8x8 Express (discontinued) vs. Cisco Room Series
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8x8 Express (discontinued) | Score3 out of 10 | N/A | 8x8 Express was a cloud-based phone system that included unlimited calling within the U.S and Canada, HD video conferencing, business SMS and team chat, pre-configured. As of March 2023 8x8 Express is end of sale and no longer available. | N/A |
Cisco Room Series | Score8.6 out of 10 | N/A | The Cisco Room Series is a video conferencing solution that wakes up when users walk into a meeting room where it is installed and provides theater-quality voice and video, as well as content sharing from personal devices. For small to medium rooms with 6-8 people, there's Cisco Room 55, and for larger rooms of 7-14 people there's Cisco Room Kit (camera and codec in one device) and Cisco Kit Plus (separate codec plus and quad camera). Any of these systems can be run in the cloud or on-premises. | N/A |
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
100% Would buy again 8 Answers | 97% Would buy again 86 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
100% Delivers good value for the price 8 Answers | 96% Delivers good value for the price 79 Answers | |
| Happy with the feature set | ||
100% Happy with the feature set 8 Answers | 98% Happy with the feature set 87 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
No answers on this topic | 97% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 72 Answers | |
| Implementation went as expected | ||
100% Implementation went as expected 5 Answers | 100% Implementation went as expected 82 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | Broadvoice | GoContact Score9.1 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | Webex Calling Score8.8 out of 10 | Cisco Headsets Score9.1 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Webex Calling Score8.8 out of 10 | Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued) Score9.1 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.6 | 8.1 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 5.0 |
| Usability | - | 8.6 |
| Availability | - | 10.0 |
| Performance | - | 10.0 |
| Support Rating | 9.1 | 7.8 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 10.0 |
| Configurability | - | 10.0 |
| Ease of integration | - | 10.0 |
| Product Scalability | - | 10.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 10.0 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 10.0 |
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| ScreenShots | 8x8 Express (discontinued) Screenshots | Cisco Room Series Screenshots |








