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    Sangoma Asterisk

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAsterisk is an open source toolkit for building communications applications, now owned and supported by Sangoma (acquired with Digium in 2018). Most Asterisk-based systems and solutions require additional components (e.g. IP-phones, VoIP gateways or telephony interface cards, and other hardware), and expertise.N/A

    Sangoma Communications Platform

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASangoma's Communications Platform, including the former Switchvox and Business Voice+ from Star2Star, is a UCaaS system, allowing users to simplify communications down to one solution delivered on-premise, on cloud, or via hybrid deployment.N/A
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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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    Chose Sangoma Communications Platform
    I've installed, and maintained a number of different phone systems over the last few years, including nationwide level Voip service providers relying entirely on custom built Asterisk systems, to SOHO systems connected to cloud level services. So far Digium Switchvox has been …
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Sangoma AsteriskSangoma Communications Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Sangoma AsteriskSangoma Communications Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sangoma
    Digium Asterisk is well suited for a city government as a communications solution for internal and external use. Other options like PBX are more expensive and hard to escalate. VoIP makes it easier to use the communications infrastructure instead that already exists rather than having to wire every phone when the solution is a digital or analog phone. In my city, government offices are not in the same place, which makes it harder to communicate everything together.
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    Sangoma
    Really Digium Switchvox is a great product, it's more of an overall service and it's great. Starting at the phones, I think they're well engineered, from button placement to make call handling a breeze, bright status indicators and programmable keys that keep things simple, and a clear back-lite screen, to light up those late night support calls. I've watched the web management interface grow into a gorgeous, friendly, informational tool that gives me a system that can do 95% of the things my customers request. The only times I've seen it as less appropriate is when it comes to the more budget restricted. I've always believed you get what you pay for, and Digium Switch provides a lovely packaged, turnkey product, that doesn't require an expert to maintain once installed. On top of that, you're paying for the service. I can speak from experience, and countless support calls, that Digium Switchvox's support is second to none. They're efficient, intelligent, friendly, and professional, I've never had a bad experience, keep up the great work!
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    Pros
    Sangoma
    • Easy communication and configuration with many soft phone and hard phone models
    • A great community that helps the software have more and more functionality
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    Sangoma
    • Allows us to forward phones internally or externally.
    • Allows us to set up our favorite contacts to sync up on telephone screen for quick calls.
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    Cons
    Sangoma
    • Transferring to a Voicemail is particularly hard to do, and calls tend to drop when transferring.
    • I would like a different interface; the current one feels clumsy
    • Over the weekend, it logs you out, and you have to remember your password or reset it to gain access.
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    Sangoma
    • I've installed quite a few of these systems for a number of customers, and I've found a number of times having access to the second Ethernet port on some of the larger systems, and the ability to do some sort of static routing, and firewall functionality. I would love to have the ability to connect one port to the carrier's cpe router, and the other port to the customer's network.
    • I've worked with Voip products for a number of years, and various asterisk iterations. I'd like to see more access to the asterisk cli for troubleshooting, and/or potentially some sort of shell access.
    • I'd like to see the Digum Switchvox phones have vpn functionality. It would be great to deploy a field office with a pre-provisioned phone that automatically connects back to the corporate network via a secure vpn tunnel from most internet connections. Currently we either use a softphone, manually program a Cisco phone that does have the capability, or deploy an semi expensive router that support a secure tunnel. It would be much easier to sell a customer on a remote office and a fancy Digium phone, if they didn't need the extra hardware.
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    Usability
    Sangoma
    User friendly. Very little training to use it
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    Support Rating
    Sangoma
    I have asked in the not so recent past about having my phone updated with my saved Digium "favorites" list but it doesn't seem that this is possible
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    Sangoma
    I have not had to use Support yet, so I did not rate this. I have not had to reach out for anything.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sangoma
    Recently I've been using Vonage Business, and while it is far more expensive and a lot less configurable than Digium, the mobility is essential for my new role. Digium is ideal for a business with both a very technical staff and a user base that is not remote. Digium was selected due to price and ability to create custom applications.
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    Sangoma
    I've installed, and maintained a number of different phone systems over the last few years, including nationwide level Voip service providers relying entirely on custom built Asterisk systems, to SOHO systems connected to cloud level services. So far Digium Switchvox has been one of my favorites when it comes to ease of use, customer service, and over all reliability. While there are a few things I'd like to see done a little differently, updates are released frequently with fixes, and new features.
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    Return on Investment
    Sangoma
    • being zero cost, we saved at least 3 million on what a legacy pbx would have cost
    • the savings and speed means lower cost on our service making us more competitive
    • stability
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    Sangoma
    • Ease of forwarding calls when out of office has been a life-saver.
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