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
MessageGears
Score10 out of 10
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MessageGears is a hybrid email marketing service built around deliverability, actionable customer data, and audience segmentation and targeting.
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Pricing
CallFire
MessageGears
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Startup
$199.00
per month
Grow
$299.00
per month
Pro
$599.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CallFire
MessageGears
Free Trial
No
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Features
CallFire
MessageGears
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of CallFire and MessageGears
Feature
CallFire
7.6
11 Ratings
4% below category average
MessageGears
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX
6.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
9.07 Ratings
00 Ratings
User templates
7.04 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call reports
7.210 Ratings
00 Ratings
Directory of employee names
9.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of CallFire and MessageGears
Feature
CallFire
9.3
10 Ratings
12% above category average
MessageGears
-
Ratings
Answering rules
8.07 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call recording
10.010 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call park
8.53 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call screening
10.04 Ratings
00 Ratings
Message alerts
10.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of CallFire and MessageGears
Feature
CallFire
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
MessageGears
-
Ratings
Video conferencing
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Audio conferencing
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallFire and MessageGears
Feature
CallFire
8.3
2 Ratings
5% above category average
MessageGears
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS
8.52 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android
8.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of CallFire and MessageGears
Feature
CallFire
-
Ratings
MessageGears
3.3
3 Ratings
83% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor
00 Ratings
1.52 Ratings
Dynamic content
00 Ratings
3.83 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content
00 Ratings
2.23 Ratings
A/B testing
00 Ratings
2.73 Ratings
Mobile optimization
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting
00 Ratings
3.83 Ratings
List management
00 Ratings
2.13 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences
00 Ratings
2.23 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of CallFire and MessageGears
Feature
CallFire
-
Ratings
MessageGears
1.1
3 Ratings
149% below category average
Dashboards
00 Ratings
1.13 Ratings
Standard reports
00 Ratings
1.13 Ratings
Custom reports
00 Ratings
1.03 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of CallFire and MessageGears
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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MessageGears can be a solid, inexpensive email solution and you can be able to send millions of emails per year. In 2020, we delivered over 235 million emails at a fraction of what that would cost with any other email service provider. We worked with MessageGears on a custom solution with our database.
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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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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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Our situation is unique so I believe we are working on a semi-outdated UI which needs a tune up / version upgrade. Similarly, our custom connection means that we do not have access to the full feature set so I've never experienced MessageGears' best functionality
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MessageGears support is always quick to respond when we have an issue, which is rare. Gail has been our main rep and she has been great. We don't have many issues so luckily, we don't need to lean on their customer support team much. That said, it would be beneficial to hear from upper management more.
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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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MessageGears doesn't come close to Salesforce Marketing Cloud. We chose MessageGears based on how data was accessed. We never really got a good preview of how the system works or what was available, so we didn't know everything that it was lacking until we started using it.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info