Overview
What is Fuze?
Fuze is a cloud-based unified communications platform that includes IP PBX voice service, video conferencing, and collaboration tools such as content sharing and instant messaging capabilities. It also integrates with a wide range of popular CTI, CRM, and click-to-call solutions.
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Fuze VoIP
Fuze works
Reliable with extensive capabilites
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The Fuze Experience thus far
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Popular Features
- Mobile app for iOS (94)8.181%
- Answering rules (99)7.070%
- Message alerts (93)6.464%
- Directory of employee names (107)5.858%
Reviewer Pros & Cons
Pricing
US Outbound
$0.02
Fuze Meetings
$15
Entry-level set up fee?
- Setup fee required
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $15 per month
Product Demos
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Features
Cloud PBX
A cloud PBX system is based on cloud computing technology where data is stored and transferred over the intenet without any need for on-site PBX equipment
- 5.3Hosted PBX(78) Ratings
Hosted telephony infrastructure obviated the need for local PBX hardware
- 6.2Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)(73) Ratings
IVR is a phone menu allowing callers to interact with the system through voice and keypad
- 5.2User templates(60) Ratings
Create and apply batch configurations to multiple users at once
- 6.4Call reports(92) Ratings
Historical call analysis and trending metrics
- 5.8Directory of employee names(107) Ratings
Voice directory of all employees for self-service dialing
Call Management
Customized phone system settings
- 7Answering rules(99) Ratings
Ability to enter rules to route calls to main number or other extensions in case of absence
- 6.3Call recording(89) Ratings
Automatic recording of inbound and outbound calls
- 7.2Call park(73) Ratings
Ability to hold calls in virtual location and subsequently access from any phone in system
- 6.4Message alerts(93) Ratings
Receive SMS and email message notifications for voice and fax messages
VoIP system collaboration
Team collaboration via cloud phone system
- 7.2Video conferencing(77) Ratings
Built-in video conferencing capabilities
- 7.4Audio conferencing(90) Ratings
Audio conferencing credentials for all on the system.
Mobile apps
Apps are compatible with mobile devices.
- 8.1Mobile app for iOS(94) Ratings
App for iPhone and iPad
- 8.1Mobile app for Android(77) Ratings
Android app
Product Details
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What is Fuze?
Fuze Features
Cloud PBX Features
- Supported: Hosted PBX
- Supported: Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
- Supported: User templates
- Supported: Call reports
- Supported: Directory of employee names
Call Management Features
- Supported: Answering rules
- Supported: Call recording
- Supported: Call park
- Supported: Message alerts
VoIP system collaboration Features
- Supported: Video conferencing
- Supported: Audio conferencing
Mobile apps Features
- Supported: Mobile app for iOS
- Supported: Mobile app for Android
Fuze Videos
Fuze Integrations
Fuze Competitors
- RingEX
- Mitel MiCollab
- Dialpad Ai Voice
- Slack
- 8x8 Work
- MiCloud Connect
- Avaya IX Contact Center (formerly Intelligent Xperiences Contact Center)
- Microsoft Skype For Business
- Cisco
Fuze Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
Supported Countries | Global - NA, EMEA, APAC |
Supported Languages | English, Spanish, French, German |
Fuze Downloadables
- IT leaders are accustomed to accepting the upfront risks that come with implementing new standards, processes, and technologies. Yet 76 percent of CIOs say that adoption is critical to the success of the new technology. Learn how to best serve employee needs when introducing a Unified Communication as a Service (UCaaS) solution, and how to drive widespread adoption.
- The role of today’s CIO has never been more challenging. Operational responsibilities, budget pressures, customer expectations, and the demands of the business are creating a unique landscape for the CIO to navigate. This new study of 292 CIOs sheds light on current challenges to maneuver along with key strategies and initiatives forward-looking CIOs are planning to push through in 2017.
