HotTelecom vs. RingEX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HotTelecom
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Beta Company's HotTelecom is a service that consists of a wide range of VoIP needs with over 6000 virtual phone numbers both local and mobile for business, designed to present an easy to use and affordable means of communication. HotTelecom offers virtual phone numbers, toll-free numbers, SMS numbers, SMS numbers for registration and multi-channel numbers, and virtual PBX set-up. All these come with clear-voice technology, for high sound quality.
$5
Monthly fee + connection fee
RingEX
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
RingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.
$19.99
per month
Pricing
HotTelecomRingEX
Editions & Modules
Virtual fax number
$30
Monthly fee + connection fee
Virtual PBX
$65
Monthly fee
Direct virtual phone number
from 5
Monthly fee + connection fee
Virtual SMS number
from 7
Monthly fee + connection fee
Toll-free (800) number
from 7
Monthly fee + connection fee
Essentials (up to 20 users)
$19.99
per user/per month
Standard
$27.99
per user/per month
Premium
$34.99
per user/per month
Ultimate
$49.99
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HotTelecomRingEX
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEach price is the price of monthly fee. There might be an additional connection fee for the products.Pricing above is per/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Essentials - $29.99/month (paid monthly) Standard - $37.99/month (paid monthly) Premium - $44.99/month (paid monthly) Ultimate - $59.99/month (paid monthly)
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HotTelecomRingEX
Features
HotTelecomRingEX
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
HotTelecom
10.0
5 Ratings
22% above category average
RingEX
8.4
181 Ratings
5% above category average
Hosted PBX10.05 Ratings8.598 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)10.05 Ratings8.2134 Ratings
Call reports10.05 Ratings8.4162 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings8.1124 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings9.0163 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
HotTelecom
10.0
5 Ratings
18% above category average
RingEX
8.6
190 Ratings
3% above category average
Answering rules10.05 Ratings8.7175 Ratings
Call recording10.05 Ratings8.8162 Ratings
Call park10.05 Ratings8.4140 Ratings
Call screening10.05 Ratings8.3151 Ratings
Message alerts10.05 Ratings8.7179 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
HotTelecom
9.0
5 Ratings
12% above category average
RingEX
8.7
162 Ratings
8% above category average
Audio conferencing9.05 Ratings9.1140 Ratings
Video conferencing00 Ratings8.5119 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings9.0114 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
HotTelecom
-
Ratings
RingEX
9.1
166 Ratings
13% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.0145 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.2124 Ratings
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User Ratings
HotTelecomRingEX
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
8.3
(191 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(11 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(121 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.6
(4 ratings)
5.3
(28 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
HotTelecomRingEX
Likelihood to Recommend
Beta Company
When our clients or partners call our corporate number they can now reach any needed employee or department by themselves. It is simple - they just need to use voice assistant and press the needed number.
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RingCentral
I would definitely refer this to my colleagues, because the RingEX is one of the best platforms for recruiters. After all, some of the candidate has some busy schedules, so they couldn't answer the calls, but we can use the message option, we got more responses from that, so we can easily and fastly connect with them, and it will be very helpful to improve our organization.
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Pros
Beta Company
  • Friendly and responsive customer support.
  • Wide geographical coverage.
  • It's easy to set up.
  • High-quality phone calls.
  • There are a lot of additional services available.
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RingCentral
  • Chat and Messaging - Conversations are easy to search, topics can be pinned or bookmarked, and groups are easy to create and administer.
  • Phone - The core functionality works very well allowing voice, txt/sms, and faxing for all users. Administration is generally fairly easy as well.
  • Mobile Client - the mobile app offers all of the same functionality as the desktop or web client.
  • Video - Video calls make it easy to share screens with other users and includes a lot of tools for planning.
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Cons
Beta Company
  • Video calling is not available as a feature.
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RingCentral
  • Customer support is rudimentary. They should improve tier 1 customer support's ability to understand our needs rather than asking customers to reinstall the app
  • Revolving door of account managers, which causes loss of continuity in discussing opportunities
  • Analytics is not complete. Details about faxing and web meetings is missing.
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Likelihood to Renew
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
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Usability
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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Reliability and Availability
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
There have been outages in the past, but they keep you updated on their status page. They instantly start working to resolve the issue in a timely manner. The reporting is clearly laid out if your area is impacted. They ensure that they email any updates they've made to the portal or any products they offer.
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Performance
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
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Support Rating
Beta Company
We are totally satisfied with help Customer Support. They were quick and responsive
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RingCentral
Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
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In-Person Training
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
I really didn't know all the capabilities
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Implementation Rating
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
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Alternatives Considered
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
We switched from GoTo's platform with pieces of Teams. At that time, the complexity and difficulty of integrating all of the features and connecting them to get a simple platform that was stable and easy to train weren't available elsewhere.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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Scalability
Beta Company
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
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Return on Investment
Beta Company
  • We've got the option to use another marketing channel with HotTelecom's SMS virtual phone numbers. They also provide us with an ability to count everything in marketing campaigns made with SMS numbers and to make the right decisions based on the received data.
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RingCentral
  • Cost savings over traditional phone system with land lines
  • Increased productivity due to allowing my team to work from anywhere
  • Conference calling features replaced a separate service
  • Video meeting features replaced a separate service
  • Call handling is easier
  • SMS Campaigns are a great tool
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ScreenShots

HotTelecom Screenshots

Screenshot of Personal account on the website. User can perform an order there.