Dialpad Connect vs. Nextiva

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dialpad Connect
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Dialpad Connect is a cloud communications UCaaS platform that provides users with integrated voice, video, and messaging capabilities from one unified interface.
$27
per month
Nextiva
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Nextiva is a business communications platform that includes a VoIP solution, CRM software, BI software, cloud storage, phone and device rentals, email marketing automation software, and a contact center solution. These products can be purchased individually or together.
$25
per month per user
Pricing
Dialpad ConnectNextiva
Editions & Modules
Standard
$27
per month per user
Pro
$35
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact sales team
per user/per month
Digital
$25
per month per user
Core
$30
per month per user
Engage
$50.00
per month per user
Power Suite
$75
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dialpad ConnectNextiva
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Dialpad ConnectNextiva
Considered Both Products
Dialpad Connect
Chose Dialpad Connect
We selected dialpad as we thought it was a stronger product for our business but now we are not sure if we made the right decision
Chose Dialpad Connect
Dialpad might not be the cheapest option, however, when it comes to reliability is top notch, other phone system providers may
offer a comprehensive suite of services unifying CRM, Chat and Phones. Where Dialpad excels is the adoption of Artificial Intelligence for several of …
Chose Dialpad Connect
We used Nextiva for several years as our main VoIP Phone solution. The system was reliable but the software is nowhere near as user friendly.. It is night and day and is the main reason we switched. You need a degree in Nextiva's platform to be able to make changes to your call …
Chose Dialpad Connect
Dialpad has way more services and the chat-to-text feature so we can reread anything that was misconstrued is a great feature. The connection with Nextiva wasn't reliable and the service was more expensive. Also Dialpad's customer service is so much better, they are so quick to …
Chose Dialpad Connect
Nextiva was much more confusing and more expensive. IT was nearly impossible for me to make changes to my account or auto attendant. When I saw Dialpad had a more user friendly interface, I switched immediately. We are very glad that we did. Nextiva has been around longer, …
Chose Dialpad Connect
They never kick my employees off duty for missing a call, therefore they dont miss anymore for going off duty accidentally. Users have different issues that Dialpad Talk support has not been able to resolve
Chose Dialpad Connect
Lower price and fewer glitches, better features, and more user friendly. I used to have another company that took hours to get someone on the phone for support. With Dialpad Talk, I have someone in an instant and they are very helpful. Never once had any glitches, unlike other …
Chose Dialpad Connect
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. You need an inhouse IT department to manage Nextiva. HORRIBLE customer service, HORRIBLE quality in the audio and video service. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE.
Chose Dialpad Connect
At the time (over 3 years ago) Dialpad was the only cloud-based VOIP vendor that offered this wealth of features, modern design, and highly active change log. Now that other vendors have caught up there's less and less reason to use Dialpad so I can no longer recommend it to …
Chose Dialpad Connect
The number one standout for Dialpad is its ease of use. 30 minutes at most to configure. With the competition, you cannot even get done with the "introductory" phone call in that time.

The second standout is the price. The price per line provides a much better value.
Nextiva
Chose Nextiva
Nextiva was able to price match us and provide the best customer service for technical setup. Nextiva also stacked up well in terms of service quality and sales responsiveness.
Chose Nextiva
Among all of the other PBX solutions I've ever worked with, Nextiva is by far the easiest and most efficient to install, implement, and service. The tech support and onboarding teams are amazing as well. I hold certifications on over 10 PBX systems, but this one is the best …
Chose Nextiva
I was amazed because we are using a virtual phone to call and message our patients and clients.
Features
Dialpad ConnectNextiva
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.0
105 Ratings
3% below category average
Nextiva
-
Ratings
High quality audio8.7104 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video8.669 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.3
62 Ratings
0% above category average
Nextiva
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing9.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.5
73 Ratings
2% above category average
Nextiva
-
Ratings
Calendar integration8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.859 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.1
46 Ratings
0% below category average
Nextiva
-
Ratings
Live chat9.445 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.5
65 Ratings
9% above category average
Nextiva
-
Ratings
User authentication8.557 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.061 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.1
73 Ratings
3% below category average
Nextiva
7.6
217 Ratings
5% below category average
Hosted PBX8.333 Ratings7.597 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.446 Ratings7.0118 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.768 Ratings8.2177 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings7.6134 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings7.5182 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.4
87 Ratings
0% below category average
Nextiva
7.9
237 Ratings
6% below category average
Answering rules8.573 Ratings7.7213 Ratings
Call recording8.979 Ratings7.4181 Ratings
Call park8.660 Ratings8.1168 Ratings
Call screening8.766 Ratings8.2172 Ratings
Message alerts9.181 Ratings8.4210 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging7.568 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Fax7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription8.880 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
7.3
72 Ratings
15% below category average
Nextiva
7.0
203 Ratings
14% below category average
Mobile app for iOS7.250 Ratings7.2174 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.546 Ratings6.7142 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.5
65 Ratings
4% above category average
Nextiva
-
Ratings
Centralized communications management8.950 Ratings00 Ratings
Team messaging8.746 Ratings00 Ratings
Team document sharing8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics8.351 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
-
Ratings
Nextiva
7.1
161 Ratings
12% below category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings6.779 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings8.0141 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings6.567 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings7.1109 Ratings
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User Ratings
Dialpad ConnectNextiva
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(339 ratings)
7.9
(253 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(12 ratings)
9.3
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(73 ratings)
3.1
(9 ratings)
Availability
8.5
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.9
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(57 ratings)
9.1
(8 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.7
(6 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.7
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dialpad ConnectNextiva
Likelihood to Recommend
Dialpad
It is well-suited for basic calling functionality, but has been a poor experience for us when used for texting, as it lacks some of the features of other platforms, such as Haymarket. It is also challenging to capture good analytics, as this is neither easy nor clear for users to find.
