3CX vs ClickDesk

Likelihood to Recommend

In many scenarios decision is driven by budget and compared to other solutions at the time of purchase [3CX] was simply the cheapest solution for what it has to offer. If you are looking for integrations, extensibility, and advanced functionalities, this might not be a solution for you. At the time of use (and this may have changed by now), there was a lack of APIs, CLI commands, and similar so nothing could be automated with the system. There are ways of importing data through CSV but automation would solve us so much time and support calls if we were able to connect with other systems.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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It was well suited for quick chats. Sometimes a topic over chat can be too complicated and requires a phone call which ClickDesk gives an option for a phone call. It is too specific and limited to conversations. The reason we moved away from this to Microsoft Teams is because Teams is a more all in one solution. It can do chat, phone calls as well as webinars and screen sharing.

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Engineer in Engineering

Building Materials Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

Simplicity: Using a single 3CX interface we can manage every phone and extension used throughout our company.
Flexibility: There are a wide variety of options to configure each extension and phone. Changing anything after the hardware is deployed is very easy.
Portability: Phones with 3CX can be easily moved or repurposed within an office or at remote locations, including users' homes. The mobile app allows users to use their office extension anywhere without exposing their cell number.

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Manager in Information Technology

Restaurants Company, 501-1000 employees

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ClickDesk allows account managers to interact with leads and customers, as they are searching and researching on our website and in our e-commerce store.
It is compiled of amazing features of the live call, online engagement, communication, and interaction with users or clients on a very professional level.
I can easily contact any customer or client easily by just contacting them on the platform which automatically connects to the representative of the relevant area.

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Paul Christophle

SQL Developer/Data Analyst

CoopRetail, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

I would like to be able to see direct-dial numbers on the handsets. Currently that is not possible but that would be a nice feature.
You need an SBC per location, which can be a point of failure.
You also need a server that might get disconnected, which is another point of failure.

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Daniel Merkl

IT Support

Cypress HealthcareHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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We believe ClickDesk has questionable business practices... be careful
ClickDesk charged us for services we did not use
It was our experience that ClickDesk will not issue a refund after they have charged us for services we did not want.

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General Manager in Customer Service

Sporting Goods Company, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Starting Price

$0

3CX Editions & Modules

Edition

Standard	Free
Pro	1.08²
Enterprise	1.31²

none
per user/per month

Additional Pricing Details

Price displayed is based on 25 users. 3CX pricing is based on the number of simultaneous calls your business requires or in other words, how many calls your system needs to support at once. Unlike other PBX vendors there is no per extension cost.

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$16.99 per month

ClickDesk Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

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Support Rating

3CX 5.4

Based on 4 answers

The 3CX Phone System is only a five because while they provide set-up/how-to/Q and A documents to help your district or company get started, they do not offer support for free. The documents provided, though, are good enough for you to get you up and running. We also found a good source of help through a sip trunk provider, which was a 3CX reseller provider.

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Laura Steinbrink

HS Teacher/District Tech Integration Specialist

Plato R-V School DistrictEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

The main differences between 8x8, Inc. and 3CX is pricing and ease of use in my opinion. The 3CX system uses annual based pricing plans based on of simultaneous calls your company needs, not the number of extensions/users and offers a free plan. 8x8, Inc. charges per extension with different plans. We currently have 19 extensions so the 3CX system makes more sense for us, however, if your company only has a few extensions you may want to throughly consider both options. In my experience, it was difficult to add new extensions and phones with 8x8 because at least at that time we had 8x8 I could not add anything on the web admin. I had to call a sales rep which took a lot more time. Also, if you didn't purchase a phone and/or headset directly from 8x8 at a usually higher price than Amazon for example then you would have to spend anywhere from 30 minutes to hours on the phone with 8x8 tech support to program the phone to work with the 8x8 system so adding a new extension could turn into a long ordeal. I can easily add new extensions on 3CX directly in the web cpanel. Granted, if you are actually adding a new phone number you would need to purchase that number from a company like ATT first before adding it to 3CX. The difference between a phone number and an extension would be a phone number allows a customer to call in directly using that number. The extension would require the customer to call the main business number then be transferred to the extension. 3CX provides a list of supported phone models on their website

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Manager in Information Technology

Arts and Crafts Company, 11-50 employees

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As I mentioned earlier, these competitors are good but they are too complex to manage by a non-tech person. Before deciding to buy clickdesk we tried 4-5 other competitors. Intercom was pretty easy too but also had a considerably complex panel for agents. A few of our departments are not that computer savvy. So we had to pick the easiest service we could find.

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Akram Hasan Sharkar

CEO / Volunteer

Akhaura Info FoundationNon-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

3CX has a lot to offer for a very low cost as its business model is based on simultaneous calls and not per device. It's very cost effective and very affordable.
As the 3CX server does not require a high-performance server to run, with the Public Cloud option, it might allow even further savings.

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