cluster migration, currently these are provided by 3rd parties
    • Improve the software upgrade process by automating the pre-upgrade and post-upgrade checks
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallHippo
    It's the need of my team to perform well and it's increasing the possibility of getting more business. Clients also have more trust while responding when they saw their country's number rather than any other country's unknown number.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Happy with Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000); works great for us and costs to maintain it are well in hand. it also fits our current and future requirements going forward.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    BE6K [is] not just a bare metal server ,it is [a] complete solution with its own management tools.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    CallHippo
    Their support is built around trying to prove why the customer (who is not getting the service promised at the price promised) is wrong. For that they pass with flying colors. For actually supporting the user though they are horrible. They come up with creative scenarios to overcharge the credit card while not giving a service.
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    Discontinued Products
    Overall, the product provides excellent value for money. Our employees may interact at the same time on the Cisco Business Edition 6000 without disrupting the conversation. We have a significant number of employees that perform the same thing with calls, texting, and presence, and none of them have an issue.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallHippo
    All of them. This seemed to be the best until they got us down.
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    Discontinued Products
    Both Mitel and [Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000)] allow the benefit of virtualization. If desired you could have an entirely virtual system. Cisco handles the virtualization a little better, however Mitel MiCollab is easier to integrate presence and calls. Cisco underlying architecture seems to be a little more stable, Mitel seems to be a little more user friendly. There are pros and cons and both are good solutions.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    CallHippo
    • Call to all countries supported making it easy to connect.
    • Last resort to make calls
    • Easy to use
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Been easy to scale as our business has grown and from acquisitions
    • Been pretty easy to maintain the software and upgrade it over its lifetime to date
    • Software and license renewals are pretty straight forward
    • Adding newer model hardware to the system is pretty straight forward
    Incentivized
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