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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACisco's VoIP PBX product has reached its end-of-life, and is no longer available for sale.N/A

    HotTelecom

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABeta Company's HotTelecom is a service that consists of a wide range of VoIP needs with over 6000 virtual phone numbers both local and mobile for business, designed to present an easy to use and affordable means of communication. HotTelecom offers virtual phone numbers, toll-free numbers, SMS numbers, SMS numbers for registration and multi-channel numbers, and virtual PBX set-up. All these come with clear-voice technology, for high sound quality.

    $5

    Monthly fee + connection fee

    Pricing
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Virtual fax number
    $30
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Virtual PBX
    $65
    Monthly fee
    Direct virtual phone number
    from 5
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Virtual SMS number
    from 7
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Toll-free (800) number
    from 7
    Monthly fee + connection fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Each price is the price of monthly fee. There might be an additional connection fee for the products.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Beta Company
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and HotTelecom
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and HotTelecom
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) and HotTelecom
    Feature
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    HotTelecom
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Small Businesses
    Sangoma Asterisk
    Score8.7 out of 10
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    3CX
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sangoma Asterisk
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)HotTelecom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The solution has almost everything I need to do my job, which is to keep in touch with my customers by phone calls and meetings. On the go, the softphone has room to improve user experience (Cisco Jabber), and as far as I know, Webex App should fill the gaps left by Jabber, but it depends to upgrade the system to the last version and that costs. Besides that, the solution is rock solid! Good audio quality in voice and video, integration with MSFT Teams and so reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Beta Company
    When our clients or partners call our corporate number they can now reach any needed employee or department by themselves. It is simple - they just need to use voice assistant and press the needed number.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Local routing on remote branches
    • Telephony features flexibility
    • Different endpoint alternatives for all use cases
    • Real integration with other systems or platforms
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    • Friendly and responsive customer support.
    • Wide geographical coverage.
    • It's easy to set up.
    • High-quality phone calls.
    • There are a lot of additional services available.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • The setup flow was limited, unclear, and was not working for a while, IT didn't manage to fix it.
    • The UI looks terribly old, not even a little bit looking like a hardphone.
    • More options during a call.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    • Video calling is not available as a feature.
    Read full review
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    All main features is very easy to access and use, only pressing a button or two (when you need to page up or page down the features set!) in the desk phone or a click of the mouse to place a call, start a chat, video call or a meeting. Very straight forward.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Cisco offers online instruction on the use of the VoIP but it has to be sought out. Likely, the do offer additional support but this is managed by our IT department so it is difficult to determine just how accessible Cisco has been regarding the implementation and ongoing support for this product.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    We are totally satisfied with help Customer Support. They were quick and responsive
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    As we all know,Cisco is one of the best and trusted companies when it comes to networking,most of our materials were all Cisco,Cisco routers,Cisco IP phones..etc They're more handy and easy to use and don't require an IT experience,I used an IP phone to receive a call,and it was very easy to use and the sound was clear,here it comes the good configuration of a Cisco Voip PBx
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Positive impact is users are happy with service provided by Cisco VoIP PBX.
    • End-users are happy by using multiple functions like conferencing, transferring, call park, etc.
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    Beta Company
    • We've got the option to use another marketing channel with HotTelecom's SMS virtual phone numbers. They also provide us with an ability to count everything in marketing campaigns made with SMS numbers and to make the right decisions based on the received data.
    Read full review
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