CallFire vs. Zoom Phone

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CallFire
Score 9.7 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
Zoom Phone
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Built on Zoom's platform, Zoom's cloud phone consolidates business communication and collaboration into a single system. Available in 40+ countries, with expandable coverage through a bring-your-own-carrier offering, Zoom Phone supports inbound and outbound calling through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Features: Post call summary & next steps A post-call summary from Zoom’s AI Companion keeps the focus on the conversation instead of…
$10
per month per user
Pricing
CallFireZoom Phone
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Startup
$199.00
per month
Grow
$299.00
per month
Pro
$599.00
per month
US & Canada Metered
$10
per month per user
US & Canada Unlimited
$15
per month per user
Global Select
$20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CallFireZoom Phone
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo fees for emergency 911 Service No fees for compliance and administrative cost recovery Fee No 10DLC SMS fees
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Community Pulse
CallFireZoom Phone
Features
CallFireZoom Phone
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
7.6
11 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoom Phone
8.6
47 Ratings
8% above category average
Hosted PBX6.02 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.07 Ratings8.130 Ratings
User templates7.04 Ratings8.918 Ratings
Call reports7.210 Ratings9.222 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.05 Ratings8.542 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
9.3
10 Ratings
12% above category average
Zoom Phone
8.5
46 Ratings
3% above category average
Answering rules8.07 Ratings8.543 Ratings
Call recording10.010 Ratings8.144 Ratings
Call park8.53 Ratings8.536 Ratings
Call screening10.04 Ratings9.834 Ratings
Message alerts10.05 Ratings8.541 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Zoom Phone
9.4
23 Ratings
17% above category average
Video conferencing10.01 Ratings9.322 Ratings
Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings9.322 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.522 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings9.519 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
CallFire
8.3
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Zoom Phone
8.5
45 Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile app for iOS8.52 Ratings8.540 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.01 Ratings8.531 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CallFireZoom Phone
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 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
CallFireZoom Phone
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(15 ratings)
6.1
(50 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CallFireZoom Phone
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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Zoom
Zoom Workplace is ideal for any business looking for a communication/collaboration solution. This is more so for businesses with a hybrid workforce. It makes holding virtual meetings and collaboration sessions easy, and teams can participate seamlessly thanks to features such as Zoom Whiteboard, Zoom Teams chat, and Zoom Phone, among others. In a nutshell, Zoom Workplace makes teamwork and productivity easy.
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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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Zoom
  • Having our Phone system all in onc place. Call, Text, Voicemail. with live transcript
  • Zoom Meeting AI companion - taking notes, creating action items, and summarizing the meetings then email immediately afterwards
  • Scheduler - being able to send links to team members or vendors to book a time that works best for them that is linked and synced to my calendar.
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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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Zoom
  • The first time I ported a number and set up a outlying office, I had to keep going back in and correcting things. I feel like there could be more straightforward instructions on this, instead of having to go to multiple sections just to accomplish everything.
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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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Zoom
Almost perfect. Transformed from just being on my mobile phone. The phone has moved from a ituility to a value driving service in the business. Nobody yet has an AI to help manage the system. Come on Zoom, seems an obvious AI use case.
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Usability
CallFire
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom Phone has a very sleek design which makes it very easy to operate and use both in the setting up of and interacting in a meeting space. That being said, certain features can seem a bit crowded while trying to screen share or display video which somewhat defeats the purpose of the application as compared to a standard conference call.
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Support Rating
CallFire
No answers on this topic
Zoom
I haven't had any sort of issues with Zoom as of yet to have to call Support. That right there makes me think it's a good product. Simple and easy to use. Nothing confusing or glitchy that would make me have to get in touch with them. Straightforward so I'm not trying to figure out a specific workflow.
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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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Zoom
The main reason why we switched to Zoom Phone is because our VOIP system inexplicably went down for almost a month and no one could figure out what was wrong. Lumen was charging way more than Zoom Workplace, but could not get the system to work.
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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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Zoom
  • We're better able to work together as a team answering phones multiple people can be logged in to answer at the same time.
  • The voicemail transcription feature helps with sharing messages to different departments.
  • Overall, we're able to answer more calls and have fewer callers being sent to voicemail.
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ScreenShots

Zoom Phone Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zoom AI for business phone communications, available at no additional costScreenshot of Zoom's integrated workflowsScreenshot of the Call Handling Panel