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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    RingEXZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RingEXZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsPricing 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 pricingA discount is offered for yearly billing.
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    Features
    RingEXZoho Desk
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.5
    24 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio9.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video9.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.9
    19 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing9.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation9.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.7
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.9
    22 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication8.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.5
    212 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.1119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.6162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.7197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.0
    221 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules8.9207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording8.6191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.7172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening8.7180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.9208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging9.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax9.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription9.327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.3
    195 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS9.2171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.4152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.0
    22 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized communications management9.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing8.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of RingEX and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    RingEXZoho Desk
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    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RingEXZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (229 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (159 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RingEXZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    RingCentral
    I love that RingEX lets you screen your call and take notes, then gives you a thorough review and summary that breaks down key points and flags what needs to be done. You get an email with the notes and summary, so you don't have to focus on anything but providing the customer with the summary and next steps. I think that helps with productivity.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    RingCentral
    • RingEX abilities to do multiple things at once, hands-free, is a huge time saver for me.
    • RingEX can record each word from beginning to end that may be part of a legal or written contract.
    • The amount of storage space that this program provides to my system is incredible.
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    RingCentral
    • Reporting and analytics can be limiting. There is a solid baseline of reporting, but the customization is not what you would get with a call center product.
    • There is a platform API, but it is not as expansive as I would like. There is no easy way to build integrations with third-party tools, unlike Genesys Cloud, which has Data Actions.
    • The digital/messaging side is not present - we can't stick a widget on our website and allow people to live chat with us.
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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    In-Person Training
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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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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    Zoho
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.