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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CallHub

    Score6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    CallHub is designed to integrate with an organization’s CRM. The solution helps users to reach the right people the right time with their virtual call center, voice and SMS broadcasting software. CallHub is available in over 200 countries. Key benefits include: Virtual Call Center Agents all over the country to talk to leads using the software. Agent accounts are free because CallHub charges only for the calls made. Agents can make calls from a browser, phone, SIP…N/A

    NetFortris (discontinued)

    Score6.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    NetFortris, and the former Fonality, provided business phone systems using Polycom and Yealink IP phones. In 2022 the company was acquired by Sangoma. NetFortris and Fonality UCaaS and other services are no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    CallHubNetFortris (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Hybrid Premise Purchase
    Varies
    Varies
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CallHubNetFortris (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCallHub does not charge per seat, but only for the calls and SMSs. Credits can be purchased and used as required.—
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    Features
    CallHubNetFortris (discontinued)
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of CallHub and NetFortris (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHub
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    NetFortris (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of CallHub and NetFortris (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHub
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    NetFortris (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of CallHub and NetFortris (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHub
    -
    Ratings
    NetFortris (discontinued)
    7.8
    90 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings7.058 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings6.046 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings6.82 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings10.078 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of CallHub and NetFortris (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHub
    -
    Ratings
    NetFortris (discontinued)
    7.4
    94 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings7.089 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings7.067 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings6.073 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.067 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of CallHub and NetFortris (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHub
    -
    Ratings
    NetFortris (discontinued)
    7.5
    55 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of CallHub and NetFortris (discontinued)
    Feature
    CallHub
    -
    Ratings
    NetFortris (discontinued)
    9.0
    55 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CallHubNetFortris (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallHubNetFortris (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallHubNetFortris (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallHub
    It is a simple process: Go to the campaign tab and click on the campaign you are joining, and here, review the questions and suggested script to guide your conversation, remembering, of course, that the most important thing is to be yourself through this software and the window that will mark the progress so join the campaign at this point do not hang up now you are controlling the communication through this software you can leave the campaign and fill with a smile the answers you get from users.
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    Discontinued Products
    For Insurance agencies, small practices, small call centers, anyone that need call forwarding or work with his number remotely while away from office. I can't list all the things I'm gaining as a Fonality customer. From the installation process, the configuration phase with the technicians, the account managers, every Fonality employee was professional and savvy. I was a contact center specialist for more than 10 years and I can tell you that I've never been this happy with a service! Never! Probably if you need a more complex solution and you have an enterprise level company having your own hardware gives you more control over your calls and how to manage them. But again, I think that Fonality can cover most scenarios without the need of a huge investment.
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    Pros
    CallHub
    • All you'll require is your login credentials.
    • You have been given a username for two complementary programs that we use: one is for limited access to remote sales services and call services.
    • Callhub has been limited to protect privacy.
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    Discontinued Products
    • From an administrator's perspective, Fonality makes administering the company's phone system easy. Configuration menus and setup options are logically structured and easy to understand.
    • Technical support has been very good. Early on in our deployment, we had some nagging voice quality issues which were network related. Fonality provided exceptional support even though it was not technically their issue. It is important to know ahead of time how well your vendors work with other vendors for integrated services like a VOIP telephone system. Fonality support demonstrated their patience and perseverance in helping us resolve our issues.
    • Although we don't use remote office capabilities much, the ability to set up phones on the system in remote locations has been a significant help to several of our departments.
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    Cons
    CallHub
    • Using new software is frustrating at first, but worth the effort.
    • It's a little weird at first, but it saves you time and the frustration of dialing the wrong number.
    • If it doesn't sometimes work, simply press the update button until you see the phone number you want to answer.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Bugginess - Some things just really need some tweaking. I had to get very creative with my call routing and hold music, because the in-queue announcements don't work right at all. For example, even set to 'play once' it would loop the 'you are the first caller' announcement over and over, and cause call drops. Or my caller-name ID, which shows the registered user's name on each line on outgoing calls, even though it's not set to such anywhere in the CP settings.
