8x8 Contact Center vs VirtualPBX

Likelihood to Recommend

8x8 Contact Center is perfect for call center management and tracking. Being able to search for calls that were taken as well as quality reviewing. The flexibility of needing to change a queue or make instant adjustments as needed. The reporting is very easy and it can be downloaded into excel for sharing and analyzing.

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Kelly Disera

Call Center Manager

AUS UrologyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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I wouldn't recommend it for use with SIP extensions or over 10 users. SIP is too unreliable (not Virtual PBX's fault) and [for] over 10 users it gets too expensive for a small office or home office (SOHO).

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Jody Thomas

President

Kramer Electronics USManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

8x8 Contact Center

VirtualPBX

Agent dashboard

Validate callers

Outbound response

Call forwarding

Click-to-call (CTC)

Warm transfer

Predictive dialing

Interactive voice response

REST APIs

Call scripts

Call tracking

Multichannel integration

CRM software integration

8x8 Contact Center

VirtualPBX

Inbound call routing

Omnichannel inbound routing

Recording

Quality management

Call analytics

Historical reporting

Live reporting

Customer surveys

Pros

Cleaner workspace with organization and efficiency at the forefront of our associates day.
Better reporting, making the process of coaching and developing agents easier task for our front line leadership team members.
Quality metrics have allowed for us to identify areas of concern when it comes to training, thus allowing us to proactively adjust our new hire training as well as our soft skill modules we use as part of our on-going training program.

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Michael Furman

Vice President of Customer Support

Age or Learning - ABCmouseE-Learning, 501-1000 employees

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Ease of deployment
Common management thru common virtual management tools
Ease to maintain

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

The initial live support person can sometimes be difficult to communicate with. However, they will take down your key problems and escalate it to the right person to deal with your issues.
Better online chat support. The online chat seems to be limited to a bot to direct to their FAQ or to assist in opening a ticket only. The ability to schedule a chat online instead of calls would help.

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Chris Nguyen

Attorney

Law Office of Chris T. Nguyen, APCLaw Practice, 1-10 employees

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Integration with web conferencing service
Voice to text translation for VM
Mobile application for voice mail and configuration changes

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Jody Thomas

President

Kramer Electronics USManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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VirtualPBX 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Once it works and has retain ROI.....keep it going

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

8x8 Contact Center 7.9

Based on 14 answers

It works like a phone on your computer, on your desk phone with a lot more options on the desk phone. It has very high-quality voice and sound. It supports direct text and allows a lot of versatility in the application so you can take it with you anywhere you go and turn it off or on as your needs change.

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Chris Bugg

Principal

Chris Bugg Insuance AgencyInsurance, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

8x8 Contact Center 7.0

Based on 48 answers

The agents took ownership and solved the problem. Restating and clarifying everything I said kept 8x8 from getting a "10" here. Despite the agents restating and clarifying too much, the senior technicians know what they are doing! They kept digging and digging until they found the problem, fixed it, and (most importantly) tested it before ending the call. This is not consistent with call center industry standards as most agents with other firms "fix" a problem and hang up. We don't learn how bad the "fix" was until later.

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Verified User

General Manager in Corporate

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

8x8 came out on top in each of the 30 criteria on our evaluation scorecard except for the cost and length of storage of recording recordings. The other products offer free recording, while 8x8 charges $21 per user per month and only retains recordings for 10 days.

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Jeffrey Bryan

Sr. Contracts Manager

Fortna Inc.Logistics & Supply Chain, 201-500 employees

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Auto attendant and voice conference capabilities are a good value for SOHO users that need to make a positive impression upon their customers.

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Jody Thomas

President

Kramer Electronics USManagement Consulting, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Transitioning to the 8x8 system from our old hybrid PBX system isn't slated to save us money directly since the systems cost about the same per month. Where we expect to get ROI is the expanded functionality, like post-call surveys & CRM integration, and also from the prospect of removing redundant services like GTM as the X2 license seat for 8x8 includes a 100-attendee video meeting room for each user with a license.

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Eric Payne

Systems Administrator

Cott Systems, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Faster ROI
Lower maintenance costs
Common processes (less training)

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Rating Summary

8x8 Contact Center

VirtualPBX

8x8 Contact Center

VirtualPBX

8x8 Contact Center

VirtualPBX

8x8 Contact Center

VirtualPBX

Likelihood to Recommend