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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Room Series

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Room Series is a video conferencing solution that wakes up when users walk into a meeting room where it is installed and provides theater-quality voice and video, as well as content sharing from personal devices. For small to medium rooms with 6-8 people, there's Cisco Room 55, and for larger rooms of 7-14 people there's Cisco Room Kit (camera and codec in one device) and Cisco Kit Plus (separate codec plus and quad camera). Any of these systems can be run in the cloud or on-premises.N/A

    Dialpad Connect

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADialpad Connect is a cloud communications UCaaS platform that provides users with integrated voice, video, and messaging capabilities from one unified interface.

    $27

    per month

    Pricing
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $27
    per month per user
    Pro
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Dialpad
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    309 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    79 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    265 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    87 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    321 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    216 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    82 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    241 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.0
    107 Ratings
    6% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.8106 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.771 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.4
    63 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.363 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.5
    75 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.663 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.961 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.663 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.1
    47 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.4
    66 Ratings
    6% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.457 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.062 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.0
    75 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.234 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.347 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.770 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.5
    89 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.475 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings9.381 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.861 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.868 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings9.283 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings7.369 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.081 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    7.3
    74 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings7.251 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings7.547 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Cisco Room Series and Dialpad Connect
    Feature
    Cisco Room Series
    -
    Ratings
    Dialpad Connect
    8.6
    66 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings8.747 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Headsets
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Webex DX80 (discontinued)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (93 ratings)
    8.9
    (341 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (83 ratings)
    8.9
    (75 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (80 ratings)
    9.1
    (57 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.7
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Room SeriesDialpad Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    We had a conference room with a Radvision board that needed to be replaced. Our HQ is not fully Cisco but rather a mish mash of different products such as Rally bars, Poly, Radviison and Cisco. Putting Cisco into the conference room allowed us to have a single pane of glass for our needs.
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    Dialpad
    I like that it allows for a seamless transition of calls between our 2 offices. I don't have to forward or un-forward phones at the beginning and end of my day. Our offices are on a specific schedule which opens the phone lines at a certain time, transfers them to another office at another time, and then sends them to an after hours number when we close. I also like how easy it is to change settings within our different departments and contact centers. It's a very well-rounded program that is easy to use on your computer or phone.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Captures everyone in the room with its wide angle camera automatically.
    • Counts the number of people in the video meeting.
    • Puts the camera focus on the person who is speaking.
    • Enhances the live meeting video experience with its AI features.
    • Removes the overheads of manually setting up cameras and adjusting them.
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    Dialpad
    • Ease of signing on and calling in
    • Clear audio/sound, no static or poor connections
    • Can choose to be on video or not
    • The organizer and participants can see all who are on the call
    • Meetings can be auto-recorded and sent to organizer at end of call
    • Hold music can be played for initial caller
    • Meeting is auto-transcribed
    • Action items are automatically listed for the organizer
    • Summary list shows all who were in attendance
    • Summary shows duration of callers on the meeting
    • Can load images of attendees when setting of the meeting
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Perhaps any downside I might see is not necessarily with this product, it's more interoperability with other products. And I think these are all roadmap items that are being addressed. For instance, when you're in a Cisco meeting, it's not as feature rich as it might be as if you joined from a computer. However, as I said, these seem to be roadmap items which are coming along soon. Things like integration with the text or chat rather in a meeting, and also whiteboard integration.
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    • The only example I can list for improvement is that occasionally the message has some mistranslation(s). But I can usually figure out the missing words. The 'southern USA' dialect may be partly to blame....
