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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACisco's VoIP PBX product has reached its end-of-life, and is no longer available for sale.N/A

    RingEX

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ARingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.

    $19.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials (up to 20 users)
    $19.99
    per user/per month
    Standard
    $27.99
    per user/per month
    Premium
    $34.99
    per user/per month
    Ultimate
    $49.99
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing above is per/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Essentials - $29.99/month (paid monthly) Standard - $37.99/month (paid monthly) Premium - $44.99/month (paid monthly) Ultimate - $59.99/month (paid monthly)
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    I started long ago with this product. I jumped from a tethered phone to forwarding to a cellphone many years ago. I have never looked back and have always been very satisfied with RingEX. Give this company a try and you will be incredibly happy that you did. Come on and give …
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    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    116 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    121 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    105 Answers
    Features
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.5
    160 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.487 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings8.0118 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings8.4109 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings8.6144 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.3143 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.8
    169 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.7154 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings9.2143 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.5123 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.5134 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings9.1159 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    145 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.5125 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.380 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings9.398 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.3
    146 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.2128 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.3110 Ratings
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    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
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    Zoom Phone
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    3CX
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sangoma Asterisk
    Score8 out of 10
    Google Voice
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (8 ratings)
    8.5
    (180 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (110 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The solution has almost everything I need to do my job, which is to keep in touch with my customers by phone calls and meetings. On the go, the softphone has room to improve user experience (Cisco Jabber), and as far as I know, Webex App should fill the gaps left by Jabber, but it depends to upgrade the system to the last version and that costs. Besides that, the solution is rock solid! Good audio quality in voice and video, integration with MSFT Teams and so reliable.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    When setting up a new user with a phone. I can call in their support line. They followed me through every step of setting up the new phone. Our office has very specific settings, and our support staff will walk you through the completion. Even do test calls, making sure the user is properly set up for voicemails, faxes, or any type of notifications.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Local routing on remote branches
    • Telephony features flexibility
    • Different endpoint alternatives for all use cases
    • Real integration with other systems or platforms
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    RingCentral
    • Chat and Messaging - Conversations are easy to search, topics can be pinned or bookmarked, and groups are easy to create and administer.
    • Phone - The core functionality works very well allowing voice, txt/sms, and faxing for all users. Administration is generally fairly easy as well.
    • Mobile Client - the mobile app offers all of the same functionality as the desktop or web client.
    • Video - Video calls make it easy to share screens with other users and includes a lot of tools for planning.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • The setup flow was limited, unclear, and was not working for a while, IT didn't manage to fix it.
    • The UI looks terribly old, not even a little bit looking like a hardphone.
    • More options during a call.
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    RingCentral
    • Customer support is rudimentary. They should improve tier 1 customer support's ability to understand our needs rather than asking customers to reinstall the app
    • Revolving door of account managers, which causes loss of continuity in discussing opportunities
    • Analytics is not complete. Details about faxing and web meetings is missing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    All main features is very easy to access and use, only pressing a button or two (when you need to page up or page down the features set!) in the desk phone or a click of the mouse to place a call, start a chat, video call or a meeting. Very straight forward.
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    RingCentral
    They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I never had a failure. RingEX tests its infrastructure periodically and pushes handset updates automatically without interrupting the user or team's operation. The few issues with offline phones resulted from our internal network, never theirs. Like with all VoIP systems, it's as good as the network. However, using the mobile app means you can always take calls.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Cisco offers online instruction on the use of the VoIP but it has to be sought out. Likely, the do offer additional support but this is managed by our IT department so it is difficult to determine just how accessible Cisco has been regarding the implementation and ongoing support for this product.
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    RingCentral
    Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    As we all know,Cisco is one of the best and trusted companies when it comes to networking,most of our materials were all Cisco,Cisco routers,Cisco IP phones..etc They're more handy and easy to use and don't require an IT experience,I used an IP phone to receive a call,and it was very easy to use and the sound was clear,here it comes the good configuration of a Cisco Voip PBx
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    RingCentral
    RingEX provides better service and features at a competitive price. There really is no comparison between the two solutions. Spectrum Business gives us reliable land line phone service with multiple lines and reliable business internet. Adding new lines is a physical experience with a visit from a spectrum technician. RingEX provides everything we need from the phone system to additional tools like video meetings and conference calling all with a very user friendly application. Adding new lines is just a click away
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
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    RingCentral
    We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Positive impact is users are happy with service provided by Cisco VoIP PBX.
    • End-users are happy by using multiple functions like conferencing, transferring, call park, etc.
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    RingCentral
    • Enabling the team to streamline inbound and outbound calling strategy has increased productivity by at least 30%.
    • It improved internal collaboration by enabling the team to communicate effectively and clearly in real-time.
    • Improved level of professionalism that we could showcase to our clients, intangible benefit.
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