Google Voice vs. Zoom Phone

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Voice
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Google Voice is a free IP telephony service that provides users with one phone number that can be forwarded to multiple phones or devices. It includes features such as call forwarding, voicemail translation, text messaging, and voice calls. Fees may apply for international calling.
$10
per month
Zoom Phone
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Built on Zoom's platform, Zoom's cloud phone consolidates business communication and collaboration into a single system. Available in 40+ countries, with expandable coverage through a bring-your-own-carrier offering, Zoom Phone supports inbound and outbound calling through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Features: Post call summary & next steps A post-call summary from Zoom’s AI Companion keeps the focus on the conversation instead of…
$10
per month per user
Pricing
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Editions & Modules
Starter
$10
per user/per month
Standard
$20
per user/per month
Premier
$30
per user/per month
US & Canada Metered
$10
per month per user
US & Canada Unlimited
$15
per month per user
Global Select
$20
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo fees for emergency 911 Service No fees for compliance and administrative cost recovery Fee No 10DLC SMS fees
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Considered Both Products
Google Voice
Chose Google Voice
Google Voice stands far above products like Vonage, RingCentral, and Jive (GoToConnect). It is more mature as a VOIP product and free to home/personal users. For small usage scenarios like ours, Google Voice cannot be beat on price and ease of use. It is very affordable to keep …
Zoom Phone
Chose Zoom Phone
Full disclosure- I am a reseller of many voce and data services. I am familiar with and have at least trialed basically every voice service available. We choose to use Zoom Phone as our in house system, so that speaks for itself. There is still a small market for on premise …
Chose Zoom Phone
The big draw for us to Zoom Phone is that they shook up the market. They entered the phone market by taking their overwhelming success in video conferencing, and bringing that innovation and skill to designing a game changing phone system. There is really not much difference …
Features
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
5.2
53 Ratings
43% below category average
Zoom Phone
9.3
43 Ratings
15% above category average
Hosted PBX6.025 Ratings9.520 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)3.027 Ratings9.326 Ratings
User templates1.419 Ratings9.317 Ratings
Call reports6.846 Ratings9.421 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.027 Ratings9.038 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
8.4
67 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoom Phone
8.9
42 Ratings
6% above category average
Answering rules8.446 Ratings9.539 Ratings
Call recording8.452 Ratings9.640 Ratings
Call park6.422 Ratings9.532 Ratings
Call screening10.060 Ratings9.531 Ratings
Message alerts9.065 Ratings9.237 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
7.5
44 Ratings
7% below category average
Zoom Phone
9.6
22 Ratings
18% above category average
Video conferencing6.222 Ratings9.421 Ratings
Audio conferencing7.839 Ratings9.421 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.014 Ratings9.721 Ratings
Instant messaging8.027 Ratings9.718 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
6.9
63 Ratings
15% below category average
Zoom Phone
9.5
41 Ratings
17% above category average
Mobile app for iOS6.645 Ratings9.536 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.251 Ratings9.627 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.6 out of 10
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(71 ratings)
9.0
(45 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(7 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(9 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(35 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google VoiceZoom Phone
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
I do think Google Voice works well for organizations that do not have a support team meant to provide regular telephone support, and instead do so on an ad hoc basis. I would not recommend it for high-volume call activities, such as SDR motions.
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Zoom
I think it works well for offices that have multiple locations. Being able to give each person and office their own extension makes it easier for colleagues to connect with each other, plus it's a costs savings for each of the offices
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Pros
Google
  • Google Voice has been great for setting up additional phone lines and numbers.
  • The voicemail inbox is a great feature and you can see when messages come in online and listen to the messages from your computer.
  • Google Voice allows us to have multiple phone numbers and lines for specific business purposes.
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Zoom
  • Having our Phone system all in onc place. Call, Text, Voicemail. with live transcript
  • Zoom Meeting AI companion - taking notes, creating action items, and summarizing the meetings then email immediately afterwards
  • Scheduler - being able to send links to team members or vendors to book a time that works best for them that is linked and synced to my calendar.
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Cons
Google
  • There has not been much innovation since the initial release.
  • It doesn't handle SMS well.
  • It does not natively integrate with CRM without legacy complication
  • It is not supported by Google as it once was
  • Call Recording is non-existent
  • Call-Tree or Virtual Auto-Attendant needs are not available
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Zoom
  • We needed to link each of our team members' personal emails to the Zoom account so we have to filter VM notifications out of our personal accounts.
  • It'd be nice if you could set business hours through the webpage to include a lunch break so that you don't have to manually go in to edit.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
Google Voice has been invaluable for us in our effort to provide exceptional customer service. With Google Voice, we have been able to increase our customer interactions while reducing the wait time to reach a live person on our team. We couldn't be more pleased with the way things have worked out since implementing Google Voice.
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Zoom
Integrated into our network. System wide access. Staff are comfortable with the product
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Usability
Google
I think it works really well in the arena it operates in, but not so well in areas where an enterprise system would be more appropriate. It's great for quick solutions that just work, but not so much for more complex call management tasks.
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Zoom
Zoom Phone has a very sleek design which makes it very easy to operate and use both in the setting up of and interacting in a meeting space. That being said, certain features can seem a bit crowded while trying to screen share or display video which somewhat defeats the purpose of the application as compared to a standard conference call.
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Support Rating
Google
They do not offer support unless you have the Business account for Google Voice under G Suite. This is tough, because Google doesn't really have a customer support team for this service, so when it gets shut down for a few hours, we have no choice but to wait it out. But this doesn't happen that often, which is great.
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Zoom
I haven't had any sort of issues with Zoom as of yet to have to call Support. That right there makes me think it's a good product. Simple and easy to use. Nothing confusing or glitchy that would make me have to get in touch with them. Straightforward so I'm not trying to figure out a specific workflow.
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Implementation Rating
Google
It is a pretty seamless program to transfer to, even for people who either have little experience with these programs or people who were stuck on Skype
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
The integrations of Google Voice with all our devices are flawless, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and Mac. Also, the call performance is far superior on wifi as well as on mobile data. With Skype, we had several problems with personal accounts, performance issues, and in general, it felt awkward to use it.
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Zoom
The main reason why we switched to Zoom Phone is because our VOIP system inexplicably went down for almost a month and no one could figure out what was wrong. Lumen was charging way more than Zoom Workplace, but could not get the system to work.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Google
Google Voice should be also be use to those who have difficulty in speaking English. So the contract term will need to be a little strict as Google Voice is used in navigations as the part of GPRS navigation is personal. The private data need to be in control much more securely and safely.
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Google
It help to connect with the products that we use as a part. We need to get in touch with our professional world. It is like a tool that helps us to get in touch with everything from A to Z in our professional careers. So we need to be in touch with everything as linearly as the jpb can be done.
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Google
  • Cost for Google Voice is stellar, starting at $10/mo per user.
  • While it doesn't offer a new Audio/Video conferencing solution it does integrate with GSuite so it makes use of Google Calendar and Hangouts/ Google Meet.
  • Gets the employee's to use their company phone numbers more as texting is easy and deployment is simple.
  • The cell phone app is reliable and easy to deploy.
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Zoom
  • Calls actually come through, resulting in our users trusting our phone system again
  • Improved internal communication
  • Users can be reached anywhere, so they do not have to stay at their desk to wait for important calls
  • Voicemail is processed faster because it is translated to text
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