What users are saying about
8x8 X Series vs Fuze
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440 Ratings
8x8 X Series
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440 Ratings
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Fuze
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195 Ratings
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Based on 195 reviews and ratings
- Feature Set Ratings
- Attribute Ratings
- Likelihood to Recommend
- Pros
- Cons
- Pricing Details
- Likelihood to Renew
- Usability
- Reliability and Availability
- Performance
- Support Rating
- In-Person Training
- Online Training
- Implementation Rating
- Alternatives Considered
- Contract Terms and Pricing Model
- Scalability
- Professional Services
- Return on Investment
Feature Set Ratings
- 8x8 X Series ranks higher in 4 feature sets: Cloud PBX, Call Management, VoIP system collaboration, Mobile apps
Cloud PBX

8.7
8x8 X Series
87%
7.4
Fuze
74%
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 5/5 features
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 5/5 features
Hosted PBX

8.6
86%
125 Ratings
7.2
72%
77 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

9.8
98%
49 Ratings
7.1
71%
72 Ratings
User templates

8.3
83%
131 Ratings
6.9
69%
59 Ratings
Call reports

8.1
81%
171 Ratings
7.5
75%
91 Ratings
Directory of employee names

8.4
84%
187 Ratings
8.0
80%
106 Ratings
Call Management

8.4
8x8 X Series
84%
7.5
Fuze
75%
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 5/5 features
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 5/5 features
Answering rules

8.3
83%
226 Ratings
7.4
74%
98 Ratings
Call recording

9.2
92%
187 Ratings
7.1
71%
88 Ratings
Call park

7.9
79%
178 Ratings
7.7
77%
72 Ratings
Call screening

8.0
80%
167 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Message alerts

8.7
87%
218 Ratings
7.9
79%
92 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration

8.3
8x8 X Series
83%
8.2
Fuze
82%
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 2/4 features
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 2/4 features
Video conferencing

7.6
76%
113 Ratings
7.8
78%
76 Ratings
Audio conferencing

8.2
82%
159 Ratings
8.6
86%
89 Ratings
Video screen sharing

8.7
87%
68 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Instant messaging

8.8
88%
90 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile apps

8.5
8x8 X Series
85%
8.3
Fuze
83%
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 2/2 features
8x8 X Series ranks higher in 2/2 features
Mobile app for iOS

8.5
85%
178 Ratings
8.2
82%
93 Ratings
Mobile app for Android

8.5
85%
137 Ratings
8.4
84%
76 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- 8x8 X Series is rated higher in 9 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Availability, Performance, Support Rating, In-Person Training, Implementation Rating, Product Scalability
Likelihood to Recommend

8.3
8x8 X Series
83%
266 Ratings
7.5
Fuze
75%
115 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

9.5
8x8 X Series
95%
14 Ratings
7.1
Fuze
71%
20 Ratings
Usability

9.3
8x8 X Series
93%
39 Ratings
7.4
Fuze
74%
12 Ratings
Availability

9.2
8x8 X Series
92%
8 Ratings
8.7
Fuze
87%
4 Ratings
Performance

9.3
8x8 X Series
93%
8 Ratings
8.0
Fuze
80%
4 Ratings
Support Rating

7.3
8x8 X Series
73%
173 Ratings
7.0
Fuze
70%
161 Ratings
In-Person Training

10.0
8x8 X Series
100%
1 Rating
8.0
Fuze
80%
2 Ratings
Online Training

8x8 X Series
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Fuze
90%
2 Ratings
Implementation Rating

8.6
8x8 X Series
86%
12 Ratings
7.9
Fuze
79%
186 Ratings
Contract Terms and Pricing Model

7.6
8x8 X Series
76%
8 Ratings
Fuze
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability

