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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

    Google Voice

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Voice is a free IP telephony service that provides users with one phone number that can be forwarded to multiple phones or devices. It includes features such as call forwarding, voicemail translation, text messaging, and voice calls. Fees may apply for international calling.

    $10

    per month

    Pricing
    8x8 WorkGoogle Voice
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $10
    per user/per month
    Standard
    $20
    per user/per month
    Premier
    $30
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkGoogle Voice
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkGoogle Voice
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    Verizon Business Digital Voice: complicated, unreliable. We lived with this system for years and never liked it.
    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Google Voice
    Google Voice is hard to compare because on a cost basis it is so much lower than it's competitors. As a whole, I would say it's definitely lacking features compared to Nextiva, and a few from RingCentral but the service is reliable and it has the most commonly used core …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Voice
    Well, Google Voice was a free number, there was nothing to pay for like other services. It it also something that you can set up by yourself without having to call in and speak with a representative on the phone. Just go to the Google Voice page and set up the service and …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    445 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    414 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    461 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    39 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    340 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    352 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkGoogle Voice
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Google Voice
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.5
    486 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Google Voice
    5.3
    53 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Hosted PBX8.9267 Ratings6.025 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.7131 Ratings3.027 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.5446 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings1.419 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings7.046 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Google Voice
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.6
    539 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Google Voice
    8.4
    67 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Answering rules8.7492 Ratings8.546 Ratings
    Call recording8.6416 Ratings8.152 Ratings
    Call park8.5390 Ratings6.422 Ratings
    Call screening8.5376 Ratings10.060 Ratings
    Message alerts8.7472 Ratings9.065 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Google Voice
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    9.2
    471 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Google Voice
    7.2
    63 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.3397 Ratings6.945 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.2304 Ratings7.551 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of 8x8 Work and Google Voice
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Google Voice
    7.5
    44 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.039 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkGoogle Voice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (560 ratings)
    7.5
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (40 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (205 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (152 ratings)
    7.0
    (35 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.9
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkGoogle Voice
    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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    Google
    I do think Google Voice works well for organizations that do not have a support team meant to provide regular telephone support, and instead do so on an ad hoc basis. I would not recommend it for high-volume call activities, such as SDR motions.
    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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    Google
    • Google Voice has been great for setting up additional phone lines and numbers.
    • The voicemail inbox is a great feature and you can see when messages come in online and listen to the messages from your computer.
    • Google Voice allows us to have multiple phone numbers and lines for specific business purposes.
    Incentivized
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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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    Google
    • There has not been much innovation since the initial release.
    • It doesn't handle SMS well.
    • It does not natively integrate with CRM without legacy complication
    • It is not supported by Google as it once was
    • Call Recording is non-existent
    • Call-Tree or Virtual Auto-Attendant needs are not available
    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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    Google
    Google Voice has been invaluable for us in our effort to provide exceptional customer service. With Google Voice, we have been able to increase our customer interactions while reducing the wait time to reach a live person on our team. We couldn't be more pleased with the way things have worked out since implementing Google Voice.
    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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    Google
    I think it works really well in the arena it operates in, but not so well in areas where an enterprise system would be more appropriate. It's great for quick solutions that just work, but not so much for more complex call management tasks.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Google
    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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    Google
    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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    Google
    They do not offer support unless you have the Business account for Google Voice under G Suite. This is tough, because Google doesn't really have a customer support team for this service, so when it gets shut down for a few hours, we have no choice but to wait it out. But this doesn't happen that often, which is great.
    Incentivized
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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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    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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    Google
    It is a pretty seamless program to transfer to, even for people who either have little experience with these programs or people who were stuck on Skype
    Incentivized
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    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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    Google
    The integrations of Google Voice with all our devices are flawless, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and Mac. Also, the call performance is far superior on wifi as well as on mobile data. With Skype, we had several problems with personal accounts, performance issues, and in general, it felt awkward to use it.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    Google Voice should be also be use to those who have difficulty in speaking English. So the contract term will need to be a little strict as Google Voice is used in navigations as the part of GPRS navigation is personal. The private data need to be in control much more securely and safely.
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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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    Google
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    It help to connect with the products that we use as a part. We need to get in touch with our professional world. It is like a tool that helps us to get in touch with everything from A to Z in our professional careers. So we need to be in touch with everything as linearly as the jpb can be done.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • Cost for Google Voice is stellar, starting at $10/mo per user.
    • While it doesn't offer a new Audio/Video conferencing solution it does integrate with GSuite so it makes use of Google Calendar and Hangouts/ Google Meet.
    • Gets the employee's to use their company phone numbers more as texting is easy and deployment is simple.
    • The cell phone app is reliable and easy to deploy.
    Incentivized
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