- Effective unified communications as a service (UCaaS) promises to deliver seamless, secure, and cost-effective communications—across multiple channels, and on different devices, anywhere you need it. Learn all the basics and best practices of unified communications.
- Fuze Game Changers
Frequently Asked Questions
Fuze Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 8% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 27% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 65% |
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Reviews and Ratings
(199)Community Insights
- Business Problems Solved
- Recommendations
Fuze is widely used as a Unified Communications platform, offering voice, video, and text collaboration for offices and mobile users. Its cloud architecture and intelligent design ensure business continuity, even in the event of a primary circuit outage. With Fuze, organizations can address the distributed nature of their workforce by providing voice, call center, instant messaging, and teleconferencing capabilities throughout the organization. Users rely on Fuze as their primary means of communication, enabling 24/7/365 connectivity among employees in corporate offices, satellite offices, and work-from-home setups. During the Covid shutdown, Fuze proved invaluable as it replaced outdated phone systems and allowed employees to take their phones home and use them seamlessly as if they were in the office. Fuze's variety of features and capabilities meet the high expectations of users who have experienced more advanced systems in the past. It serves as a single communications platform across multiple locations and divisions within an organization, meeting the diverse needs of various divisions around the globe. Whether it's for collaboration, messaging, calling or replacing traditional phone systems, Fuze offers ease and convenience while addressing critical business issues such as managing multiple phone systems, supplier accounts, invoices, and call support problems. With its streamlined unified communications experience, Fuze has helped reduce telephony and conferencing costs while simplifying internal communications infrastructure. From remote meetings to contact center solutions and sales departments' communication needs, Fuze provides a reliable platform that improves productivity and builds stronger relationships with customers. Users appreciate how it integrates seamlessly with different devices like desk phones, computers, and mobile devices, streamlining communication processes and saving valuable time.
In summary, Fuze offers a wide range of use cases including voice calling, video conferencing, instant messaging for collaboration purposes within an organization or between offices and mobile users. It solves critical business problems by providing reliable connectivity among employees regardless of their location or setup. With its variety of features and capabilities, Fuze meets the high expectations of users who have experienced more advanced systems in the past. It simplifies internal communications infrastructure, reduces costs, and improves productivity by providing a streamlined unified communications experience. From contact center solutions to sales departments' communication needs, Fuze proves to be an invaluable tool that enhances collaboration and strengthens relationships with customers.
These recommendations reflect users' positive experiences with Fuze, highlighting its effectiveness in improving collaboration across multiple platforms. Users highly recommend Fuze for its ease of use and navigation, as well as its ability to enhance web conferencing experiences, especially with the webinar function. They suggest ensuring a steady internet connection with sufficient bandwidth and comparing Fuze with other options before making a decision. Users also advise thoroughly testing the setup and considering other customers' experiences before fully committing to Fuze. Additionally, they recommend checking if Fuze can integrate with the CRM system and suggest having a backup plan for connecting with clients. Some users mention the need for improvements in contact center reporting and call quality, as well as better technical support. They also recommend working closely with Fuze for call tree preparation and phone routing. Overall, users find Fuze to be a reliable, cost-effective solution for lightweight audio/video conferencing and collaboration.
Attribute Ratings
- 7.7Likelihood to Renew20 ratings
- 8.9Availability3 ratings
- 8Performance3 ratings
- 7.1Usability12 ratings
- 7.4Support Rating88 ratings
- 9Online Training2 ratings
- 8In-Person Training2 ratings
- 8Implementation Rating111 ratings
- 8.7Configurability3 ratings
- 7.8Product Scalability3 ratings
- 8Ease of integration3 ratings
- 8Vendor pre-sale3 ratings
- 8.6Vendor post-sale3 ratings
Reviews
(26-50 of 116)We use Fuze for instant messaging between coworkers, video meetings, and conference calls. The ability to send a text message from your work phone number to any other phone number is a great feature that we use on occasion as well. We also use Fuze to route calls to our Customer Service Agents through Nice In Contact CXone.
