Dialpad Connect vs. RingCentral Meetings

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dialpad Connect
Score 8.0 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
RingCentral Meetings
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
RingCentral Meetings is an HD video conferencing and screen sharing solution that lets the user host unlimited video conference calls and share content while meeting and collaborating with anyone, any time, on any device. RingCentral Meetings helps boost business efficiency and customer engagement without costly and time-consuming travel.
$19.99
Per Month Per User
Pricing
Dialpad ConnectRingCentral Meetings
Editions & Modules
Standard
$27
per month per user
Pro
$35
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact sales team
per user/per month
Meetings
$19.99
Per Month Per User
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dialpad ConnectRingCentral Meetings
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 ConnectRingCentral Meetings
Considered Both Products
Dialpad Connect
Chose Dialpad Connect
RingCentral crashed on nearly every single video or call. I have not experienced that with Dialpad Connect. I would constantly have to restart RingCentral and I have rarely had to do that with Dialpad Connect. Video quality with Dialpad Connect is tons better than RingCentral. …
RingCentral Meetings

No answer on this topic

Features
Dialpad ConnectRingCentral Meetings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.1
105 Ratings
2% below category average
RingCentral Meetings
7.7
21 Ratings
3% below category average
High quality audio8.7104 Ratings8.021 Ratings
High quality video8.669 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.320 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.2
62 Ratings
1% below category average
RingCentral Meetings
7.0
21 Ratings
12% below category average
Desktop sharing9.262 Ratings7.321 Ratings
Whiteboards00 Ratings6.717 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.4
73 Ratings
1% above category average
RingCentral Meetings
7.5
21 Ratings
8% below category average
Calendar integration8.661 Ratings8.720 Ratings
Meeting initiation8.859 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.661 Ratings8.319 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings5.711 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.0
46 Ratings
1% below category average
RingCentral Meetings
7.6
19 Ratings
6% below category average
Live chat9.345 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings7.310 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
RingCentral Meetings
6.5
19 Ratings
21% below category average
User authentication8.557 Ratings7.316 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions9.061 Ratings5.517 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.1
73 Ratings
2% below category average
RingCentral Meetings
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.333 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.868 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
8.4
87 Ratings
0% above category average
RingCentral Meetings
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording8.879 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park8.660 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening8.766 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts9.081 Ratings00 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging7.768 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Fax7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription8.780 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
7.4
72 Ratings
13% below category average
RingCentral Meetings
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS7.350 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.546 Ratings00 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
5% above category average
RingCentral Meetings
-
Ratings
Centralized communications management8.850 Ratings00 Ratings
Team messaging8.746 Ratings00 Ratings
Team document sharing8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics8.451 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Dialpad Connect
-
Ratings
RingCentral Meetings
6.4
3 Ratings
16% below category average
Video conferencing00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Audio conferencing00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
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User Ratings
Dialpad ConnectRingCentral Meetings
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(339 ratings)
7.7
(21 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(12 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(73 ratings)
7.7
(15 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(57 ratings)
7.8
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Dialpad ConnectRingCentral Meetings
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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RingCentral
I would recommend RingCentral for any business that looking to make the jump to Voice over IP and also want business essentials like video meetings all in one app. RingCentral Meetings integrates very well with its other communication tools which makes it very easy for a business to manage their communications in a single platform. The only scenario I see where RingCentral Meetings not being a good fit is if a business will be using video meetings as a marketing tool where they need extra marketing features like lead form captures and notification emails to be sent out.
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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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RingCentral
  • Screen sharing is wonderful in [RingCentral] Meetings. It makes presenting easy.
  • Being able to mute and turn off cameras when necessary is a nice feature too.
  • Switching from the computer to the cell phone when on the go is a nice benefit.
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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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RingCentral
  • Screen share functionality is rather limited in capability. Screen takeover functions seem limited to desktop devices (view-only for mobile device users)
  • Interface feels a bit clunky. Workable for advanced technical users, but a bit confusing for older senior-level executives
  • Integration with existing RingCentral software. Jumping between RingCentral meetings and telephone feels wrong, they should be integrated into one application for the business user with a standalone application for non-subscribers who wish to join the meeting
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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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RingCentral
We are grandfathered into an unlimited toll-free minutes plan with RingCentral, so as long as we have them as a VoIP provider, we get Meetings free. If they ever start to charge us for using meetings as well, we'll drop that part in a second and switch to Skype for Business, which we currently have as well part of our Office 365 package.
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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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RingCentral
The interface is easy to understand for a wide variety of user experience levels. The only real negative are the links included in meetings being in a format that first opens a browser before launching the RingCentral Meeting app, and as mentioned previously, this may be a platform-specific issue for macOS.
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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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RingCentral
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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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RingCentral
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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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RingCentral
RingCentral is a great tool for everyone interested in making animations. The thing that appealed to us most about it is that it is very simple to use and works with much perfection. Like lip-synchronization goes so well with the character as soon as we add voice-over in it. Also, we can add characters and scenes without any hardship. We highly recommend this software.
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In-Person Training
Dialpad
Welcoming and easy to follow the instruction
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RingCentral
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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RingCentral
No answers on this topic
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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RingCentral
No answers on this topic
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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RingCentral
As a consulting company, we often have to adapt to our customers' needs in communication - which can mean using whatever system they're already on. Most of the time, they come around to preferring RingCentral Meetings over whatever they're using, and we've found it's a great value for us since it's already included in our RingCentral subscription, and runs on Mac, Windows, and Mobile devices. Despite the big drawback of needing to install the app locally and not having an in-browser solution for guests, it's lightweight, intuitive interface makes it an easy conferencing tool to adopt.
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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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RingCentral
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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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RingCentral
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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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RingCentral
  • It has had a positive impact. We replaced an archaic solution with a more modern, streamlined version or product. Like anything else, it has its downfalls and isn't perfect, but overall it's been a good product and has outshined its predecessors like Zoom and Skype.
  • It also has an integrated office phone feature which has been great as our phones are essentially our laptops. It cut down on those costs and in general freed up space on our desks since we didn't have to have them anymore and everything is on our computer now.
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