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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Work

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/A8x8 Work is a collaboration hub for phone, video, and messaging. It brings secure unified communication and collaboration experiences to every employee.

    $24

    per month

    Aircall

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAircall headquartered in Paris provides a VOIP system for business designed to support contact centers, featuring IVR and automated call routing, conference calls, shared call inbox and call notes, unlimited concurrent calls and call queuing, and many integrations with CRM or marketing systems to support a variety of support or sales purposes.

    $120

    per month for 3 licenses (minimum)

    CallHippo

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ACallHippo is an on-demand Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) based Virtual Phone System. CallHippo allows startups and businesses to get local phone numbers instantly from over 50+ countries around the world. The vendor says the easy to use interface and robust backend architecture enables businesses to set up their phone system within less than 3 minutes. The CallHippo platform allows deployment of a flexible telephony network, wherever an…N/A
    Pricing
    8x8 WorkAircallCallHippo
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $40
    per month per license
    Professional
    $70
    per month per license
    Custom
    Contact Sales
    25 license minimum
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkAircallCallHippo
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional$5 Per Number
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkAircallCallHippo
    Considered Multiple Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Similar products, so much so they haven't justified the hassle of changing. However, we are considering such a move due to an ongoing customer service issue.
    Incentivized
    Chose 8x8 Work
    We selected 8x8 for better pricing and better reviews. Our 3rd party vendor rep also suggested 8x8.
    Incentivized
    Aircall
    No answer on this topic
    CallHippo
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    445 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    414 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    461 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    340 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    352 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
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    Features
    8x8 WorkAircallCallHippo
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Aircall and CallHippo
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.5
    486 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Aircall
    7.8
    29 Ratings
    2% below category average
    CallHippo
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX8.9267 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.7131 Ratings8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.5446 Ratings9.325 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings8.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Aircall and CallHippo
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.6
    539 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Aircall
    7.9
    32 Ratings
    4% below category average
    CallHippo
    6.8
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Answering rules8.7492 Ratings9.431 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Call recording8.6416 Ratings8.929 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Call park8.5390 Ratings4.01 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Call screening8.5376 Ratings8.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.7472 Ratings8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Aircall and CallHippo
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    9.2
    471 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Aircall
    8.7
    29 Ratings
    10% above category average
    CallHippo
    5.4
    5 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.2397 Ratings9.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.1304 Ratings7.818 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Aircall and CallHippo
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Aircall
    5.7
    19 Ratings
    33% below category average
    CallHippo
    -
    Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings5.719 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkAircallCallHippo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (560 ratings)
    9.3
    (33 ratings)
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (40 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (205 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (152 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.9
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkAircallCallHippo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8x8 Inc.
    Having the capability to copy and paste in phone numbers that I am trying to call directly into the 8x8 Work user interface is a massive time saver for me so that I don't have to type in each phone number like we had to do before 8x8 Work. When you are in sales and productivity and time is important that can really add up.
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    Aircall is a great fit for any SaaS organization for sales and support groups. Since I come from sales, I cannot talk about support, but for the sales team, it's a great help. It's intuitive and user-friendly. No need for formal training as it's very easy to access all the features you need. I particularly like the option of taking calls on my mobile phone while I am away from my desk or traveling, and also how I can easily manage my working hours and schedule. I also like its ability to interact with different CRMs and other useful tools like Slack, etc.
    Incentivized
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    CallHippo
    Calling abroad to international clients, while we use international number then response rate increases. Also, the client also prefers their country's number to respond. The pricing part is less appropriate. I believe they should be charged only for calling services. The name is also not suitable like what is Hippo means in the name. The person who uses this service is a Hippo?
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    8x8 Inc.
    • 8x8 Work manages roles and permissions well. It is very simple to create permission groups needed for certain roles that may even overlap teams needs.
    • User management is fairly simple and straight forward.
    • Analytics reporting is good quality for the higher tier licenses
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    • Aircall's integration with HubSpot is fantastic. I can call from anywhere in HubSpot and know that my call is logged automatically. During my call, I have easy access to a contact's record and can pull up any information I need in just the click of a button. The only limit I've found is that it doesn't (yet?) auto-log to tickets. This seems to be pretty common among other integrations so it wasn't seen as a con in our buying decision.
    • I really like the Aircall dashboard and being able to customize who has access to what number. We even have the ability to give outbound calling privileges only to certain team members. It's also great that you can set up each individual number's answer tree to ring to the correct person.
    • There's a lot of cool features that don't make sense for our particular business, but I think Aircall's metric tracking and coaching abilities would be really useful for a lot of teams. I remember in my first call hearing about a feature where a manager can listen in and "whisper" tips to a rep during a call that only the rep would be able to hear. I can see how this would add value in a coaching situation.
    Incentivized
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    CallHippo
    • No positive sides at all.
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    Cons
    8x8 Inc.
    • Customer support do not respond properly if you are facing any compliance issue.
    • If any person in the organisation misbehaves with a customer and the customer raises a complaint to the concerned team, they suspend the organisation's entire
    • account without any warning.
    • Rarely we face voice disturbance.
