Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued) vs. Mitel MiCollab

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco 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 It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.N/A
Mitel MiCollab
Score 4.2 out of 10
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Mitel MiCollab is a collaboration and conferencing tool for enterprises, from Canadian company Mitel.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Mitel MiCollab
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Mitel MiCollab
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Mitel MiCollab
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
7.1
Ratings
8% below category average
Mitel MiCollab
5.6
Ratings
32% below category average
Task Management7.60 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Scheduling6.70 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.90 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.30 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Search6.30 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.90 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Mitel MiCollab
6.7
Ratings
17% below category average
Chat5.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Notifications7.10 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Discussions7.10 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Surveys8.30 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.10 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting6.90 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook5.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
7.4
Ratings
6% below category average
Mitel MiCollab
6.0
Ratings
26% below category average
Versioning6.30 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Video files9.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Audio files7.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Document collaboration6.30 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Access control7.10 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.40 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Device sync4.30 Ratings4.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Mitel MiCollab
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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5.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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5.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Mitel MiCollab
Likelihood to Recommend
The platform is perfectly suited for collaboration involving everything related to integrated voice and video systems. It is easily installed on physical servers and virtualized and can be accessed remotely. The BE 7000 modernized the infrastructure with voice-over IP and generates complete reports on the telephone and video usage of users in all the company's regions for internal control and auditing. The solution can be recommended for medium and large scenarios from 1000 users up to a limit of 5000 users.
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MiCollab is great for a large office to get users working from home and being able to use their home phone or cell phone like the desk phone at the office. This allows our live operators the ability to see if the end-user is on an active call before sending a new call to them. If you have a very small company of fewer than 10 people this might not be worth the investment as cell phones would work just as well.
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Pros
  • Voicemail message are retained for a lengthy period of time.
  • It efficiently allows for users to phone colleagues in other departments by the extension number.
  • Headset usage comes in handy.
  • Speaker phone capability works well.
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  • Easy deployment to end users, which assists with client deployment. Their email that provides access to download the software via multiple methods helps tremendously on the consulting side.
  • Easy interface for collaboration and voice. End users like the clean interface and ease of use.
  • An all-in-one solution for voice and collaboration. It delivers voicemail, chat, voice services, and mobility.
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Cons
  • The User interface of phone could be better and it can be more interactive. The options are complex.
  • The configuration part is tough as we need to select them manually through buttons which make it a difficult task.
  • If the bandwidth of network is low we may face some noise disturbance and jitter in voice.
  • There should be proper documentation available for configuration part so that anyone with good knowledge can do it.
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  • Easy to use pop-up window alerts you to incoming calls, lets you transfer to VM or other users, helpful for conference calling
  • Has chat feature to tag someone when they are on the phone, or you just don't want to call
  • App for smartphone allows for desk phone to cell phone collaboration
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Usability
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It is easy to you for existig Mitel UC users, who are familiar with the Mitel way of things, but for green field enterprises, might be a ramp up period which in most cases would not be worth it as its competitor TEAMS is much easier and intuity to use.
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Support Rating
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Support is typically handled by a reseller. Buyers should evaluate the reseller as much as they evaluate Mitel for the product suite. The few times when the reseller was not able to handle the issue directly, Mitel did step up and quickly answer/address the question/issue.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco Business edition are very comfortable and got great functioning. This name is a brand in market and the support from their side is very good. The life support of phones is very good. They have embedded with good security features and algorithm so interception become difficult by anyone. They are very reliable and has got great voice quality which makes it a best for every type of businesses. The support from Cisco is very good which I like the best.
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I feel like it's hard to compare them, as the Yealink system we just implemented is a modern VOIP system, whereas the Mitel MiCollab system we had (even though we upgraded it once over the 12-years of usage) still wasn't as user-friendly for us as Yealink now is to us. In our experience, our user support from MetroNet is also lightyears better than that of Integra/Frontier. So that also adds a lot to our Yealink experience.
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Return on Investment
  • High ROI, the communication platform provides all the necessary that is required employees to be always connected wherever they are. This improves companies overall performance and certainly income.
  • Simplified maintenance and user friendly interfaces. The platform has all the admin tool to make support easy and efficient.
  • Employees are enabled with all the Unified Communication services and they are more productive which again improves overall company's performance.
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  • Having a singular platform with all the necessary features for communication and collaboration has saved my organization both time and money.
  • The first-rate customer support has made integration and onboarding with new employees fast and easy.
  • The ability to share feedback and collaborate in real time has improved client outcomes through more robust services being provided.
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