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    HotTelecom

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABeta 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

    Sangoma Communications Platform

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASangoma's Communications Platform, including the former Switchvox and Business Voice+ from Star2Star, is a UCaaS system, allowing users to simplify communications down to one solution delivered on-premise, on cloud, or via hybrid deployment.N/A
    Pricing
    HotTelecomSangoma Communications Platform
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HotTelecomSangoma Communications Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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.—
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    Community Pulse
    HotTelecomSangoma Communications Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Beta Company
    No answer on this topic
    Sangoma
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    HotTelecomSangoma Communications Platform
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of HotTelecom and Sangoma Communications Platform
    Feature
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Sangoma Communications Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of HotTelecom and Sangoma Communications Platform
    Feature
    HotTelecom
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sangoma Communications Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of HotTelecom and Sangoma Communications Platform
    Feature
    HotTelecom
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Sangoma Communications Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Audio conferencing9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    3CX
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Sangoma Asterisk
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HotTelecomSangoma Communications Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HotTelecomSangoma Communications Platform
    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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    Sangoma
    Really Digium Switchvox is a great product, it's more of an overall service and it's great. Starting at the phones, I think they're well engineered, from button placement to make call handling a breeze, bright status indicators and programmable keys that keep things simple, and a clear back-lite screen, to light up those late night support calls. I've watched the web management interface grow into a gorgeous, friendly, informational tool that gives me a system that can do 95% of the things my customers request. The only times I've seen it as less appropriate is when it comes to the more budget restricted. I've always believed you get what you pay for, and Digium Switch provides a lovely packaged, turnkey product, that doesn't require an expert to maintain once installed. On top of that, you're paying for the service. I can speak from experience, and countless support calls, that Digium Switchvox's support is second to none. They're efficient, intelligent, friendly, and professional, I've never had a bad experience, keep up the great work!
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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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    Sangoma
    • Allows us to forward phones internally or externally.
    • Allows us to set up our favorite contacts to sync up on telephone screen for quick calls.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Beta Company
    • Video calling is not available as a feature.
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    Sangoma
    • I've installed quite a few of these systems for a number of customers, and I've found a number of times having access to the second Ethernet port on some of the larger systems, and the ability to do some sort of static routing, and firewall functionality. I would love to have the ability to connect one port to the carrier's cpe router, and the other port to the customer's network.
    • I've worked with Voip products for a number of years, and various asterisk iterations. I'd like to see more access to the asterisk cli for troubleshooting, and/or potentially some sort of shell access.
    • I'd like to see the Digum Switchvox phones have vpn functionality. It would be great to deploy a field office with a pre-provisioned phone that automatically connects back to the corporate network via a secure vpn tunnel from most internet connections. Currently we either use a softphone, manually program a Cisco phone that does have the capability, or deploy an semi expensive router that support a secure tunnel. It would be much easier to sell a customer on a remote office and a fancy Digium phone, if they didn't need the extra hardware.
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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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    Sangoma
    I have not had to use Support yet, so I did not rate this. I have not had to reach out for anything.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Beta Company
    No answers on this topic
    Sangoma
    I've installed, and maintained a number of different phone systems over the last few years, including nationwide level Voip service providers relying entirely on custom built Asterisk systems, to SOHO systems connected to cloud level services. So far Digium Switchvox has been one of my favorites when it comes to ease of use, customer service, and over all reliability. While there are a few things I'd like to see done a little differently, updates are released frequently with fixes, and new features.
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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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    Sangoma
    • Ease of forwarding calls when out of office has been a life-saver.
    Incentivized
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