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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

    Zoom Phone

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on Zoom's platform, Zoom's cloud phone consolidates business communication and collaboration into a single system. Available in 40+ countries, with expandable coverage through a bring-your-own-carrier offering, Zoom Phone supports inbound and outbound calling through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Features: Post call summary & next steps A post-call summary from Zoom’s AI Companion keeps the focus on the conversation instead of…

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    RingEXZoom Phone
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    US & Canada Metered
    $10
    per month per user
    US & Canada Unlimited
    $15
    per month per user
    Global Select
    $20
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RingEXZoom Phone
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    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 pricingNo fees for emergency 911 Service No fees for compliance and administrative cost recovery Fee No 10DLC SMS fees
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    Community Pulse
    RingEXZoom Phone
    Considered Both Products
    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    I think that RingCentral's RingEX compares well with other solutions, though, they do seem less reliable than Zoom and Five9.

    Against Vonage, RingCentral's RingEX is leagues ahead with more features and better call quality.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    RingEX's Reliability and overall cost helped with our decision. While the competition have corresponding products and features, RingEX seem to really nail it in terms of usability.
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    RingEX sales team was the most responsive team. Zoom was not as mature and did not have a fax solution like RingEX had. 8x8 sales process was a disaster and their finance team began billing us during the sales process as if we were a customer. We could tell 8x8 didn't focus on …
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    Our sister campuses are using Microsoft Teams as the phone system. While MS Teams works great for collaboration, storage, and video conferencing, there are still many issues with using them as the phone system. Desk phone integration with Teams is nothing short of horrible, as …
    Incentivized
    Chose RingEX
    When considering telephony solutions, RingEX stands out as one of the most advanced choices available.
    Incentivized
    Zoom
    Chose Zoom Phone
    Has all the features plus Zoom Meeting integration. Pricing is very competitive. Zoom Webinar is a cut above similar products, so having them all in the same family makes it easier for our staff, most of whom are not technical.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoom Phone
    The big draw for us to Zoom Phone is that they shook up the market. They entered the phone market by taking their overwhelming success in video conferencing, and bringing that innovation and skill to designing a game changing phone system. There is really not much difference …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoom Phone
    RingCentral and Zoom are very similar, and I am a fan of both. We ended up choosing Zoom because of how much we liked them for their Zoom Meetings product we've used for years now. It just always worked compared to WebEx, Gotomeeting, Fuze, Skype, Teams, etc. So reliability …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    162 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    151 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    168 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    132 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    145 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    RingEXZoom Phone
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.4
    17 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio9.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.9
    12 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.6
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.8
    16 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.5
    205 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    8.6
    47 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Hosted PBX9.1114 Ratings8.524 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.5156 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.7191 Ratings8.542 Ratings
    User templates00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Call reports00 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.9
    214 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    8.5
    46 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Answering rules8.8201 Ratings8.543 Ratings
    Call recording8.6186 Ratings8.144 Ratings
    Call park8.6166 Ratings8.536 Ratings
    Call screening8.6174 Ratings9.834 Ratings
    Message alerts8.8203 Ratings8.541 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging9.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.3
    188 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    8.5
    45 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS9.2164 Ratings8.540 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.3147 Ratings8.531 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.9
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoom Phone
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized communications management9.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging8.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing8.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics8.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of RingEX and Zoom Phone
    Feature
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Phone
    9.4
    23 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings9.322 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings9.322 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.522 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings9.419 Ratings
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    RingEXZoom Phone
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RingEXZoom Phone
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (223 ratings)
    6.1
    (50 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (153 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    6.6
    (4 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)
    8.2
    (1 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
    RingEXZoom Phone
    Likelihood to Recommend
    RingCentral
    It's very suitable if you want a competent "business phone" solution. It is extremely reliable; the pricing is competitive, and it offers some advanced features and functions. It offers the ability to set up numbers very quickly and to procure them from across the globe. It offers good flexibility in controlling how and where those numbers route, with the ability to add inline messages, voicemail inbox, etc. It is not, to me, a like-for-like replacement for a call center product (and indeed RingCentral offers a true call center solution). If you are looking for advanced routing rules (such as adding skill priorities) or robust real-time monitoring (e.g., dashboards), this is not the right product.
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    Zoom
    Zoom Workplace is ideal for any business looking for a communication/collaboration solution. This is more so for businesses with a hybrid workforce. It makes holding virtual meetings and collaboration sessions easy, and teams can participate seamlessly thanks to features such as Zoom Whiteboard, Zoom Teams chat, and Zoom Phone, among others. In a nutshell, Zoom Workplace makes teamwork and productivity easy.
    Incentivized
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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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    Zoom
    • Having our Phone system all in onc place. Call, Text, Voicemail. with live transcript
    • Zoom Meeting AI companion - taking notes, creating action items, and summarizing the meetings then email immediately afterwards
    • Scheduler - being able to send links to team members or vendors to book a time that works best for them that is linked and synced to my calendar.
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    Cons
    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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    Zoom
    • The first time I ported a number and set up a outlying office, I had to keep going back in and correcting things. I feel like there could be more straightforward instructions on this, instead of having to go to multiple sections just to accomplish everything.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Zoom
    Almost perfect. Transformed from just being on my mobile phone. The phone has moved from a ituility to a value driving service in the business. Nobody yet has an AI to help manage the system. Come on Zoom, seems an obvious AI use case.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom Phone has a very sleek design which makes it very easy to operate and use both in the setting up of and interacting in a meeting space. That being said, certain features can seem a bit crowded while trying to screen share or display video which somewhat defeats the purpose of the application as compared to a standard conference call.
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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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    Zoom
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Zoom
    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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    Zoom
    I haven't had any sort of issues with Zoom as of yet to have to call Support. That right there makes me think it's a good product. Simple and easy to use. Nothing confusing or glitchy that would make me have to get in touch with them. Straightforward so I'm not trying to figure out a specific workflow.
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    In-Person Training
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Zoom
    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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    Zoom
    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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    Zoom
    The main reason why we switched to Zoom Phone is because our VOIP system inexplicably went down for almost a month and no one could figure out what was wrong. Lumen was charging way more than Zoom Workplace, but could not get the system to work.
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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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    Zoom
    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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    Zoom
    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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    Zoom
    • We're better able to work together as a team answering phones multiple people can be logged in to answer at the same time.
    • The voicemail transcription feature helps with sharing messages to different departments.
    • Overall, we're able to answer more calls and have fewer callers being sent to voicemail.
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