8.7
8x8 X Series
87%
6 Ratings
7.5
Fuze
75%
3 Ratings
Professional Services

8.9
8x8 X Series
89%
7 Ratings
Fuze
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
8x8 X Series
The 8x8 X Series allows flexibility to use the company phone system whether you are physically in the office using a handset, or are working remotely using the app on your smartphone. We are able to deploy 8x8 X Series very quickly since there is no requirement for PBX hardware or telco lines since you just need to be connected to the internet. We can easily get new users on the 8x8 phone system immediately.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Construction Company, 1001-5000 employeesFuze
Fuze has way more capability than we need for our small office so it might be best suited for large installations, call centers, and complex environments. Our office is small and our needs [are] minimal, so when we need support we are challenged to understand the support person due to our lack of technical sophistication. We sometimes feel like we should switch to a solution more geared for consumers or SOHO. Nevertheless, Fuze provides reliable service at [a] reasonable cost that meets our needs, and because support is rarely needed we are happy with them most of the time, i.e. when support isn't needed.
VF-Finance
American BiltritePackaging & Containers, 501-1000 employees
Pros
8x8 X Series
- We love the conference calling since many users are working from home.
- The fact that we can reprogram it on the fly without having 8x8 do it is a big plus.
- Being able to take the phones with us using the app on our cell phones is a bonus.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employeesFuze
- Support Team - the best I have ever worked with. They help 24/7 on any issue I could come across. Usually it is an item I could fix myself and they fix it and show me how to fix the same issue if I have it in the future.
- Contact Center - We do Commercial Collections involving Sales and Collections. We have 50 people on the phone at one time. Contact Center lets a Manager listen live and gives help if the rep needs help selling or collecting.
- Pandemic 2020 - without Fuze we would have been unable to work for 3 months. They saved our "rears" since we already had all their services up and running for years.
IT Support
BARR Credit ServicesAccounting, 11-50 employees
Cons
8x8 X Series
- App improvement - connectivity issues
- Base level training - new employee handbook/training
- Simplify steps on an overwhelming dashboard. Maybe the ability to set up quick links for functions we do often- to update VM is many, many steps.
- Customer service when placing a ticket - we have had many issues with them not taking the time to understand our question/problem.

Verified User
Administrative Assistant in Customer Service
Financial Services Company, 1-10 employeesFuze
- Desktop application stability and compatibility with certain hardware.
- Better installation - Per-user and per-computer installs sometimes compete with one another and/or upgrades fail to install.
- [The] desktop app is not best for touchscreen-enabled devices due to lack of ability to scroll through messages using a finger or stylus.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Wholesale Company, 201-500 employeesPricing Details
8x8 X Series
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$12 Per User/Per Month
8x8 X Series Editions & Modules
Edition
8x8 Express | $121 |
---|---|
X2 | $241 |
X4 | $441 |
- Per User/Per Month
Additional Pricing Details
—Fuze
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Required
Starting Price
$15 per month
Fuze Editions & Modules
Edition
US Outbound | $0.021 |
---|---|
Fuze Meetings | $152 |
- Per Minute
- Per User/Per Month
Additional Pricing Details
https://www.fuze.com/fuze-plansLikelihood to Renew
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 9.5
Based on 14 answers
Everyone at the company now have the experiance needed to make phone calls, meetings, video conferencing. It's easy to use is unmatched in the industry. It's been a solid product throughout. The phone tree was easy to setup with the implementation team and they guided us throughout the process
IT specialist
CHCMedical Practice, 201-500 employees
Fuze
Fuze 7.1
Based on 20 answers
Fuze is a solid application that is a great asset to the business for our sales staff to make daily calls to clients and candidates. Managers can monitor call data and times to keep up to date with team performance, as well as monitor calls for users on their team. The Fuze/MS Teams integration is an exciting prospect that would be very beneficial to us as a business, for seamless integration between the 2 platforms.

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Staffing & Recruiting Company, 1001-5000 employeesUsability
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 9.3
Based on 39 answers
Most of the easy day-to-day questions are no longer even questions due to the ease of use and simplified experience on 8x8. Changing voicemail via the desk phone or mobile app could be simplified or match the ease of using the 8x8 desktop app.

Verified User
Professional in Sales
Telecommunications Company, 11-50 employeesFuze
Fuze 7.4
Based on 12 answers
Fuze was built with the end-user in mind. It was built to have a common interface on mobile and desktop. Fuze Web is new, and it also has the exact same interface as the desktop and mobile, and they are still working on the ability to make phone calls from the browser itself, currently it can do meetings just fine. Everything about Fuze was built with the end-user in mind.
IT Technician
Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees
Reliability and Availability
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 9.2
Based on 8 answers
In the time I have used 8x8 Virtual Office, the core system has been up and running almost flawlessly though we do have a slight performance degradation from time to time as is expected of cloud software. The one recurring issue for us is that the fax connection is not always functional for outbound messages. We usually have to retry three or four times to get the fax to connect reliably to the destination machine. Once connected, it's smooth sailing.
IT Manager
MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees
Fuze
Fuze 8.7
Based on 4 answers
We've had a few outages over the past year. More than other vendors I've used. They usually have outages fixed within an hour. The downside is they do not provide root cause of outages. If they do at takes them at least a month to get it to you

