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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

    RingEX

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ARingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is /user/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Core - $20/month (paid monthly) Advanced - $25/month (paid monthly) Ultra - $35/month (paid monthly) Customer Engagement Bundle - contact us for pricing
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    In my experience, RingEX is much less complicated to install and configure than products like mitel and 3CX. I think RingEX is much more reliable than 8x8 with a much higher quality in calls.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    RingEX continues to outperform the competition in features, security, and reliability. Every time we evaluate and test drive other services we find that they don't compare in some significant way with RingEX. That we have been a client since their first 18 months of operation …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    162 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    151 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    168 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    132 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    145 Answers
    Features
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    5% below category average
    RingEX
    9.4
    19 Ratings
    11% above category average
    High quality audio8.06 Ratings9.421 Ratings
    High quality video8.03 Ratings9.319 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    RingEX
    8.8
    14 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Desktop sharing8.52 Ratings8.817 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RingEX
    8.5
    15 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Calendar integration9.02 Ratings8.218 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.02 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.02 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RingEX
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat8.52 Ratings8.714 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    RingEX
    8.8
    18 Ratings
    10% above category average
    User authentication9.05 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.54 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    6% below category average
    RingEX
    8.5
    207 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Hosted PBX7.54 Ratings9.1115 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.05 Ratings8.5157 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.66 Ratings8.7192 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    8.9
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RingEX
    8.9
    216 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Answering rules9.06 Ratings8.8202 Ratings
    Call recording9.05 Ratings8.6186 Ratings
    Call park9.04 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
    Call screening9.34 Ratings8.6175 Ratings
    Message alerts9.25 Ratings8.8203 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging8.54 Ratings9.123 Ratings
    Online Fax8.01 Ratings9.419 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription9.05 Ratings9.222 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    8% above category average
    RingEX
    9.3
    190 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.73 Ratings9.2166 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.62 Ratings9.3148 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Express (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    8x8 Express (discontinued)
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    18% below category average
    RingEX
    8.8
    17 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Centralized communications management8.05 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Team messaging8.34 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Team document sharing6.01 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics6.03 Ratings8.819 Ratings
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    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    8.9
    (224 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (154 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 Express (discontinued)RingEX
    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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    RingCentral
    It's very suitable if you want a competent "business phone" solution. It is extremely reliable; the pricing is competitive, and it offers some advanced features and functions. It offers the ability to set up numbers very quickly and to procure them from across the globe. It offers good flexibility in controlling how and where those numbers route, with the ability to add inline messages, voicemail inbox, etc. It is not, to me, a like-for-like replacement for a call center product (and indeed RingCentral offers a true call center solution). If you are looking for advanced routing rules (such as adding skill priorities) or robust real-time monitoring (e.g., dashboards), this is not the right product.
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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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    RingCentral
    • Chat and Messaging - Conversations are easy to search, topics can be pinned or bookmarked, and groups are easy to create and administer.
    • Phone - The core functionality works very well allowing voice, txt/sms, and faxing for all users. Administration is generally fairly easy as well.
    • Mobile Client - the mobile app offers all of the same functionality as the desktop or web client.
    • Video - Video calls make it easy to share screens with other users and includes a lot of tools for planning.
    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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    RingCentral
    • It will be nice to have more text room monthly.
    • Providing clear instructions on how to access features, as most features are buried in the tabs.
    • The ability to redial a number without having to go back to the settings buttons on the landlines will be nice.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    Because it works great. In case there's a Wi-Fi issue, communication does not stop because the mobile app can be use with regular cell phone data. During one year + 3 months I've have the service, there's been only one time when there were issues on RingEX's side; however, the time of resolution was on the same day.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
    Incentivized
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    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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    RingCentral
    Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
    Incentivized
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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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    RingCentral
    We are using these products like (Skype, Voip, TextNow, and Second line), but comparatively these products the RingEX has a good performance, because while we were using the other platform, we didn't get proper communication, we couldn't reach out the candidate, we lags to much into spam number, we couldn't communicate properly and the textnow we couldn't sigin sometime. When we start to use RingEX, we get much better productivity and proper communication with our clients.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
    Incentivized
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    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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    RingCentral
    • Enhanced patient accountability, we can track all calls - incoming and outgoing - patients tend to state that they called and left a message, but they either never called or did not leave a message. With RingEX, we can track whether they really did. It saves us quite a bit of time and aggravation.
    • Faxing is more accurate and usually very quick. Because it's accurate, it saves us time with phone calls about faxes we never received and having to refax items. Also, faxing via the system instead of printing and scanning is a time-saver.
    Incentivized
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