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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Work

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/A8x8 Work is a collaboration hub for phone, video, and messaging. It brings secure unified communication and collaboration experiences to every employee.

    $24

    per month

    Highfive (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AHighfive was a web conferencing platform acquired by Dialpad in 2020. Its functionality became part of the now obsolete Dialpad Meetings, the functionality of which is now contained in Dialpad Connect.N/A
    Pricing
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    In our system selection process we were able to narrow down our selection to three primary options, dial pad, Mitel and 8x8. After the due diligence and criteria review we did trials of each of these potential solutions. From that we determined that the 8x8 offering was what …
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    8x8 is definitely the winner if you're comparing RingCentral solely based on cost, however it will fall short on mobile, and administrative features/metrics compared to RingCentral. I would say Dialpad is in the middle, a bit more expensive than 8x8 but less costly than RingCen…
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    None
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Highfive (discontinued)
    Similar, but the mobile app is not as user-friendly. However, the video conferencing feature has higher quality in Zoom compared to UberConference.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    34 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    28 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.8
    395 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Highfive (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.9218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.4357 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.7
    442 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Highfive (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules9.1398 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording8.7343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.4318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening9.1301 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.1385 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.9
    385 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Highfive (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS9.0318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.8248 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)
    7.7
    57 Ratings
    3% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings7.953 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings6.951 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.748 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)
    8.2
    55 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.755 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings7.821 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)
    8.6
    56 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.145 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.953 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings8.628 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)
    7.9
    35 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.934 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.313 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings7.421 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)
    7.8
    41 Ratings
    4% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings7.439 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.037 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.025 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Highfive (discontinued)
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)
    8.9
    59 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings8.838 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.859 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.829 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings9.121 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    PanTerra Networks
    Score6.3 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (463 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (30 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (104 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (142 ratings)
    7.7
    (39 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkHighfive (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8x8 Inc.
    I’ve found 8x8 Work to be a reliable and efficient communication solution for our business. It offers excellent call quality, easy management of call flows and departments, and seamless integration for both in-office and remote users. One feature we especially like is that it automatically searches for phone numbers on the web, which saves time and makes it easier to identify and reach contacts
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    The free version I would absolutely recommend, we've had some great use out of it for the past few years. Presenting, sharing screen, the conference line and some other features are all free. If we did need more analytics and more features, perhaps making it easier for the potential customer to share screen, we might re-start the search and we'd potentially rate UberConference lower, but for the free version it's been great for us.
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    Pros
    8x8 Inc.
    • 8x8 Work manages roles and permissions well. It is very simple to create permission groups needed for certain roles that may even overlap teams needs.
    • User management is fairly simple and straight forward.
    • Analytics reporting is good quality for the higher tier licenses
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    • I appreciate being able to select a local phone number: it adds credibility and convenience for in-market clients/prospects.
    • I like being able to customize the hold music. One of our employees wrote and produced custom hold music for Anvil, which generates discussion and engagement as an ice-breaker.
    • The screen sharing is easy-to-use and is far more reliable than in the past. Prospects and clients do not have to download any app to make it work properly.
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    Cons
    8x8 Inc.
    • Click to dial for the web based client.
    • The ability to have specific contact lists that can be shared with certain teams only.
    • Group voicemail notification to show once a voicemail has been listened to by another member of the team.
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    • Can be very laggy - I have been part of screen share conferences where the connection keeps dropping.
