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    eFax Corporate

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AeFax is an encrypted cloud-based fax service that allows users to send, receive, and edit faxes online, from email, or from a mobile application. It provides users with a unique fax number attached to their email address, thereby avoiding the need to use a fax machine or print incoming faxes.N/A

    Sangoma Communications Platform

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASangoma's Communications Platform, including the former Switchvox and Business Voice+ from Star2Star, is a UCaaS system, allowing users to simplify communications down to one solution delivered on-premise, on cloud, or via hybrid deployment.N/A
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    eFax CorporateSangoma Communications Platform
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    eFax CorporateSangoma Communications Platform
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    eFax CorporateSangoma Communications Platform
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    Consensus Cloud Solutions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
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    eFax CorporateSangoma Communications Platform
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    Sangoma Asterisk
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    OpenText XM Fax
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    User Ratings
    eFax CorporateSangoma Communications Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    eFax CorporateSangoma Communications Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    For the daily faxing needs, eFax gets the job done. We get notified when the fax has been received or sent successfully, but it takes so long at times. I'm not sure if it's eFax's encryption system that is delaying the Rx/Tx time, but it needs to be improved immediately.
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    Sangoma
    Really Digium Switchvox is a great product, it's more of an overall service and it's great. Starting at the phones, I think they're well engineered, from button placement to make call handling a breeze, bright status indicators and programmable keys that keep things simple, and a clear back-lite screen, to light up those late night support calls. I've watched the web management interface grow into a gorgeous, friendly, informational tool that gives me a system that can do 95% of the things my customers request. The only times I've seen it as less appropriate is when it comes to the more budget restricted. I've always believed you get what you pay for, and Digium Switch provides a lovely packaged, turnkey product, that doesn't require an expert to maintain once installed. On top of that, you're paying for the service. I can speak from experience, and countless support calls, that Digium Switchvox's support is second to none. They're efficient, intelligent, friendly, and professional, I've never had a bad experience, keep up the great work!
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    Pros
    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    • The fax always goes through, there are no issues with reliability.
    • It offers a variety of features such as taking photos and saving files.
    • It can receive faxes too.
    • It can save faxes for a long time and allows you to save contacts.
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    Sangoma
    • Allows us to forward phones internally or externally.
    • Allows us to set up our favorite contacts to sync up on telephone screen for quick calls.
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    Cons
    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    • The user interface could use some work, as it's a little dated looking, and it's not so simple to receive faxes, at times.
    • Administrator functions. If the user's account is locked for any reason, the administrator cannot unlock their account. It causes a lot of inconveniences.
    • Unable to see the bill. For whatever reason, eFax does not allow viewing the bill from the online portal.
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    Sangoma
    • I've installed quite a few of these systems for a number of customers, and I've found a number of times having access to the second Ethernet port on some of the larger systems, and the ability to do some sort of static routing, and firewall functionality. I would love to have the ability to connect one port to the carrier's cpe router, and the other port to the customer's network.
    • I've worked with Voip products for a number of years, and various asterisk iterations. I'd like to see more access to the asterisk cli for troubleshooting, and/or potentially some sort of shell access.
    • I'd like to see the Digum Switchvox phones have vpn functionality. It would be great to deploy a field office with a pre-provisioned phone that automatically connects back to the corporate network via a secure vpn tunnel from most internet connections. Currently we either use a softphone, manually program a Cisco phone that does have the capability, or deploy an semi expensive router that support a secure tunnel. It would be much easier to sell a customer on a remote office and a fancy Digium phone, if they didn't need the extra hardware.
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    Usability
    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    For our logistics side of the business, we use eFax to receive orders. We are using it to transmit a variety of documents as well. It comes in handy if you really need to accept faxes.
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    Sangoma
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    Support Rating
    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    eFax support is great. They are quick to assist you with any issue regarding eFax. I haven't had to wait long on support services or answers. During an outage seems to be when the queue times get long but on a normal day, they are quick to answer and fast on a solution.
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    Sangoma
    I have not had to use Support yet, so I did not rate this. I have not had to reach out for anything.
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    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    eFax is for serious business professionals and it comes with so many tools, including a free App and a desktop app, which makes it extremely easy for you and your employees to send and receive faxes. You can take a photo of a document and fax it over to someone in another state in a few minutes!
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    Sangoma
    I've installed, and maintained a number of different phone systems over the last few years, including nationwide level Voip service providers relying entirely on custom built Asterisk systems, to SOHO systems connected to cloud level services. So far Digium Switchvox has been one of my favorites when it comes to ease of use, customer service, and over all reliability. While there are a few things I'd like to see done a little differently, updates are released frequently with fixes, and new features.
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    Return on Investment
    Consensus Cloud Solutions
    • We were able to reduce costs by using eFax and make our faxing company-wide simpler!
    • We were able to remove a landline for faxing.
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    Sangoma
    • Ease of forwarding calls when out of office has been a life-saver.
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