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    • No schedule for bank holidays
    • No feature to update more than one phone line at the same time
    • Admins don't have access to the timeline of a call to see with which agent it rang
    • Missing agent-specific stats when your phone lines are organized in teams
    • If calls are setup to ring to a first group and then a second, if the whole first group is already busy, it does not go to the second group but puts the customer on hold
    Incentivized
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    CallHippo
    • Waiting for iOS mobile app
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8x8 Inc.
    All our employees love this product. No one has ever had an issue, whether it be the phone or fax. Great during the winter when employees have to work from home because of the snow. Never had an issue with the phone app. Highly recommend this product
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    I give this rating as aircall is very easy to use but also lacks a parallel dialing feature which makes it slower to use. aircall has a pretty seamless integration with salesforce which is helpful. For the cost it is definitely very reasonable but it also lacks a live coaching/listening feature which is very valuable as a manager.
    Incentivized
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    CallHippo
    It's the need of my team to perform well and it's increasing the possibility of getting more business. Clients also have more trust while responding when they saw their country's number rather than any other country's unknown number.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    8x8 Inc.
    As long as the general system for your organization is up, it is a completely fine system, no issues; however, if there are any glitches, those are rarely solvable in-house. It's a completely fine system with just enough features to keep everyone happy, but not WOW anyone
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    Aircall
    I provide this rating based on my overall experience using Aircall. I have used it on my previous company as well and that being said, it is a proof that Aircall is a great tool to use in contact centers and with B2B businesses that has direct communication with clients.
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    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    8x8 Inc.
    The 8x8 product is absolutely the best when it comes to this! I have had zero application errors or unplanned outages allowing me the opportunity to provide a constant source of reliable customer service to my members. I know this is something I can count on. Unlike the internet, it is subject to go down without warning
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    8x8 Inc.
    No problems with performance, Pages load as they should. I can't answer on the reports side as only a handful of our Admins ( call center ) currently use that side of the software. It does intergrate very well with Office for meetings and conferences. Sometimes there is a slight lag or static when users are talking, but we found this to be a cause of a users computer had not restarted in a while, Once the user restarts thier computer the problem is resolved, So this is not an issue with 8x8
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    We are a USA based organization. Support was refreshingly quick (callback via phone or email, online live agents). Agents are knowledgeable, thorough in their explanations, and extremely patient when dealing with end-users at various levels of the ICT knowledge spectrum.
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    We've enjoyed using Aircall so far and have had no issues with it. The platform is easy to use, looks nice, and makes it easy to keep track of everything.
    Incentivized
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    CallHippo
    Their support is built around trying to prove why the customer (who is not getting the service promised at the price promised) is wrong. For that they pass with flying colors. For actually supporting the user though they are horrible. They come up with creative scenarios to overcharge the credit card while not giving a service.
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    In-Person Training
    8x8 Inc.
    The representative that arrived was very prompt and knowledgeable about the product and able to provide understandable instruction for how everything worked and what to be expected by us when using the product. They did not make me feel rushed or like they were ready to get the training over with
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    The implementation of 8x8 X was rather smooth. We had training prior to getting the system. The IT company did a good job on the training. The whole system is wonderful. Saves me so much time with the faxing, as i can just let it go by itself and not have to make sure pages don't get skipped, as with a regular fax machine.
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    8x8 Inc.
    The customer support is not good on Zoom. They do not know about their product. When we ask something about a Zoom feature, customer support takes time and denied for that feature but those features available in Zoom and we have to find out those features by Google and logs. 8x8 Work is the best in the market.
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    We used to answer phone calls on our fix line when at the office. The quality was very bad but we had in mind that a VOIP solution would be too expensive. When lockdown began last year, I had to redirect calls on my own mobile phone which was not efficient. Also I couldn't receive voicemails, have a history of calls or choose working hours.
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    CallHippo
    All of them. This seemed to be the best until they got us down.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8x8 Inc.
    At this time, we’re very happy with the pricing model that we have worked out and they have provided for us. Just be sure to do your homework, and use your comparisons to work out your cost with 8x8. They will be very straightforward with you on what they can
    adjust for you.
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
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    Scalability
    8x8 Inc.
    The only issue was adding licences was not via a button click but through your account admin which seems bad practice in a SaaS world as the user should be able to sign up, amend and close their account with ease
    Incentivized
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    8x8 Inc.
    PS had all the users etc. set up by our go-live date. All hard phones were activated and when we received them, all we had to do was set them up and punch in the activation code to activate them.
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    Aircall
    No answers on this topic
    CallHippo
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    Return on Investment
    8x8 Inc.
    • Efficiency to be on the road and still have our calls well-managed.
    • Whether on the road or in the office, the incoming caller always assumes we are at our desks and in touch.
    • The ability to change our outgoing messages to suit immediate needs is simple.
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    Aircall
    • Because of the lack of local partnerships with South African telecoms companies, calls to South Africa is very expensive. This was not originally apparent when opening the Aircall account.
    • Not having the option to display a local South African number in the CLIP, means that people are not always eager to pick up the phone when they see an overseas number ringing.
    • The only positive impact has been the collaborative experience and being able to maintain a virtual office
    Incentivized
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    CallHippo
    • Call to all countries supported making it easy to connect.
    • Last resort to make calls
    • Easy to use
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Aircall Screenshots

    Screenshot of A simple way to make and receive calls at your desk.Screenshot of Your calls on the go, anywhere you go (iOS + Android).Screenshot of Track your team's call activities in real-time in the Aircall Activity Feed.Screenshot of Track your team's call performance in real-time in the Aircall Analytics Dashboard.