Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RingEX
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
RingEx 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
Talkdesk
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.
$85
per month per user
Pricing
RingEXTalkdesk
Editions & Modules
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
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Voice Essentials
$105
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$165
per month per user
Industry Experience Clouds
$225
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RingEXTalkdesk
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPricing 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)*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.
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Community Pulse
RingEXTalkdesk
Considered Both Products
RingEX
Chose RingEX
So far, RingEX has been very reliable and always exceeds our expectations. It creates a very secure environment wherein even our customers and clients can rely upon it. With the advanced features of this tool, we were able to deliver the expectations back to our customers. User …
Talkdesk
Chose Talkdesk
No comparison in my opinion. The user interface, support, and integration capabilities of Talkdesk are superior to RingCentral.
Chose Talkdesk
Prior to using Talkdesk, we used RC, and it was far worse than Talkdesk. The reporting was almost non-existent, but it did take a lot less maintenance. Five9 was evaluated after we moved to Talkdesk as a potential solution, but we felt they didn't fix many of the issues we were …
Chose Talkdesk
inContact has all the functionality but it's clunky and support is not as great. Five9 is a great price but the UI is not as strong. We chose Talkdesk because we wanted something we could use as we grow. We also thought Talkdesk had the most potential for being a leader in the …
Chose Talkdesk

We needed to be able to move to a cloud base solution for home working on a global scale and our current infrastructure would not allow for this growth.

Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk was a less expensive option and provided more reporting and data. Talkdesk's customer support is way more helpful and responsive than RingCentral's.
Chose Talkdesk
RingCentral was very glitchy and their customer service was abysmal. We constantly needed to reach out to RC with issues, and all the support we got was a new person each time "escalating" us to another tier. Very frustrating. We appreciate Talkdesk and their customer support, …
Chose Talkdesk
Should've switched over to Talkdesk sooner! Compared to RingCentral, the sound quality of the calls and the functionality of the Talkdesk app overall are much better and reliable. Talkdesk has made our job easier and in turn, made our team more effective.
Chose Talkdesk
Customer Support and Quality! the providers mentioned above always had issues when customers networks were flawless, their support would often blame the ISP provider when we would have fiber networks connected to the company and verified network uptime would surpass any VoIP …
Chose Talkdesk
Compared to the other contact center options, Talkdesk was affordable and was easy to setup. What set Talkdesk apart was easy integration with other software. Including Slack, Zendesk, and Salesforce. The new enterprise app center should make some great add-ons available. …
Chose Talkdesk
We evaluated Ring Central at the same time we evaluated Talkdesk. The Ring Central product looks like a good product but ultimately we chose to go with Talkdesk because of the attention we got from Talkdesk during the sales cycle. Talkdesk was very responsive to our questions. …
Chose Talkdesk
We used a local system for a bit. Great people, but had dropped calls left and right.

We also used Ring Central for a while, and while they were a solid platform, they did not have many integration options.
Features
RingEXTalkdesk
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
8.4
160 Ratings
5% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.387 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.9118 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates8.4109 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports8.4144 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.2143 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
8.7
169 Ratings
4% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.7154 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording9.1143 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park8.6123 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening8.4134 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts9.0159 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
8.8
145 Ratings
10% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Video conferencing8.6110 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing9.2125 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.280 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging9.198 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
9.2
146 Ratings
15% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS9.1128 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android9.2110 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
7.7
470 Ratings
7% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings7.6450 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings8.5397 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings7.1413 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings7.1403 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.5375 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.8425 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.2219 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.0300 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings7.9236 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings7.0213 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.3418 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.4305 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings5.9361 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.5
456 Ratings
4% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.3416 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.2299 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.0440 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.0400 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.3414 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.0421 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.3413 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings7.9230 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.3265 Ratings
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User Ratings
RingEXTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(180 ratings)
8.3
(483 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(15 ratings)
8.5
(37 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(11 ratings)
8.5
(299 ratings)
Availability
9.2
(110 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(28 ratings)
6.7
(130 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(6 ratings)
7.2
(217 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
RingEXTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Talkdesk
Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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Pros
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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Talkdesk
  • Receives calls immediately and connects well.
  • Making outbound calls and having Talkdesk display the name associated with the number.
  • Aux on break, lunch, or meeting, and it stays as it is and does not change status on its own.
  • Being able to check on colleagues on whether they are available.
  • Able to track your work for the day, the amount of calls you made and received.
  • Being able to check your Daily and monthly score from QA.
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Cons
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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Talkdesk
  • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
  • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
  • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
  • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
  • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Talkdesk
Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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Usability
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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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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Performance
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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Talkdesk
I give this system a full 10/10 once you refresh or troubleshoot you do not wait for too long to use it . It easy like ABC . I honestly recommend this system, even when you check the QA score card, you do not have to wait that long; you just click on the notification bell and view your score card.
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Support Rating
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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Talkdesk
If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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In-Person Training
RingCentral
I really didn't know all the capabilities
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Talkdesk
The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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Online Training
RingCentral
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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Implementation Rating
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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Talkdesk
Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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Alternatives Considered
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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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
RingCentral
not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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Talkdesk
No answers on this topic
Scalability
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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Talkdesk
We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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Return on Investment
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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Talkdesk
  • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
  • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
  • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
  • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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