Cisco Board Series vs. Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Board Series
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
The Cisco Board Series offers room devices for hybrid teamwork. Its latest generation models, the Board Pro 55 and Board Pro 75, bring video conferencing and co-creation to small and medium-sized workspaces, conference rooms, and ideation spaces. These room devices feature an AI-powered chipset, a responsive, 55- or 75-inch touch screen, speaker-tracking dual cameras, built-in speakers and microphones, and a versatile set of mounting and peripheral options. Users can join any video meeting,…N/A
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000) was a telephony and VoIP business phone with unified communications features from Cisco, targeted at SMBs. The product is discontinued, and superseded by functionality found in Cisco Webex Calling.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
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Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.6
18 Ratings
5% above category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.216 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.216 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
-
Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.8
21 Ratings
4% above category average
Answering rules00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings8.819 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings8.519 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
-
Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.7
20 Ratings
5% above category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings9.219 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.920 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Board Series
-
Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
7.4
15 Ratings
12% below category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings7.415 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings7.414 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Zoom
Zoom
Score 8.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Score 9.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
Score 9.2 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
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(59 ratings)
8.6
(21 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(55 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(55 ratings)
9.4
(19 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Board SeriesCisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
It is best suited for video\audio calls and meeting use. you can easily connect to the meeting with an ID or your laptop and also share content easily in a couple of ways. It's less useful for large-scale meetings as attendees seem to get lost as their video can get shrunk or hidden offscreen.
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Discontinued Products
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000) is well suited on small and medium sites that need entry-level voice and IP telephony capabilities, together
with powerful, easy-to-use collaboration tools. However , if a single user interface or VMware servers are deal breakers for you, I suggest another call system will likely be a better fit.
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Pros
Cisco
  • The Cisco Webex Board is a fully featured devices that gives users all they need to interact in practical meeting rooms with their colleagues.
  • It securely connects to our virtual teams. A high-resolution image of nearly the whole room is captured by a powerful camera.
  • This is entirely for industrial design. A more is enclosed by powerful microphones.
  • It's simple to install and use. It's a one-stop solution for all your needs.
  • It is a great quality collaborative experience, which is easy to use and touch based.
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Discontinued Products
  • provides phone support for many models of phones and conferencing devices
  • provides full telephony support for pretty much any phone requirement including call centre options
  • 911 service dialing options and tracking
  • bundle pricing on voice, phone and server licensing
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Cons
Cisco
  • It feels like affordability is a huge minus point in Webex because it can be too expensive to afford for a small to medium company
  • Wireless connectivity needs a good internet connection to have a seamless experience.
  • White board pen tool not precise with the screen location sometimes and refresh rate seems little low
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Discontinued Products
  • Include tools for inter-cluster migration, currently these are provided by 3rd parties
  • Improve the software upgrade process by automating the pre-upgrade and post-upgrade checks
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
Happy with Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000); works great for us and costs to maintain it are well in hand. it also fits our current and future requirements going forward.
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Usability
Cisco
Cisco Webex Board Series has great UI. It's very compelling to use. Touch controls are great and have never had any trouble navigating. However, screen mirroring can be laggy sometimes and frame drops are seen quite often while mirroring. Overall it's a great device to use with many useful features and optimized UI.
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Discontinued Products
BE6K [is] not just a bare metal server ,it is [a] complete solution with its own management tools.
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Support Rating
Cisco
It's honestly hard to tell since we haven't had many hiccups, if any at all! We have used Webex support for other situations and it was great, but for the board itself, we only had one issue, when we received it, a pixel was broken and Webex replaced it. Fair to say they lived up to our expectations.
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Discontinued Products
Overall, the product provides excellent value for money. Our employees may interact at the same time on the Cisco Business Edition 6000 without disrupting the conversation. We have a significant number of employees that perform the same thing with calls, texting, and presence, and none of them have an issue.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
It is almost an unfair comparison as the base Microsoft Teams product doesn't have many whiteboard options. Both can screen share, but it's hard to make a fair comparison. That being said, the whiteboard is really great if you have the smartboard to support it and fully utilize its features.
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Discontinued Products
Both Mitel and [Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000)] allow the benefit of virtualization. If desired you could have an entirely virtual system. Cisco handles the virtualization a little better, however Mitel MiCollab is easier to integrate presence and calls. Cisco underlying architecture seems to be a little more stable, Mitel seems to be a little more user friendly. There are pros and cons and both are good solutions.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • It makes team meetings more productive. All team members can contribute simultaneously.
  • After the meeting, all team members got access to the files discussed in the meeting and this allows you to continue discussions even after the meeting.
  • The only negative impact of Cisco Webex Board on the company is its high price as I mentioned earlier.
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Discontinued Products
  • Been easy to scale as our business has grown and from acquisitions
  • Been pretty easy to maintain the software and upgrade it over its lifetime to date
  • Software and license renewals are pretty straight forward
  • Adding newer model hardware to the system is pretty straight forward
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ScreenShots

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