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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.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
    Desk.com (discontinued)RingEX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)RingEX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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
    Desk.com (discontinued)RingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    167 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    156 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    173 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    137 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    149 Answers
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)RingEX
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    12% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.525 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.9
    18 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.222 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.9
    21 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.621 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.5
    211 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.1118 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings8.6161 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.8196 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
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    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    220 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.9206 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.7190 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.7171 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.7179 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.9207 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings9.226 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.523 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.3
    194 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.4151 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Desk.com (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    21 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.521 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings9.220 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    9.0
    (228 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (158 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (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
    -
    (0 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
    Desk.com (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
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    RingCentral
    Everything just works. The interface is easily the best we've used or tested. The applications available are so good that it was easy to move away from using a desk phone. The admin interface is also easily the best we've used or tested.The licensing model for Teams integration is our only currently minor issue. I'm hopeful that will improve as we would love to integrate.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
    • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
    • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
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    RingCentral
    • Quick provision of new numbers to match business requirements.
    • Per-user and per-queue routing options to allow calls to end where you want (e.g., forwarding, multi-user answering, etc).
    • Geographically wide deployments - we have numbers from all across the globe, and we can stand up numbers even where we have no geographical presence.
    • No-hardware deployments. There is no need for on-premises hardware if you don't need it.
    • Bulletproof platform, we so rarely have any significant issues or widespread outages.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
    • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
    • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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    RingCentral
    • It will be nice to have more text room monthly.
    • Providing clear instructions on how to access features, as most features are buried in the tabs.
    • The ability to redial a number without having to go back to the settings buttons on the landlines will be nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
    • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
    • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
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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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