Cisco VoIP PBX vs. Sangoma Asterisk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco VoIP PBX
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Cisco offers VoIP PBX capability.N/A
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Asterisk is an open source toolkit for building communications applications, now owned and supported by Sangoma (acquired with Digium in 2018). Most Asterisk-based systems and solutions require additional components (e.g. IP-phones, VoIP gateways or telephony interface cards, and other hardware), and expertise.N/A
Pricing
Cisco VoIP PBXSangoma Asterisk
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco VoIP PBXSangoma Asterisk
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cisco VoIP PBXSangoma Asterisk
Considered Both Products
Cisco VoIP PBX

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Sangoma Asterisk
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Top Pros
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Best Alternatives
Cisco VoIP PBXSangoma Asterisk
Small Businesses
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.3 out of 10
Sangoma Switchvox
Sangoma Switchvox
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.3 out of 10
3CX
3CX
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.3 out of 10
Cisco VoIP PBX
Cisco VoIP PBX
Score 7.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco VoIP PBXSangoma Asterisk
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(8 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco VoIP PBXSangoma Asterisk
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
The solution has almost everything I need to do my job, which is to keep in touch with my customers by phone calls and meetings. On the go, the softphone has room to improve user experience (Cisco Jabber), and as far as I know, Webex App should fill the gaps left by Jabber, but it depends to upgrade the system to the last version and that costs. Besides that, the solution is rock solid! Good audio quality in voice and video, integration with MSFT Teams and so reliable.
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Sangoma
Digium Asterisk is well suited for a city government as a communications solution for internal and external use. Other options like PBX are more expensive and hard to escalate. VoIP makes it easier to use the communications infrastructure instead that already exists rather than having to wire every phone when the solution is a digital or analog phone. In my city, government offices are not in the same place, which makes it harder to communicate everything together.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Local routing on remote branches
  • Telephony features flexibility
  • Different endpoint alternatives for all use cases
  • Real integration with other systems or platforms
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Sangoma
  • Easy communication and configuration with many soft phone and hard phone models
  • A great community that helps the software have more and more functionality
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Cons
Cisco
  • The setup flow was limited, unclear, and was not working for a while, IT didn't manage to fix it.
  • The UI looks terribly old, not even a little bit looking like a hardphone.
  • More options during a call.
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Sangoma
  • I have had trouble having my favorites list from Digium connect to my phone and save my preferences there. I have only managed to do this once, but now we have an added person in our Dept. I can add them on Digium, but my phone does not update.
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Usability
Cisco
All main features is very easy to access and use, only pressing a button or two (when you need to page up or page down the features set!) in the desk phone or a click of the mouse to place a call, start a chat, video call or a meeting. Very straight forward.
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Sangoma
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Support Rating
Cisco
Cisco offers online instruction on the use of the VoIP but it has to be sought out. Likely, the do offer additional support but this is managed by our IT department so it is difficult to determine just how accessible Cisco has been regarding the implementation and ongoing support for this product.
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Sangoma
I have asked in the not so recent past about having my phone updated with my saved Digium "favorites" list but it doesn't seem that this is possible
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
As we all know,Cisco is one of the best and trusted companies when it comes to networking,most of our materials were all Cisco,Cisco routers,Cisco IP phones..etc They're more handy and easy to use and don't require an IT experience,I used an IP phone to receive a call,and it was very easy to use and the sound was clear,here it comes the good configuration of a Cisco Voip PBx
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Sangoma
Recently I've been using Vonage Business, and while it is far more expensive and a lot less configurable than Digium, the mobility is essential for my new role. Digium is ideal for a business with both a very technical staff and a user base that is not remote. Digium was selected due to price and ability to create custom applications.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Positive impact is users are happy with service provided by Cisco VoIP PBX.
  • End-users are happy by using multiple functions like conferencing, transferring, call park, etc.
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Sangoma
  • being zero cost, we saved at least 3 million on what a legacy pbx would have cost
  • the savings and speed means lower cost on our service making us more competitive
  • stability
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