eVoice vs. MiVoice Business

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
eVoice
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
For business owners, eVoice is presented as an affordable, reliable and flexible phone system, by J2 Global / Ziff Davis. eVoice now includes services from the former Onebox, which was also a J2 Global brand.N/A
MiVoice Business
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
MiVoice Business is a unified communications platform from Canadian Mitel Networks Corporation, for businesses with 5 to 65,000 potential users.N/A
Pricing
eVoiceMiVoice Business
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
eVoiceMiVoice Business
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
eVoiceMiVoice Business
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
eVoice
8.8
1 Ratings
4% above category average
MiVoice Business
7.0
1 Ratings
19% below category average
Answering rules9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Call recording9.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Call park8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Call screening9.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Message alerts9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
eVoice
8.8
1 Ratings
6% above category average
MiVoice Business
3.3
1 Ratings
86% below category average
Video conferencing9.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Audio conferencing9.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Instant messaging9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
eVoice
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
MiVoice Business
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
eVoice
-
Ratings
MiVoice Business
6.6
1 Ratings
22% below category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
eVoiceMiVoice Business
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
eVoiceMiVoice Business
Likelihood to Recommend
Ziff Davis Inc
If you are looking for a strong product that is highly customizable, Onebox is a great choice. It can be difficult to navigate, but almost every feature you would need is included somewhere.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
As a phone system, MiVoice Business is absolutely fantastic. It's equipment and even virtual appliances are extremely stable. Simple auto attendants and making/receiving calls is where the strength is. Where is needs help is the Windows-based software. Upgrading this can be extremely difficult and it frequently fails for no reason. Services stop running and needs frequent reboots. The client has improved greatly with newer releases but can be buggy. Sadly, the old ways of a traditional desktop phone is dying and I think MiVoice Business isn't as good as some other options that provide more. The end user client just isn't as stable as something like Microsoft Teams or Zoom Voice that can provide a more stable soft phone experience.
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Pros
Ziff Davis Inc
  • Low Pricing.
  • Ease of use.
  • Professional voicemail.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
  • Virtual appliances if you have a strong VM infrastructure
  • The user client is decent and has improved since earlier versions of MiVoice Business
  • Extremely easy to setup new extensions/users
  • For the most part, it's an extremely stable system with just making and receiving phone calls.
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Cons
Ziff Davis Inc
  • The scheduling is very granular, but the interface for setting up the schedule isn't the easiest to navigate.
  • I would like the ability to copy or clone schedules. We have 3 different schedules on three different hunt groups and when there are changes to be made, I would like to be able to make the change on one schedule and copy that for another hunt group.
  • The interface for the users to change some of their settings (password, phone, email, etc) isn't very user friendly. I usually have to walk users through changes, and at that point, it is easier for me to just make the changes myself.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
  • Softphone working through a VPN/Work-From-Home has always been a struggle
  • While I'm told an upgrade is near, the Contact Center is outdated and needs work
  • The upgrade process is very flakey and regularly fails on a Window server.
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Alternatives Considered
Ziff Davis Inc
I was not an employee when Onebox was selected, but I have used Avaya and Nortel PBXs in the past and while it is not as powerful, it has a lot of great features and a much lower cost of entry.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
I've used MiVoice Business at multiple employers. Once of them was moving from a very old Avaya PBX, another was with an NEC phone system that was slightly newer. MiVoice was far more easier to setup phones, setup users, manage voicemail, ETC. While we had consultants perform any upgrades with Avaya and NEC, MiVoice we did more collaborative with our support partner but we ran into far more issues with upgrades of MiVoice. My last 2 companies have discussed moving their phone system to Microsoft Teams and my current position they've already done that. All the issues with MiVoice relating to upgrades and issues with the Connect client are not existant with Teams. Teams is the bar, sadly MiVoice Business - while a very good product - falls short. They just haven't yet resolved issues that have long existed and in a pre-covid world it was OK. Now that people are displaced, the office environment has changed and end users are not isolated to a desk with a physical phone. MiVoice Business needs to catch up.
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Return on Investment
Ziff Davis Inc
  • Value for money.
  • Great option regarding ROI.
  • It creates a better way to connect.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
  • Was able to replace our old dying PBX system
  • Softphone, when it's working, allows users to answer phone calls from home
  • Can leverage our existing VM infrastructure to use virtual appliances instead of physical appliances
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