8x8 Work vs. Zoom Workplace

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
Zoom Workplace
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.
$16.99
per month per user
Pricing
8x8 WorkZoom Workplace
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
$5
per month per license
Pro
$16.99
per month per user
Business
$21.99
per month per user
Add-On - Conference Room Connector
$499
per year
Basic
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
starting at $2.49
per month per user
Add-On - Large Meetings
starting at $600
per year
Add-On - Cloud Storage
starting at $120
per year
Add-On Audio Conferencing
starting at $1200
per year
Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
Starting at $300
per year per user
Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
8x8 WorkZoom Workplace
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
8x8 WorkZoom Workplace
Considered Both Products
8x8 Work
Chose 8x8 Work
Our company chose 8x8 Work because it offers a reliable, all-in-one communication platform with voice, video, and messaging in one place. Unlike other tools like Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, or Zoom, this program has provided a better global fill for supporting both remote …
Chose 8x8 Work
8x8 Work was clearly focused in on not just the quality of the end-user experience- but the quality of a non-IT end user experience. Some of the "Open source" options were clearly designed by IT engineers for IT engineers. Some organizations may very well welcome a level of …
Chose 8x8 Work
I think I've already shared this in my previous answers (first question). We have previously used RingCentral and Mojo. We were also looking into five9. We like 8x8 for ease of use, which means less time needed for training, and ease of scale for us. It's aligned towards fast …
Chose 8x8 Work
Mitel MiCollab was very complex and required a lot of training. However it was always reliable, we never had issues with call quality, dead air, or call disconnects. The technical support was very knowledgeable and was not outsourced to another country.
Chose 8x8 Work
Both systems have their own strengths and weaknesses. RingCentral Meetings is better than 8x8 X Series. Ring Central has Glip and 8x8 does not have that in the X Series. 8x8 has fewer glitches and better technical support than RingCentral.
Chose 8x8 Work
8x8 stacks up against our previous VoIP, OnSIP, because it has a much easier user interface on their mobile and desktop app. The quality of their phone and video calls is way better; therefore, we chose 8x8 instead.
Chose 8x8 Work
8x8's cloud PBX and contact center offerings have always been reliable and outperformed other vendors. The Layer3 backbone that supports the 8x8 datacenters provides 8x8 an advantage.
Chose 8x8 Work
At that time other vendors did not have a virtual attendant feature, thus 8x8 was leading edge.
Zoom Workplace
Chose Zoom Workplace
Zoom Workplace is the most utlizied video conferencing platform within our organization. We also use Microsoft Teams, Dialpad, and 8x8 but Zoom Workplace is probably the default for most people and most widely used.
Chose Zoom Workplace
Strengths: Renowned for its intuitive interface, seamless video conferencing, and robust integrations with tools like Slack, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365. Zoom Workplace also excels in scalability, making it ideal for organizations of all sizes.
Advantages: Features like Zoom …
Features
8x8 WorkZoom Workplace
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
8.5
477 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoom Workplace
7.9
239 Ratings
6% below category average
Hosted PBX8.9259 Ratings8.0117 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.7124 Ratings7.6143 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.5436 Ratings8.2221 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
8.6
530 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoom Workplace
8.0
269 Ratings
5% below category average
Answering rules8.7482 Ratings8.5196 Ratings
Call recording8.6408 Ratings8.6246 Ratings
Call park8.5382 Ratings7.6153 Ratings
Call screening8.4368 Ratings7.8170 Ratings
Message alerts8.6463 Ratings8.0213 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.0136 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings7.7187 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
9.0
465 Ratings
5% above category average
Zoom Workplace
8.7
297 Ratings
2% above category average
Mobile app for iOS9.1391 Ratings8.6262 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.9299 Ratings8.8183 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.4
1008 Ratings
2% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings8.71000 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings8.8999 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.7
1007 Ratings
4% above category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.31006 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
1013 Ratings
3% above category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.8925 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.1986 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.1962 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.4
876 Ratings
3% above category average
Live chat00 Ratings9.0858 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.8
866 Ratings
14% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.8760 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.6830 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
8x8 Work
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.5
254 Ratings
4% above category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.7203 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings8.7220 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings8.4197 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.3206 Ratings
User Ratings
8x8 WorkZoom Workplace
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(550 ratings)
8.6
(1072 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(39 ratings)
8.9
(26 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(194 ratings)
9.3
(46 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(14 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(14 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(149 ratings)
6.3
(46 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(4 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(17 ratings)
6.3
(11 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(12 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(10 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(8 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.4
(14 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(8 ratings)
9.2
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(11 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.9
(12 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
8x8 WorkZoom Workplace
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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Zoom
Zoom Workplace is ideal for many businesses, more so because it saves money by uniting different functionalities into one app - meetings, messaging, phone, and scheduling. The tool keeps teams connected thanks to the amazing collaboration and communication features. In addition, Zoom Workplace is helpful for businesses with a hybrid team, thanks to its effortless connections.
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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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Zoom
  • It offers amazing unified collaboration features, including Zoom whiteboard, Zoom team chat, and integrated mail and calendar.
  • Zoom is a great meeting solution, with features like smart recording, breakout rooms, and personalized video and audio, making it a functional business meeting tool.
  • It is equipped with amazing AI features that help summarize meetings, generate content, and provide quick catch-up, allowing one to ask AI questions without interrupting meetings.
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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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Zoom
  • I don't think there is any malfunction in their solution; it's extremely convenient to use, be it creating a meeting invite, adding people, sending any extra stuff to them. It's quick, and this is the only tool that works seamlessly even on Androids.
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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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Zoom
We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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Usability
8x8 Inc.
The system is basically simple at the start. But the agents who provide service from 8x8 are thorough and will work with any team member, step by step, to ensure that the use of the available tools is understood and under control.
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Zoom
Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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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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Zoom
There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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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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Zoom
Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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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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Zoom
Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
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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
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Online Training
8x8 Inc.
online (video) training is good. No issues.
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Zoom
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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Zoom
If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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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.
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Zoom
Teams do not stack up to Zoom at all. My clients use Teamas because it is a corporate policy, and they use it most of the time between employees of the same company. It makes sense for this, NOT for me. Every time a Teams meeting is launched, since I am not part of this company, the meeting is laborious, the interface is not as nice as Zoom's, sharing documents is more difficult, etc., etc. Zoom is superior to Teams in every way!!!
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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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Zoom
The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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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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Zoom
Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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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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Zoom
Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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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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Zoom
  • We are still early in our adoption of Zoom Workplace for business, so we don't really have any data to show cost savings.
  • The ability to take a call summary or meeting summary and add it to our practice management system have been remarkable. It's a quick copy/paste and it's in the system. Prior to this, we would have to scan in notes and save them into the system, if it even got that far. Mostly, attorneys would be searching through legal pads for the notes of a previous meeting or phone call.
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ScreenShots

Zoom Workplace Screenshots

Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.