TrustRadius Insights for Fuze are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Business Problems Solved
Fuze is widely used as a Unified Communications platform, offering voice, video, and text collaboration for offices and mobile users. Its cloud architecture and intelligent design ensure business continuity, even in the event of a primary circuit outage. With Fuze, organizations can address the distributed nature of their workforce by providing voice, call center, instant messaging, and teleconferencing capabilities throughout the organization. Users rely on Fuze as their primary means of communication, enabling 24/7/365 connectivity among employees in corporate offices, satellite offices, and work-from-home setups. During the Covid shutdown, Fuze proved invaluable as it replaced outdated phone systems and allowed employees to take their phones home and use them seamlessly as if they were in the office. Fuze's variety of features and capabilities meet the high expectations of users who have experienced more advanced systems in the past. It serves as a single communications platform across multiple locations and divisions within an organization, meeting the diverse needs of various divisions around the globe. Whether it's for collaboration, messaging, calling or replacing traditional phone systems, Fuze offers ease and convenience while addressing critical business issues such as managing multiple phone systems, supplier accounts, invoices, and call support problems. With its streamlined unified communications experience, Fuze has helped reduce telephony and conferencing costs while simplifying internal communications infrastructure. From remote meetings to contact center solutions and sales departments' communication needs, Fuze provides a reliable platform that improves productivity and builds stronger relationships with customers. Users appreciate how it integrates seamlessly with different devices like desk phones, computers, and mobile devices, streamlining communication processes and saving valuable time.
In summary, Fuze offers a wide range of use cases including voice calling, video conferencing, instant messaging for collaboration purposes within an organization or between offices and mobile users. It solves critical business problems by providing reliable connectivity among employees regardless of their location or setup. With its variety of features and capabilities, Fuze meets the high expectations of users who have experienced more advanced systems in the past. It simplifies internal communications infrastructure, reduces costs, and improves productivity by providing a streamlined unified communications experience. From contact center solutions to sales departments' communication needs, Fuze proves to be an invaluable tool that enhances collaboration and strengthens relationships with customers.
We selected Fuze to replace our old telecom infrastructure with their hosted Cloud VoIP solution for all our North America locations. The Fuze service was used in parallel with Polycom handsets, softphones, and mobile app. We also integrated Fuze calling with our Salesforce.com implementation. We did not use the Fuze IM feature and continued to use MS Teams for collaboration.
Pros
Fuze integrated nicely with Salesforce allowing call activity to be easily logged into SFDC.
Fuze call reporting provided valuable insight into call activity and the history of individuals.
The Fuze softphone UI was clear and simple.
Cons
We left Fuze because they could not integrate with MS Teams as a direct routing partner.
Overall the monthly cost for the licenses and variable per minute dialing costs were too high.
IT administration was a bit confusing because of all the Admin consoles used for different administration tasks.
Likelihood to Recommend
Fuze is a great solution with quite reliable voice quality when used with QoS. Fuze is a solid replacement for an old landline phone system with 200-500 users. As a direct routing partner for MS Teams Fuze was too expensive. I hope they are able to adjust their pricing model.
Fuze was used in our organization to quickly allow us to call using our landline and our computer. It was also used to check voicemail and keep recordings of our conversations.
Pros
Call recording.
Voicemail transcription.
Click to call.
Cons
Click to call was not always working.
Transcription was not always correct.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think the best scenario is for a company using a VoIP phone system that wants transcription and click-to-call opportunities to help their sales teams quickly call opportunities. Maybe less for a small company that has a few employees. If a company is using software calling systems that don't require a physical phone it may not be something that works as well.
Fuze is our corporate phone system for homes and users assigned to an office. It is used by our offices in all three major regions to support our sales, customers, and internal communications. We also use their Call Center application.
Pros
Excellent service.
Global capabilities.
Call center.
Cons
More regional support options.
Likelihood to Recommend
Any company looking to migrate to a cloud telephony platform or call center.
Fuze is used by 95% of the organization. We are currently implementing Fuze in our Nordics region to finalize our deployment to the entire organization. It address a number of problems:
Unifying Organization phone system
Personal Call History
Cost
Pros
Call Quality
Availability
Video Quality
Cons
Administration
Likelihood to Recommend
For existing PBX administrators, Fuze offers a lot of functionality but also provides complex legacy routing. For users new to phone administration, Fuze can you help you with the set up but be aware there will be a learning curve.
VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (Information Services company, 1001-5000 employees)
First and foremost, Fuze is used for phone calls. We use this internally to talk to each other and to communicate with customers, vendors, and partners. The conference bridge features are also key to having meetings internally and with our customers. Fuze Meetings are great when we need a face to face or to share screens with co-workers or clients. not always used, but great when we need it! Instant messaging is widely used among our users for quick communications as needed. Overall, FUZE has been critical to maintaining our operations during the recent pandemic. With the staff working from home, we were able to maintain operations by having a solid communication strategy in place.