- Instant Messaging.
- Phone calls through your desktop or mobile app.
- text messaging from your desktop to any phone number.
- Video Conference Meetings can at time be choppy.
- Fuze Video meetings seem to use more bandwith than other video conference programs.
- Does not fully integrate with meetings/calendar status through outlook.
Fuze is a great softphone program that allows employees to instant message, text message and communicate form their web browser or a free mobile app to be able to make calls and send texts from their work phone number all from within the app.
- Their data API is great for getting the data you need out of their system as long as you or somebody you know can write a program to call that API.
- Allows for calls to be taken by mobile app, desktop app, or desk phone.
- Flexible call center logic and that allowed us to continue to function as we have been, even if what we were doing wasn't the most common practice.
- Simplified administration of users through an increasingly feature rich Hub.
- The platform is constantly evolving and increasing functionality. Things that were once only manageable by support routinely make their way down to the admins.
- Fuze support response time is typically very slow and they routinely miss their SLAs.
- Some admin portals have an interface that are in need of updating. They are very much still in the middle of their rebranding as some portals reference "Fuze" while others reference "Thinking Phones." This is a bit confusing for new end users when their primary web portal is "portal.thinkingphones.com"
- The canned reports are very limited and seem and the tech driving them leads to some reports missing or chopping off longer fields even though they are standard fields for any Fuze call (i.e. "ABCDEFG" shortened to "ABCD...")
The main critique I can give is that it may fall short if you rely on the canned data reports. However, they have continued to expand their reporting systems and have released a powerful reporting tool that can slice and dice data as long as you're willing to spend some time with it. If all else fails, they have a great API that can be used for even more reporting options.
Outside of that, what can I say? We primarily used it for the phone service and the best thing I can say is that it was largely uneventful. For me, that's a great sign of performance and reliability.
- As the administrator of our account, I can add/delete employees, forward calls, etc.
- Fuze has excellent customer service. We rarely contact customer service because we hardly ever have issues.
- We have never had an issue with call quality.
- I think the administrator account interface could be more user friendly; it is designed more for Fuze employees and less towards the average customer user.
Fly High Fuze
- Fuze is really coming up with a new unified collaboration features & upgrading it to benefit to clients. Such as softphone services for both desktop, web & for the phones.
- The Fuze project team is good enough to analyze the customer's requirement & come up with a very positive deployment approach. Delivery of hardware phones & timeline is up to mark from fuze.
- Fuze support seems to be very impressive nowadays.
- Fuze could still improve on the support side. Need to engage with our Site IT teams to discuss the Fuze issues if the site is really facing. The Fuze support team needs to understand the concern about the issues. At least once in a quarter fuze need to conduct a survey on site level to improve the service quality if anything change is required from our local IT on the Fuze solution.
Fuze - your collaborative, cloud-based telephony solution!
- Voice quality.
- Call clarity.
- Bandwidth-connectivity independent.
- Main App Interface - be more user-friendly.
Fuze gives you great mobility
- Gives you mobility
- Supported on iOS, Android and Windows
- Good connection without problems
- Android app needs a bit improvement--notifications not working well
My Fuze Review
- Software clients available on a variety of platforms.
- Regular updates with useful new features.
- Support staff is well trained and responsive to customer issues.
- Android and iOS apps do not always handle disruptions from other phone activities well. Inbound phone calls and changes to Bluetooth connections (earpiece to car, for example) can foul up an ongoing meeting.
- We would love the ability to easily move calls between devices -- Software to desk phone, desk phone to mobile client, etc. Fuze has made some improvements in this area, but there are still a couple of missing pieces.
- The Fuze Meetings module is still a bit behind the major players like WebEx, Zoom, etc., in features and general usability.
Fuze - A Unified Communication Solution
- Unifying Organization phone system
- Personal Call History
- Cost
- Call Quality
- Availability
- Video Quality
- Administration
For users new to phone administration, Fuze can you help you with the set up but be aware there will be a learning curve.
