Avaya Unified Communications vs. OpenTouch Conversation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avaya Unified Communications
Score 6.6 out of 10
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Avaya 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
OpenTouch Conversation
Score 0.0 out of 10
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The Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch® Conversation (OTC) applications provide unified communication services on devices. A mobile office, OpenTouch Conversation lets users hold business calls, chat and collaborate from any device with a unified communications app.N/A
Pricing
Avaya Unified CommunicationsOpenTouch Conversation
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avaya Unified CommunicationsOpenTouch Conversation
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Avaya Unified CommunicationsOpenTouch Conversation
Considered Both Products
Avaya Unified Communications
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
We used Weave for less than two years. It didn't have any performance tracking capability, and it could not handle our call volume. Once the call volume reached a specific peak, incoming patient calls would automatically drop, which negatively impacted the organization. Thus, …
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
I Don't see any major difference between Avaya UCaaS and other similar products which includes webex, microsoft teams and google meet. All of them provide more or less similar functionalities and have all integration. However, Avaya UCaaS is more holistic when compared to …
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SSO was not available for our former Avaya IP Office on-premises system, and after the pandemic, we needed hybrid work, so all workers could work from home and this ushered in the age of cloud for us with Avaya UCaaS: Cloud. It is our choice now only because our workforce is no …
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I wasn't involved in the testing or selection process, only the implementation
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AVaya is superior in its voice feature set
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
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 …
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Avaya Cloud Office maintains important features that others do not (such as e-faxing). Can easily transfer a call from desktop phone, to mobile app seamlessly. More cost effective than Microsoft teams once you factor in calling. More feature rich and reliable than Zoom or Webex.
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
We compare with Destiny but the integration of Avaya Cloud Office with Teams was much better.
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Avaya Cloud Office allows each employee to have a profesionnal DN number. It is very professional
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
In our proof of concept, Avaya OneCloud UCaaS came out as our top pick, based on seamless integration to our various systems, like Service Now and Smarsh.
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ACO seems to be better value for our business and is at least as easy to use as the other simialr programs that we have used in the past.
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
global coverage without international dialling codes for overseas local numbers
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I have experienced less technical problems with Avaya compared to other platforms. Avaya was easy to implement for all ages as it didn't require a lot to log into sessions for the younger grade students and the features are simple enough that my first graders can use Avaya …
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
We are a non-profit social organization and going through one of the most difficult contexts in history, Avaya, through Spaces, gave us the donation of the service first of all to continue working for our beneficiaries: 50,000 boys and girls from all over the country. The …
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We have recently changed from Avaya to Microsoft Teams and being honest, MS Teams seems way better than Avaya, since it is much more stable and is completelly connected with our contacts database and emails.
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We use CenturyLink Hosted VOIP in our executive office and the phones are way more modern looking and have more features, and was easier to implement. Hoping to maybe someday use them in our primary office.
Chose Avaya Unified Communications

Price is less compared to them and the VOIP quality with Contact center is at par with the other PBX.

Avaya is very user friendly and easy to manage in terms of operation support and user training.

Chose Avaya Unified Communications
We have used Adobe connect but Avaya ACE provides more out of box features and easier to configure.
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
The product pricing sits in the mid-high position compared to its competitor. It provides the most features when compared to the competitors. It has excellent support which can only be matched by the more pricey competitors, however, the lack of 24x7 support can be a challenge …
OpenTouch Conversation

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Features
Avaya Unified CommunicationsOpenTouch Conversation
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
5.9
Ratings
33% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
Ratings
High quality audio7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.3
Ratings
1% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.8
Ratings
5% above category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
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Calendar integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
Ratings
Live chat8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.6
Ratings
1% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
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User authentication7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.8
Ratings
8% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
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Hosted PBX8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.4
Ratings
1% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
Ratings
Answering rules7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Fax8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.8
Ratings
10% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.9
Ratings
4% below category average
OpenTouch Conversation
-
Ratings
Centralized communications management7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Team messaging7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Team document sharing8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Avaya Unified CommunicationsOpenTouch Conversation
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
6.6
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Usability
7.6
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Availability
9.0
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Performance
7.9
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Support Rating
5.1
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In-Person Training
6.8
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Online Training
9.1
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Implementation Rating
8.1
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Configurability
6.2
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Ease of integration
6.6
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Product Scalability
6.3
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Vendor post-sale
6.6
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Vendor pre-sale
7.3
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User Testimonials
Avaya Unified CommunicationsOpenTouch Conversation
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Pros
  • 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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Cons
  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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Usability
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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Reliability and Availability
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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Performance
We have not been faced to any performance issue.
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Support Rating
The Customer Service and Representatives are always kind and willing to go the extra mile to get anything resolved. Yet, we have not really needed them after the initial set up since the product actually works and we have not really experienced any major issues.
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In-Person Training
whilst on site it was delivered by teams to the desks , not the fault of the trainer
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Online Training
The online training was clear and effective.
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Implementation Rating
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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Alternatives Considered
We used Weave for less than two years. It didn't have any performance tracking capability, and it could not handle our call volume. Once the call volume reached a specific peak, incoming patient calls would automatically drop, which negatively impacted the organization. Thus, our decision to move forward with Avaya was solidified.
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Scalability
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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Return on Investment
  • Moving on cloud calling did save us on costs of managing on-prem infra
  • Since Avaya UCaaS has its own make phones and gateways it saves on support costs due to multiple vendors
  • It lacks many third party integrations available in MS teams, this makes making workflows difficult
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