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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Evolve IP Unified Communications

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AEvolve IP is a cloud-based business phone system that has integrations with third-party applications such as Google, Salesforce, and Zendesk. It includes features such as call forwarding, call park, voicemail, caller ID, group directory, audio conferencing, and inbound fax messaging.N/A

    RingEX

    Score8.9 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
    Evolve IP Unified CommunicationsRingEX
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Evolve IP Unified CommunicationsRingEX
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    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
    Evolve IP Unified CommunicationsRingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Evolve IP
    Chose Evolve IP Unified Communications
    Evolve is worse than Dialpad, Vonage, RingCentral, Genesys, MS Teams, 8x8, and any other system I've dealt with. These mentioned all have better features, work well, are simple to use and admin, and some of them cost less.
    Incentivized
    RingCentral
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Would buy again
    175 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    163 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    181 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    142 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    156 Answers
    Features
    Evolve IP Unified CommunicationsRingEX
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    5.0
    4 Ratings
    46% below category average
    RingEX
    8.5
    219 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Hosted PBX7.04 Ratings9.2121 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.04 Ratings8.7167 Ratings
    User templates5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names6.04 Ratings8.7204 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    4.0
    4 Ratings
    69% below category average
    RingEX
    9.0
    227 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Answering rules5.04 Ratings8.9212 Ratings
    Call recording2.03 Ratings8.6197 Ratings
    Call park5.03 Ratings8.7175 Ratings
    Call screening4.04 Ratings8.7184 Ratings
    Message alerts4.04 Ratings8.9213 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings9.232 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.429 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.333 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    45% below category average
    RingEX
    -
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    Audio conferencing4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video screen sharing5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant messaging6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    RingEX
    9.3
    200 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS7.02 Ratings9.2176 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android7.02 Ratings9.4156 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.4
    28 Ratings
    10% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.530 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.428 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.9
    23 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.926 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.7
    24 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.226 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.925 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.6
    18 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.621 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.9
    25 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.625 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.227 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Evolve IP Unified Communications and RingEX
    Feature
    Evolve IP Unified Communications
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    28 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.426 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.521 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.929 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Evolve IP Unified CommunicationsRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (236 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (166 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 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
    Evolve IP Unified CommunicationsRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Evolve IP
    I would leave it at the "?" rating because what can you rate them? 1 is too high. The only way they'd be "ok" is if: 1. Your company isn't growing and your users never leave the company. 2. You don't have to call support or make edits to the admin portal. 3. Don't need reporting. 4. Only use a physical phone to make/receive calls. 5. Do not plan to use a softphone or call center system. 6. Enjoy systems or people that frustrate you.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    I love that RingEX lets you screen your call and take notes, then gives you a thorough review and summary that breaks down key points and flags what needs to be done. You get an email with the notes and summary, so you don't have to focus on anything but providing the customer with the summary and next steps. I think that helps with productivity.
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    Pros
    Evolve IP
    • One pane of glass to manage multiple sites
    • Zero upfront cost of ownership
    • Flexibility in configuration
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    RingCentral
    • RingEX abilities to do multiple things at once, hands-free, is a huge time saver for me.
    • RingEX can record each word from beginning to end that may be part of a legal or written contract.
    • The amount of storage space that this program provides to my system is incredible.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Evolve IP
    • I'd like to see them build out API functionality for reporting off of call data within the organization. They have a Call Center product that seems to include a fairly robust reporting module, but it would be nice to be able to do some more of this within the standard Phone System product as well.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • Reporting and analytics can be limiting. There is a solid baseline of reporting, but the customization is not what you would get with a call center product.
    • There is a platform API, but it is not as expansive as I would like. There is no easy way to build integrations with third-party tools, unlike Genesys Cloud, which has Data Actions.
    • The digital/messaging side is not present - we can't stick a widget on our website and allow people to live chat with us.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Evolve IP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Evolve IP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Evolve IP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Evolve IP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Evolve IP
    Support? If I could do everything myself with the time I don't have, I would do it better than their support. I don't like saying it that way, but it is the truth. We hired someone from another company that also used Evolve IP and when they found out that is what we used here, he expressed all of the same complaints and stories that we had.
    Incentivized
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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
    Evolve IP
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    Evolve IP
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Evolve IP
    We switched from 8x8 due to voice quality issues.
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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
    Evolve IP
    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
    Evolve IP
    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
    Evolve IP
    • We have reduce operational expenses by an average of 30 percent by switching to EIP.
    • Higher level of employee engagement with customers (given phone features).
    • Only negativity would be if you have a single point of failure for internet service it proves to be a challenge.
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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.
    Incentivized
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