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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EZ Texting

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AEZ Texting provides businesses and organizations with a text marketing solution, including features and integrations to keep conversations going. The solution can be used by businesses to connect with their audiences. It can be used to send promotions, promote a new product, build brand awareness, or drive traffic to websites or storefronts. EZ Texting Key Features EZ Texting's features are designed to enhance the effectiveness of text marketing efforts.…

    $25

    per month

    RingEX

    Score8.8 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
    EZ TextingRingEX
    Editions & Modules
    Launch
    Starting at $25
    per month
    Boost
    Starting at $75
    per month
    Scale
    Starting at $125
    per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at $3,000
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EZ TextingRingEX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLAUNCH PLAN: Recommended for up to 500 contacts. Local EZ Textable Number. Max Speed: up to 500/day. Cost Per Msg:$0.030. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. BOOST PLAN: Recommended for 501-2,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume Number. Max Speed: up to 2,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.025. Delivery Rate: 95% Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. SCALE PLAN: Recommended for 2,000-50,000 contacts. Local EZ High-Volume, High-Speed Number. Max Speed: up to 50,000/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.020. Delivery Rate: 95%. Includes 500 free msg/mo or 6k annually. ENTERPRISE PLAN: Recommended for 50,000+ contacts. This Plan offers. Dedicated Short Codes. Max Speed: up to 1 MM/day. Cost Per Msg: $0.010. Delivery Rate: 99%. Includes 200k msg/mo. Pricing information for EZ Texting is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase EZ Texting must be conducted with the seller. Included in All Plans: Unlimited Incoming Messages, Contacts, & Keywords. New Features: Realize ROI faster with AI Compose & Team Inbox with AI Reply. Live Support Chat: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm ET and Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm ET. Growth Tools: QR Codes, Keywords & Signup Forms. MMS Edge: Enhanced Image Library + Editor powered by Shutterstock. CRM-Lite: Upload, Management, Groups & Personalization.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
    EZ TextingRingEX
    Considered Both Products
    CallFire
    Chose EZ Texting
    The API, web and mobile functionality are far beyond what RingCentral has to offer. We are very happy after the switch, especially with the automations we have configured using the API
    Incentivized
    RingCentral
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    116 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    167 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    156 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    119 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    173 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    107 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    137 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    114 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    149 Answers
    Features
    EZ TextingRingEX
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    12% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.525 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.9
    18 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.222 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.9
    21 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.621 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.5
    211 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.1118 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings8.6161 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.8196 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    220 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.9206 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.7190 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.7171 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.7179 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.9207 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings9.226 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.523 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.3
    194 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.4151 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of EZ Texting and RingEX
    Feature
    EZ Texting
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    21 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.521 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings9.220 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    SimpleTexting
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Attentive
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Airship
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EZ TextingRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (284 ratings)
    9.0
    (228 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (122 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (158 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (112 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EZ TextingRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallFire
    EZ Texting would be well suited for a small business that doesn't have the man power to be able to contact all of the leads they have coming in or who struggles to maintain communication with current clients at times. It would not be appropriate for a business who is looking to send phishing texts out to a large group of people.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    Everything just works. The interface is easily the best we've used or tested. The applications available are so good that it was easy to move away from using a desk phone. The admin interface is also easily the best we've used or tested.The licensing model for Teams integration is our only currently minor issue. I'm hopeful that will improve as we would love to integrate.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    CallFire
    • I appreciate the detailed delivery reports.
    • The support team’s quick responses are appreciated.
