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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CallFire

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ACallFire is a VoIP and messaging solution designed for both external B2C interactions and internal company use. It includes features such as text messaging, call tracking, voice broadcasting, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Subscription pricing starts at $99 per month.

    $99

    per month

    HotTelecom

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABeta Company's HotTelecom is a service that consists of a wide range of VoIP needs with over 6000 virtual phone numbers both local and mobile for business, designed to present an easy to use and affordable means of communication. HotTelecom offers virtual phone numbers, toll-free numbers, SMS numbers, SMS numbers for registration and multi-channel numbers, and virtual PBX set-up. All these come with clear-voice technology, for high sound quality.

    $5

    Monthly fee + connection fee

    Pricing
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $99.00
    per month
    Startup
    $199.00
    per month
    Grow
    $299.00
    per month
    Pro
    $599.00
    per month
    Virtual fax number
    $30
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Virtual PBX
    $65
    Monthly fee
    Direct virtual phone number
    from 5
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Virtual SMS number
    from 7
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Toll-free (800) number
    from 7
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Each price is the price of monthly fee. There might be an additional connection fee for the products.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Considered Both Products
    CallFire
    No answer on this topic
    Beta Company
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of CallFire and HotTelecom
    Feature
    CallFire
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    5% below category average
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Hosted PBX6.02 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.07 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    User templates7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports7.210 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Directory of employee names9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of CallFire and HotTelecom
    Feature
    CallFire
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Answering rules8.07 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call recording10.010 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call park8.53 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call screening10.04 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Message alerts10.05 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of CallFire and HotTelecom
    Feature
    CallFire
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    HotTelecom
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallFire and HotTelecom
    Feature
    CallFire
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    HotTelecom
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Small Businesses
    Aircall
    Score8 out of 10
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Nextiva
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Nextiva
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallFireHotTelecom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallFire
    If you need to find a test candidate for your client quickly, this is one of the best ways. Pull yourself a hot list of a couple hundred potential candidates and load them in to CallFire. Then get ready to hit about 50-60 calls per hour. You should have a great test candidate for your client in about 24 hours! It's amazing how quickly you can show your clients the true speed of your company.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    When our clients or partners call our corporate number they can now reach any needed employee or department by themselves. It is simple - they just need to use voice assistant and press the needed number.
    Read full review
    Pros
    CallFire
    • CallFire provides detailed analytics that show what/when callers select within the phone system
    • The text message broadcast feature is a game changer. This allows a company to dispatch text campaigns with specific calls-to-action, with tracking analytics.
    • The voice broadcast feature allows a mass automated message to be sent to client phones. This saves a lot of time when the same notification needs to go out to multiple clients.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    • Friendly and responsive customer support.
    • Wide geographical coverage.
    • It's easy to set up.
    • High-quality phone calls.
    • There are a lot of additional services available.
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    Cons
    CallFire
    • The services are easy to use and robust, but there is room for improvement. Unfortunately, not much has changed over the last 2 years of use. There haven't been any new features or innovations in that time.
    • API integration and automation is not easy for most folks to jump into and there is very little technical support or documentation to take advantage of such features.
    • The standard reports are generally sufficient, but there isn't any customization or intelligence available.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    • Video calling is not available as a feature.
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    CallFire
    There is no reason not to, it has proven effective in the usage
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    Beta Company
    We are totally satisfied with help Customer Support. They were quick and responsive
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    CallFire
    CallFire has a pricing structure that is attractive to us as a small business. The "pay as you use" options helps us keep our overhead low, especially with so many softwares already in our tech stack. It's a tremendous value for the cost!
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    CallFire
    • I sent out a broadcast message pretty deep in our data base, well three years out. I had one customer come in and buy thanking me for contacting her.
    • Our holiday season was up 35% over last year, this year we used CallFire more than we did in the past.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    • We've got the option to use another marketing channel with HotTelecom's SMS virtual phone numbers. They also provide us with an ability to count everything in marketing campaigns made with SMS numbers and to make the right decisions based on the received data.
    Read full review
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