Service needs improvement, good application though
Fuze is being used by the entire company. Fuze Desktop allows people from all departments to communicate internally and externally. I have been supporting users from other departments within the company for more than one year now.
Although Fuze Desktop shows some errors once in a while it is indeed a regular application used in the company.
- Fuze has many features that allow you to communicate
- Fuze allows you to create meetings
- You can use Fuze on your smartphone (spp)
- Fuze has poor call quality sometimes.
- It's not easy/intuitive to manage some features in Fuze portal.
- Fuze support takes long time to get back to you.
It does the job
- Making calls
- Instant messaging
- User interface
- Super heavy on resources
- Mostly email communication for support
- Admin portal is lackluster
Fuze Review
- Instant Messaging (with presence awareness).
- VoIP phone on your PC (softphone), I only use the softphone.
- Good quality Calls
- Support: This is where I had to give a 9, support takes too long and lacks product expertise.
- Reporting: As an admin, I can get what I want, but delegating that to others is limited.
Good service and a reliable product
- Availability of service has been up 99 % of the time.
- Call quality via WiFi is pretty good.
- Mobile app is great.
- On the desktop app, the errors with updating the app are constant if it can't update.
- Pick up groups don't seem to work the best.
- Constant error message - meetings are not available.
Fuze is great--don't hesitate!
- Fuze is really easy to use even if you've never used a VOIP system.
- You can easily connect your cellphone number and Fuze number together to make it feel like a regular phone call.
- Fuze support is very helpful and will reply to us as soon as possible.
- I want to have the ability to block out numbers especially if they are from automated telemarketers.
- The option of having caller ID, although it does show where the call is coming from
- On mobile, if my phone was silent the ringer turns on automatically on its own
Fuze implementation and usage in a small to medium business
- Easy to set up. The team that carried out the analysis and implementation of the solution was very professional and attentive to our needs.
- Training. The online training and documentation is very comprehensive and well organized.
- The support is very reactive if a problem occurs.
- Look and feel. The interface is not very modern and cannot be branded in your company's colors.
- Contacts synchronisation. Some fields of the contacts are not imported (If you have "company" contacts you will only see the phone number unless you move the company name into the first name). The interface does not show you all fields.
- Video conference. Image quality is worse than other products (Zoom, Google Meet).
To Fuze or Not to Fuze
- Good call quality
- Mobile App
- Finally being able to dial extensions to reach people across sites
- Mobile app
- Setting up is a little confusing
- Outages
Fuze Saves You Money
- Low cost
- Easy to Use
- Seemless
- User-friendly
- Login
- Understanding where to click
- Save button
Fuze as an all encompassing VoiP software
- Great platform for VoiP.
- Hosting meetings is a breeze.
- The Fuze Contact Center is great for monitoring call queues.
- Backend support is hit and miss.
- The Fuze admin portal doesn't let you change usernames.
- Billing is usually an issue, where we are being billed for numbers not in use.
Unifying All Global Communications in a Single App
- Mobile application is completely in sync with Desktop app and desk phone.
- Very easy to implement in all regions of the world.
- Quality of traditional voice services is excellent.
- There are incidents that occur which are still too frequent throughout their infrastructure.
- Support response is somewhat limited in speed to respond and quality of assistance.
One feature enhancement is alignment on ring capabilities so that all 3 points of presence are aligned. For example, when I silence the ring on one of my devices, the ring should be silenced on all devices at the same time. Very often, I'm working at my desk with a desk phone, desktop application, and mobile phone. Often, even in a meeting. I would like to Reject the call on a single device and have that carry over to all other systems.
The other feature I'd like to see is tighter Office 365 integration with meetings scheduled in Fuze. Specifically, I'd like for the Fuze meeting scheduler to create the event within Office 365 at the same time it's being scheduled in Fuze.
Do NOT migrate to Fuze!
