Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager) vs Nextiva Business Phone Service

• Device failover and fallback. Because all devices ( IP phones, gateways, trunks, etc.) are distributed across all active servers, they are able to register with other active servers in case the current becomes unavailable. In this way, you can reduce the impact of any server becoming unavailable.
• Virtualization. Call Manager appliance can run under virtualized environments.
• Several features such as Survivable Remote Site Telephony makes Call Manager the best IP telephony solution in the market.
• Wide quantity and variety of end-user devices, including the most newest and modern ones in the market that can fit any budget and need.
• Call Manager is intended to be integrated with the newest collaboration tools like Webex and Jabber for call processing purposes.
• Great customer support services from the Vendor. The Technical Assistance Center is fantastic, experienced engineers are ready to help quickly out with any request.

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• Our teams are located in three different countries. This includes Administration, Customers Support, Technical Support, and Sales. All of us have an internal number reachable from any mobile or laptop.
• Looking for the internal directory and dialing a three digit number is very easy. We communicate with workers in different countries as we where in the same building
• User-friendly application with availability indicator, call settings, and personal preferences.

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• Remote working - CUCM really struggles when it comes to remote work. In order to access the system remotely, a VPN or DirectAccess must be used.
• Extreme complexity - While CUCM does have more settings for flexibility, this also means there's more chances to mess up a setting and render a phone or line unusable, and there's much, much more to know about the system.
• No cloud solution - CUCM requires on site servers. Currently, Cisco does not have a cloud solution for their call manager.

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• I would love to see more analytics about how I am using the tool delivered to my inbox weekly. Currently, I have to log in to see stats and dig through links to find what I am looking for. Not a dire necessity, but would like to see that.
• Sometimes where to upload audio files (like for the call attendant) are confusing - I had to contact customer support each time I wanted to do this and it's still something I'd have to call them about again.

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• This stuff is pricey. CUCM has to be tied together with a whole other host of Cisco call servers in order for it to do everything you need it to do, so there is always some other expensive license to buy every time you want to add or change something, so it can be a serious money pit. But if your leaders want the very best, and they want to keep everything in-house, this is probably your solution.
• Goodwill from leadership is way up, thanks to CUCM. The feature set is enormous, so we can do almost anything you can imagine with our phone system, and our leadership loves the video features and the way it integrates with WebEx and other related components.

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• The unlimited calling and faxing, possibility to do audio or video calls, conference bridge and customizations makes this application an outstanding way to maintain fixed low calling costs.
• Having everybody available at an internal call makes possible as many calls as necessary in order to finish the task.
• Call logs add for better supervision when personnel is not in the same location.

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