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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshdesk Contact Center

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk Contact Center ( Formerly Freshcaller) is a call center software for startups and small teams. Fresh Contact Center aims to enable businesses / teams set-up and run a call center without spending a lot of time and money. It is suited for phone teams of size 1- 30. Users can create custom greeting texts based on specific call scenarios. The nested Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system allows the user to provide a detailed set of options to callers. The call queues…

    $0

    per agent/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
    Freshdesk Contact CenterRingEX
    Editions & Modules
    FREE
    $0
    per agent/per month
    Growth
    $15
    per agent/per ,billed annually
    Pro
    $39
    per agent/per month, billed annually
    Enterprise
    $69
    per agent/per month, billed annually
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Freshdesk Contact CenterRingEX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing 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
    Freshdesk Contact CenterRingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    It had all what we wanted in a caller. The prices were reasonable and the service had been more or less at par. Never had a major issue with them and the call drops which we had couple of times were rectified within minutes so kudos to their support team.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    164 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    153 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    170 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    134 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    146 Answers
    Features
    Freshdesk Contact CenterRingEX
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    RingEX
    8.5
    208 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Hosted PBX9.06 Ratings9.1116 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.28 Ratings8.5158 Ratings
    Call reports9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names9.27 Ratings8.7193 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    8% above category average
    RingEX
    8.9
    217 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Answering rules8.58 Ratings8.8203 Ratings
    Call recording9.08 Ratings8.6187 Ratings
    Call park9.07 Ratings8.6168 Ratings
    Call screening8.58 Ratings8.6176 Ratings
    Message alerts9.47 Ratings8.8204 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.420 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    9.6
    6 Ratings
    19% above category average
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Audio conferencing9.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.4
    20 Ratings
    11% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.422 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.7
    15 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.5
    16 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.219 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.619 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.617 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.615 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.8
    19 Ratings
    10% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.419 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.321 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.3
    191 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.2167 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.3149 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Freshdesk Contact Center and RingEX
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.8
    18 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.515 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Freshdesk Contact CenterRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.9
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (155 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (3 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
    Freshdesk Contact CenterRingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    One scenario where Freshdesk Contact Center is well suited is when we have a lot of parents calling in with requests about student transcripts, and or grades, we can better interact with each caller and not have a lot of people on hold waiting for a long time. One scenario where Freshdesk might not be well suited is when callers get the chatbot more often than talking to an actual person.
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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.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • From this centralized help desk, we are able to allocate tickets and communicate with staff and clients via email.
    • The ability to phone a lead or customer directly from Freshdesk is fantastic.
    • Handling of waiting lines.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    • Cost - the system was felt to be way overpriced for the feature-set it provided. For the cost of 10 support agents, I could engage with a full-blown VoIP UCaaS provider to support 20-30 users.
    • The system was dependent on the Amazon Web Services system, which was prone to outages, and as it was outsourced by Freshworks to Amazon, resolution time did not have clear SLAs.
    • Non-US support - any issues encountered with the system would go through international channels which decreased resolution time depending on when the development team was available.
    • Call reliability was questionable - sometimes agents would have ringing devices that would have no one on the other end - other times calls would be dropped without explanation.
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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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    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.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    It's a really simple and affordable software solution if you're looking to upgrade your system or processes to a softphone. The service has been fantastic for both our outbound sales team and our inbound customer service team. As a manager, I'm really grateful I found FreshCaller early on in the process of evaluating companies to go to for a softphone.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    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.
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshcaller support is great. They will respond very quickly once I submit a ticket. On occasion, they are unable to answer a question and require a deep dive on some research for random questions but that's completely understandable. Overall, great service, great quality, and very accommodating. This is one of the better support groups, in my opinion.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    After multiple checks and constant research we found Freshdesk is one of the leading product service providers and the best at it too. We used to have PSTIN hard phones which caused a lot of drops and customer discontent. After Freshdesk, it has been a cakewalk. Really happy with it.
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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
    Freshworks Inc
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    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
    Freshworks Inc
    • Call logs helps analyse the interactions which each lead - helps space out if need be.
    • Follow ups are simplified due to viewing of past activity.
    • Easy integration helps in saving costs of phone calls.
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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.
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