Fuze vs. MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fuze
Score 7.6 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Fuze is a cloud-based unified communications platform that includes IP PBX voice service, video conferencing, and collaboration tools such as content sharing and instant messaging capabilities. It also integrates with a wide range of popular CTI, CRM, and click-to-call solutions.
$15
per month
MiVoice Office Application Suite
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
MiVoice Office Application Suite delivers a range of applications on top of the MiVoice Office 250 telephone system. Whether it be unified communications, mobile connectivity, call reporting, call recording or outbound dialing, MiVoice Office 250 customers can benefit from the enhanced performance, all delivered from a single server solution. It replaces the former Mitel Application Suite (MAS).N/A
Pricing
FuzeMiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
Editions & Modules
US Outbound
$0.02
Per Minute
Fuze Meetings
$15
Per User/Per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FuzeMiVoice Office Application Suite
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
FuzeMiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
Considered Both Products
Fuze
Chose Fuze
Fuze replaced Mitel for our organization. Mitel was costing us quite a bit of money and also needed to purchase physical handsets. Fuze was a lot quicker with setting up a new line. For Mitel, we had to login to an outdated system, had to program specific keys on the …
Chose Fuze
Fuze provided a solution out of the box without any expensive hardware on specialty skills to hire and maintain. Other services require additional hardware or license costs and make scaling a very difficult proposition. Fuze allows for us to take a true IaaS model and …
Chose Fuze
The implementation was much easier and SFB did not have Canadian integration with telco providers at the time we were rolling this out. We were also on-premise SFB which made things more complicated and required much more resources and building out for reliability across all …
MiVoice Office Application Suite

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
FuzeMiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
5.9
111 Ratings
33% below category average
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
8.5
8 Ratings
5% above category average
Hosted PBX5.578 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.373 Ratings8.64 Ratings
User templates5.360 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports6.592 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names6.0107 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
6.8
107 Ratings
21% below category average
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
10.0
8 Ratings
20% above category average
Answering rules7.199 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Call recording6.489 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Call park7.273 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Message alerts6.693 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
7.4
91 Ratings
11% below category average
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
-
Ratings
Video conferencing7.377 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing7.590 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
8.1
103 Ratings
3% below category average
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
9.2
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Mobile app for iOS8.194 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.177 Ratings8.93 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
-
Ratings
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
-
Ratings
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Meeting initiation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
-
Ratings
MiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
10.0
1 Ratings
29% above category average
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
FuzeMiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(116 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.1
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.4
(88 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(111 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FuzeMiVoice Office Application Suite (Mitel Application Suite)
Likelihood to Recommend
Fuze
Fuze has way more capability than we need for our small office so it might be best suited for large installations, call centers, and complex environments. Our office is small and our needs [are] minimal, so when we need support we are challenged to understand the support person due to our lack of technical sophistication. We sometimes feel like we should switch to a solution more geared for consumers or SOHO. Nevertheless, Fuze provides reliable service at [a] reasonable cost that meets our needs, and because support is rarely needed we are happy with them most of the time, i.e. when support isn't needed.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
Mitel is useful for larger organizations where instant messaging can be used throughout departments and in-house phones need to be set to cell phones. I wouldn't say that it's not appropriate for smaller organizations, but they might not need all of the robust features that Mitel offers. The user experience is extremely intuitive and organizations of any scale will be able to easily navigate it.
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Pros
Fuze
  • Support Team - the best I have ever worked with. They help 24/7 on any issue I could come across. Usually it is an item I could fix myself and they fix it and show me how to fix the same issue if I have it in the future.
  • Contact Center - We do Commercial Collections involving Sales and Collections. We have 50 people on the phone at one time. Contact Center lets a Manager listen live and gives help if the rep needs help selling or collecting.
  • Pandemic 2020 - without Fuze we would have been unable to work for 3 months. They saved our "rears" since we already had all their services up and running for years.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
  • Call reporting
  • Voicemail system and transfers: This is one of my favorite features! I am able to transfer voicemails and leave notes for my team. It also comes in an email notification.
  • Integrated with our email system.
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Cons
Fuze
  • Desktop application stability and compatibility with certain hardware.
  • Better installation - Per-user and per-computer installs sometimes compete with one another and/or upgrades fail to install.
