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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FluentCloud

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    FluentCloud, from FluentStream Technologies, is a dynamic, cloud-based business phone system. FluentCloud includes FluentStream's leading phone system, phone service and customer support team, all in one. The FluentCloud product aims to provide businesses with new telecommunications flexibility, with an emphasis on price and performance. In addition, the vendor offers a wide range of custom applications and communications integration strategies to businesses and software…

    $20

    per user per month

    Telnyx

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOffering a communications platform that provides global carrier-grade services, Telnyx in Chicago maintains an international, private IP network and grants its customers control over their communications through its portal and RESTful API. Telnyx products include voice (elastic SIP trunking, global number search, and telephony data), programmatic messaging, wireless (mobile IoT), embedded communications (WebRTC) and automated networking. Customers provision services a la carte and pay by usage…

    $2

    per month

    Pricing
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $20.00
    per user per month
    Advanced
    $30.00
    per user per month
    Complete
    $45.00
    per user per month
    Identity Services & Data
    $0.0015
    per LRN lookup
    Voice API
    $0.002
    per minute
    SMS API
    $0.0025
    per send (free to receive)
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.0035 ($0.005)
    origination (termination) per minute
    Fax
    $0.0070
    per page
    Verify API
    $0.04
    per API call
    Wireless
    $2.00
    per month
    Networking
    $100.00
    per month (starting price)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUnlimited calls to the US and Canada, first-class quality and 99.99% uptime US-based customer support team and fully customizable plans with “A-La-Carte” options.Telnyx offers additional discounts as customers scale.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Considered Both Products
    FluentStream Technologies
    No answer on this topic
    Telnyx
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of FluentCloud and Telnyx
    Feature
    FluentCloud
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Telnyx
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of FluentCloud and Telnyx
    Feature
    FluentCloud
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Telnyx
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of FluentCloud and Telnyx
    Feature
    FluentCloud
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Telnyx
    -
    Ratings
    Audio conferencing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of FluentCloud and Telnyx
    Feature
    FluentCloud
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Telnyx
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Small Businesses
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Telegram
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Telegram
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Telegram
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FluentCloudTelnyx
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FluentStream Technologies
    I have tried a few programs over the years to record and track calls and this one is by far the best. Easy to use and more functions than I will ever use. I love the reporting options. There was one particular scenario that comes to mind where I was glad to have FluentCloud. I had a client that was really really angry, cussing, yelling, threatening suit, etc. because he had gone to an appointment almost 2 hours away and when he got there the woman told him that we forced her to schedule the appointment, that we were pushy and rude and she just wanted to get off the phone. Thankfully I found the recording and was able to prove to him that she DID schedule the appointment but she also picked the day and time, answered all of the questions and took absolutely no persuasion at all. Basically it was an easy close. The client couldn't believe it and still to this day he is my client.
    Incentivized
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    Telnyx
    Telnyx is well suited for general phone number provisioning as they have a large pool to choose from. There is certainly room to grow with fax troubleshooting.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    FluentStream Technologies
    • FluentCloud is excellent at customer service, their staff is always helpful and responsive. I have never had a typical service experience where first diagnosis is always the user's system. Their engineering staff is also hands on, I've been so grateful to have Brian's help in selecting the right router - he even configured it for us.
    • Ease of use, the system is quite easy to use even beyond adding extensions, users, new DID phone numbers and complex routing queues. It's also easy to configure feature codes and program them so users can perform multi-step tasks with a few key punches on their dial pad. We use feature codes to allow callers to switch their caller ID to our DID numbers that are local to the area on the fly.
    • Robust features: ability for whisper coaching, barge in and a dashboard to visually check the status of each user.
    Incentivized
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    Telnyx
    • Price Matters for the flourishing organization like us. Telnyx [is] affordable to us.
    • Telnyx is very generous in terms of providing regular updates through webinar , free credits, real time support . One most important is that they are not in hurry of closing the account because of minus balance.
    • Telnyx Portal is pretty easy to navigate and manage the customized settings.
    • Among other giant SIP providers I found Telnyx with very modern and humble customer approach.
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    Cons
    FluentStream Technologies
    • There are times when calls are really garbled, there was a couple months there that we couldn't listen to any of the recordings because they were not decipherable.
    • They changed something recently where now when you are listening to a recording and you hit pause it takes you back to the beginning when you start again rather than just continuing where you left off. That is a pain in the butt because I have to pause quite often for interruptions.
    Incentivized
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    Telnyx
    • Number testing: Currently I need to call our fax numbers manually to confirm fax tones. It would be useful to test numbers in bulk from the portal.
    • Troubleshooting: Currently, samples are needed for each fax transmission when there are issues. And those samples need to be within 24-48 hours. It would be useful if Telnyx could do a health check out proactively to gather information on high failure counts prior to customer reports.
    • Transparency with system issues: We've run into scenarios where we wanted information on system-wide fax failures, but when the issues were resolved we didn't get root cause analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    FluentStream Technologies
    At this time there our research has found that feature for feature there isn't a better solution for our needs at this cost point. We have had great success and don't foresee a need to change
    Incentivized
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    Telnyx
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    FluentStream Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Telnyx
    They utilize a private IP network back end that makes SIP configuration for inter-carrier operation difficult because they assume that projecting their private network outside is ok.
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    Support Rating
    FluentStream Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Telnyx
    They are providing services using a Freeswitch system behind a NAT router and they expect carriers to deal with their NAT network. Their support team does not seem to understand that problems caused by exposing a NAT switch to the Internet at large.
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    Alternatives Considered
    FluentStream Technologies
    I have used others besides what is listed below but FluentCloud is by far the best I have used, especially when it comes to tracking and reporting call volume and production of our calls. Being a call center that is production based on call volume having something like FluentCloud is essential.
    Incentivized
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    Telnyx
    Easy of use and better prices. Outstanding customer service. Variety of services in telecommunication needs. Easy use of interface even for not experienced users. Migration of SIP numbers is easier. Reporting is very easy to use and customizable for our specific needs, so we can keep track of costs in an easy way
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    FluentStream Technologies
    • FluentCloud is a good value, we have done extensive cost comparison and the feature set vs price is very favorable.
    • The lack of a contract and ability to dynamically add or remove extensions as needed is great, we only pay for what we use.
    Incentivized
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    Telnyx
    • Due to easy SIP truncation the cost of customer approach has become very convenient internationally. We got a so much scaling to play on large customer base. And large base makes sense of large positive ROI.
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    FluentCloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of Completely hosted VoIP solution with 99.99% uptimeScreenshot of Online web portal with full self-management capabilitiesScreenshot of Full Call Reporting Dashboards