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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avaya Unified Communications

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AAvaya UCaaS is a business communications platform. Avaya UCaaS aims to set employees up for success with unified internal communication, supporting voice, chat, email, video, file sharing, and task management. The software enables users to create collaboration in real-time using any device or system through one platform.N/A

    SharePoint

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SharePoint is an Intranet solution that enables users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across the organization.

    $5

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Avaya Unified CommunicationsSharePoint
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Plan 1
    $5.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plan 2
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Office 365 E3
    $20.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Avaya Unified CommunicationsSharePoint
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Avaya Unified CommunicationsSharePoint
    Considered Both Products
    Avaya
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    88 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    51 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    81 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    92 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    66 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    72 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Features
    Avaya Unified CommunicationsSharePoint
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    5.9
    22 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video6.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    8.8
    17 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    8.5
    16 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    7.5
    20 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication7.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions7.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    7.8
    27 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX8.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    8.5
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules7.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording8.320 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park9.421 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening9.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription7.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android7.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Avaya Unified Communications and Microsoft SharePoint
    Feature
    Avaya Unified Communications
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft SharePoint
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized communications management7.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing8.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics8.216 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Avaya Unified CommunicationsSharePoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (101 ratings)
    8.1
    (271 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.8
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (31 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (84 ratings)
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (50 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Avaya Unified CommunicationsSharePoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Avaya
    Call centers where lots of calls come in per day are better suited for Cloud office. Small businesses or companies that don’t really make outgoing calls or receive a lot of incoming calls other than within the company would not really be suited for Avaya Cloud Office.
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    Microsoft
    It's Microsoft, so it rarely goes down or unnecessarily limits access. It works, though page load times can be long if you have lots of data. I feel like the Mac vs. PC divide has started to show up for MS products, but SharePoint works well with both.
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    Pros
    Avaya
    • User-friendly GUI management interface with the possibility to create different rooms, notebooks, calendars, and chats.
    • The management interface for recordings is made in the rooms with the possibility of downloading them to the location.
    • Link and file sharing with other participants.
    • Chat with all participants and individual.
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    Microsoft
    • We track employees' performance sheets, which are accessible to the employee, his manager, and HR, and this helps with transparency.
    • We maintain technical process documents and SOPs, which help us quickly provide relevant documents during audits.
    • We maintain incident documents change request forms in SharePoint, which helps us in tracking the changes.
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    Cons
    Avaya
    • Avaya has very strong contact center offerings and more contact with our salesperson would be helpful, so we can explore the latest offerings
    • Although it's adequate a slightly more intuitive UI would be helpful
    • More integrated reporting at the end-user level.
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    Microsoft
    • Windows Explorer users have some difficulty having to constantly UPLOAD / DOWNLOAD files. Specifically on the DOWNLOAD when they are used to Drag & Drop in & out of LOCAL folders via Window's explorer.
    • Microsoft SharePoint supports multiple "library" types. When implementing our "image" library the search function is done via "tags" and boolean logic. This is challenging to most end users. I'd like our users to be able to search our Microsoft SharePoint image library without having to enter KEYWORD or other BOOLEAN logic.
    • Microsoft SharePoint can also be an internal website for each department or company wide communication tool but I believe these features are geared for much larger organizations. Since we are a SMB we really aren't using these features. So maybe something more useful to SMBs would be nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Avaya
    Things change, business requirements change so when we come to renew we may explore other options, we might go all in on Teams or look at something different - we need something that allows us to increase and importantly decrease our licence count more flexably which Avaya / Ring Central don't allow.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    It's integral to our business. It's already included with most of the Office 365 licensing we buy, so the cost is effectively zero. It stores our files, it is the foundation for custom applications, and Microsoft only continues to enhance its functionality and its connections to other Microsoft tools. SharePoint just keeps getting better and better.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Avaya
    There are few times that we have not been able to take advantage of the tool, but those moments are related to the bandwidth of each person in [their] home. Those who have low signal cannot access meetings on the platform smoothly.
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    Microsoft
    No usability issues reported. Individual teams also have allocated areas which replace legacy shared drives on local LANs. Access to Sharepoint resources is fully integrated with corporate Active Directory with additional two-factor authentication required for administrative users. Users have access to Microsoft Services Hub which allows you to create, manage, and track support requests while staying current on Microsoft technologies with access to select self-paced learning paths
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Avaya
    Throughout a year and and a half of remote learning, we only experience two minor technology issues that were resolved within an hour
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Avaya
    We have not been faced to any performance issue.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Avaya
    I have never contacted support directly. However, my rep with Enterprise Systems is excellent. Since joining Avaya, all inquiries and/or concerns have always been resolved within a reasonable amount of time. If it's a less complex issue, it is resolved in real time. I receive a response within 30 minutes or less. When he is out of the office, he always has a backup.
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    Microsoft
    Support for SharePoint is quite good. Microsoft provides good support. Microsoft offers
    • Quick turnaround time for issues
    • A range of support services
    • Access to a network of resources
    • Escalation of issues
    • Ongoing development and commitment to produce enhancement
    The majority of support is required for initial installation. Once complete and the system is operating we have had very few support issues.
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    In-Person Training
    Avaya
    whilst on site it was delivered by teams to the desks , not the fault of the trainer
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    Microsoft
    The face to face training I received was on SharePoint Administration. It was rushed as there was a lot of information to cover and the application of the labs weren't that great either. I like to be able to relate what I am learning to what I am currently doing.
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    Online Training
    Avaya
    The online training was clear and effective.
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    Microsoft
    I like to learn at my own pace and online training allows for that. Additionally, you can skip through pieces of content that you already know or are already comfortable with. Microsoft actually offers great videos on their website for basic fundamental SharePoint Training. I have used these training videos in some of my own training sessions with end users.
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    Implementation Rating
    Avaya
    Thank to the help of Avaya implementation team, the migration was done with minimal impact. All activities were well defined and done in time.
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    Microsoft
    Planning to the last detail would be advised. SharePoint is a very large application that takes a lot of finesse to get operational
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    Alternatives Considered
    Avaya
    Apart from Cisco Webex Calling/app no other vendor offers their own phones hardware, gateways. We need to add other vendors like yealink, Poly, Audiocodes to complete the solution. This makes things very difficult from management perspective. As you have to hire a person who can manage a multivendor environment. Also, in case of outage, multiple bridge open and every vendor blame others. Cisco is costly so we gave a chance to Avaya UCaaS based on its history and reputation in Calling market.
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    Microsoft
    The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the content and better indexing and searching capabilities.
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    Scalability
    Avaya
    It fits us well being in multiple geographic areas and we can purchase local numbers or do a BYOD SBC setup
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Avaya
    • This made working from home possible, allowing me to take calls that I wouldn't be able to without having them forwarded by our communications department
    • It works with Teams, realizing when I'm on a conf call and automatically sets a status of away, preventing my phone from ringing, but allowing me to see the voicemail via text so that I can respond
    • If I step out of the office for a little bit, I can have my calls go directly to my cellphone to make sure I'm still available if needed
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    Microsoft
    • It comes with Office 365. It won't cost you any additional charges.
    • It will help you to streamline your communication and work as a central hub for all tasks, files[,] and events[.]
    • Setting it up will need a bit [of] planning. If you jump blindly it will become a confusing place for your team members and make them frustrated[.]
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