Pros
Instant Messaging (with presence awareness).
VoIP phone on your PC (softphone), I only use the softphone.
Good quality Calls
Cons
Support: This is where I had to give a 9, support takes too long and lacks product expertise.
Reporting: As an admin, I can get what I want, but delegating that to others is limited.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need solid VoIP service for your business with nice features it is a good solution.
Fuze is our primary VIOP solution. Previously we used a standard PBX system which was not as robust as a VOIP solution like Fuze. Having the mobile ability to still take calls is a game changer.
Pros
Availability of service has been up 99 % of the time.
Call quality via WiFi is pretty good.
Mobile app is great.
Cons
On the desktop app, the errors with updating the app are constant if it can't update.
Pick up groups don't seem to work the best.
Constant error message - meetings are not available.
Likelihood to Recommend
Fuze has some bugs to work out like the constant errors on the desktop apps. Other than that it seems to be okay. I would recommend this product as it is very affordable compared to its competition.
Fuze is being used by the whole organization. After we merged with WeddingWire we got stuck using it because it was cheaper. It addresses the use of a phone system for contact center users and regular users. It gave our sales team SMS capability so they can text sales leads and current customers.
Pros
UcaaS.
Browser based app ability.
Cons
Salesforce integration is horrible.
Their support team is lackluster.
The CSMs and account managers aren't knowledgeable about phone systems.
Fuze is NOT a contact center system. They need to merge with somebody like Serenova.
Likelihood to Recommend
There are other systems in the industry like inContact or NVM that are the Cadillac while Fuze is that old beat up Ford Pinto. There are so many contact center capabilities that are missing with Fuze. Now I see why Fuze is the joke of the industry among my peers. They don't listen to the customer for product ideas or enhancements. If you need a system that can work with Salesforce then look elsewhere.
VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (Computer Software company, 1001-5000 employees)
Fuze is our VOIP company-wide. Sales, Customer Success, and External Customer Support are all using it with the integration of SalesForce. Each department uses it, we in IT use it to get ahold of our employees if needed as we have employees working remotely (UK, US, Canada, South America, and Vietnam). I believe the problem it addresses for businesses is how you can get ahold of your employees during this pandemic because sometimes hearing something through messaging or emails are not enough. During COVID, Fuze allows you to get ahold of your employees just to make sure they are okay and if there's anything you can do to help them out.
Pros
Fuze is really easy to use even if you've never used a VOIP system.
You can easily connect your cellphone number and Fuze number together to make it feel like a regular phone call.
Fuze support is very helpful and will reply to us as soon as possible.
Cons
I want to have the ability to block out numbers especially if they are from automated telemarketers.
The option of having caller ID, although it does show where the call is coming from
On mobile, if my phone was silent the ringer turns on automatically on its own
Likelihood to Recommend
In our company, Fuze is used for a variety of things such as sales calls, customer support, and reaching out to internal employees, especially those who are working remotely. Obviously, since Fuze is a business VOIP this should not be used for personal calls or they probably don't want to keep giving out these numbers for personal use.
Fuze is currently being used by the organisation for global telephony and unified communications. This includes the use of messaging, meeting, video, collaboration and contact center functions for support.
Pros
Good voice quality, and meetings are generally stable.
Web client which closely resembles Windows client.
Cons
Sluggish client, takes up too many system resources even with optimizations.
Mobile client is very slow initially while it rebuilds and caches your message list.
Likelihood to Recommend
Fuze works very well for peer to peer calls, and the meetings work very well also. Contact Center, although not much exposure to general use, seems to have been well received. Messenging is a weaker point I think, it misses off some functionality offered by other competitors. The client itself I like, but feedback from others is that the layout/design could do with some improvement to make it flow better.
VU
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (Computer Software company, 10,001+ employees)
We use Fuze Voice as the main platform of communications, either text or voice, between employees and the final costumer.
Pros
It allows you to choose any European or world number to communicate with.
The prices are for all devices and you can log in using their app or the web.
Good call quality especially in open areas.
The customise options are very important because it helps personalise the use.
Cons
Video calls are good but need to be higher quality and have more options on sharing.
Visually it's okay, but some icons [look like] children with no experience can use them, especially for specific options.
Integration with other browsers as there is with Chrome.
Likelihood to Recommend
For offices with an international work agenda, Fuze Voice fits perfectly, especially for business people. It may not be so good for personal use, as the prices are better for companies.