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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Express (discontinued)

    Score3 out of 10
    N/A8x8 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

    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AGlobalMeet Collaborationiwas an audio, web and video conferencing solution that is designed to make global communication easy from anywhere using any device. As of 2023 the product has reached EOL and will no longer be sold.N/A

    VirtualPBX

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AVirtualPBX is a VoIP solution that in addition to VoIP offers analog, smartphone, WebRTC, SIP Trunking & native calling options. It can also be used as a virtual contact center or virtual office solution.

    $18

    per month per user

    Pricing
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Flex
    $18
    per month per user
    Pro
    $27
    per month per user
    Ultra
    $36
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details——Discount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Considered Multiple Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    VirtualPBX
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    6% below category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    7.2
    46 Ratings
    9% below category average
    VirtualPBX
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio8.06 Ratings7.446 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video8.03 Ratings6.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.0
    39 Ratings
    28% below category average
    VirtualPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.52 Ratings7.639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings4.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    21% below category average
    VirtualPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.02 Ratings6.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.02 Ratings7.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.02 Ratings6.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings5.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.8
    35 Ratings
    17% below category average
    VirtualPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.52 Ratings8.233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings4.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    7.2
    38 Ratings
    12% below category average
    VirtualPBX
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication9.05 Ratings8.634 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.54 Ratings6.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings6.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    6% below category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    VirtualPBX
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Hosted PBX7.54 Ratings00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.05 Ratings00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.66 Ratings00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.9
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    VirtualPBX
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Answering rules9.06 Ratings00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Call recording9.05 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Call park9.04 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call screening9.34 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Message alerts9.25 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging8.54 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription9.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    8% above category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    VirtualPBX
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.73 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.62 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    18% below category average
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    VirtualPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized communications management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging8.34 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics6.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and VirtualPBX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    VirtualPBX
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Small Businesses
    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    6.4
    (47 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 Express (discontinued)GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)VirtualPBX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The 8x8 app is great and very user friendly and straightforward. Team Members can adjust their own setting as needed.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet Collaboration is great for giving product trainings, presentations and webinars over the phone to a wide number of users remotely. It is well suited for meetings where screens and documents need to be shared live during a conference call for easy collaboration
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    We consider that it is a very complete internet call software that is worth having in all companies that want to increase their sales through customer service agents because, with all its tools, agents improve their workday by day.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • So easy to use!
    • Voicemail - can be accessed anywhere, includes transcription of the voicemail and an email message with the recording
    • Telephone services without all the fees of a landline service
    • Auto attendant, offering recordings of our messages
    Incentivized
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    • Something that GlobalMeet does well is distributing a meeting to users. The system integrates well with our Outlook system and allows easy meeting distributions.
    • GlobalMeet is good at providing an easy way to record web meetings. The feature works well and is easy to download after.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    • Easy to set up your menu and record greetings and Prompts
    • Forwards to our cell phones or landlines -- and voicemail to email
    • Allows outbound calls on the rare occasion we require hiding
    • Simple website for end users - but they almost never need to use it.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • We are just starting to use the platform and using limited features at the moment and 8x8 is doing everything we need it to do.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • There is a cost for the conferencing services unlike competitors like FreeConferenceCall.com or Skype which have free options. However, you pay for what you get and the audio/connection quality can and has been an issue for us with other vendors.
    • There are a lot of shortcuts that can be used on the line to mute/unmute lines, record the audio, request operator assistance, etc. However, these are difficult to memorize so we end up forgetting or relying on a print-out of the shortcuts that we keep near our desks. I wish there was an easier way to use these such as voice commands.
    • In the post-conference email recaps you get the phone numbers of those who dialed in. However, it can be difficult to know who these numbers belong to unless you remember the direct #s for the participants. I wish there was a way to save contact info for certain phone numbers within the system and let GlobalMeet add the names to the numbers for all future post-conference emails.
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    VirtualPBX
    • Possibly a better way of covering the one zillion features and functions in classes
    • Possibly a better way of covering the one zillion features and functions in classes
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet is not a very good tool. There are better web meeting platforms available in the marketplace. The system is clunky, not intuitive, and experiences often technical issues. They have made updates recently but it is too little too late. It may be a good platform for smaller organizations with tighter budgets.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    Once it works and has retain ROI.....keep it going
    Read full review
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I have provided such a high rating because setting up the meeting only requires a few clicks. Within a couple minutes of telling my team that I will set up a meeting and send an invite, that invitation is already sitting in their inbox. I move at a fast pace and GlobalMeet is keeping up
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    So much easier than our old PBX or any on-prem PBX I have ever used. We were up and running in an hour. Tweaking the caller menus is so easy.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We have never had an issue with the availability of GlobalMeet. It has always been available when we needed it.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
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    Discontinued Products
    For the most part GlobalMeet loaded everything quickly. The only problem that we had was when the whole company was on a training at one time, we had a hard time with screen sharing and the pages loading in a timely manner. Everything seemed to slow down when lots of people were on the system at once
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    If you get less than 4 phones you fall into the online only customer service. There were a couple of times that I could have used more assistance but figuring it out online was a bit of a hassle.
    Incentivized
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    As previously mentioned, I was in charge of facilitating a weekly meeting with 60 attendees. I had major issues with the screenshare crashing repeatedly during the meeting. I got in contact with a GlobalMeet Technician immediately. He was extremely responsive and worked with my technician to resolve all of the issues quickly. After his intervention, I never had the same issue again.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    GlobalMeet was easy to get set up with the company and starting to use.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    8x8 has a much lower cost that avaya for the same features. 8x8 is a bit more user friendly than some other larger well established brands. It still uses industry standards in terminology and call flows to for anyone with voip experience its a pain free switch to make over.
    Incentivized
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    Our small non-profit organization appreciates the ease of use of the platform for conference call needs. Other platforms can be much more complicated for users unfamiliar with conference call technology. We use it several times a month for committee meetings, regional rep check ins, and meetings with our board of directors.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    Auto attendant and voice conference capabilities are a good value for SOHO users that need to make a positive impression upon their customers.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    This product seems to be able to handle the growing amount of work within our company without any problems.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Being able to listen to phone calls when there is a discrepancy
    • Keeping the honest honest by knowing we can listen to calls
    • Easy to communicate internally, been very helpful and time saving
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • The price for webinar for GlobalMeet is quite pricey compared to other similar vendors.
    • GlobalMeet can be used for unlimited free calls and video conferencing, hence in our company with extensive global calls this platform is very cost-effective.
    • Unlike most conferencing software. Other users don't have to download GlobalMeet App and therefore it is easy to send meeting invite to clients.
    • Attentively support system that responds fast to queries and this saves time for us.
    Incentivized
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    VirtualPBX
    • We have been able to improve greatly with this software, our communications and interactions with customers improved, and agent performance and productivity improved, which translates into higher profits for the company. It is easy to use this program, so it did not take us long to adapt to it and its functions.
    Incentivized
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    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) Screenshots

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