Bicom Systems vs. Sangoma Asterisk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bicom Systems
Score 10.0 out of 10
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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
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Asterisk is an open source toolkit for building communications applications, now owned and supported by Sangoma (acquired with Digium in 2018). Most Asterisk-based systems and solutions require additional components (e.g. IP-phones, VoIP gateways or telephony interface cards, and other hardware), and expertise.N/A
Pricing
Bicom SystemsSangoma Asterisk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bicom SystemsSangoma Asterisk
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Bicom SystemsSangoma Asterisk
Features
Bicom SystemsSangoma Asterisk
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Bicom Systems
9.7
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Sangoma Asterisk
-
Ratings
High quality audio10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Bicom Systems
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Sangoma Asterisk
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Bicom Systems
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Sangoma Asterisk
-
Ratings
Calendar integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Bicom Systems
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Sangoma Asterisk
-
Ratings
Live chat10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Bicom Systems
10.0
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Sangoma Asterisk
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Bicom Systems
9.4
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Sangoma Asterisk
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bicom SystemsSangoma Asterisk
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(8 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bicom SystemsSangoma Asterisk
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Sangoma
Digium Asterisk is well suited for a city government as a communications solution for internal and external use. Other options like PBX are more expensive and hard to escalate. VoIP makes it easier to use the communications infrastructure instead that already exists rather than having to wire every phone when the solution is a digital or analog phone. In my city, government offices are not in the same place, which makes it harder to communicate everything together.
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Pros
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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Sangoma
  • Easy communication and configuration with many soft phone and hard phone models
  • A great community that helps the software have more and more functionality
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Cons
Bicom Systems
  • Bulk changes for extensions, ability to make a change for every extension of the system
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Sangoma
  • Transferring to a Voicemail is particularly hard to do, and calls tend to drop when transferring.
  • I would like a different interface; the current one feels clumsy
  • Over the weekend, it logs you out, and you have to remember your password or reset it to gain access.
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Usability
Bicom Systems
No answers on this topic
Sangoma
User friendly. Very little training to use it
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Support Rating
Bicom Systems
No answers on this topic
Sangoma
I have asked in the not so recent past about having my phone updated with my saved Digium "favorites" list but it doesn't seem that this is possible
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Alternatives Considered
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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Sangoma
Recently I've been using Vonage Business, and while it is far more expensive and a lot less configurable than Digium, the mobility is essential for my new role. Digium is ideal for a business with both a very technical staff and a user base that is not remote. Digium was selected due to price and ability to create custom applications.
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Return on Investment
Bicom Systems
  • We have many clients on it that are happy with it
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Sangoma
  • being zero cost, we saved at least 3 million on what a legacy pbx would have cost
  • the savings and speed means lower cost on our service making us more competitive
  • stability
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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.