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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Fuze

    Score8.2 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

    MyPBX

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMyPBX is a telephony and VoIP software solution from VOIPITS INC.N/A

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    Editions & Modules
    US Outbound
    $0.02
    Per Minute
    Fuze Meetings
    $15
    Per User/Per Month
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    Considered Multiple Products
    Fuze
    Chose Fuze
    They all have different usages, Fuze makes it feel like we are using a phone even if we use it from our laptops. We also wanted to have one centralized VOIP system, for example, we have Webex as our meeting system and Slack as our instant messaging system. Definitely much …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    Teams and Slack where our predecessors to Fuze. Fuze is miles beyond both because the others lack the BPX integration to make them fully-featured. Teams did have a cleaner interface, and Slack did have a better team chat with replies and grouping. Overall, I think the loss of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    Fuze is on par with its feature set of any cloud pbx provider I have seen.
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    Fuze does not stack up against NVM or Five9 at all. Fuze is such an inferior product to NVM. inContact and Serenova have great platforms as well but I haven't used them first hand yet. All these other plaforms plug into Salesforce well as Fuze does not. Fuze needs to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    For hardware phone replacement, none. It was an HQ decision and we had to work accordingly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    We wanted to replace the legacy PBX systems across all US regions & we found Fuze is really interesting because of the cloud-based subscription-based model solution. We wanted to bring some change to our user to upgrade it to the next level & we found Fuze is very innovative …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    We started looking at inContact, Jive and Five9. We went with Fuze because it was cheaper. Now we're going to go with something a little higher end
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    Overall, Fuze is better organized, easier to navigate and faster to get up and running that GoToMeeting was. I strongly prefer Fuze from both an end user and also administrators perspective.
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    Our final selection came down to Fuze and RingCentral as the two vendors who met most of our organization's specific requirements. In the final selection it was a combination of Fuze's single user application format and their overall pre-sales handling of our account that won …
    Incentivized
    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    77%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    5.5
    111 Ratings
    36% below category average
    MyPBX
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX5.178 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.073 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates5.060 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports6.192 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names5.1107 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    6.5
    107 Ratings
    23% below category average
    MyPBX
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules7.099 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording6.089 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park7.073 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts6.193 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    7.1
    91 Ratings
    11% below category average
    MyPBX
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing7.077 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing7.190 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    8.0
    103 Ratings
    2% above category average
    MyPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.094 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.077 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    -
    Ratings
    MyPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    -
    Ratings
    MyPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Fuze and MyPBX and Slack
    Feature
    Fuze
    -
    Ratings
    MyPBX
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    Small Businesses
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Nextiva
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (116 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (88 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (111 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FuzeMyPBXSlack
    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.
    Incentivized
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    VOIPITS INC.
    MyPBX is really well suited to a business that is willing to put in the time to work out the most appropriate system for its needs and for business owners who want to be connected 24/7 whether in or out of the office
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
    • Recording and delivering voice messages for immediate retrieval from your email client.
    • Simultaneous phone calls to any lines you direct.
    • Intuitive and simple to use launch panel.
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
    • Would like to see avatars on the launch pad to easily identify users and message types.
    • Pre-recorded professional voice messages for purchase and customization would be nice.
    • It would be helpful to have a selection of short background music loops.
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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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.
    Incentivized
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    VOIPITS INC.
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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    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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    VOIPITS INC.
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
    Incentivized
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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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    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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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    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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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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    VOIPITS INC.
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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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    VOIPITS INC.
    • Serves as a virtual receptionist, therefore, saves on outlays.
    • Extremely cost effective overseas calls.
    • Never missing a business opportunity because I'm connected 24/7.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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