RingEX vs. Talkdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
RingEX
Score 8.2 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
Talkdesk
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk is a cloud-based contact center platform with voice, digital channel, and workforce engagement management capabilities. Talkdesk’s key features are its customizable user interface, built-in AI automation, and its integration with numerous CRM and helpdesk applications.
$85
per month per user
Pricing
RingEXTalkdesk
Editions & Modules
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
CX Cloud Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Elevate
$115
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RingEXTalkdesk
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPricing 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)Pricing is based on a 3 year commitment to these editions.
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Community Pulse
RingEXTalkdesk
Considered Both Products
RingEX
Chose RingEX
So far, RingEX has been very reliable and always exceeds our expectations. It creates a very secure environment wherein even our customers and clients can rely upon it. With the advanced features of this tool, we were able to deliver the expectations back to our customers. User …
Talkdesk
Chose Talkdesk
No comparison in my opinion. The user interface, support, and integration capabilities of Talkdesk are superior to RingCentral.
Chose Talkdesk
Prior to using Talkdesk, we used RC, and it was far worse than Talkdesk. The reporting was almost non-existent, but it did take a lot less maintenance. Five9 was evaluated after we moved to Talkdesk as a potential solution, but we felt they didn't fix many of the issues we were …
Chose Talkdesk
inContact has all the functionality but it's clunky and support is not as great. Five9 is a great price but the UI is not as strong. We chose Talkdesk because we wanted something we could use as we grow. We also thought Talkdesk had the most potential for being a leader in the …
Chose Talkdesk

We needed to be able to move to a cloud base solution for home working on a global scale and our current infrastructure would not allow for this growth.

Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk was a less expensive option and provided more reporting and data. Talkdesk's customer support is way more helpful and responsive than RingCentral's.
Chose Talkdesk
RingCentral was very glitchy and their customer service was abysmal. We constantly needed to reach out to RC with issues, and all the support we got was a new person each time "escalating" us to another tier. Very frustrating. We appreciate Talkdesk and their customer support, …
Chose Talkdesk
Should've switched over to Talkdesk sooner! Compared to RingCentral, the sound quality of the calls and the functionality of the Talkdesk app overall are much better and reliable. Talkdesk has made our job easier and in turn, made our team more effective.
Chose Talkdesk
Customer Support and Quality! the providers mentioned above always had issues when customers networks were flawless, their support would often blame the ISP provider when we would have fiber networks connected to the company and verified network uptime would surpass any VoIP …
Chose Talkdesk
Compared to the other contact center options, Talkdesk was affordable and was easy to setup. What set Talkdesk apart was easy integration with other software. Including Slack, Zendesk, and Salesforce. The new enterprise app center should make some great add-ons available. …
Chose Talkdesk
We evaluated Ring Central at the same time we evaluated Talkdesk. The Ring Central product looks like a good product but ultimately we chose to go with Talkdesk because of the attention we got from Talkdesk during the sales cycle. Talkdesk was very responsive to our questions. …
Chose Talkdesk
We used a local system for a bit. Great people, but had dropped calls left and right.

We also used Ring Central for a while, and while they were a solid platform, they did not have many integration options.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
RingEXTalkdesk
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
8.4
160 Ratings
5% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.587 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.1118 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates8.2109 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports8.3144 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.0143 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
8.7
169 Ratings
4% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Answering rules8.7154 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording9.0143 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park8.6123 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening8.3134 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts8.8159 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
8.5
145 Ratings
6% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Video conferencing8.2110 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing8.9125 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.280 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging8.898 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
9.0
146 Ratings
12% above category average
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS9.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android9.1110 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.0
473 Ratings
3% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.0453 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings8.1399 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings8.0416 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings8.0406 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.6377 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.9428 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.4221 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.0302 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings7.6239 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings6.9215 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.6421 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.4308 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings6.8364 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
RingEX
-
Ratings
Talkdesk
8.6
459 Ratings
6% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.5419 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.4302 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.3443 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.1402 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.6417 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.4424 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.7416 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings7.6232 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.6267 Ratings
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
RingEXTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(180 ratings)
7.8
(486 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(15 ratings)
8.6
(37 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(11 ratings)
8.2
(302 ratings)
Availability
8.9
(110 ratings)
9.9
(7 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
5.4
(28 ratings)
7.9
(130 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.9
(6 ratings)
7.4
(219 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
RingEXTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
RingCentral
A basic phone system with all of the "extras" makes a small business look much more significant. Their growth into AI features is fantastic and can be used to reduce the effort of call management dramatically. While pretty much like all of them, voicemail is easy to work with. You'd probably need an administrator to manage personnel changes in a larger environment.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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Pros
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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Talkdesk
  • I appreciate the level of detail for reporting in Explore.
  • The interface is easy to use, both for admin and our agents
  • Even though we have not yet utilized Studio, I appreciate the level of complexity we can put into our IVR
  • The feedback mechanism enables the collection of customer responses across various inquiries.
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Cons
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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Talkdesk
  • Reporting is not easy to manipulate
  • Workforce management is not available in a simplified view
  • Creation of the Quality management process is not easy
  • Call quality is not great in Africa
  • Some features do not yet come with a full list of reporting capabilities
  • Connectivity causes delays in responses in all communication as they have no tower in Africa
  • It is significantly more expensive than local providers
  • Lack of integration to in-house systems caused a barrier
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Talkdesk
Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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Usability
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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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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Reliability and Availability
RingCentral
We recently had nearly an entire day of downtime where the RIngCentral network was experiencing issues with incoming and outgoing calls. In the past year there have been more service related issues than ever before, which makes me wonder if RingCentral network is not robust enough to handle all the users
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Talkdesk
I have never had a problem making a phone call or an issue getting a line out. More times than not it is the customer that will have a bad connection or have a lot of noise on their end. I have had experience w/ dropped calls, but never not being able to access a line
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Performance
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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Talkdesk
We have never had a Talkdesk performance issue. As long as you follow the system requirements, which are MINIMAL, neither will you.
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Support Rating
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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Talkdesk
We've had five account execs in 18 months, three of which were apparently downsized. That makes me question the stability to Talkdesk as a company. We continue to struggle getting timely, effective support when we have questions or issues. Usually, we email the support team, get the initial 'somebody will contact you' message, and then it can be days or in some cases over a week before we get a response.
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In-Person Training
RingCentral
I really didn't know all the capabilities
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Talkdesk
No answers on this topic
Online Training
RingCentral
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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Implementation Rating
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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Talkdesk
Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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Alternatives Considered
RingCentral
There is a more reliable connection and communication. The dashboard is easier to use, and the reports that can be generated are more in tune with our business needs. It is easy to review calls and pull them, which was much harder with Vonage.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
RingCentral
not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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Talkdesk
No answers on this topic
Scalability
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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Talkdesk
We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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Return on Investment
RingCentral
  • Enabling the team to streamline inbound and outbound calling strategy has increased productivity by at least 30%.
  • It improved internal collaboration by enabling the team to communicate effectively and clearly in real-time.
  • Improved level of professionalism that we could showcase to our clients, intangible benefit.
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Talkdesk
  • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
  • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
  • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
  • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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