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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

    PAR Punchh

    Score8 out of 10
    N/APAR Punchh is a loyalty and offers solution that focuses on providing restaurants with the tools and services to create branded and consistent in-store and digital customer experiences.N/A
    Pricing
    CallFirePAR Punchh
    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
    CallFirePAR Punchh
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CallFirePAR Punchh
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of CallFire and PAR Punchh
    Feature
    CallFire
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    4% below category average
    PAR Punchh
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of CallFire and PAR Punchh
    Feature
    CallFire
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    PAR Punchh
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of CallFire and PAR Punchh
    Feature
    CallFire
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    PAR Punchh
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallFire and PAR Punchh
    Feature
    CallFire
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    PAR Punchh
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    CallFirePAR Punchh
    Small Businesses
    Aircall
    Score8 out of 10
    Growave
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallFirePAR Punchh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallFirePAR Punchh
    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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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    We launched the program quickly and on schedule, Punchh has continued to evolve and enhance to adapt to our changing business needs, importantly developing integrations with other key partners —Olo, PAR Brink POS. I think it's ideal for a brand of our size with under 200 locations, perhaps for a chain of more than 2,000 locations, it could be worth considering building an in-house solution as a potential cost saving.
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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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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    • Reward-based App material. Punchh is great platform for reward tracking and fulfillment. I have not found one that does a better job at customer loyalty.
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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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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    • Look carefully into the integrations, find out exactly what is possible. We launched when we had Monkey Media as our online ordering tool, although it was integrated, we ended up having to move to Olo just because it was such a stronger integration.
    • I would re-think having Facebook as an option to allow registration and signup to our app. This was recommended by Punchh, but we ended up getting so many out of date email addresses in our system that were associated with the Facebook account.
    • One thing we wanted to launch with was a gift card integration, but due to Punchh not being PCI compliant, and due to other technological limitations, that's not something we've been able to bring into our loyalty app, which would be nice to have.
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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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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
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    Support Rating
    CallFire
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    The customer success people are not as invested as it seems they should be in their clients' business, at least not for the amount of money the platform costs. I am always looking for best practices to be provided or at least discussed with my AM, and she doesn't ever seem to care about what others are doing in my industry.
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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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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    We were looking for a partner who would help us get a loyalty program and a mobile app launched quickly, Punchh delivered our app on-time, the cost was very competitive and Punchh was being used by similarly sized brands in the restaurant industry. The integrations were in place and Punchh offered the Product functionality and performance we were looking for.
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    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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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    • We brought in over $7M from the app use alone in Q1 & Q2 of 2019.
    • It costs a ton to keep up, especially the more modules you subscribe to. Our (not so fancy price tier) price was about $100K for 2019.
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