Ruby Virtual Receptionist Services vs. Zoho SalesIQ

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ruby
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Ruby, or Ruby Receptionists headquartered in Portland, boasts supporting more than 10,000 businesses with live virtual receptionists and 24/7 available chat services. Users set their preferences to have Ruby answer the phone part-time, full-time, or after hours, and Ruby deploys personalized company greetings to custom call handling instructions.
$129
per month
Zoho SalesIQ
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoho SalesIQ is an AI-powered live chat and analytics platform that promotes proactive customer engagement. It offers sales, marketing, and support teams a tool, with features to communicate with visitors throughout the customer lifecycle. Zoho SalesIQ can be used by businesses of all sizes across all industries. Zoho SalesIQ offers: A detailed list of visitors sorted based on the criteria that matter to businesses A codeless website…
$0
per month per user
Pricing
Ruby Virtual Receptionist ServicesZoho SalesIQ
Editions & Modules
Chat Ruby 10
$129
monthly
Chat Ruby 30
$299
monthly
Call Ruby 100
$319
monthly
Chat Ruby 50
$469
monthly
Call Ruby 200
$599
monthly
Call Ruby 350
$999
monthly
Call Ruby 500
$1,399
monthly
Free
$0
per month per user
Basic
$10
per month per user
Professional
$17
per month per user
Enterprise
$25
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RubyZoho SalesIQ
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsBundled Chat Ruby 10 Your Call Ruby Plan + Up to 10 Chats for $99 Bundled Chat Ruby 30 Your Call Ruby Plan + Up to 30 Chats for $249 Bundled Chat Ruby 50 Your Call Ruby Plan + Up to 50 Chats for $399—
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Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(13 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ruby Virtual Receptionist ServicesZoho SalesIQ
Likelihood to Recommend
Ruby Receptionists, Inc
Ruby Virtual Receptionist Services is well suited for a business that needs call screening and message-taking services. The service is expensive but if the user is willing to put a lot of time and effort into planning and scriptwriting, as well as call handling instructions, it may work well. Also, if there is not much information that must be captured by the receptionist, I feel this may be a better fit.
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Zoho
If you are facing issues of agents not being able to respond to queries, which is usually faced with our tools, Zoho SalesIQ is probably the best choice as the default notification is very loud and clear hence makes sure that no chat query is left unattended. The desktop application of Zoho SalesIQ for Windows, Linux, and MAC OS is a superb feature not offered by many other chat applications. The geographical locations of website visitors are sometimes not very accurate hence it is advised not to always rely on it and better reconfirm it from the lead.
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Pros
Ruby Receptionists, Inc
  • Call-out request "personal assistant services."
  • Ruby Receptionist app.
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Zoho
  • It has helped us increase our revenues by a significant margin over the last few years. Technical help is quite quick to respond.
  • UI that is convenient and practical. It's simple to use and understand. We value being able to see how users arrive at our site.
  • Zoho SalesIQ has a fantastic live chat feature that includes a notification, monitoring and reporting system.
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Cons
Ruby Receptionists, Inc
  • Clarity in billing.
  • Shortened hold times.
  • Less transfer time from call to receptionist (between English and Spanish).
  • Better training of receptionists to prevent certain things from being said to clients - decreases client confidence.
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Zoho
  • Overall it's a very simple tool that doesn't offer a lot of complexity or expanded tools
  • Even though it's all in the Zoho family, it doesn't work seemlessly with CRM or other Zoho products
  • Not always the best at identifying similar users across different browsers, devices, etc
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Alternatives Considered
Ruby Receptionists, Inc
We switched over from Answer First to Ruby Receptionist because we wanted a more full-service answering service. We wanted to be able to call out using our business number as well as text in and out. We also really liked the "call-out request" feature as it freed up our time and allowed Ruby to handle minor client communications, etc.
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Zoho
Tawk to was nice but it was missing a lot of features that Zoho SalesIQ has. And a massively important advantage that SalesIQ had was that it integrated with other Zoho apps that we already used. The pricing of Zoho SalesIQ was also very attractive, we felt that it offered a great bang for our buck.
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Return on Investment
Ruby Receptionists, Inc
  • Increased efficiency.
  • NEGATIVE ROI.
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Zoho
  • We interact with about 50 visitors a month and it's great when we can see the full picture, to see and interact based on whether they are a new contact or a long-time customer.
  • Capturing new website visitors at the time that they have a question about your product is important.
  • Missing chats can be frustrating.
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Zoho SalesIQ Screenshots

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