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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Firepower® 1000 Series for small to medium-size businesses and branch offices is a family of four threat-focused Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) security platforms designed to deliver business resiliency through superior threat defense. The vendor provides that they offers exceptional sustained performance when advanced threat functions are enabled. The 1000 Series’ throughput range addresses use cases from the small office, home office, remote branch office to the Internet edge. The…N/A

    RingEX

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ARingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesRingEX
    Editions & Modules
    Firepower 1000
    1,000-5,000
    per appliance
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesRingEX
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is /user/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Core - $20/month (paid monthly) Advanced - $25/month (paid monthly) Ultra - $35/month (paid monthly) Customer Engagement Bundle - contact us for pricing
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesRingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    167 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    156 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    173 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    137 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    149 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesRingEX
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    9.0
    36 Ratings
    5% above category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.533 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.536 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging9.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.531 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.5
    24 Ratings
    12% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.526 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.424 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.9
    19 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.7
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.9
    22 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.622 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.224 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.5
    212 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.1119 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings8.6162 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.7197 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    221 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.9207 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.6191 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.7172 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.7180 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.9208 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings9.227 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.524 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.327 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.3
    195 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.2171 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.4152 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and RingEX
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    22 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.522 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings9.221 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    9.0
    (229 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (159 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (37 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I think it is well suited for smaller companies or (as in our case) extension to a central system with higher performance. My personal guess is, that it can be quite annoying with those delays in bigger environments, when 20 or more devices needed to be managed. From the point of security, support and updates it works quite good and seem to have no downsides.
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    RingCentral
    I love that RingEX lets you screen your call and take notes, then gives you a thorough review and summary that breaks down key points and flags what needs to be done. You get an email with the notes and summary, so you don't have to focus on anything but providing the customer with the summary and next steps. I think that helps with productivity.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • My organization is all Cisco and wants to stay in the Cisco life cycle, Firepower 1000 series is great for small to medium-size office.
    • Very robust enterprise-grade security solution with updated threat features to handle any current and upcoming threats. The solution is backed by Cisco to ensure constant security updates. Integrated AnyConnect remote client VPN is a big plus to allow for secure remote workers access. Easier to set up a site to site VPN due to the large user base and case studies published on integrating to other manufacturer solutions.
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    RingCentral
    • RingEX abilities to do multiple things at once, hands-free, is a huge time saver for me.
    • RingEX can record each word from beginning to end that may be part of a legal or written contract.
    • The amount of storage space that this program provides to my system is incredible.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • ACLS in gui are PIA cant see object details
    • Objects in ACLs dont show IP addresses
    • Have to renames every object to name+ip to make acl GUI useable
    • Speed to data can use improvement.
    • Health warnings should allow you to resolve you have to dig n search in some cases.
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    RingCentral
    • Reporting and analytics can be limiting. There is a solid baseline of reporting, but the customization is not what you would get with a call center product.
    • There is a platform API, but it is not as expansive as I would like. There is no easy way to build integrations with third-party tools, unlike Genesys Cloud, which has Data Actions.
    • The digital/messaging side is not present - we can't stick a widget on our website and allow people to live chat with us.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    It is quite good, robust and reliable but not always so easy to manage and configure. The tools could be improved and the price is not low for an entry level firewall
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Firepowers are secure, reliable, central management and configuration is easy and they fit in well with our existing Cisco infrastructure. Good feature set and support. Good management and control with chassis manager and central control with additional Firepower Management Centre.
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    RingCentral
    They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Has not let me down yet.
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    RingCentral
    Because it works great. In case there's a Wi-Fi issue, communication does not stop because the mobile app can be use with regular cell phone data. During one year + 3 months I've have the service, there's been only one time when there were issues on RingEX's side; however, the time of resolution was on the same day.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    Great performance even on the lower end model of the series. You can push a lot of traffic through these devices without much performance impact. If you decide you want to inspect encrypted traffic however, you may take a big hit on the cpu and memory of the box, but they still manage to keep up even with all the bells and whistles turned on.
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    RingCentral
    Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    I have had troubles with Firepower Management Center and the FTD's in the past. Sticking to a Gold Star image and upgrading when the "bugs" are fixed is great. That still doesn't mean you are left vulnerable though. The extra features are just not enabled yet. Great product and calling support is readily available for any issue.
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    RingCentral
    Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Utilize the new FMC cloud which is available in Cisco Defense Orchestrator.
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    RingCentral
    If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    The Cisco Firepower 1000 Series differs manily in that the Cisco Firepower 1000 Series is intended for small to medium sized networks, but still providing the very strong IPS troughputs. Also it is easier to configure or manage when compared to old ASA 5500-X series, so you dont have to configure it via CLI.
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    RingCentral
    We are using these products like (Skype, Voip, TextNow, and Second line), but comparatively these products the RingEX has a good performance, because while we were using the other platform, we didn't get proper communication, we couldn't reach out the candidate, we lags to much into spam number, we couldn't communicate properly and the textnow we couldn't sigin sometime. When we start to use RingEX, we get much better productivity and proper communication with our clients.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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    Scalability
    Cisco
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    RingCentral
    We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • We have seen improved throughput on our internet.
    • It took several attempts with Cisco engineers to configure the device; it requires a deep set of knowledge to set up in a more complicated environment.
    • This will allow us to move forward with a more stable and configurable environment with security available we didn't have before.
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    RingCentral
    • Enhanced patient accountability, we can track all calls - incoming and outgoing - patients tend to state that they called and left a message, but they either never called or did not leave a message. With RingEX, we can track whether they really did. It saves us quite a bit of time and aggravation.
    • Faxing is more accurate and usually very quick. Because it's accurate, it saves us time with phone calls about faxes we never received and having to refax items. Also, faxing via the system instead of printing and scanning is a time-saver.
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