Fuze vs. Rakuten Viber

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
Rakuten Viber
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Viber, now from Rakuten (acquired 2014) is an instant messaging and cross-platform VoIP software solution designed for personal use and available for both desktops and as a mobile app. It includes features such as video and audio calls, instant message, and unlimited-member group chats. Users can also make paid international calls.
$0.02
Per Minute
Pricing
FuzeRakuten Viber
Editions & Modules
US Outbound
$0.02
Per Minute
Fuze Meetings
$15
Per User/Per Month
USA
$0.019
Per Minute
UK
$0.019
Per Minute
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FuzeRakuten Viber
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
FuzeRakuten Viber
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
5.9
111 Ratings
33% below category average
Rakuten Viber
9.5
13 Ratings
15% above category average
Hosted PBX5.578 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.373 Ratings9.68 Ratings
User templates5.360 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Call reports6.592 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Directory of employee names6.0107 Ratings9.68 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
6.8
107 Ratings
21% below category average
Rakuten Viber
9.3
15 Ratings
10% above category average
Answering rules7.199 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Call recording6.489 Ratings9.69 Ratings
Call park7.273 Ratings8.84 Ratings
Message alerts6.693 Ratings9.814 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings8.89 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
Rakuten Viber
9.5
13 Ratings
14% above category average
Video conferencing7.377 Ratings9.513 Ratings
Audio conferencing7.590 Ratings9.613 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Fuze
8.1
103 Ratings
3% below category average
Rakuten Viber
10.0
18 Ratings
18% above category average
Mobile app for iOS8.194 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Mobile app for Android8.177 Ratings10.017 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
FuzeRakuten Viber
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(116 ratings)
9.6
(18 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)
9.4
(7 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
FuzeRakuten Viber
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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Rakuten Group
As mentioned previously, it is easy to use and access since the you can chat, send voice memos or stickers in a conversation. So in overall it's very entertaining. But throughout that, the audio quality can seem to be a bit off. (Could be personal headset issue) Overall that is the only issue that is present or consistent.
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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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Rakuten Group
  • Viber is a cross platform product. It does not matter if someone uses Android or iOS device, it will work exactly the same.
  • Also the desktop version is very good. You can switch between the desktop and mobile versions within a conversation and see updates right away.
  • It's a very international product. It has been available for very long time, which makes it very wide spread - it has a good user base.
  • You can see the status of your messages.
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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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Rakuten Group
  • When someone sends a file in Viber, the program automatically saves it in your phone memory. This means that you must delete them manually and it really annoys me, as it takes a lot of time to do that.
  • It contains enormous amounts of adds.
  • There is file sharing limit.
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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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Rakuten Group
No answers on this topic
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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Rakuten Group
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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Rakuten Group
No answers on this topic
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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Rakuten Group
No answers on this topic
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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Rakuten Group
I have not frequently used the support for Viber as I have not had many problems with it on my phone. I did use support one time for problems with the computer application and used the forums to solve my problems. They were fairly easy to follow and I appreciated the online help in that format.
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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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Rakuten Group
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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Rakuten Group
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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Rakuten Group
No answers on this topic
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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Rakuten Group
End-to-end encryption scrambles my messages and delivers them as a scrambled code to my friend's device, whether mobile or desktop, so that only their device can decode them into plain text. If my friend's phone is turned off or they don't have access to the internet, my message will be stored on Viber's servers (for a limited time) until their device is ready to receive it.

Because Viber can't access or read my private conversations in the first place, Viber can't sell them.
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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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Rakuten Group
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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Rakuten Group
  • Viber saves me financially since I am now able to communicate with my international clients for free.
  • Viber helps keep my clients engaged by the fact that I can so easily share photos, which is important as a freelance photographer.
  • Viber allows me to make my messages to clients appealing in a visual way, which I have noticed helps drive actions of my clients, such as remembering to book their next session or pay for their photo order.
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