CallFire vs. HotTelecom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CallFire
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
CallFire 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
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Beta 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
Features
CallFireHotTelecom
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
7.7
11 Ratings
6% below category average
HotTelecom
10.0
5 Ratings
20% 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 reports7.310 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
9.3
10 Ratings
10% above category average
HotTelecom
10.0
5 Ratings
17% 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 Product A and Product B
CallFire
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
HotTelecom
9.0
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
8.3
2 Ratings
0% below category average
HotTelecom
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CallFireHotTelecom
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
CallFireHotTelecom
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Beta Company
  • Video calling is not available as a feature.
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Likelihood to Renew
CallFire
There is no reason not to, it has proven effective in the usage
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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HotTelecom Screenshots

Screenshot of Personal account on the website. User can perform an order there.