    • Call quality is not always the best.
    • Limited functionality - this cannot be your all-in-one go-to conferencing solution because there are no video call capabilities.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8x8 Inc.
    All our employees love this product. No one has ever had an issue, whether it be the phone or fax. Great during the winter when employees have to work from home because of the snow. Never had an issue with the phone app. Highly recommend this product
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    UberConference is more expensive than some of its competitors and we have not found a real advantage to using UberConference over certain less-expensive applications. UberConference charges per month per organizer and those costs add up quickly, so we will be moving forward with a more budget-friendly option in the coming months.
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    Usability
    8x8 Inc.
    We never have problems working with 8x8, employees pickup quickly on how to use the system best for them. Calling out and receiving calls is simple, the ablility to click on a number and 8x8 dial it for you saves so much time when you are making high volume calls.
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    The interface is intuitive and stupidly simple, no complicated sub-menus or configuration settings. Easy to create a meeting space and then have others join with a link or dial-in PIN on the free tier. On the paid tier it's even easier with PIN-less joining and automatic reminder calls to get participants to join.
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    Reliability and Availability
    8x8 Inc.
    As mentioned before, we have not had an outage with the phone system per say, There was an issue with the call center where we did have an outage, but it was quickly and promplty handled by 8x8 support, they got us up and going again within 24 hours. The 8x8 hard phone and softphone side of things have been rock solid, I couldn't ask for anything more seeing we are in health care and it's exactly what we were looking for. When and if there is an issue 99% of the time it's user error
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    Performance
    8x8 Inc.
    None of the features that are available slow down the application. The reports (even the ones with hundreds of records) complete very quickly and the web interface as well as the mobile application never struggle to load or complete a task. The analytics will sometimes take some time to reflect the online status of users but it is to be expected due to connection speeds.
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    Support Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    We are a USA based organization. Support was refreshingly quick (callback via phone or email, online live agents). Agents are knowledgeable, thorough in their explanations, and extremely patient when dealing with end-users at various levels of the ICT knowledge spectrum.
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    I haven't needed support for the most part, which is a positive for Highfive. It's intuitive and most features are straightforward to use. In the one instance that I did contact them, it took them longer then expected to respond, but they were able to answer my question once they did.
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    In-Person Training
    8x8 Inc.
    The person giving the training was very engaged, He also listened and answered all the questions. He created a video for our company while he was training in case we needed to reference it again in the future. The questions he could not answer were answered within 24 hours via an email to the IT support staff here so we could share the answers with the rest of the group
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    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    The implementation of 8x8 X was rather smooth. We had training prior to getting the system. The IT company did a good job on the training. The whole system is wonderful. Saves me so much time with the faxing, as i can just let it go by itself and not have to make sure pages don't get skipped, as with a regular fax machine.
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    Alternatives Considered
    8x8 Inc.
    I prefer 8x8 Work; it has the right number of features and modes for the communication I need. I much prefer 8x8 Work meetings to zoom meetings, as it is much, much easier to transition between devices when I am on the road. 8x8 Work is also easier to manage across multiple modes of communication.
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    Discontinued Products
    Uberconference is by far more reliable and has a better quality of service than the other providers in this space. I have never had a dropped call with Uberconference (unlike Skype and Hangouts). I do think they need to do more marketing because fewer people know about them than others and sometimes people decline to use the service so we have to use one of the other platforms to connect.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8x8 Inc.
    At this time, we’re very happy with the pricing model that we have worked out and they have provided for us. Just be sure to do your homework, and use your comparisons to work out your cost with 8x8. They will be very straightforward with you on what they can
    adjust for you.
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    Scalability
    8x8 Inc.
    The only issue was adding licences was not via a button click but through your account admin which seems bad practice in a SaaS world as the user should be able to sign up, amend and close their account with ease
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    Professional Services
    8x8 Inc.
    PS had all the users etc. set up by our go-live date. All hard phones were activated and when we received them, all we had to do was set them up and punch in the activation code to activate them.
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    Return on Investment
    8x8 Inc.
    • Getting access to emergency voicemails left on our office lines when we are at home, on the weekend, or after hours.
    • Texting clients from a dedicated office line portal, keep things private and organized.
    • The ease of installation and helpful support when needed significantly limit the time wasted.
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    • Our teams use this every day. It makes it easy to meet with clients and share a screen and display analytics.
    • Some of my clients thought that they need to register first to be able to contact me. It's bad that they are not notified in any way that it's enough just to enter its names and that's it.
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