  • [The] desktop app is not best for touchscreen-enabled devices due to lack of ability to scroll through messages using a finger or stylus.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
  • It would be nice if they had more documentation on how to do things within the system that was easier to find.
  • The software has so many features that it can be overwhelming.
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Likelihood to Renew
Fuze
Fuze is a solid application that is a great asset to the business for our sales staff to make daily calls to clients and candidates. Managers can monitor call data and times to keep up to date with team performance, as well as monitor calls for users on their team. The Fuze/MS Teams integration is an exciting prospect that would be very beneficial to us as a business, for seamless integration between the 2 platforms.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Usability
Fuze
Fuze was built with the end-user in mind. It was built to have a common interface on mobile and desktop. Fuze Web is new, and it also has the exact same interface as the desktop and mobile, and they are still working on the ability to make phone calls from the browser itself, currently it can do meetings just fine. Everything about Fuze was built with the end-user in mind.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Fuze
We've had a few outages over the past year. More than other vendors I've used. They usually have outages fixed within an hour. The downside is they do not provide root cause of outages. If they do at takes them at least a month to get it to you
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Performance
Fuze
Since Fuze runs across multiple devices and platforms they really strived to make a lightweight interface that is optimized for phone calls, chat, and collaboration. The web client loads fast, the chat is always up-to-date, phone calls arrive on-time. The desktop client is the most feature rich and basically it just adds desktop sharing functionality as well as VoIP for calling, and the mobile client doesn't consume a lot of battery, and it stays running to get phone calls, chats, and can do meetings over Wifi, Cellular Data, or Cellular voice.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Support Rating
Fuze
Our experience with Fuze support has been overall very positive. Their technicians seem to be well trained and able to handle a variety of requests and issues without unnecessary delays or extensive troubleshooting. Fuze allows enough customer access to avoid the need to call support for every little issue but is ready to assist when issues are beyond our capabilities to resolve.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
Great technical support. My only recommendation would be to have staffed support after hours. They have an after hours answering service and while the technicians always called back it would be good to reach support immediately 24/7. Technicians are very knowledgeable and helpful as is their sales staff. They also have great training to take.
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In-Person Training
Fuze
At many of our sites with more than 50 users, Fuze sent someone onsite to train. This worked surprisingly well, as the trainer allowed the users to set the pace and answered TONS of questions. Fuze has a very streamlined training process, their staff is very professional, very knowledgeable and very engaging.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Online Training
Fuze
Fuze has vast amounts of training videos and guides on how to use its products and services. There are literally endless-hours of training and I often point end-users to a particular video which addresses the specific needs of the user, for example: how to check voicemail. Or, how to share your desktop, etc.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Implementation Rating
Fuze
Personally, I didn't have any trouble getting started with Fuze. It was installed on my computer on my first day and I was good to go! Little to no hiccups. I was not with the company when they first adapted Fuze so I can not speak to the implementation as a whole.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Alternatives Considered
Fuze
Fuze was far more expensive and more complicated to set up. Our current platform took a few days to set up with SSO. Our contact center took a bit longer but works amazingly.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
In retrospect, Mitel was not the right solution for us but it has sufficed while we look for a replacement that integrates with our CRM. Skype for Business was being phased out, we were currently using RingCentral, and we anticipated the conversion back to ShoreTel (we had a hosted environment in the past) would be similar to our previous experience with the system. The Cloud-based software and technology, however, did not meet up to the hosted environments capabilities, at least when it came to call-management
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Scalability
Fuze
Fuze does have scalability limits but most of that is how many end-points they can put on a virtual PBX, or VCX as they call them, I THINK its limit is somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000, but we've not had issues with that because we have put users into various VCXs some by location, some by department or function. Either way, we have 7,000 currently deployed, and are going to end up with over 15,000 when we are done, Fuze is VERY scalable.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
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Return on Investment
Fuze
  • We receive constant negative feedback from mangers about the system not functioning correctly. (This is mainly due to lack of support from Fuze)
  • This has had a positive impact in that the system is cheaper and we are missing less calls due to the functionality of the system.
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Mitel Networks Corporation
  • Efficient, easy to use conference system for better communication
  • Useful mobile app to allow employee presence while out of office.
  • Global directory removed the need for employees to maintain one.
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