GoTo Connect vs. Zello for Work

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoTo Connect
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
GoToConnect, from GoTo, is a cloud-based business phone system with built-in web-based video conferencing solutions. It includes features such as call analytics, call recording, softphone, fax to email, voicemail to email, and desktop integration.
$27
per month per user
Zello for Work
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Zello for Work is designed to turn any smartphone into a user-friendly push-to-talk (PTT) device on any network. This can be done with the user’s existing smartphones or ruggedized devices. Zello users can speak in groups or to direct contacts, decreasing nonessential noise in the work environment.
$6.80
per user/per month
Pricing
GoTo ConnectZello for Work
Editions & Modules
Basic
Starting at $27
per month per user
Standard
Starting at $32
per month per user
Business
$6.80
per user/per month
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoTo ConnectZello for Work
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$6 per user, per month
Additional DetailsNo-obligation month-to-month account are available, or a long-term contract is available for better deals on service pricing and hardware. GoToConnect provides all features with unlimited use. Customer & Technical support is available 24/7 to resolve any issue. A dedicated onboarding team will help to the phone system set up for any plan.Zello for Work Hosted subscriptions are pre-paid but eligible for a 15% discount on all annual subscriptions. The Zello for Work Server price is a one time fee, with annual support being the only recurring payment. Support renewal is 20% of the cumulative cost of the server.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
GoTo Connect
8.1
Ratings
2% above category average
Zello for Work
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
GoTo Connect
7.9
Ratings
6% below category average
Zello for Work
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
GoTo Connect
8.2
Ratings
3% above category average
Zello for Work
-
Ratings
Video conferencing7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
GoTo Connect
5.4
Ratings
38% below category average
Zello for Work
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android5.10 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
GoTo ConnectZello for Work
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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-
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Likelihood to Renew
4.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(0 ratings)
-
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Availability
8.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoTo ConnectZello for Work
Likelihood to Recommend
I would give it a 10 out of 10 rating just because of the service and easiness it has offered us, which made our work effortless and stress-free. I do recall an instance where one of our clients' medical conditions suddenly deteriorated while he was traveling overseas. The doctors there could not understand his situation at that time. He asked them to connect with our team, and our team guided them with his medical records, and his life was saved
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Pros
  • GoTo Connect is a much more cost-effective solution rather than separate phone lines and video conferencing tools.
  • I conduct daily team meetings and project brainstorming sessions using video conferencing using GoTo Connect.
  • It integrates smoothly with our regularly used tools like Google Drive and has become very easy to share the documents we use.
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Cons
  • Making a dedicated button for "mute all" (other than yourself) for when someone "walks off before they mute"/has to quickly leave their computer....and FORGOT to Mute. Particularly when dogs are barking when someone working from home has a visitor at the door
  • I'd like to see some of the functionality from GoTo Webinar enabled for GoTo Connect: see who's "actively watching" vs has their computer screen on another application
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Likelihood to Renew
They are knocking it out of the park on all fronts. I love the service and support I am receiving and have no complaints. If they raised their prices substantially I would reconsider but I don't think that will happen anytime soon. They would have to mess up something consistently moving forward to make me want to move
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Usability
Overall, it's a decent product for the price. It has the basic features our company needed when it was brand new and was not overly difficult to set up. As we've grown, it's become increasingly difficult to build out the features we want to implement within the PBX, and customer support can be less than helpful. Many of the more advanced features (dial plans, queues, etc.) take a lot of research to understand how to implement. Some of the features we paid for weren't even available when we were attempting to set them up.
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Reliability and Availability
I have never experienced or heard of unplanned outages when it comes to GoTo Connect. Most of the time the unplanned outage is always local power at a site or internet service provider having an unplanned outage. GoTo's service has never failed any of our orgs yet that I know of.
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Performance
There is no lag in phone calls. There is no background noise or static/fuzz. Calls are crystal clear. With other dialers and phone systems, I have experienced delays between dialogue or delays with the caller picking up the phone and then being able to hear you. We do not experience this with Go To Connect.
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Support Rating
Support used to be great when it was Jive support out of Utah. Now that they've offshored support it can be difficult to get a response. Our most common issues are least cost routing, and we run into support pushing back in stead of just figuring out which upstream carrier is having an issue like they used to. We often have to get our account manager involved, who is pretty strong.
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Online Training
The training videos could be more in-depth. This would help our user base so that they can feel impowered to look up information that they need without having to ask our admins every time they have a question about the system. Online training videos are also inferior to an actual person explaining systems.
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Implementation Rating
The biggest challenge from implementation was deconstructing the mess that was our old system's config. After doing so, I believe there were primarily some methods that have worked better in the long run to implement up front, such as separating menus into separate dial plans for simpler updates, routing/re-routing.
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Alternatives Considered
I have nothing personal against Broadvoice and found their team pleasant to work with. The greatest difference has been the administrative portals. Where Broadvoice was confusing and I still hadn't really been able to figure it out over a period of years past some basic functions, I still had to call to get support just to provision or update phones. With GoTo, I had a functional understanding within a week and a couple years in, it is smooth sailing and no angst when needing to update or troubleshoot an issue and I have access to everything without a phone call. It is true freedom to meet my company's needs.
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Scalability
Its not readily apparent to me, other than cost, where you would run into any issues with larger scale deployments. When we went live on the product, the Jive team was always willing to do mass updates for us on our extensions, users, etc. in the system, so we didn't have to do too much manual one-by-one updates.
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Return on Investment
  • We stopped losing calls due to poor routing or not being able to make them.
  • It has helped us to be able to answer calls at any time or place, even outside of company hours.
  • We have the possibility to access these conversations from our CRM system.
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ScreenShots

GoTo Connect Screenshots

Screenshot of GoTo App - contact center general settingsScreenshot of GoTo App - meeting chat (in-session)Screenshot of simple setupScreenshot of mobile app - ongoing callScreenshot of session controlsScreenshot of call menu

Zello for Work Screenshots

Screenshot of Zello's large push-to-talk button is user friendly for everyone. Users can also send photos or text enabled Call Alerts.Screenshot of Live user presence tells you who's available or busy.Screenshot of Speak to multiple people at a time using Zello Channels. Different types of channels allow you to turn them on/off.Screenshot of Replay messages easily with Zello History. You can also read your Call Alerts and view photos.Screenshot of Zello for Work lets you create users/channels, modify client settings, listen to Cloud History, and deploy applications from a centralized management console.Screenshot of Choose who users can listen and speak to with User Roles. You can create a channel where drivers don't have to hear each other to reduce the noise while they are driving!