Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued) vs. VirtualPBX

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 It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.N/A
VirtualPBX
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
VirtualPBX is a VoIP solution that in addition to VoIP offers analog, smartphone, WebRTC, SIP Trunking & native calling options. It can also be used as a virtual contact center or virtual office solution.
$18
per month per user
Pricing
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Flex
$18
per month per user
Pro
$27
per month per user
Ultra
$36
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
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Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Features
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
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
VirtualPBX
-
Ratings
Task Management7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Search6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
VirtualPBX
-
Ratings
Chat5.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook5.90 Ratings00 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
VirtualPBX
-
Ratings
Versioning6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync4.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
-
Ratings
VirtualPBX
9.4
Ratings
17% above category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
-
Ratings
VirtualPBX
9.4
Ratings
12% above category average
Answering rules00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
-
Ratings
VirtualPBX
9.8
Ratings
21% above category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
-
Ratings
VirtualPBX
9.0
Ratings
13% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
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User Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
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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We consider that it is a very complete internet call software that is worth having in all companies that want to increase their sales through customer service agents because, with all its tools, agents improve their workday by day.
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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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  • Provides real-time analytics and reports that show agent performance during a call, email, or chat, analyzing conversations and indicating where to improve.
  • All call recording features are very easy to access and configure such as regular call recordings and scheduled recordings for specific customers.
  • As it is a cloud-based software with mobile access, we can use it outside the office without any problems, just with the phone and internet connection.
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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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  • Possibly a better way of covering the one zillion features and functions in classes
  • Possibly a better way of covering the one zillion features and functions in classes
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
Once it works and has retain ROI.....keep it going
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Usability
No answers on this topic
So much easier than our old PBX or any on-prem PBX I have ever used. We were up and running in an hour. Tweaking the caller menus is so easy.
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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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We started with the irugubak VirtualPBX around the year 2000. We were extremely satisfied with that and now can't say more about the newly updated version. As for other system,I did not feel it was at all necessary to investigate given our extreme satisfaction with this vendor
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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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  • Professional appearance to customers
  • Simple solution for voice conferencing
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