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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

    Webex App

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Webex App brings together Webex Calling, Meetings, and Messaging into a single application, fostering collaboration and unlocking more productive ways to work.

    $0

    user/month

    Pricing
    FuzeWebex App
    Editions & Modules
    US Outbound
    $0.02
    Per Minute
    Fuze Meetings
    $15
    Per User/Per Month
    Basic Plan
    $0.00
    user/month
    Meet Plan
    $13.50
    user/month
    Meet + Call Plan
    $25.00
    user/month
    Enterprise Plan
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FuzeWebex App
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
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    Community Pulse
    FuzeWebex App
    Considered Both Products
    Fuze
    Chose Fuze
    Fuze was basically selected as our priority because of its seamless calling feature as compared to its competitors and the edge of simplifying the contextual features it is offering
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    I inherited Fuze and am making best efforts to work with it, but it's a challenge. I've used Skype and other unified communication platforms in the past and I've found these more reliable and intuitive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    With Fuze it is actually a cloud based unified communication platform that is designed to empower all business communications. While on the other hand Skype is a software application whose text, voice, and video tools make it simple to communicate with each other. So whenever …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    WebEx is also a good application, but it's more inclined for meetings and presentations. Our company needed a solution for communication on a day-to-day basis. That is why we selected Fuze to be used by our employees. Also, Skype for Business had all the features we needed but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fuze
    WebEx seems to be a top contender against Fuze, but because it's more meeting based than for just individual calls we decided to disregard it as a solution as a replacement for our traditional phone system. Skype for Business on the other hand is also good and has the features …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Webex App
    These all have their strengths but Webex App has been the most complete.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    600 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    77%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    523 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    606 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    380 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    440 Answers
    Features
    FuzeWebex App
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    5.5
    111 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Webex App
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX5.178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.073 Ratings00 Ratings
    User templates5.060 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports6.192 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names5.1107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    6.5
    107 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Webex App
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules7.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording6.089 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park7.073 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts6.193 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    7.1
    91 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Webex App
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing7.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing7.190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    8.0
    103 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Webex App
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android8.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    -
    Ratings
    Webex App
    8.3
    638 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.0362 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.5173 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.7501 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.4244 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.8600 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.3512 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.5278 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    -
    Ratings
    Webex App
    7.8
    680 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.1670 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.6661 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.6612 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.2349 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.3307 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.4152 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings2.1175 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.8381 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Fuze and Webex App
    Feature
    Fuze
    -
    Ratings
    Webex App
    8.0
    590 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.1361 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.5512 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.6511 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.4474 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3376 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.7390 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.1171 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.5365 Ratings
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    FuzeWebex App
    Small Businesses
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Business Edition 6000 (discontinued)
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    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
    FuzeWebex App
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (116 ratings)
    8.6
    (747 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (20 ratings)
    8.4
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (12 ratings)
    8.9
    (393 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    9.3
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (88 ratings)
    8.6
    (396 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (111 ratings)
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (15 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FuzeWebex App
    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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    Cisco
    It's perfect for project rooms for collaborative work, file sharing, quick reporting and incident handling, and initiating conversations via chat, voice, and video. Some more formal matters are better handled by email. There's a greater chance they won't get lost, and if we want to revisit them months or even years later, we'll be able to find them more easily.
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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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    Cisco
    • The online meeting within the internal team using Webex App is always a good experience as it helps well in sharing screen, and any content for that matter.
    • It helps in arranging online interviews and it is also very good experience using the web version of Webex App.
    • It also helps in arranging online training sessions and webinars which generally involve huge number of participants generally over 200+ participants and Webex App handles it very well.
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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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    Cisco
    • Compared to zoom, I think the user experience is not as good.
    • I am not familiar with more detailed options; maybe they are too hidden: how do I integrate Slido better?
    • Not a fan of a mobile app. Maybe needs some improvement.
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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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    Cisco
    While Webex has strong adoption on the administrative side, the LTI tool for Webex is lacking some important support for teaching and learning. Therefore, faculty do not see much value in Webex and prefer to use other tools that are easier to access and more likely to benefit their students within the LMS. Webex has not been the easiest to work with for identifying pedagogical roadmap improvements, especially compared to competitors who work closely in the education space
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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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    Cisco
    Webex is quite usable, and it is, in fact very easy to use as well. You don't need a lot of documentation to learn how to use the app as it's mostly self-explanatory. The user interface is easy on the eyes, and people can see buttons without issues. Overall, WebEx's front-end design is great and I don't have much issue with it.
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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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    Cisco
    I would say every time I open it, it is there, there are times that our users have to sign out and back in to get it to work or even do a full exit as the app will disconnect from the controlling the desk phone, but some easy steps to sign-out or fully exit the app gets the user back up and running quickly.
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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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    Cisco
    On standalone it works fine, it used to consume a considerable amount of system resources in the past, but with updates and upgrades, this has improved quite a lot. As far as integrations with other systems, we have not come across any critical issues with the app.
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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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    Cisco
    Talking about Webex App technical support is talking about the quality because they are always attentive and willing to attend to our needs, and the response is immediate; every time we have needed help to solve a problem or find out a function, they have not responded quickly, Cisco has always been characterized by being efficient and deserving 10 points.
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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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    Cisco
    I am very satisfied with my experience with Webex App in online training. The creation of the event is very easy with the possibility of scheduling it in advance. The management of participants, organizers, and animators is complete. The invitations are automated and by simply using emails we can create all the schedules of the training session
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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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    Cisco
    I would rate the online training 8/10. It provided clear and well-structured content, making it easy to understand the core features of Webex. However, I believe it could have been more interactive, with practical exercises or real-life scenarios to enhance user engagement. More advanced topics or troubleshooting guides could also be helpful for deeper learning.
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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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    Cisco
    There was quite a bit of back and forth with TAC and Cisco Reps to get it fully up and running but we did get there. Some of which had to do with documentation was not fully understandable. But with Cisco TAC we were able to get fully up and running.
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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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    Cisco
    Microsoft Teams is the main competitor of the Webex App. But it provides services for less cost than Webex App. And also teams are used by majority of companies in software industries due to its support for other Microsoft services.
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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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    Cisco
    Once everything is in place on the back end getting Webex on a user's PC is now very easy and with single sign-on, users are able to sign in without having to remember another password. Just make sure you have all the user settings in CUCM, CUC set right, and that they have the needed licenses in Webex Control Hub.
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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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    Cisco
    • Comfort in switching multiple OS platforms, when there is similar UI design.
    • HD video quality and HD screen share, make up presentations look more professional and standardized.
    • Less call/meeting drops as seen in other platforms applications.
    • Builds a level of trust, when we connect on Cisco's application platform with customers who are having their whole communication infrastructure shifted to Cisco Webex App.
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