    • Support - I'll give them 50/50 on this. My experience with Verizon VCE was everyone playing hot potato with issues and saying it was the responsibility of another department, meaning several phone calls and lots of hold time. Fonality doesn't have that issue, I've never really been passed around or blown off. However, some of the 'offshore' CS reps are... wow. I spent about half a dozen emails back and forth with two of them, trying to figure out why queues I deleted from the CP randomly and consistently reappeared in the HUD. Most of those emails were spent trying to explain that no, my issue was NOT that I wanted to create those queues again in the CP.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We've already made a deep investment in the system hardware. We wouldn't be interested in another system at this point! And by the look of my colleagues faces when they see the HUD, I don't think we'd want to switch to a system that would limit us or take away any of these features! We may look at putting the server in the cloud, should internet outages prove to be such a common issue that it is preventing our other locations from functioning smoothly
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    Usability
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Overall excellent usability, with a few adjustments I feel this is the absolute best VoIP system out there. Just a clarification on the licences and limit the interface to reflect what licence we have. There should be a back or redunancy feature to Fonality Server, If there was a mistake we should be able to resort back to a usable state asap. Before implementing changes to the server, there should be a trial or sample of the changes to make sure it behaves as intended before effecting customer experience. It would be nice to have a demo version of Fonality interface so possible clients can truly evauluate the system. Because of the quality, it would have made it easier to convince the owners to make the transition sooner
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    Reliability and Availability
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Fonality has been available to us 99% of the time. There have rarely been any lengthy outages. If any issues do occur, their support staff is available around the clock to help. This is important, since communication is a big part in our company and availability of the phone system is important in maintaining this reliability
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    Performance
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Fonality's performance is excellent. The phones work flawlessly and the calls are clear. It is a well put-together system that does not need daily support. It is not complex from a user standpoint, as most of our staff are quick to learn how to use the phones. More systems should strive to work as well as Fonality's
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    Support Rating
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Because of their customer support and their attention for details in our problems that we face during our initial stage. We simply love fonality just for the way we are treated when we reach them with our fonality issues - they take it seriously and resolve it as early as possible and the most important part is we dont need to keep on insisting them to do so.
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    In-Person Training
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Training was provided by the in-house IT administrator. Fonality was able to provide support to the admin, who then assisted the users. It went smoothly and all the details and functions of the system were made available to the office staff. Any questions were answered promptly and if any issues did arise, Fonality was available to answer them
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    Online Training
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Training was excellent, but most of what they had was webinars and not real world situation for our company's need. It would be better to have them remote in my local computer and test my system using inbound / outbound calls. This would have made it easier to learn and more relevant
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    Implementation Rating
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Everything from the installation to the implementation has been great with Fonality, there is a lot of freedom to how the system will operate but the freedom comes at a cost of more technical experience to make sure it is configured correctly. The staff is very helpful can will make sure that the system is setup correctly and work perfectly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I have not used any other VoIP system that I have been paying for. I hope that Fonality proves itself enough to where I will not have to switch. So far, for the price and the functionality, this is my recommendation for small businesses. I might recommend going with a more high end phone to increase functionality, but other than that, the system is one I would definitely recommend.
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    Scalability
    CallHub
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It is easy to scale this system, as long as you have the proper technical staff available to support it. Adding users and phones is straightforward. The main work involves having the physical network in place and configuring the networking equipment. Overall, it is not that difficult as long as all of this is in place.
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    Return on Investment
    CallHub
    • For all calls, you must complete at least the first question you are asked in the survey so that we know what type of connection.
    • You can leave a voice message, and a pre-recorded message will play on your answering machine or service when the call is saved.
    • If you get a signal compromised or problem you can hang up once you are in the software which makes it quick and easy.
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    • We are still new to Fonality, but having the flexability has proven quite successful thus far.
    • The management of incoming calls and voicemail messages has really helped us to be able to follow up with potential clients.
    • The service at Fonality helped our new business take a leap into 2017, and we expect much growth with the continued use of Fonality.
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    ScreenShots

    CallHub Screenshots

    Screenshot of Agent interface to make calls and fill in survey questionsScreenshot of Configurable agent dial in methodsScreenshot of Call monitoringScreenshot of Voice broadcast campaign with analyticsScreenshot of SMS Sign up campaignScreenshot of Power dialer

    NetFortris (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Fonality's Heads Up Display (HUD) Web dashboard is home base for connecting with colleagues and customers.Screenshot of Chatting is easy in HUD as they are easily launched by hovering over a fellow user's avatar. Chats are also available within Groups and Conferences.Screenshot of Managers with Fonality's Advance Call Center license can Barge, Monitor, or Whisper with one click. Useful for training, customer insights, and quality assurance. Real-time call queue information is shown in the Dock area to the right.Screenshot of Every Fonality system comes with voicemail boxes for all users, but with optional Voicemail Transcription you'll never have to listen to a voicemail again. Transcribed voicemails are delivered in HUD and via email.