CallFire vs. PhoneBurner

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
PhoneBurner
Score 8.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
PhoneBurner is an automatic phone dialing system. It provides the ability to load a list of contacts and includes a built-in contact manager. It allows users to record a voicemail message and to choose which contacts to call.
$149
per user, per month
Pricing
CallFirePhoneBurner
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Startup
$199.00
per month
Grow
$299.00
per month
Pro
$599.00
per month
Unlimited - 1 user
$149.00
per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CallFirePhoneBurner
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—No contracts. No setup fees. No per minutes fees. No credit card free trial. Save 15% with an annual plan. Admin account is free unless engaged in dialing.
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Features
CallFirePhoneBurner
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
7.7
11 Ratings
6% below category average
PhoneBurner
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports7.310 Ratings00 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
PhoneBurner
-
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 Product A and Product B
CallFire
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
PhoneBurner
-
Ratings
Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
8.3
2 Ratings
0% below category average
PhoneBurner
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Preview Dialer
Comparison of Preview Dialer features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
-
Ratings
PhoneBurner
7.4
8 Ratings
5% above category average
Contact preview00 Ratings8.68 Ratings
Dialer-CRM integration00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
Call notes & tags00 Ratings5.87 Ratings
Automatic call logging00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Core Dialer
Comparison of Core Dialer features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
-
Ratings
PhoneBurner
9.2
8 Ratings
21% above category average
Outbound dialing00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Inbound routing00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
Custom caller ID00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Click-to-call00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
Recorded voicemail drop00 Ratings9.87 Ratings
Dialer contact import00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
Campaign & list management00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance
Comparison of Call Follow-up and Quality Assurance features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
-
Ratings
PhoneBurner
9.2
8 Ratings
21% above category average
Follow-up calls00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
Dialer reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Dialer compliance00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
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CallFirePhoneBurner
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User Ratings
CallFirePhoneBurner
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(15 ratings)
6.5
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
CallFirePhoneBurner
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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PhoneBurner
I like that you can dial out so many leads and double the efficiency of the agent. The only thing that bothers me is sometimes, system down issue.
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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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PhoneBurner
  • PhoneBurner connects to Hubspot so that my team doesn't have to go back and forth.
  • The amount of time it takes to get through a list of calls has almost been cut in half.
  • The opportunity to do leave a voicemail without having to leave it on each call is a huge time saver.
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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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PhoneBurner
  • Could be a little better on the pricing.
  • Could offer a better central administrative function.
  • Could provide more updates to the app.
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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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PhoneBurner
No answers on this topic
Usability
CallFire
No answers on this topic
PhoneBurner
PhoneBurner as I said before, has an excellent graphical interface, super friendly, with menus that the user can easily find and program the calls. The layout is good, fast, and has little delay and errors. I really like the tool and from the beginning, I had no difficulty with the usability.
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Support Rating
CallFire
No answers on this topic
PhoneBurner
Every interaction I have had with any member of their support team has been pleasant. Issues are quickly addressed and their response time is excellent through the chat service.
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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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PhoneBurner
We selected PhoneBurner because it is very easy to integrate with Zoho CRM and if you have a silver plan, you can do a lot such as Sending SMS and unlimited calling, you can also record and drop voicemail, timezone calling is automatic. It is a good dialer to use if you are part of sales.
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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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PhoneBurner
  • [I believe] it has cost me a fortune in wasted time trying to make the Hubspot integration [work] (to no avail).
  • [I believe] if the Hubspot integration actually worked, we would probably get decent ROI from the speedier calling.
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ScreenShots

PhoneBurner Screenshots

Screenshot of PhoneBurner's automatic distribution of leads to a team.Screenshot of the dialing interface, where users can dial up to 80 contacts per hour.Screenshot of the contact records, that include history, activity, build a bigger, more engaged sales pipeline.Screenshot of the customizable rules used to automatically distribute leads.Screenshot of the reports used to track agent and team performance, with real-time and historical analytics.Screenshot of dialer buttons, which can be customized to perform any desired actions based on any call result. These can be used to leave voicemails, send emails and SMS, apply tags, move contacts into folders or add to a do-not-call list.