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Nextiva
We have had great service with Nextiva Business Phone Service and it is reliable and reasonably priced for the offered features. User Friendly and minimal issues. We are able to control most of the set up for new users and or new phones when needed. Only would like to see the app - Nextiva One be enhanced with more features than it currently has.
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Pros
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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Nextiva
  • Up-time, We've never had any sort of extended downtime because of Nextiva Business Phone Service, there services just work
  • Provisioning of supported devices is very easy to do and is almost automatic, this makes new device roll out especially smooth
  • The call flow functionality is especially smooth and intuitive to setup.
  • Their customer service is very effective and I've never waited more than 2 days for a solution, that's for more complicated issues too.
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Cons
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.
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Nextiva
  • The use of two apps when you're a supervisor. We have to use Unity and the Nextiva app instead of one app. It can be cumbersome.
  • Better integration with CRM's. We use Zendesk and it works ok as it does pull up customer records if we have their phone number on file. But it would be better if we could have more functionality from one place and have it write to the CRM directly.
  • Accept higher quality audio for greeting recordings. We had to trim the file size down several times losing a lot of audio quality in the process. Mono is fine since callers will only need to hear the one channel. But the Hz limit and file size limit were rough.
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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Nextiva
Its user friendly, easy to use and has been very reliable. We have nothing but good things to say about our service with Nextiva Business Phone Service. When needed their support team has always resolved any and all issues one way or another. They have been helpful, knowledgeable and very friendly. The features vs the cost is wonderful compared to other service providers.
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Usability
Dialpad
Dialpad Connect is good and recommended for any organization. It is a good value. It can accomplish everything that your organization is looking for, and no one will say it is outside the budget for any 50+ person organization. The AI feature is very useful. The dashboard could be a bit easier to manage, and the integration with Salesforce could be a bit smoother.
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Nextiva
The whole system sucks. It’s the worst and we are stuck. They won’t price match, they won’t even consider the other quotes we have and all they tell us to buy out and move on. They’re money grabbing snakes who need to go away. How they have this many stars is insane. I don’t know how people are writing these reviews
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Reliability and Availability
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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Nextiva
We have not yet experienced any issues the Nextiva Business Phone Service availability. It has always worked as needed.
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Performance
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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Nextiva
Nextiva Business Phone Service performance is great. The call quality is much better than our old analog land lines at a fraction of the cost.
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Support Rating
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~
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Nextiva
Support is great. We usually get someone on the phone; they answer our questions and help us with our issues. They are responsive when we call, and there is also a wealth of information on their online help center, which will typically answer our question or send us in the right direction.
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In-Person Training
Dialpad
Welcoming and easy to follow the instruction
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Nextiva
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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Nextiva
The training we received from Nextiva Business Phone Service was thorough, and detailed. It also did not take very long.
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Implementation Rating
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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Nextiva
No was done by Agency Owner and was done with the help of Nextiva Support and Sales team. Went very well and has been working great since then. Was originally only two phones and then we continue to add to that. We did not have any reported issues and was a great experience for our Agency and Small Business.
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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Nextiva
We switched for better uptime, ease of use, and better tech support and got all that from Nextiva. We were constantly losing connection with our previous provider, a package service for internet and phone. The web portal is much easier to use, and the call center offers many more features.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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
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Nextiva
No answers on this topic
Scalability
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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Nextiva
We have not yet needed top scale up our phone system yet, but I can tell that it will be very quick and effortless to do so when the need arises.
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Return on Investment
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.
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Nextiva
  • ROI - we are saving money, a lot of money, and we have a MUCH better phone system
  • Consolidation - we migrated 6 different phone systems in 6 different counties into one, and it's been wonderful!
  • Management - managing this system is so much better than Mitel, Panasonic, and any other system I have used. We are able to assign rights to certain staff to also make changes, and it's user friendly and almost fool proof.
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