- Fuze has the potential to be a great platform with its ease of use.
- Fuze is a very appealing color scheme
- Fuze customer support is not helpful to say the least. They are not very responsive, and when the do respond their time frame is slow.
- Fuze platform does not seem to work with our organization as we have loud echo sounds when on a meeting or call. These echos are so bad that we need to end the meeting and move to another format to hear each other
Fuze Review
- Good voice quality, and meetings are generally stable.
- Web client which closely resembles Windows client.
- Sluggish client, takes up too many system resources even with optimizations.
- Mobile client is very slow initially while it rebuilds and caches your message list.
Fuze Voice Use in an International Company
- It allows you to choose any European or world number to communicate with.
- The prices are for all devices and you can log in using their app or the web.
- Good call quality especially in open areas.
- The customise options are very important because it helps personalise the use.
- Video calls are good but need to be higher quality and have more options on sharing.
- Visually it's okay, but some icons [look like] children with no experience can use them, especially for specific options.
- Integration with other browsers as there is with Chrome.
Not so fussed on Fuze
- Call quality was solid. It didn't drop packets.
- Simple design. Easy to use.
- I did not need to run through any training, it was that simple.
- Functionality -- video.
- Call recordings access.
- Access to call stats.
Fuze is a really good tool and definitely worth looking at!
- I really liked the phone app. I felt like it was easy to install and it was immediately obvious when someone from work was calling or messaging vs. someone personal.
- The integration with my CRM was simple and made calling right from the web very easy.
- I liked the chat function and creating groups.
- Overall I felt like Fuze met my personal needs as an SDR.
- Occasionally I felt like I had issues with sound or calls not connecting well, although it is difficult for me to know if it was problems with Fuze or possibly my work computer or internet.
- Could have been more robust in terms of document sharing (similar to MS Teams.)
Fuze offers simplicity. One less thing to worry about.
- Interactive remote meetings are a breeze with Fuze. The ability to share and control remote screens works well.
- The phone app is very useful. You can join any meeting from your phone and even receive calls through your extension. Even on cellular data, screen sharing still works well.
- User administration is as simple as it can get. Fuze integrates well with Active Directory and the support team will help set up all the defaults. New users can be created with just a few clicks.
- Our team loves to send gifs. Teams allowed us to integrate a giphy button. Fuze does not have the same functionality although they have mentioned it will be in a future update.
- If you don't have sound turned on getting a notification of a new message can be problematic. The icon on the taskbar blinks, letting you know there is a new message. Sometimes this doesn't function correctly.
- There is no way for a user to block or control a blocked list of phone numbers. Some users get many scam calls or annoying cold calls. This would be a helpful feature.
Fuze, a great product with its flaws. Support definitely needs help!
- Wealth of features
- Documentation
- User Interface
- Their Support is VERY lacking. Almost every exchange I have with their support requires me to escalate. I have submitted cases with P1 priority (top priority with 4 hour response window) and have gone a week with no response, prompting me to email our internal contacts to make progress. With most of my contacts, I have to explain the issue multiple times as the agent does not understand what I'm asking.
- Their helpdesk line is basically just a verbal ticket submission. When you call you're not getting connected to an agent who can help, you're connected to someone who basically creates the ticket for you and then someone else will contact you later.
- We have run into a myriad of issues with Fuze implementation. Some of those issues were on our side, some on Fuze. But it always felt like it took far too much time to get resolved. We've been with Fuze for nearly 1.5-2 years and are still not 100% implemented properly. We have whole offices who have given up using the service.
- Fuze Rooms does not accommodate our needs. It is a conference room software that runs using the exact same software that you use for desktop calling, but it does not include a dialer or the ability for external dialing.
I think that companies should do their research and make sure their hardware/network is up to snuff if you intend on doing a Softphone-only deployment, or purchase physical desk phones. Their Softphone software is nice and convenient, but I wouldn't depend on it company-wide.