Flowroute vs. Vonage Business Communications

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flowroute
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
Flowroute, acquired by Intrado in 2019 and then by BCM One in 2022 is a SIP Trunking solution designed to make it easy to connect an existing PBX system or an analog/digital telephone adapter in a few simple steps. Customers can scale up or down with unlimited call capacity, while only paying for the minutes that are used. E911 is available as an add-on.
$0.01
Per Minute
Vonage Business Communications
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Vonage Business Cloud is a communication solution aimed at small-midsize companies. It integrates with third party applications, and includes IP-PBX capabilities, video conferencing, and collaboration tools. Pricing starts at $19.99 per month and increases with the amount of phone lines needed.N/A
Pricing
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Editions & Modules
Domestic Inbound
$0.005
Per Minute
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Top Pros

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Top Cons
Features
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
7.9
4 Ratings
2% below category average
High quality audio00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
5.0
1 Ratings
44% below category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
7.8
3 Ratings
2% below category average
Meeting initiation00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
9.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
9.2
8 Ratings
12% above category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
8.5
9 Ratings
3% above category average
Answering rules00 Ratings8.39 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings7.89 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Online Fax00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
7.3
9 Ratings
14% below category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings6.56 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Flowroute
-
Ratings
Vonage Business Communications
8.3
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Small Businesses
Nextiva
Nextiva
Score 9.2 out of 10
Nextiva
Nextiva
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Nextiva
Nextiva
Score 9.2 out of 10
Nextiva
Nextiva
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises

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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(11 ratings)
User Testimonials
FlowrouteVonage Business Communications
Likelihood to Recommend
BCM One
Works perfectly if you're using a DIY SIP VoIP system. Our phones were powered by Asterisk with Flowroute handling all of the actual SIP traffic. No issues whatsoever.
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Vonage
Vonage Business Cloud is well suited if you have small or limited IT staff and/or you have many remote workers and little or no on-prem hardware. I would recommend Vonage to small to medium-sized businesses. It would not be well suited to a large organization where everyone works in the same building and the IT staff has servers and staff to manage a VoIP system.
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Pros
BCM One
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Vonage
  • Eliminates physical phone consoles that can be pricey and unnecessary for staff.
  • Has a companion app that allows you to use your personal cell phone to check messages or make calls.
  • The desktop application is easy to use and has a number of customizable settings so that the app can be minimized but alert you of incoming calls.
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Cons
BCM One
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Vonage
  • They do not take billing support calls. Online chat only. That can be dicey.
  • Desktop app can have some hiccups and there are frequent updates. Sometimes it switches from my headset to webcam for no reason I can tell. Miss the call be for I figure it out.
  • Text messaging does not handle images. Frustrates my clients when they think they can send me a pic of a signed doc or vin# and I don't get it.
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Likelihood to Renew
BCM One
No answers on this topic
Vonage
I think it will be renewed as overall it is a midrange product that mostly does what we need it to
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Usability
BCM One
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Vonage
I thought it had very practical and useful usability. It has a clean and simple interface with large fonts that make it easy to read. It isn't particularly difficult, although figuring out some operations may be a bit challenging. For the most part though, it isn't very difficult to use
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Support Rating
BCM One
No answers on this topic
Vonage
We hardly have any issues with it to where we need to call them. There was a point where our connections across the board were terrible and it held us up in production quite a bit but since then things have been pretty simple and streamlined.
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Alternatives Considered
BCM One
No answers on this topic
Vonage
We believe Vonage Business Cloud is best for our organization over the AT&T and the Verizon platforms for several reasons including price, ease of use, connectivity, and other options. Since we have implemented this solution along with newer Polycom phones, we have had very few issues with our phones or our phone platform.
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Return on Investment
BCM One
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Vonage
  • We were able to remove expensive and out of date phones, and replace them with the user's choice of a new phone or Bluetooth, so we saved money.
  • There was training time that needed to be committed for a 50+ person office which reduced productivity for a while.
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