Amazon Chime vs. Bicom Systems

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Chime
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Amazon Chime is a communications service from Amazon Web Services with a built-in VoIP solution. Amazon Chime can be used for online meetings, video conferencing, and business calling, and features pay-as-you-go pricing.
$0
per minute
Bicom Systems
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Bicom Systems is an international software telecommunication company. Founded in 2004, the company employs over 150 people across the world with offices in Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica, Banja Luka, London, Canada, France, and USA. Their teams manufacture, distribute and support unified communications end-to-end software solutions to SMBs, Enterprises, Call Centers, and is a Telecommunication Service Providers. They offer a virtualization solution, SERVERware, and a PBX telecommunications…N/A
Pricing
Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Editions & Modules
Business Calling - Inbound
$0.002216
per minute
Business Calling - Phone Numbers
$1
per number per month, US Only
Meetings - Pro
$3
*per user per day
Meetings - Basic
Free
Business Calling - Outbound
Country Dependent
per minute
Business Calling - Receive Text
Free
US Only
Business Calling - Send Text
Country Dependent
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details*up to $15.00 per user per month
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Community Pulse
Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
10.0
26 Ratings
22% above category average
Bicom Systems
9.7
2 Ratings
19% above category average
High quality audio10.026 Ratings10.02 Ratings
High quality video10.026 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
9.2
25 Ratings
15% above category average
Bicom Systems
10.0
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Desktop sharing10.025 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Whiteboards8.311 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
9.7
25 Ratings
16% above category average
Bicom Systems
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Calendar integration10.022 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Meeting initiation10.024 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Integrates with social media8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events10.023 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Slideshows10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
10.0
22 Ratings
20% above category average
Bicom Systems
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Live chat10.022 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Audience polling10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
10.0
22 Ratings
20% above category average
Bicom Systems
-
Ratings
User authentication10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Confidential attendee list10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Bicom Systems
-
Ratings
Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
-
Ratings
Bicom Systems
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Chime
-
Ratings
Bicom Systems
9.5
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Small Businesses
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
ClickMeeting
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(27 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon ChimeBicom Systems
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Amazon Chime is well suited for online video and audio meetings, IMs, and conducting training sessions using a whiteboard. It can be integrated well with Google Calendar and Microsoft outlook. With Amazon Chime mobile app you can attend meetings on the go as well. Meetings can be locked so that only legitimate participants can join the meeting. Amazon Chime is less suited in case you want meeting transcripts as well for your meetings. Given that Amazon Chime is not used by a larger audience so your client or customer may face some difficulties in join the meeting or accessing some of the features of the Chime.
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Bicom Systems
Small to medium-sized businesses looking for a reliable and flexible communication solution would definitely see their IP telephony taken to the next step with PBXware and its ability to configure lots of different call scenarios, have an ability to manage their working hours very precisely but also businesses with multiple locations that require centralized communication and management or even service providers looking to offer their own hosted PBX services to their clients. I would end by saying that call centers or customer service departments that require advanced call routing and management features would definitely be satisfied using PBXware Call Center edition and gloCOM Agent & Supervisor edition that contains advanced queue features and real time monitoring.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Chat tools, video calls, on spot meeting invite[s] easy to create and use.
  • Ability to record any meeting and automatically downloads the meeting recording after ending the meeting.
  • UI is clean and easy to navigate around Amazon Chime.
  • Ability to invite outside guests easily using Amazon Chime without any issues.
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Bicom Systems
  • Emergency Support - 24/7
  • Explain the solution so that you are aware and understand
  • Remote into servers for hands on troubleshooting
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • More simplified dial-in numbers. The PIN for our conference line is long and easy to mistype.
  • You do not have to download the Chime app in order to join a conference, but if you want to do anything beyond join (schedule a conference, participate in a group chat, control participants), you have to have the app downloaded and installed. The app that you have to download in order to launch a conference is a memory hog, and slows down a computer's boot up time.
  • The add-in for Microsoft Outlook is particularly clunky. It helps you add scheduled conference calls/video conferences to your Outlook calendar, but it can cause Outlook to crash, and creates a really slow open time for Outlook. If you can avoid downloading the Outlook Add-In, I would.
  • No built-in screen sharing capabilities.
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Bicom Systems
  • Bulk changes for extensions, ability to make a change for every extension of the system
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
They were very supportive in answering all of our questions when we had problems. Their in-person calls but their support site also had a full set of information that can answer a good portion of your questions before you have to pick up the phone. But when you, you will get good service.
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Bicom Systems
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Better than Skype for Business in terms of loading the application onto your device. Skype had crashing issues always and those are comparatively low when using Amazon Chime. Amazon chime is fast and easy to work with while collaborating and setting up meetings. The audio and video quality are better than Skype for Business.
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Bicom Systems
Having the ability to use Muli-Tenant and one single instance definitely made us stand out whenever prospects were seeking for a new UcaaS solution for their company. The fact that we can make extremely detailed scenarios easily within PBXware also makes Bicom Systems a solution of choice. Also the ability to fully brand every single product is something that prospects were seeking for and are satisfied today using Bicom Systems products. PBXware offers a range of flexible licensing options, including both perpetual and subscription licenses, which makes it easier for businesses to scale up or down as needed. 3CX only offers subscription-based licenses.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • The positive ROI is Amazon Chime helps make our sales reps more professional in their calls leading to an increase in closed/won deals.
  • Amazon Chime has increased overall morale across our sales team because it has greatly improved our call processes when compared to other tools we've used in the past.
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Bicom Systems
  • We have many clients on it that are happy with it
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ScreenShots

Bicom Systems Screenshots

Screenshot of gloCOM is a Desktop & Mobile Unified Communications application is available on Microsoft Windows, MAC OS, Ubuntu Linux as a desktop application, and on Google Android and Apple iOS as a mobile application.Screenshot of PBXware is an IP PBX Professional Open Standards Turnkey Telephony Platform. Since 2004, PBXware has deployed Communication Systems and VoIP solutions to Small and Medium sized Businesses (SMBs), enterprises, Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs), Contact Centers and governments worldwide.Screenshot of SERVERware is a Virtualization Platform tailored to Hosting Telephony & Unified Communications in the Cloud. SERVERware delivers IP services and applications. SERVERware Serves different types of clients with different PBXware editions at the same time plus sipPROT, through one interface. The GUI makes management of hosts, VPSs, and resources easier. SERVERware has 64bit and 32bit backward compatibility with older versions of PBXware. SERVERware has shared, fault-tolerant, highly available, and redundant network storage, high data integrity protection and a built-in backup system.