8x8 Work vs. Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
8x8 Work
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
8x8 Work is a collaboration hub for phone, video, and messaging. It brings secure unified communication and collaboration experiences to every employee.
$24
per month
Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Score 5.8 out of 10
N/A
Comcast Business VOIP is a telephony and VoIP software solution available under the VoiceEdge brand, supporting mobile telephony, SIP trunking, cloud PBX, as well as Unified Communications features with the higher tier Business VoiceEdge edition that supplies users with a softphone, readable voicemail, audio-conference hosting, and screen sharing.N/A
Pricing
8x8 WorkComcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
8x8 WorkComcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
8x8 WorkComcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Considered Both Products
8x8 Work
Chose 8x8 Work
In my opinion, Cisco is just way to hard and over priced for the features we needed. I believe Comcast was a good system, but required additional onsite hardware and their mobile and desktop app needed some improvement.
Chose 8x8 Work
I selected 8x8 X Series from a referral from another agent. The price fit my budget and they gave 2 months' free on the installation. Hopefully, the initial frustration I experienced with the long installation and back and forth calls will eventually pay off with sales for my …
Chose 8x8 Work
Comcast was twice the cost. I did not see the added benefit for the price difference. We are still using Zoom until we have a good understanding of how the meetings will function for the whole team.
Chose 8x8 Work
Although RingCentral and 8x8 provider similar offerings, I find the pricing and ease of use more appealing to 8x8. I also like the US-based customer support that 8x8 offers. I feel the feature set for Vonage for Business is not as strong as either RingCentral or 8x8. For …
Chose 8x8 Work
More powerful and flexible than Comcast VOIP, for less money and with fax capabilities.
Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)

No answer on this topic

Features
8x8 WorkComcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
8.5
463 Ratings
2% above category average
Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
7.7
7 Ratings
4% below category average
Hosted PBX8.9251 Ratings5.74 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.7115 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.5422 Ratings8.07 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
8.6
515 Ratings
2% above category average
Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
8.5
7 Ratings
1% above category average
Answering rules8.7467 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Call recording8.7399 Ratings4.95 Ratings
Call park8.6369 Ratings9.96 Ratings
Call screening8.5355 Ratings7.97 Ratings
Message alerts8.6449 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
9.0
451 Ratings
6% above category average
Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
6.1
7 Ratings
27% below category average
Mobile app for iOS9.1379 Ratings3.25 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.8292 Ratings8.95 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Comcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
9.0
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
8x8 WorkComcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(531 ratings)
7.9
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(38 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(175 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.3
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(147 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.9
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.3
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.7
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.8
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.8
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
8x8 WorkComcast Business VOIP (VoiceEdge)
Likelihood to Recommend
8x8 Inc.
As per my 8x8 work experience, I will give an 8 rating out of 10. Because 8x8 work is doing very nice in the communication field. 8x8 works to provide seamless, high-quality voice connections with our customers. It has a simple, easy-to-use user interface. I can use 8x8 from my phone, desktop, laptop, and desk phone, which is great.
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Comcast Business
Good for any situation where there are multiple employees who need to be reached by customers or in-house. Also cuts down on Robo calls because they typically can't / don't press numbers to choose from a menu. Can't really see this system being worth the price in a smaller-sized operation though, as there are far cheaper options that provide a much nicer management interface.
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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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Comcast Business
  • Makes it easy to send and receive phone calls, setup extensions, and generally handle incoming and outgoing phone calls.
  • You're able to receive business calls wherever you go, whether you're in your office or on your mobile device.
  • The Voicemail to Text feature generally works well enough for you to know what a message is about without having to listen to it.
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Cons
8x8 Inc.
  • Click to dial for the web based client.
  • The ability to have specific contact lists that can be shared with certain teams only.
  • Group voicemail notification to show once a voicemail has been listened to by another member of the team.
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Comcast Business
  • Not a fan of the poly phones
  • I feel if the phones were set up better when installed it would have saved a lot of headache.
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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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Comcast Business
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Usability
8x8 Inc.
8x8 Work is very good software for making communication easier. 8x8 Work is user friendly in use. 8x8 Work has excellent uptime. It provides HD voice quality even on mobile phone as well. 8x8 Work has excellent customer support. 8x8 customer support is knowledgeable they always resolve issues with 8x8 deep knowledge.
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Comcast Business
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Reliability and Availability
8x8 Inc.
As mentioned before, we have not had an outage with the phone system per say, There was an issue with the call center where we did have an outage, but it was quickly and promplty handled by 8x8 support, they got us up and going again within 24 hours. The 8x8 hard phone and softphone side of things have been rock solid, I couldn't ask for anything more seeing we are in health care and it's exactly what we were looking for. When and if there is an issue 99% of the time it's user error
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Comcast Business
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Performance
8x8 Inc.
None of the features that are available slow down the application. The reports (even the ones with hundreds of records) complete very quickly and the web interface as well as the mobile application never struggle to load or complete a task. The analytics will sometimes take some time to reflect the online status of users but it is to be expected due to connection speeds.
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Comcast Business
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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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Comcast Business
Very helpful and quick
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In-Person Training
8x8 Inc.
The person giving the training was very engaged, He also listened and answered all the questions. He created a video for our company while he was training in case we needed to reference it again in the future. The questions he could not answer were answered within 24 hours via an email to the IT support staff here so we could share the answers with the rest of the group
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Comcast Business
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Online Training
8x8 Inc.
online (video) training is good. No issues.
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Comcast Business
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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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Comcast Business
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Alternatives Considered
8x8 Inc.
I prefer 8x8 Work; it has the right number of features and modes for the communication I need. I much prefer 8x8 Work meetings to zoom meetings, as it is much, much easier to transition between devices when I am on the road. 8x8 Work is also easier to manage across multiple modes of communication.
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Comcast Business
I have switched now to MagicJack for business, while their support might not be the most amazing either we are very satisfied with the service/cost relationship and this has been a major game-changer. I am certain that Comcast has a larger client base that they have to look for that might be creating much more significant revenue. We have faced similar situations with other vendors and have found better solutions with smaller, shelving solutions that seem to cater more closely to clients.
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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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Comcast Business
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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
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Comcast Business
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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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Comcast Business
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Return on Investment
8x8 Inc.
  • Getting access to emergency voicemails left on our office lines when we are at home, on the weekend, or after hours.
  • Texting clients from a dedicated office line portal, keep things private and organized.
  • The ease of installation and helpful support when needed significantly limit the time wasted.
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Comcast Business
  • In my experience, you have to pay to get out of contract.
  • In my opinion, it's a total waste of time and money.
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