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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Join.me (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AJoin.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.

    $10

    per month

    RingEX

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ARingEx 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.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $10.00
    Month
    Pro
    $10.00
    Month
    Business
    $10.00
    Month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is /user/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Core - $20/month (paid monthly) Advanced - $25/month (paid monthly) Ultra - $35/month (paid monthly) Customer Engagement Bundle - contact us for pricing
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    Community Pulse
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    I prefer gotomeeting when doing lengthier screen shares or if everyone will be using their computer to dial-in, but dialing in from a phone and associating users is not always easy. Join.me has significantly more audio quality issues than RingEX does.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    We selected RingEX over other platforms for the superb customer service and easy to use platform. It was very easy to test and give feedback and work through any small issues. It also has a Zendesk integration which was crucial in our decision to use RingEX over other companies.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    RingEX gave us the best value for our money in a unified VOIP, Teleconferencing, and Web Conferencing solution.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    167 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    156 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    173 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    137 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    149 Answers
    Features
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.8
    75 Ratings
    1% below category average
    RingEX
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    12% above category average
    High quality audio8.566 Ratings9.525 Ratings
    High quality video8.269 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements7.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.9
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    RingEX
    9.9
    18 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Desktop sharing8.573 Ratings9.921 Ratings
    Whiteboards7.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.0
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    RingEX
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Calendar integration8.551 Ratings9.222 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.464 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Integrates with social media7.121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.052 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Slideshows8.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.1
    59 Ratings
    0% above category average
    RingEX
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Live chat8.759 Ratings8.717 Ratings
    Audience polling7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A7.826 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.3
    58 Ratings
    3% above category average
    RingEX
    8.9
    21 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication8.244 Ratings8.621 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions8.251 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    8.5
    211 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings9.1118 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings8.6161 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.8196 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    220 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.9206 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.7190 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings8.7171 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.7179 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.9207 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings9.226 Ratings
    Online Fax00 Ratings9.523 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.3
    194 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings9.4151 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Join.me (discontinued) and RingEX
    Feature
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingEX
    9.0
    21 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings9.521 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings9.220 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (76 ratings)
    9.0
    (228 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (158 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (25 ratings)
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 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
    Join.me (discontinued)RingEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    Everything just works. The interface is easily the best we've used or tested. The applications available are so good that it was easy to move away from using a desk phone. The admin interface is also easily the best we've used or tested.The licensing model for Teams integration is our only currently minor issue. I'm hopeful that will improve as we would love to integrate.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
    • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
    • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
    • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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    RingCentral
    • Quick provision of new numbers to match business requirements.
    • Per-user and per-queue routing options to allow calls to end where you want (e.g., forwarding, multi-user answering, etc).
    • Geographically wide deployments - we have numbers from all across the globe, and we can stand up numbers even where we have no geographical presence.
    • No-hardware deployments. There is no need for on-premises hardware if you don't need it.
    • Bulletproof platform, we so rarely have any significant issues or widespread outages.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
    • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
    • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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    RingCentral
    • It will be nice to have more text room monthly.
    • Providing clear instructions on how to access features, as most features are buried in the tabs.
    • The ability to redial a number without having to go back to the settings buttons on the landlines will be nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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    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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    Because it works great. In case there's a Wi-Fi issue, communication does not stop because the mobile app can be use with regular cell phone data. During one year + 3 months I've have the service, there's been only one time when there were issues on RingEX's side; however, the time of resolution was on the same day.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    I honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
    Incentivized
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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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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    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
    Discontinued Products
    If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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    RingCentral
    We are using these products like (Skype, Voip, TextNow, and Second line), but comparatively these products the RingEX has a good performance, because while we were using the other platform, we didn't get proper communication, we couldn't reach out the candidate, we lags to much into spam number, we couldn't communicate properly and the textnow we couldn't sigin sometime. When we start to use RingEX, we get much better productivity and proper communication with our clients.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Discontinued Products
    • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
    • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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    RingCentral
    • Enhanced patient accountability, we can track all calls - incoming and outgoing - patients tend to state that they called and left a message, but they either never called or did not leave a message. With RingEX, we can track whether they really did. It saves us quite a bit of time and aggravation.
    • Faxing is more accurate and usually very quick. Because it's accurate, it saves us time with phone calls about faxes we never received and having to refax items. Also, faxing via the system instead of printing and scanning is a time-saver.
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