    • The automation feature is incredibly handy for instantly messaging leads right after they sign up.
    • The onboarding process is straightforward.
    • Genuine customer inquiries show up in the inbox, organizing important messages in one place.
    • You can avoid the email spam folder by using ez texting!
    • Opt-outs resolve themselves.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • Quick provision of new numbers to match business requirements.
    • Per-user and per-queue routing options to allow calls to end where you want (e.g., forwarding, multi-user answering, etc).
    • Geographically wide deployments - we have numbers from all across the globe, and we can stand up numbers even where we have no geographical presence.
    • No-hardware deployments. There is no need for on-premises hardware if you don't need it.
    • Bulletproof platform, we so rarely have any significant issues or widespread outages.
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    Cons
    CallFire
    • Drafts don't save well, seemed like I kept having to redo the same text because a draft wouldn't save.
    • I want to be able to click and update users quickly, but there were too many steps to add/remove people from lists.
    • The app didn't work if I used google SSO - i couldn't ever get signed in.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • It will be nice to have more text room monthly.
    • Providing clear instructions on how to access features, as most features are buried in the tabs.
    • The ability to redial a number without having to go back to the settings buttons on the landlines will be nice.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CallFire
    We're excited about EZ Texting and what it does for us. We want to get more into automation with campaigns dealing directly with web sales so a more robust solution will likely leave EZ Texting as our event activation partner and only be used during select times of the year.
    Incentivized
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    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
    CallFire
    EZ Text was very easy to set up and very intuitive. It does not take long at all to add your contact lists or to set up templates. It takes a second to get used to when it comes to sending mass group texts, but all in all, it does what we need to do and was easy to implement. We were able to do it ourselves.
    Incentivized
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    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
    CallFire
    We have never needed to use the system and it be unavailable. They seem to schedule their server maintenance perfectly (at least for us!).
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    CallFire
    It works pretty well but sometimes things don't work the way you would assume, IE marking messages as read is not as intuitive
    Incentivized
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    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
    CallFire
    EZ Texting "gets it"! When I have had something I needed customer service to help me with, they returned my emails and calls promptly. I have a smaller business and they came through as if I was a huge corporate entity. They really care about all sizes of customers!
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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
    CallFire
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    CallFire
    The most important aspect of implementation was selecting a valuable keyword. When we first started using EZ Texting, we were able to grab a simple, easy word to use to connect people to our texts. That proved invaluable in our marketing and selling people on using the service. If we didn't have a good word, I would imagine it wouldn't have been as successful.
    Incentivized
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    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
    CallFire
    We chose EZ Texting over enterprise solutions because of it's ease of set up, ease of use, and low barrier to entry. We had discussions with other companies, and it seemed very complicated and would require a lot of set up on our end. We don't have a dedicated IT or marketing team. We are a small business. So those barriers were just too complicated and we decided to go with an easier solution.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CallFire
    We have been grandfathered into our old package, but I wish there were better package options offered now.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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    Scalability
    CallFire
    We haven't really utilized it for this purpose but it does seem like there are a lot of great options you can utilize.
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    CallFire
    easy access
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    CallFire
    • Customers, as well as potential customers, do not seem to have any issue, providing their phone numbers for text messages as opposed to receiving countless emails.
    • Upselling items has improved considerably due to our ability to notify customers of new products and specials that we are offering in the store.
    Incentivized
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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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    ScreenShots

    EZ Texting Screenshots

    Screenshot of EZ Texting Dashboard: View recent activity, upcoming campaigns, and access AI Assistant.Screenshot of Enhanced Image Library + Editor: Our enhanced Shutterstock integration helps you unlock and edit 450+ million free images and 20k design templates, giving you the license to create more scroll-stopping texts.Screenshot of AI Compose: Create engaging messages instantly with emojis, helpful templates, easy editing, multilingual translations, and more.Screenshot of Workflows: Effortlessly send texts triggered by actions and events to boost engagement and drive conversions. With a drag & drop editor, technical expertise or code is never required.Screenshot of Quickly create engaging texts with built-in tools, including AI Compose, to add personalization, trackable URLs, media, and more! Stay compliant with EZ Texting's SafeSTOP® feature.Screenshot of Reporting Made Easy: Get delivery confirmations, check on bounce rates and view opted-outs.