Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued) vs. VirtualPBX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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 The product is discontinued, and superseded by functionality found in Cisco Webex Calling.N/A
VirtualPBX
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
VirtualPBX is a VoIP solution that in addition to VoIP offers analog, smartphone, WebRTC, SIP Trunking & native calling options. It can also be used as a virtual contact center or virtual office solution.
$12
per month
Pricing
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$12.00
per month per user
Flex
$19.00
per month per user
Pro
$29.00
per month per user
Premier
$39.00
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.6
18 Ratings
5% above category average
VirtualPBX
9.4
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Hosted PBX8.210 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.216 Ratings9.01 Ratings
User templates8.417 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Call reports8.34 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.216 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.8
21 Ratings
4% above category average
VirtualPBX
9.4
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Answering rules8.919 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Call recording9.115 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Call park8.819 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Call screening8.820 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Message alerts8.519 Ratings9.01 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
8.7
20 Ratings
5% above category average
VirtualPBX
9.8
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Video conferencing9.219 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Audio conferencing8.920 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.21 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Instant messaging8.616 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
7.4
15 Ratings
12% below category average
VirtualPBX
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile app for iOS7.415 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.414 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
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CloudTalk
Score 9.5 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)
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(21 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)VirtualPBX
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.
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VirtualPBX
We consider that it is a very complete internet call software that is worth having in all companies that want to increase their sales through customer service agents because, with all its tools, agents improve their workday by day.
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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
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VirtualPBX
  • Customizable auto attendant
  • Reliability
  • Personalized phone conferencing
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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
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VirtualPBX
  • Integration of the application and virtual management features in that area such as High Availability
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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.
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VirtualPBX
Once it works and has retain ROI.....keep it going
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Usability
Discontinued Products
BE6K [is] not just a bare metal server ,it is [a] complete solution with its own management tools.
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VirtualPBX
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.
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VirtualPBX
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.
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VirtualPBX
Auto attendant and voice conference capabilities are a good value for SOHO users that need to make a positive impression upon their customers.
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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
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VirtualPBX
  • We have been able to improve greatly with this software, our communications and interactions with customers improved, and agent performance and productivity improved, which translates into higher profits for the company. It is easy to use this program, so it did not take us long to adapt to it and its functions.
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