Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) vs. Crestron Flex Series

Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)

Crestron Flex Series

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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 The product is discontinued, and superseded by functionality found in Cisco Webex Calling.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
Crestron Flex Series	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	The Crestron Flex Series is a line of audio and video conferencing devices with models available to suit a variety of purposes. The devices integrate with Microsoft Teams, Zoom or some other third-party software (these via a laptop and USB connection) to provide a full-featured collaboration / conferencing experience.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)

Crestron Flex Series

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)	Crestron Flex Series
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)	Crestron Flex Series

Features

Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)

Crestron Flex Series

Cloud PBX

Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) 8.6 17 Ratings 7% above category average	Crestron Flex Series - Ratings
Hosted PBX	8.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)	9.115 Ratings	00 Ratings
User templates	8.416 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call reports	8.34 Ratings	00 Ratings
Directory of employee names	9.115 Ratings	00 Ratings

Call Management

Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) 8.8 20 Ratings 5% above category average	Crestron Flex Series - Ratings
Answering rules	8.818 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call recording	9.115 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call park	8.818 Ratings	00 Ratings
Call screening	8.919 Ratings	00 Ratings
Message alerts	8.418 Ratings	00 Ratings

VoIP system collaboration

Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) 8.7 19 Ratings 8% above category average	Crestron Flex Series - Ratings
Video conferencing	9.118 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio conferencing	8.819 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video screen sharing	8.21 Ratings	00 Ratings
Instant messaging	8.515 Ratings	00 Ratings

Mobile apps

Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) 7.2 14 Ratings 11% below category average	Crestron Flex Series - Ratings
Mobile app for iOS	7.314 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android	7.113 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)	Crestron Flex Series
Small Businesses	CloudTalk Score 7.2 out of 10	Lifesize Video Conferencing Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	CloudTalk Score 7.2 out of 10	Cisco Headsets Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager) Score 9.1 out of 10	Cisco Headsets Score 8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)	Crestron Flex Series
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (20 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.2 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (18 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)	Crestron Flex Series
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Jorge E. Cantillo C. Network Consulting Engineer Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Pros	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Cons	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Likelihood to Renew	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Usability	Discontinued Products BE6K [is] not just a bare metal server ,it is [a] complete solution with its own management tools. Incentivized Oleksandr Tsapenko Business Development Manager/Product manager Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Support Rating	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. Incentivized Pratham Radadiya Full Stack Engineer Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	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. Incentivized Steve Davis Solutions Architect Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Crestron Electronics No answers on this topic
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