8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) vs Mitel MiCollab | TrustRadius

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Score 7.3 out of 10

Based on 254 reviews and ratings

Score 6.4 out of 10

Based on 29 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Mitel MiCollab

Hosted PBX

Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

User templates

Call reports

Directory of employee names

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Mitel MiCollab

Answering rules

Call recording

Call park

Call screening

Message alerts

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Mitel MiCollab

Video conferencing

Audio conferencing

Video screen sharing

Instant messaging

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Mitel MiCollab

Mobile app for iOS

Mobile app for Android

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Mitel MiCollab

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

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Mitel MiCollab

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Mitel MiCollab

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

Conference call feature is great. We have created multiple conference bridges, we even have one tied to our virtual attendant.
We like the flexibility of the auto attendant and being able to have more than one profile saved that we can change as needed
Having Virtual office was especially great when hurricane Irma came through last year and our office had no power, it allowed us to continue to operate from our cell phones without the customer realizing there was anything different.

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Project Manager

Consolidated Parking EquipmentTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11-50 employees

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For a user, once you get everything set up, attendance is pretty seamless.
This provides easy access for meetings that involve only a call.
We use it also to share screens and information and it works well for this.

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Verified User

Employee in Corporate

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Ability to integrate multiple businesses onto a single desk phone (or possibility this is a lack of familiarity with the system).
Have had no follow-up from the sales rep following the initial onboarding to ask if everything is alright. Would appreciate this.
Hardware delivery was somewhat slow, but there's this thing called coronavirus which may have impacted normal delivery times so not sure.

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Jonathan Harris

President

Calgary AVInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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SIP registration can be difficult at times and tricky during the first time setup. I would recommend taking the MiCollab class offered through Mitel as well as having experience with SIP and Wireshark.
If you need to have a clustered MiCollab setup for SIP (one MiCollab server on LAN, the other on DMZ), this can add to the cost. It would be nice if they offered an all-in-one solution with a single MiCollab server.

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Senior IT Systems Administrator

Virgin OrbitInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 8.4

Based on 7 answers

We've had an excellent experience with 8x8 Virtual Office. We have downtime very rarely and the service provided by all reps is excellent. The little quirks that I've mentioned as cons are minor inconveniences but I prefer working like that than hosting our own PBX.

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IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Usability

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 8.7

Based on 6 answers

The web interface is easy to navigate and the data that I need is only ever one or two clicks away. When running reports, I don't have to deal with convoluted filters or awkward logic implementations, it just works and it works well. If I had to fault it for something, I would say that the interface is not consistent all over the place; The account manager portal and the Virtual Office portal have two completely different styles.

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IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 7.8

Based on 2 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.

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IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Performance

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 7.7

Based on 2 answers

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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IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 6.2

Based on 82 answers

The support was lackluster. I thought my sales rep was going to set up the phone system for me and it took several weeks of going back and forth and then being handed off to an implementation person who helped a great deal, but overall there was an impatience on both the part of sales and implementation with the number of calls that were needed to understand and set the system up. They both told me they were admonished by their management for spending too much time with me on my calls. I tried the chat feature, tutorials, and webinars, but ultimately needed a live person to help me with the final questions needed to set everything up.

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Adrienne Robinson

Independent Agent/Agency Owner

Farmers InsuranceInsurance, 1-10 employees

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Mitel MiCollab 7.0

Based on 3 answers

Support is typically handled by a reseller. Buyers should evaluate the reseller as much as they evaluate Mitel for the product suite.The few times when the reseller was not able to handle the issue directly, Mitel did step up and quickly answer/address the question/issue.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees

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In-Person Training

N/a. No in-person training.

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Office Manager

Servpro of Pompano BeachConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 8.2

Based on 4 answers

I can only respond to this question with regards to transferring ownership of the account. that was easy and smooth.

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Office Manager

Servpro of Pompano BeachConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

As far as capabilities and ease to use, they all seem about the same. If you are not technologically savvy this all can be a bit difficult to set up by yourself. Nextiva had great customer service, but the service was not cost-effective and call texting was ridiculously complicated. If I could have access to tech support via chat it would be a lot less time-consuming.

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Guillermo Paxton

Co-Owner

WCP Home Solutions LLCReal Estate, 1-10 employees

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8x8 is a great solution, we have just been on the MiTel MiCollab and Mitel softwares for many years. Prior to joining this company I was responsible for the communications system. 8x8 at the time was the best choice, however, I would now pick MiTel and the MiCollab softwares over 8x8. While 8x8 offers fairly simple set up and integrated SMS & Faxing all in one platform, it does not allow the amount of custom programming etc. that MiTel does

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Director of Business Development

Agency AdministratorsInsurance, 11-50 employees

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Scalability

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 7.3

Based on 2 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.

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IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

8x8 has cut down total monthly phone system cost by approximately 25%.
We can now work remotely without missing important calls and messages.
We can run many more reports than we could before as to who is calling and when.
Auto-attendant allows office personnel to not always have to answer if only basic information is needed by the caller.

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IT Manager

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchNon-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

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We have only had this for our organization for just a few months but hopefully it will help with our communication as a whole.
We are hoping it will help with scheduling conflicts being as we can share our calendars within the organization as a whole.
Will save time on trying to contact people since we can see who is in office and out of office!

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Accounts Payable Clerk

Community Link IncNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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