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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

    Avaya Aura

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AThe on-premises Avaya Aura Platform delivers unified communications and customer service solutions, designed to enhance employee and customer experiences. It is presented as real time communications architecture using session-based collaboration technologies, and is used to enable multi-modal unified communications and omnichannel customer experience solutions.N/A
    Pricing
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.5
    486 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Avaya Aura
    7.5
    34 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Hosted PBX8.9267 Ratings6.619 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.7131 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.5446 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.6
    539 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Avaya Aura
    7.4
    41 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Answering rules8.7492 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Call recording8.6416 Ratings7.328 Ratings
    Call park8.5390 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Call screening8.5376 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Message alerts8.7472 Ratings7.030 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings5.813 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings6.018 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    9.2
    471 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Avaya Aura
    7.0
    22 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.2397 Ratings7.121 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.1304 Ratings6.820 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    8.1
    28 Ratings
    4% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings7.215 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.9
    17 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings6.917 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.8
    21 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings6.719 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings6.816 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.7
    12 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings6.712 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    6.8
    20 Ratings
    16% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings6.518 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings7.116 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Avaya Aura
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Avaya Aura
    7.0
    35 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings6.720 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings6.214 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings7.021 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (560 ratings)
    8.0
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (40 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (205 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (152 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.9
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkAvaya Aura
    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.
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    Avaya
    Avaya Aura is secure and reliable; in our case, for customers that looking for stable solutions on voice, Avaya Aura is that solution fit. In a scenario where our customer is looking for digitalization, I think Avaya Aura is less appropriate.
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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
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    Avaya
    • So one of the things it's done well is it's stable. It's networked at all the sites. We have five-digit dialing everywhere, and one of the features we like is the crisis alert feature. So if somebody calls 911 at a particular school, it sets an alarm off on the phones upfront and displays the extension number and the room number of who called 911. So they can respond and they know where to send first responders. So it's pretty cool.
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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.
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    Avaya
    • Pricing is always a concern.
    • How to maintain the attractive price point as they transition from perpetual licensing to subscription-based.
    • Offering the benefits of 'economies of scale' even in situations where the transitioning is not wholesale from the onset but incremental over time.
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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
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    Avaya
    We are happy with this product since we have used until now around 10 years.
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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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    Avaya
    Avaya Aura is extremely complex. Now that AI has come into the fold, Avaya needs to apply AI processes and tools to help identify and resolve issues with an installed platform. In addition, proactively identify potential issues. Ayaya has had some financial difficulties over the last few years. This may be why they outsource their expensive support. Our customer experience would benefit by having access to Avaya knowledgeable Engineers for questions about products and services as needed.
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    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
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    Avaya
    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
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    Avaya
    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.
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    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    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
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    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
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    Avaya
    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.
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    Avaya
    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.
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    Avaya
    So I've seen the Cisco product out there. I've seen the old Nortel products, Mitel, I've been doing this for a long time. I've seen a lot of other products. And Avaya, Nortel were the Western Electric and Northern Electric of the world way back when. So pretty much the grandparents of all the other stuff that's out there. So their foundation is really strong. So I think this product stacks up amazing, especially for places that are mission critical, like hospitals, maybe the military, and stuff like that. They have the app, if you need an app, they do stuff on mobile devices, and that you can have remote workers. So I think they stack up really well against the other companies. The problem is probably advertising and the schools that are teaching this stuff are promoting a particular product and that's where the other products have the advantage. They're in the schools and it's, I call it indoctrination, but they're in the schools and they're teaching the people. The other product, their competitors are teaching in the schools, their product line. And that's how they can do promotion better.
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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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    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    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
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    Avaya
    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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    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Avaya
    • As far as a negative impact on a surface level, not too much negative impact was to go right into that and we had the scare eight months ago. Well, we didn't know if Avaya was a product we were going to be able to continue with. But after this conference, we got the warm and fuzzies back. That is a product that we can keep for a number of years and they'll continue to grow and keep on upgrading it and stay current. So we'll be sticking with that.
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