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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Exotel Contact Center

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Exotel is a Contact Center platform for managing customer interactions across voice, video, email, SMS, WhatsApp, and social media from a unified agent desktop. The platform combines routing, agent-assistance, self-service, analytics, quality management, and deployment options for customer-service operations.

    $200

    5 months Validity

    Grasshopper

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AGrasshopper is an IP telephony business communication solution that provides companies with a toll-free or local phone number. It has both desktop and mobile applications and includes features such as custom greeting recording, call forwarding, call transfer, call reporting, and voicemail.

    $18

    per month for a single user

    Pricing
    Exotel Contact CenterGrasshopper
    Editions & Modules
    Dabbler
    $200
    5 months Validity
    Believer
    $500
    11 months Validity
    Influencer
    $1000
    11 months Validity
    Custom
    Get in touch
    True Solo
    $18
    per month for a single user
    Solo Plus
    $32
    per month
    Small Business
    $70
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Exotel Contact CenterGrasshopper
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Exotel Contact CenterGrasshopper
    Considered Both Products
    Exotel Techcom
    No answer on this topic
    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    43 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    Features
    Exotel Contact CenterGrasshopper
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Exotel Contact Center and Grasshopper
    Feature
    Exotel Contact Center
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Grasshopper
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Exotel Contact Center and Grasshopper
    Feature
    Exotel Contact Center
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Grasshopper
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Exotel Contact Center and Grasshopper
    Feature
    Exotel Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Grasshopper
    9.7
    46 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings9.433 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.434 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Exotel Contact Center and Grasshopper
    Feature
    Exotel Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Grasshopper
    9.6
    51 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings9.247 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings9.622 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings9.243 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Exotel Contact Center and Grasshopper
    Feature
    Exotel Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Grasshopper
    7.9
    12 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Exotel Contact Center and Grasshopper
    Feature
    Exotel Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Grasshopper
    8.9
    48 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.935 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.929 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Exotel Contact CenterGrasshopper
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (6 ratings)
    7.8
    (56 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Exotel Contact CenterGrasshopper
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Exotel Techcom
    Exotel is well suited for: - Small and mid-sized Internet based businesses where it is necessary for them to have a very strong customer support team working round the clock and in different shifts. - Company making large number of calls and sending mass SMS's. They can do that on a single cloud based platform. Exotel might not be a good fit if: -it is not a call intensive business that you want to cater to. Though the setup cost is very low but it follows economies of scale i.e. more the number of calls, less will be per call cost.
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    Grasshopper is well suited for basic needs of texting in and out as well as calling out if you would like to avoid using your personal line. It also eliminates the need to have a dedicated land land in your office or business. You can obtain a vanity number and forward calls through grasshopper.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Exotel Techcom
    • To quickly and effectively route customer inquiries to the appropriate agents our customer support team uses it's omnichannel routing feature , a member with technical knowledge may be contracted by customer who has a technical questions.
    • Its automated ticket routing features allows customer service team to distribute tickets to customer team member in accordance with their availability and skill sets. by ensuring that tickets are handled by most knowledgeable agents this can result in quicker and more precise resolutions.
    • Its AI powered knowledge base search feature helps us to quickly find the details required to respond to inquiries from customer , this time it take to respond to customer inquires is shortened as a result.
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • I like that there are differing voicemails for each extension, to keep up with the image of calling a separate line.
    • I love the voicemail text emails. I believe we pay a little extra, but worth every penny for those urgent calls while I am in a meeting.
    • The cost is very reasonable for the value added to our company.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Exotel Techcom
    • Inter campaigns call transfer feature which currently is not possible
    • Interface in Agent login to monitor and keep track of their own break and login times.
    • Ameyo’s wide feature set can make onboarding challenging. Offering enhanced training materials, interactive tutorials, and a more structured onboarding process could make adoption easier for new users.
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • It would be nice to have the ability to transfer some calls to another Grasshopper IVR, for those customers who mistakenly dial the wrong number (we have two incoming numbers, one for corporate and one for sales).
    • Likewise, it would be nice to have the ability to forward to a toll-free number, which would have allowed us to work around the inability to transfer between IVRs (see above).
    • Lastly, it would be great to have an 'emergency' switch setting (default off but could be toggled on) that would let us override all IVR settings and transfer all incoming calls elsewhere (either to a direct dial or toll free number) for those rare times when we cannot take any calls (such as a weather emergency OR the one time each year we take all of our staff on a retreat) - that would allow us to send all calls to a backup answering service rather than just voicemail.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Exotel Techcom
    As a company our goals have slightly surpassed the current Exotel features and would want some other software which has better capabilities
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Exotel Techcom
    As I said previously, Ameyo is a good tool however it has a long way to go compared to Avaya. The user interface can be improved a lot as they can use it as an app instead of completely web-based. Also, the reporting can be improved substantially and make the experience much better.
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    The admin functions are kind of confusing in the old interface which was my most recent experience on the admin side.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Exotel Techcom
    Initially they had chat support which was available faster. But now the chat support gets routed to a virtual agent and unable to get in touch with an actual agent. They also have no support with respect to the API's and other integrations.
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    When I was setting up my account I contacted support a couple of times. They were also very professional, personable, and helpful. Their response is prompt and thorough. I'm confident I can get any question answered as well as help with any issue I might have. That's pretty important to me.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Exotel Techcom
    It was pretty straight forward
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Exotel Techcom
    Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons: -Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers. -Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away. -Call recording Quality was also better than the peers.
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    I have not used any other phone services like Grasshopper. I know that there is another option out there called Ruby, which is more like a virtual receptionist but since I did not try it out I cannot compare the two. When I started my company I found the services that Grasshopper offers to be perfect. It still works for us and we have no need to change to anything else right now.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Exotel Techcom
    • This increased onboarding efficiency to save money on startup.
    • This saved us money by getting both services from one company.
    • Con was price was higher than we would have liked but efficiency made up for that.
    Incentivized
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    GoTo formerly LogMeIn
    • It's allowed us to keep cost down. Other phone systems can seriously get outrageous in implementation and monthly fees!
    • It's allowed our team the confidence to work in locations outside of the office and still be seen as professionals.
    • It's decreased the amount of time spent on unwanted sales calls via the call screening application.
    Incentivized
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