Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services vs Fuze | TrustRadius

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Score 10 out of 10

Based on 6 reviews and ratings

Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 168 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services

Fuze

Hosted PBX

Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

User templates

Call reports

Directory of employee names

Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services

Fuze

Answering rules

Call recording

Call park

Message alerts

Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services

Fuze

Video conferencing

Audio conferencing

Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services

Fuze

Mobile app for iOS

Mobile app for Android

Pros

VoIP best practices
UC and IM
Centralized management and provisioning
Reduced OPEX/CAPEX in the implementation
Security and integration with other UC platforms using SIP (Except Lync)

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Technical Consultant

VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Availability to use your work number anytime anywhere. Our recruiters make themselves available as much as they can. Being able to answer calls from their worklines while not in the office and make calls from their work numbers is a big deal.
Setting up new phones and numbers is very easy with their hub. I don't always have to go directly to their support team to setup new users. As long as I have the mac address of the phone and we have free numbers I can set a new user up in minutes.
Their support team is great as well. If I do need to get help with an issue their support team is quick to respond and very knowledgeable about their systems. Their team is also able to fix most support cases within the same day.

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Senior Technical Support Analyst

Planet PharmaStaffing and Recruiting, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Integration with contact center plaforms
Integration with other UC platforms
Lower the tennant size and clusters capacity
Cisco's pressure to buy more and more licences, even not having a stale client pipeline (From the ISP point of view)

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Technical Consultant

VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Android and iOS apps do not always handle disruptions from other phone activities well. Inbound phone calls and changes to Bluetooth connections (earpiece to car, for example) can foul up an ongoing meeting.
We would love the ability to easily move calls between devices -- Software to desk phone, desk phone to mobile client, etc. Fuze has made some improvements in this area, but there are still a couple of missing pieces.
The Fuze Meetings module is still a bit behind the major players like WebEx, Zoom, etc., in features and general usability.

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Network Administrator

UNICOM Engineering, Inc.Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Fuze 6.1

Based on 17 answers

Cost and support and the primary driving factors. The management team has been extremely responsive and assisting even with the obstacles and hurdles we experienced during implementation. We are still learning how best to manage the solution and comfort and pleasure with the solution will increase as our knowledge and skillsets improve.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

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Fuze 7.3

Based on 10 answers

Fuze was built with the end-user in mind. It was built to have a common interface on mobile and desktop. Fuze Web is new, and it also has the exact same interface as the desktop and mobile, and they are still working on the ability to make phone calls from the browser itself, currently it can do meetings just fine. Everything about Fuze was built with the end-user in mind.

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IT Technician

Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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Fuze 8.5

Based on 3 answers

We've had a few outages over the past year. More than other vendors I've used. They usually have outages fixed within an hour. The downside is they do not provide root cause of outages. If they do at takes them at least a month to get it to you

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

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Fuze 8.0

Based on 3 answers

Since Fuze runs across multiple devices and platforms they really strived to make a lightweight interface that is optimized for phone calls, chat, and collaboration. The web client loads fast, the chat is always up-to-date, phone calls arrive on-time. The desktop client is the most feature rich and basically it just adds desktop sharing functionality as well as VoIP for calling, and the mobile client doesn't consume a lot of battery, and it stays running to get phone calls, chats, and can do meetings over Wifi, Cellular Data, or Cellular voice.

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IT Technician

Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees

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Support Rating

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Fuze 6.5

Based on 93 answers

I think it is improving but as I said previously there is a stress on the billing side of the business which gives a perhaps unfairly poor impression of support. The recent interaction that I have had with Support is definitely better and from my experience as good as it has been.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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In-Person Training

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Fuze 8.0

Based on 2 answers

At many of our sites with more than 50 users, Fuze sent someone onsite to train. This worked surprisingly well, as the trainer allowed the users to set the pace and answered TONS of questions. Fuze has a very streamlined training process, their staff is very professional, very knowledgeable and very engaging.

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IT Technician

Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees

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Online Training

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Fuze 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Fuze has vast amounts of training videos and guides on how to use its products and services. There are literally endless-hours of training and I often point end-users to a particular video which addresses the specific needs of the user, for example: how to check voicemail. Or, how to share your desktop, etc.

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IT Technician

Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation Rating

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Fuze 7.3

Based on 99 answers

I am very well satisfied with the Fuze implementation at our company. It is really easy to set up. It's a straight up process and requires very minimal oversight. I will also like to say that the implementation was fairly quick. Also the UI is very easy to go around. You can easily find any feature in particular that you were searching for.

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Information Security Analyst

Absolute SoftwareComputer & Network Security, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Cisco HCS platform is to be seen as a centralized UC platforms, that can be scalable as an IP Centrex solution and as rich in functionalities as a Cisco CUCM. If you're looking for a solution and your main focus is IM & P functionalities rather than voice, Lync is a good solution. If your focus is voice and telephony, Cisco is a better solution

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Technical Consultant

VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Post deployment we're currently reviewing the other unified communications solutions as Fuze is expensive per user when compared to other options available. Fuze has an advantage due to its PBX capabilities however licensing for non-PBX users is considerably higher then other vendors.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

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Fuze 7.0

Based on 3 answers

Fuze does have scalability limits but most of that is how many end-points they can put on a virtual PBX, or VCX as they call them, I THINK its limit is somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000, but we've not had issues with that because we have put users into various VCXs some by location, some by department or function. Either way, we have 7,000 currently deployed, and are going to end up with over 15,000 when we are done, Fuze is VERY scalable.

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IT Technician

Micro FocusComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Reduces the need to have a higher CAPEX in order to buy all the licenses at the start of the project.
The licensing is perpetual, the only associated cost with the licenses are SWSS.
Desktop sharing isn't a functionality.
Cisco SMB series can be used only with the higher cost licensing (Foundation/Standard).

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Technical Consultant

VodafoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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We receive constant negative feedback from mangers about the system not functioning correctly. (This is mainly due to lack of support from Fuze)
This has had a positive impact in that the system is cheaper and we are missing less calls due to the functionality of the system.

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Helpdesk Manager

Mesilla Valley TransportationTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Fuze Editions & Modules

Edition

US Outbound	$0.02¹
Canada Outbound	$0.02¹
UK Outbound	$0.01¹

Per Minute

Additional Pricing Details

https://www.fuze.com/fuze-plans

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