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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Headsets

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ACisco Headsets are designed to help users stay connected wherever they work. Whether working at home, at the office, or on the go, the headset helps users stay focused on what's important. The professional headsets are built to deliver exceptional audio and are integrated with the Webex platform for seamless collaboration and simple management. Bluetooth wireless, DECT, or wired headsets are available.N/A

    Cisco Room Series

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Room Series is a video conferencing solution that wakes up when users walk into a meeting room where it is installed and provides theater-quality voice and video, as well as content sharing from personal devices. For small to medium rooms with 6-8 people, there's Cisco Room 55, and for larger rooms of 7-14 people there's Cisco Room Kit (camera and codec in one device) and Cisco Kit Plus (separate codec plus and quad camera). Any of these systems can be run in the cloud or on-premises.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco HeadsetsCisco Room Series
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    Cisco HeadsetsCisco Room Series
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco HeadsetsCisco Room Series
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Headsets
    We went from using Jabra when Cisco came out with the Cisco Headsets. Much easier to manage as we were installing the Jabra software on every PC that had a headset and firmware was never getting updated. Now we don't have to worry about it as it keeps itself up-to-date.
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    Chose Cisco Headsets
    It was my first headset from Cisco to test and to recommend the customers instead of going with other vendors.
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    80 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    72 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    80 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    76 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco HeadsetsCisco Room Series
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Room Series
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Cisco Headsets
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco HeadsetsCisco Room Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (71 ratings)
    8.7
    (82 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (71 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (71 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
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    Vendor post-sale
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    10.0
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco HeadsetsCisco Room Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    It's a great fit in various departments and all the options out there mean you can find an option for each case. You can use them either sitting down at a dedicated workstation (desktop or laptop/dock) and wired, or you can also use them wireless 'on the go' with computers and mobile devices.
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    Cisco
    We had a conference room with a Radvision board that needed to be replaced. Our HQ is not fully Cisco but rather a mish mash of different products such as Rally bars, Poly, Radviison and Cisco. Putting Cisco into the conference room allowed us to have a single pane of glass for our needs.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Cancel the noise side of things. You can't hear anything in the background. I quite often talk really loud because I can't hear myself talking and it's comfortable. They are really comfortable. We've got the wireless ones and they just sit so comfortably on your head. Amazing.
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    Cisco
    • Captures everyone in the room with its wide angle camera automatically.
    • Counts the number of people in the video meeting.
    • Puts the camera focus on the person who is speaking.
    • Enhances the live meeting video experience with its AI features.
    • Removes the overheads of manually setting up cameras and adjusting them.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • They need to have the standard base be able to connect PC and Phone not one or the other
    • Figure out the bug that your headset keeps ringing from your PC or mobile even though you answered the phone
    • Create an over the ear or behind the headband design
    • Be able to record from the Desk Phone to the PC like Jabra
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Perhaps any downside I might see is not necessarily with this product, it's more interoperability with other products. And I think these are all roadmap items that are being addressed. For instance, when you're in a Cisco meeting, it's not as feature rich as it might be as if you joined from a computer. However, as I said, these seem to be roadmap items which are coming along soon. Things like integration with the text or chat rather in a meeting, and also whiteboard integration.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    Way easier to set up and manage. no fiddling with knobs, dials, and silly things like a physical receiver lifter that breaks easily. sound and call quality is great, no issues using day to day. only thing is that the price is a premium, but for us its worth it for the advantages that come with the ecosystem.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    By the time we are up for an upgrade, this particular series of products might not even been in the market. The typical product cycle for such products in the market are about 5 years. More importantly, the codec supported by such devices may also change by the time we are up for an upgrade. Even so, getting this system to a level of functionality we require was a frustrating ordeal that I do not look forward to during the next cycle.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    I have yet to find a use case where the 730 is not appropriate. The audio quality and active noise cancellation capabilities are excellent, and the portability puts it above many alternatives.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    A lot of the features are really easy. You can just click connect and you're in. But using all of these other integrations and all these other features that are there, it's kind of the blind leading the blind as to how we use it. So it's probably the downside of it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    I would give it a 10 but the ringing on the base after you answer makes it unbearable at times. You have to unplug the USB or turn off the Bluetooth to get it to stop.
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    Cisco
    Once the order was place we received very quickly
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    Performance
    Cisco
    There is always room for improvement. There are times switching between devices can be slow, but for the most part, it works fine.
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    Cisco
    Great product with a great user experience
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Too expensive and too heavy and too uncomfortable. It just didn't deliver the experience that we thought we would get based on the price. I can get the same features, for cheaper, with a more comfortable headset from another vendor. So overall this one just never got put on the final list.
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    Cisco
    Cisco has always stood out for the excellent support and documentation on its products, this is one of the reasons why they are so well positioned. The means by which you can create a case and the response times are very good. I especially like the support through the Webex teams.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    wish the firmware didn't take so long to install.
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    Cisco
    Very easy to implement. Integration into our Unified Communications platform was simple and quick
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    The battery on the Jabra was bad. Once the battery gets low, and you get a warning that it is getting low you have seconds to plug it in. And I mean seconds. And once the battery has gone, and plug it in, not only does it take ages to recharge, it also takes ages to get volume coming back through the headphones. Often missing vital parts of a meeting.
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    Cisco
    As a partner, I always used mainly Cisco products and offered them to my customers. I have personal experience with Avaya, Team and polycom but non of them provided me with the Premium feelings which Cisco does. Even the product quality and look of the product by itself gives you the premium experience. But I want to mention that Polycom has some features and easy setup which Cisco lacks sometimes. It is mainly 3rd party integration.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Seems like you would be able to install headsets across and entire company, so it is very scalable.
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    Cisco
    The product and backend systems are designed to scale from small to very large organization seamlessly and easily
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Durability and quality so less spending on replacing the product.
    • Helped me understand speakers words clearly with no voice breaks thus making me more reliable and professional, directly increasing my productivity and impacting business in a positive light.
    • Uniformity. Our organisation first pilot tested Cisco Headsets and soon we changed our other vendor because of its quality. So, now it's all Cisco.
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    Cisco
    • The Cisco MTRoA solution has reduced the time it takes for our users to join their meeting and spend more time concentrating on business rather than the technology.
    • It simply works.
    • Ease of support.
    • We also appreciate the great support we get from intelligent folks in Cisco TAC organization.
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    Cisco Headsets Screenshots

    Screenshot of CP-HS-WL-561-N-US Cisco Headset 561Screenshot of Headset 521Screenshot of CP-HS-W-522-USB Headset 522Screenshot of CP-HS-WL-561-S-US-and-CP-HS-WL-562-S-US Cisco Headset 561/562 Standard Base StationScreenshot of CP-HS-WL-562-S-US Cisco Headset 562 with Standard Base Station

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