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    Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AAlcatel-Lucent Enterprise offers a communications platform as a service (CPaaS), with Rainbow, a technology platform that connects enterprise communications and collaboration applications providing enterprise connectivity.N/A

    Bird

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABird CRM, replacing the former MessageBird, is a CRM for Marketing, Sales, and Payments, powering messages to customers across Email, SMS, and WhatsApp.

    $45

    per month 3000 monthly contacts

    Pricing
    Alcatel-Lucent RainbowBird
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    API Pricing - WhatsApp
    $0.01
    per message
    API Pricing - Voice
    $0.01
    per minute
    API Pricing - SMS
    $0.01
    per message
    API Pricing - Numbers
    $1
    per month
    Pro
    $50
    per month
    Pro Plus
    $150
    per month
    Start Up
    Free
    Custom Plan
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Alcatel-Lucent RainbowBird
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Alcatel-Lucent RainbowBird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Alcatel-Lucent RainbowBird
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
    The main "power" of Rainbow is the hybrid model, to mix traditional telephony and the new way of communicating
    Rainbow is used in our company by "mobile" people who need to communicate easily with fixed telephones. For an emergency in a subway station, communications are very important and Rainbow provides everything we need for such communications.
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    Bird (formerly MessageBird)
    MessageBird seems to me a very useful tool for the times we are living [in] and the paradigm shift in corporate communications in all industries. It is very good at exchanging information and plain text. It works with some difficulty for sending images and other functionalities that the real WhatsApp application has, but the client on the other side does not know about this and sometimes sends information such as location that it is not possible to obtain.
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    Pros
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
    • Hybrid communications
    • Easy to use
    • In permanent evolution
    • Not expensive
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    Bird (formerly MessageBird)
    • Call reminders and follow up incl reviews
    • Easy for the client to access the call without needing to download software
    • Customizable branding
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
    • Improve the "bubbles"
    • Add more "traditional" phone features
    • Improve the conference experiences
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    Bird (formerly MessageBird)
    • SMS authentication is pricey (like other players)
    • Lack dedicated SMS phone numbers for Brazil
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
    Teams have better collaboration features than Rainbow, but for companies like the one I worked for, hybrid communication is essential and Teams can't provide all the phone features we need to work.
    Rainbow does a good job for the people who work for our company
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    Bird (formerly MessageBird)
    Regarding WhatsApp Business, it is a very useful tool because templates can be programmed for the entire organization and clients can also be referred to other users in order to decongest an agent who can become quite busy. Otherwise there would be no way to serve you through two agents and you could have a bad end user or customer experience.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
    • Gain of time
    • Gain of money
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    Bird (formerly MessageBird)
    • Easy video calling for scheduled appointments has meant customer retention as they don't need specific software etc to have a call.
    • Negative impact whilst our internet has been slow as I've been unable to use the product well as dial in to the call using a phone option.
    • Emails reminders has meant more clients turning up for the calls leading to retained income and happier customers.
    Incentivized
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