    • The functionality is really great. It is the best app I have used for messages in all of my customer service jobs.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    By the time we are up for an upgrade, this particular series of products might not even been in the market. The typical product cycle for such products in the market are about 5 years. More importantly, the codec supported by such devices may also change by the time we are up for an upgrade. Even so, getting this system to a level of functionality we require was a frustrating ordeal that I do not look forward to during the next cycle.
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    Dialpad Talk is easy to use and no one has had a problem using it. Even when we have had questions/problems we have been able to fix it ourselves without having to go to Dialpad to ask for help, which saves everyone time. We don't have any reason to cancel our use of this product and we are very happy with how it performs for our team.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Cisco
    A lot of the features are really easy. You can just click connect and you're in. But using all of these other integrations and all these other features that are there, it's kind of the blind leading the blind as to how we use it. So it's probably the downside of it.
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    Dialpad
    Overall, it is quite user-friendly and quick to set up, even for beginner levels. It is also easy to onboard new hires and get them to take calls quickly. The main complaint is that the analytics are difficult to find, gather, and interpret.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Once the order was place we received very quickly
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    There have not been any outages that I am aware of and we have had consistently good coverage since the start. There can be a slight lag from the office to the mobile app, but it is not terribly noticeable and it has not resulted in any calls being prematurely hung up
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    Performance
    Cisco
    Great product with a great user experience
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    The emails of voice transcription come very quickly after a call has been completed and except for a few fairly difficult names are pretty accurate. The ability to quickly listen to the voicemail from email without having to open the app is also a bonus. I have not noticed or heard of any slowdowns
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco has always stood out for the excellent support and documentation on its products, this is one of the reasons why they are so well positioned. The means by which you can create a case and the response times are very good. I especially like the support through the Webex teams.
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    Dialpad
    The original date for roll-out, was unable to happen because there was an issue finding our existing phone lines to port them... The only reason I gave a 9 is [that] the original person we have been working with, Rolled out phones. Pro without telling anyone and then went on vacation, I only say this to explain that there is a gentleman that took over to help us named Brett and he was FANTASTIC! He allowed a ton of calls and answered all of them, walked us [through] settings, profile set up, and even emailed screen shares so we could help other members of our team! Thanks so much, Brett you ROCK~
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Dialpad
    Welcoming and easy to follow the instruction
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Dialpad
    Simple and easy to follow, we had our branches around the country to be trained and the feedback was great. Only take if there was a desk phone training that would be great. The team provided us with video for the desk phone training
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Very easy to implement. Integration into our Unified Communications platform was simple and quick
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    Dialpad
    I didn't participate in the implementation. But obviously it went flawlessly, as all users are set up in-house, and on the app.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    As a partner, I always used mainly Cisco products and offered them to my customers. I have personal experience with Avaya, Team and polycom but non of them provided me with the Premium feelings which Cisco does. Even the product quality and look of the product by itself gives you the premium experience. But I want to mention that Polycom has some features and easy setup which Cisco lacks sometimes. It is mainly 3rd party integration.
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    Panterra is dependable and has good support. Dialpad Connect has more features and an easier interface. AT&T has a lot of features, but Dialpad Connect's interface is easier. AT&T does not do call transcription that I know of. Comcast BVE and 8x8 services are lower quality and service is not great.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Dialpad
    Overall program is of average cost. SInce I use it simply for its phone/text capabilities. I would hazard that company that needed more options, might see it differently
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    The product and backend systems are designed to scale from small to very large organization seamlessly and easily
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    So far, Dialpad has been a great improvement for our organization. It allows everyone to be on the same service and the integration with the mobile app means everyone is still using the "office" numbers even when on the go which makes it easier not having to balance multiple phone numbers from people
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The Cisco MTRoA solution has reduced the time it takes for our users to join their meeting and spend more time concentrating on business rather than the technology.
    • It simply works.
    • Ease of support.
    • We also appreciate the great support we get from intelligent folks in Cisco TAC organization.
    Incentivized
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    Dialpad
    • Saves me time with a downloadable transcript for call documentation.
    • All calls are automatically recorded, which provides proof of what was said.
    • Translation availability using IVR and AI language allows us to communicate with all families without needing to find a translator.
    Incentivized
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