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Likelihood to Recommend
Avaya Cloud Office
Well Suited: Small business that wants a phone system designed like a larger business. Users who spend a lot of time on the road. Less appropriate: Cost can be high for larger businesses. Geared more towards softphones, some users will not get much functionality if they don't want to try new updated features.
Level 3 onsite technician
Computer GeeksInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
It is well suited for: Clients with call managers that want to continue using Cisco and want to minimize the new CAPEX. Clients that want to outsource the platform management and support.Clients that have a variation on the number of extensions.Although, Cisco HCS, is a solution that has a higher opex than the ones supported in ISP IP Centrex.
Technical Consultant
VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Pros
Avaya Cloud Office
- IVR Management
- Voicemail to Text / Voicemail to Email
- Video Conferencing
- User Management
Level 3 onsite technician
Computer GeeksInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
- VoIP best practices
- UC and IM
- Centralized management and provisioning
- Reduced OPEX/CAPEX in the implementation
- Security and integration with other UC platforms using SIP (Except Lync)
Technical Consultant
VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Avaya Cloud Office
- Needs more ring customization on phones.
- Admin console could have better descriptions of what each function does.
- Custom Rules can cause issues if you are not careful.
Level 3 onsite technician
Computer GeeksInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
- Integration with contact center plaforms
- Integration with other UC platforms
- Lower the tennant size and clusters capacity
- Cisco's pressure to buy more and more licences, even not having a stale client pipeline (From the ISP point of view)
Technical Consultant
VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
Avaya Cloud Office
Avaya Cloud Office 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Support has helped me within minutes, even on holidays, when a customer of ours with Avaya Cloud Office had issues resolved in a very impressive time. Support has made every attempt possible to make sure we have no ongoing issues with new setups, or users that have unique issues.
Level 3 onsite technician
Computer GeeksInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
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Alternatives Considered
Avaya Cloud Office
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Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
Cisco HCS platform is to be seen as a centralized UC platforms, that can be scalable as an IP Centrex solution and as rich in functionalities as a Cisco CUCM. If you're looking for a solution and your main focus is IM & P functionalities rather than voice, Lync is a good solution. If your focus is voice and telephony, Cisco is a better solution
Technical Consultant
VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
Avaya Cloud Office
- Positive: Helped our customers with better phone systems.
- Positive: It is easier than ever to receive calls when out of the office.
- Negative: Is a steep learning curve for users of extremely old phone systems.
Level 3 onsite technician
Computer GeeksInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
- Reduces the need to have a higher CAPEX in order to buy all the licenses at the start of the project.
- The licensing is perpetual, the only associated cost with the licenses are SWSS.
- Desktop sharing isn't a functionality.
- Cisco SMB series can be used only with the higher cost licensing (Foundation/Standard).
Technical Consultant
VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Avaya Cloud Office
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No