8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) vs Zoom

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Score 7.5 out of 10

Based on 202 reviews and ratings

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 1264 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Zoom

Hosted PBX

Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

User templates

Call reports

Directory of employee names

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Zoom

Answering rules

Call recording

Call park

Call screening

Message alerts

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Zoom

Video conferencing

Audio conferencing

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

Zoom

Mobile app for iOS

Mobile app for Android

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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Robbie Mancl

Project Manager

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

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It just works. Biggest complaint with our previous solution is that it took 10 minutes to connect to a meeting. Now, our users connect instantaneously.
Dashboard is fantasitic. Can access real time information to troubleshoot calls.
Admin ports offers quite a bit of information. Like that it's a one stop shop to access everything I need to administer the site, users, run reports and access the dashboard.
Tickets get resolved quickly.
Feature requests are realized quickly.

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Diana Anderson

Lead IT Network Collaboration Engineer

Informatica LLCInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

The iPhone app is powerful, but clunky.
The technical support (which was absolutely amazing when we first signed up with 8x8) is terrible now. The same goes for their customer service (that is, if there is a problem that tech support can't fix or doesn't handle well, and then you call customer service to complain, they'll just pat you on the head and tell you to go on your way).
The web interface is difficult to use, both from a user standpoint and an administrator standpoint.

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Andy Taylor

Partner

Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, P.A.Law Practice, 1-10 employees

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When I used Zoom while conducting some administration tasks, it wasn't quick to switch back and forth between the one providing support and the user for the copy/paste function. When I spoke to the one providing support they said it happened all the time.

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Dylan Smith

Network System Administrator

Voss IndustriesAviation & Aerospace, 201-500 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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Daniel Herrera

IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Zoom 9.3

Based on 15 answers

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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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 8.5

Based on 5 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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Daniel Herrera

IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Zoom 9.6

Based on 14 answers

Everything is easy to understand and use, new users need no training. On the flipside there are minor annoyances such as calendar export being cumbersome (need re-auth every time) and also not having recordings shared within a team or forcing people to name them.

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Matthew Gardner

Co-Founder/Product

RouteThisComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 7.7

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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Daniel Herrera

IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Zoom 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ 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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Daniel Herrera

IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Zoom 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Support

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) 6.7

Based on 45 answers

They are fully functioning and easily manageable, crucial to our company as we have dispatch and office administration and are a medical facility. If our phone lines go down, people could be impacted by it in a very negative way.

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Hallie Gonzales

Secretary

National Care EMSMedical Practice, 51-200 employees

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Zoom 9.1

Based on 14 answers

As I've written before, Zoom makes us feel like we matter and that we're a client rather than a customer. They want us to succeed and they put in the time to make sure that we do. I feel like they're more of a business partner rather than simply a vendor or supplier. They spent a lot of time onboarding with us, giving us demos, helping us get set up, and then giving us follow-up to be sure it's going well.

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Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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In-Person Training

N/a. No in-person training.

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Cindy Pierre

Office Manager

Servpro of Pompano BeachConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Implementation

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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Cindy Pierre

Office Manager

Servpro of Pompano BeachConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Zoom 9.6

Based on 7 answers

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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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

We only did a web search for other companies and found this service to fit all our needs, especially being able to get a BAA to help our HIPPA and HITECH compliance. It was over three years ago so I do not recall what others we looked at, but we did a general web search.

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Jeffrey Weist, MSW, LICSW

Co Owner

Center for Child and Family TherapyMental Health Care, 1-10 employees

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Zoom is more user-friendly than any of these other options. The UI is better looking and easier to understand. Zoom also integrates well with our chosen hardware including Avocor touch screens, Huddly cameras and Shure microphones.

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Tanner Lichty

Audio Visual Technician

Western UnionBanking, 10,001+ 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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Daniel Herrera

IT Manager

MedTrainerInternet, 51-200 employees

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Zoom 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Stefan Scherbik

Associate, Video and Collaboration

BAYADA Home Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

When I am the only person covering the phone, I can get messages or calls anywhere and anytime and make sure that they are forwarded to the right person. This ensures that appointments are kept and employees don't waste time on appointments that get canceled.
When someone is out on leave, it is convenient to forward their calls to someone else to make sure customers get attention when needed.
Text capabilities allow our patients to contact us promptly for appointment cancellations. We are then able to fill those times with other patients who need to get in.

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Renee Allard

Medical Office Admin

Community Health PartnersHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 11-50 employees

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Allowed for us to start meetings at a faster speed especially with its Slack integration.
Integration with HubSpot has made it easy to also set up Zoom webinars and sync any contact data within the CRM.
Need battery chargers for laptops in a meeting lasting over an hour - drains them fairly quickly.

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Christine Austin

Creative Lead, Marketing

Impact Branding & Design LLCMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 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?

8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Zoom Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Virtual H.323/SIP Room Connector	49/month
Business	19.99/month

SaaS Edition

Basic	$0
Pro	14.99/month
Business	19.99/month
Zoom Room Conference Room	49/month
Webinar	54.99/month

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Rating Summary

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Likelihood to Recommend