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Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) vs. Virtual Office

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Cisco 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 The product is discontinued, and superseded by functionality found in Cisco Webex Calling.N/A
Virtual Office
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Based in Germany, Virtual Office offers a take on permanent home office. Companies looking to reduce hard office space can use Virtual Office to manage their teams. Users can create an office, select a name, invite team members, get guests on board and start collaborating. The service rebuilds the user's office - virtually - so they don't lose out on interpersonal encounters. With it, the vendor states users can get away from cold meetings, endless video conferences and…
$0
user/month
Pricing
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
user/month
Free
$0
user/month
Startup
$8
user/month
Startup
$8
user/month
Business
$16
user/month
Business
$16
user/month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Features
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.6
Ratings
8% above category average
Virtual Office
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.8
Ratings
5% above category average
Virtual Office
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.7
Ratings
9% above category average
Virtual Office
-
Ratings
Video conferencing9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
Virtual Office
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Lifesize Video Conferencing
Lifesize Video Conferencing
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Cisco Desk Series
Cisco Desk Series
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.6 out of 10
Cisco Desk Series
Cisco Desk Series
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)Virtual Office
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Jorge E. Cantillo C. | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jorge E. Cantillo C.
Network Consulting Engineer
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Pros
  • Smarter and more economical telephone system.
  • Deployed on a Cisco UCS server.
  • Easy and centralized management.
  • Unified communications with chat, voice and video for all users.
  • Telephone support in Portuguese with Cisco.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
  • 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
Verified User
Anonymous
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
BE6K [is] not just a bare metal server ,it is [a] complete solution with its own management tools.
Oleksandr Tsapenko | TrustRadius Reviewer
Oleksandr Tsapenko
Business Development Manager/Product manager
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Support Rating
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.
Pratham Radadiya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pratham Radadiya
Full Stack Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
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.
Steve Davis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Steve Davis
Solutions Architect
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Return on Investment
  • 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
Verified User
Anonymous
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ScreenShots

Virtual Office Screenshots

Screenshot of Send us pictures of your office, and our Interior design team will custom render and rebuild your office. If you like, we can also put you and your team on the moon. Or Mars. Even Jupiter. You get the idea.Screenshot of Like before covid. Walk down to your coworkers, catch up with them, plan your next step. If you don't want to be interrupted, just go into private mode. Also useful for sensitive topics or private, one-on-one talks.Screenshot of Share your screen, embed entire websites, watch videos together - you are not limited. At least not by us. These features allow a seamless experience between different teams that use different software. Combine, harmonize and get to work.Screenshot of Gather your workforce, use those braincells and write down great ideas, directly in there to visualize it. Our sticky notes will never fall off, too! Unless you remove them...then they're gone.Screenshot of Private mode for more discrete matters. One-on-one talks, or when you just don't want to be bothered during an intense work session. Broadcasting feature, so you can talk to everyone in the room (without being interrupted) will be added soon