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesPerformance
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 9.3
Based on 8 answers
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
IT specialist
CHCMedical Practice, 201-500 employees
Fuze
Fuze 8.0
Based on 4 answers
Since Fuze runs across multiple devices and platforms they really strived to make a lightweight interface that is optimized for phone calls, chat, and collaboration. The web client loads fast, the chat is always up-to-date, phone calls arrive on-time. The desktop client is the most feature rich and basically it just adds desktop sharing functionality as well as VoIP for calling, and the mobile client doesn't consume a lot of battery, and it stays running to get phone calls, chats, and can do meetings over Wifi, Cellular Data, or Cellular voice.
IT Technician
Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees
Support Rating
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 7.3
Based on 173 answers
I had very good interactions with the general support staff, whether it was over the phone or using the support portal. They are very responsive and do their very best to answer my questions to my satisfaction. My experience with follow-up by our sales representative has been below expectations, especially when it came to modifying our account.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Apparel & Fashion Company, 11-50 employeesFuze
Fuze 7.0
Based on 161 answers
Our experience with Fuze support has been overall very positive. Their technicians seem to be well trained and able to handle a variety of requests and issues without unnecessary delays or extensive troubleshooting. Fuze allows enough customer access to avoid the need to call support for every little issue but is ready to assist when issues are beyond our capabilities to resolve.
Network Administrator
UNICOM Engineering, Inc.Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees
In-Person Training
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 10.0
Based on 1 answer
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
IT specialist
CHCMedical Practice, 201-500 employees
Fuze
Fuze 8.0
Based on 2 answers
At many of our sites with more than 50 users, Fuze sent someone onsite to train. This worked surprisingly well, as the trainer allowed the users to set the pace and answered TONS of questions. Fuze has a very streamlined training process, their staff is very professional, very knowledgeable and very engaging.
IT Technician
Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees
Online Training
8x8 X Series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Fuze
Fuze 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Fuze has vast amounts of training videos and guides on how to use its products and services. There are literally endless-hours of training and I often point end-users to a particular video which addresses the specific needs of the user, for example: how to check voicemail. Or, how to share your desktop, etc.
IT Technician
Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees
Implementation Rating
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 8.6
Based on 12 answers
None that I can think of, Besides the call tree which can get complex, the problems we ran into were not a sticking point seeing the project as a whole was such a great success. One would expect more issues to arise when implementing a whole new phone infrastructure in a company this size
IT specialist
CHCMedical Practice, 201-500 employees
Fuze
Fuze 7.9
Based on 186 answers
Personally, I didn't have any trouble getting started with Fuze. It was installed on my computer on my first day and I was good to go! Little to no hiccups. I was not with the company when they first adapted Fuze so I can not speak to the implementation as a whole.
Accounts Payable and Financial Services Coordinator
Rollins CollegeHigher Education, 501-1000 employees
Alternatives Considered
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series had competitive pricing and we absorbed another environment that was already under contract. In an attempt to have a single unified ucaas we migrated to 8x8. Cisco UCM and 3CX were more involved when setting up but gave us the ability to do anything we wanted with our calls. We had more freedom and did not have forced obsolescence with our PC or wireless clients. 8x8 on the other hand was very easy to setup once we had our call routing and flow and requires us to constantly update.
IT Manager
BBJ LinenEvents Services, 201-500 employees
Fuze
Fuze was far more expensive and more complicated to set up. Our current platform took a few days to set up with SSO. Our contact center took a bit longer but works amazingly.
Manager, IT Support
SoCleanHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 7.6
Based on 8 answers
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.
adjust for you.
Sr.Telecom Manager
Acer America Corp.Computer Hardware, 5001-10,000 employees
Fuze
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Scalability
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 8.7
Based on 6 answers
We've had periods where our organization has grown a considerable amount and we have had no issues in scaling our communications with 8x8. The number of possible extensions that we can use is far more than we expect to go through in a very long time. The only complaint that I have is a very minor inconvenience for me where I have to download activation codes for each phone. I would prefer to have the phones automatically activated as soon as they are plugged in.
IT Manager
MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees
Fuze
Fuze 7.5
Based on 3 answers
Fuze does have scalability limits but most of that is how many end-points they can put on a virtual PBX, or VCX as they call them, I THINK its limit is somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000, but we've not had issues with that because we have put users into various VCXs some by location, some by department or function. Either way, we have 7,000 currently deployed, and are going to end up with over 15,000 when we are done, Fuze is VERY scalable.
IT Technician
Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees
Professional Services
8x8 X Series
8x8 X Series 8.9
Based on 7 answers
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.
IT specialist
CHCMedical Practice, 201-500 employees
Fuze
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
8x8 X Series
- 8x8 [X Series] has been a staple for our organization for years, while it has worked, it has become dated and requires a massive update.
- The latest update took us offline for 72 hours. Despite adhering to the instructions given in the update email.
- Mobile and desktop apps do not function properly. The "Helper Tool" does not work and is a nuisance.

Verified User
Team Lead in Customer Service
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employeesFuze
- We receive constant negative feedback from mangers about the system not functioning correctly. (This is mainly due to lack of support from Fuze)
- This has had a positive impact in that the system is cheaper and we are missing less calls due to the functionality of the system.
Helpdesk Manager
Mesilla Valley TransportationTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees