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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 is widely used as a Unified Communications platform, offering voice, video, and text collaboration for offices and mobile users. Its …
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A great product

8 out of 10
February 17, 2022
Incentivized
Fuze is being used by the whole company. We tried to eliminate the use of hard phones and started asking users to use softphones.
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FUZE - 2 Years Later

9 out of 10
October 27, 2021
Incentivized
We use Fuze company-wide. Desk phones, mobile app, desktop app, and Outlook add-in are all in use by various people. What parts of Fuze …
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Enjoying Fuze

9 out of 10
September 03, 2021
Incentivized
Fuze is used for quick communications through the message feature and calling anyone with ease (no need to look up or memorize phone …
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Popular Features

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  • Mobile app for iOS (94)
    8.1
    81%
  • Answering rules (99)
    7.1
    71%
  • Message alerts (93)
    6.5
    65%
  • Directory of employee names (107)
    5.8
    58%

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Pricing

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US Outbound

$0.02

Cloud
Per Minute

Fuze Meetings

$15

Cloud
Per User/Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee required
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.fuze.com/fuze-plans

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $15 per month
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Product Demos

Fuze YOUnified Communications HD

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HTC Fuze Invisible Shield Application Demo (part 1)

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Demo of World War 2 No 36 Mills bomb training grenade (Safe and Inert !) & genuine inert DRILL fuze!

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Fuze Desktop Demo Video 4.8 Final

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Demo - Liquid Nails Fuze*it All Surface

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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

5.8
Avg 8.2

Call Management

Customized phone system settings

6.7
Avg 8.4

VoIP system collaboration

Team collaboration via cloud phone system

7.3
Avg 8.3

Mobile apps

Apps are compatible with mobile devices.

8.1
Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is Fuze?

Fuze is a global cloud communications and collaboration software platform for the enterprise. The platform is designed to enable seamless transition between calling, meeting, chatting, content sharing, and collaboration on any device. The vendor’s value proposition is that Fuze empowers the digital workforce anytime, anywhere, and across any device.

Headquartered in Boston, MA, Fuze has additional locations including New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Ottawa, London, Amsterdam, Aveiro (Portugal), Paris, Munich, Zurich, Copenhagen, and Sydney.

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

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Fuze Competitors

Fuze Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal - NA, EMEA, APAC
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, German

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Fuze starts at $15.

RingEX, Mitel MiCollab, and Dialpad Ai Voice are common alternatives for Fuze.

Reviewers rate Mobile app for iOS and Mobile app for Android highest, with a score of 8.1.

The most common users of Fuze are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Fuze Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
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

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

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

Reviews

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Souvik Giri | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it along with our customer processing and support team to answer every segmented queries as well as sending out personalized messaging content to every user we have ever reached out to . The calling feature is something which we have also enabled for our internal communications because of its seamless and easier intergrations
  • Voice calling with anyone registered in the directory
  • Video calling with anyone registered in the directory
  • Messaging with anyone in and out of the registered directory
  • Insights about the entire workflow and the services offered for
  • The voice calling application is definitely not the best when it comes to selecting various user enhanced options and connectivity
  • The video calling feature can be equipped with modern day features from competitors like google voice , viber
  • The messaging needs to have seamless automation integration options for better and enhanced usage
Fuze is best suited for internal communication sas it is perfectly synchronized for moderate scale communication channels and offering the features of exclusiveness. It definitely cannot be seen as a great alternative for replacing the modern day customer support chat bot and voice calling features offered by other peers in the industry
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is being used by the whole organization. After we merged with WeddingWire we got stuck using it because it was cheaper. It addresses the use of a phone system for contact center users and regular users. It gave our sales team SMS capability so they can text sales leads and current customers.
  • UcaaS.
  • Browser based app ability.
  • Salesforce integration is horrible.
  • Their support team is lackluster.
  • The CSMs and account managers aren't knowledgeable about phone systems.
  • Fuze is NOT a contact center system. They need to merge with somebody like Serenova.
There are other systems in the industry like inContact or NVM that are the Cadillac while Fuze is that old beat up Ford Pinto. There are so many contact center capabilities that are missing with Fuze. Now I see why Fuze is the joke of the industry among my peers. They don't listen to the customer for product ideas or enhancements. If you need a system that can work with Salesforce then look elsewhere.
February 17, 2022

A great product

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is being used by the whole company. We tried to eliminate the use of hard phones and started asking users to use softphones.
  • Calling
  • Messages
  • Meetings
  • Screen sharing during meetings
  • Video calls
  • Conference meetings
  • Aesthetics
Fuze is a great VOIP alternative. Its mobile application is also useful, especially when you are away from your machine. This helped us to not miss any important calls.
November 25, 2021

Fuze VoIP

Dominic Yu (He/Him), CISSP, PMP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We selected Fuze to replace our old telecom infrastructure with their hosted Cloud VoIP solution for all our North America locations. The Fuze service was used in parallel with Polycom handsets, softphones, and mobile app. We also integrated Fuze calling with our Salesforce.com implementation. We did not use the Fuze IM feature and continued to use MS Teams for collaboration.
  • Fuze integrated nicely with Salesforce allowing call activity to be easily logged into SFDC.
  • Fuze call reporting provided valuable insight into call activity and the history of individuals.
  • The Fuze softphone UI was clear and simple.
  • We left Fuze because they could not integrate with MS Teams as a direct routing partner.
  • Overall the monthly cost for the licenses and variable per minute dialing costs were too high.
  • IT administration was a bit confusing because of all the Admin consoles used for different administration tasks.
Fuze is a great solution with quite reliable voice quality when used with QoS. Fuze is a solid replacement for an old landline phone system with 200-500 users. As a direct routing partner for MS Teams Fuze was too expensive. I hope they are able to adjust their pricing model.
October 27, 2021

FUZE - 2 Years Later

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Fuze company-wide. Desk phones, mobile app, desktop app, and Outlook add-in are all in use by various people. What parts of Fuze are used depends largely on the person's role in the organization. We needed a modern (cloud) UCaaS solution and Fuze does a great job of unifying voice, messaging, and meetings into one single platform.
  • Voice quality.
  • Mobile app.
  • Meetings - Simple, yet feature-rich interface.
  • Desktop application stability and compatibility with certain hardware.
  • Better installation - Per-user and per-computer installs sometimes compete with one another and/or upgrades fail to install.
  • [The] desktop app is not best for touchscreen-enabled devices due to lack of ability to scroll through messages using a finger or stylus.
Suited best for an enterprise. Less appropriate for small businesses and/or businesses where messages are required to be retained/archived (for compliance).
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
[Fuze is being used] across the whole organization, mainly in sales as the back office tends to be using Fuze more often now. It provides a platform for all of our sales staff to communicate effectively with candidates and clients across the business. [Fuze] also allows the use of meetings and instant messaging. We utilize call monitoring for effective coaching when managers want to do this with new starters in the company.
  • Customer Service.
  • Listens to customers for new ideas.
  • Ability to call monitor.
  • Portal could be more intuitive and easier to use.
  • It's cumbersome to install files on the Fuze desktop.
Fuze provides a great platform for a large number of users to communicate effectively with candidates and clients. It also provides good meeting functionality and the ability for managers to report call times and usage is a very helpful tool, particularly in sales. The Hub is becoming more intuitive and hopefully, the portal will follow in the future.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fuse is used as our primary telephony company. We mostly use it for on-site phones and our users also use the mobile app, also a small contact center.
  • Getting involved when an issue is critical and they have liability.
  • Selling product features.
  • Believing that they have a superior product than the competition.
  • They make you sign orders with extended terms every time you get new lines (beware).
  • Unless you tell them multiple times, support will not be from your own country.
  • Their app, even on great wifi, has poor quality.
  • The phones will have random issues that need to be addressed daily.
  • The portal for customers is hard to navigate or implement changes.
  • The billing is confusing, almost purposefully confusing (in my opinion).
  • Set up and implementation is abysmal.
  • You will have issues if any of your extensions have the same last four digits as your DIDs.
Fuze might be a good fit for a company looking for teleconferencing (We don't have that service) but [I feel that] their telephony service lacks any stability, ease of use, or innovation. Their contact center tech is almost nonfunctional compared to the competition.
September 03, 2021

Enjoying Fuze

Danielle Bulla | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is used for quick communications through the message feature and calling anyone with ease (no need to look up or memorize phone numbers!!). You can search previous conversations, send pictures/screenshots, or share screens in real-time. You can also see if a colleague is available at a glance.
  • Easy to make contact with colleagues.
  • Searching instant messages.
  • Sharing screens.
  • Can not export call list.
  • Can not export contacts.
  • Does not let you know if someone has the app (available for instant messages).
While working from home during COVID Fuze was great. It was an easy way to stay in contact with coworkers. You could see who was available, call using the speaker on your computer, or message. I have used other messaging software before that would not let you send pictures or share screens and it is very limiting. With Fuze, you have those options and it makes it so much easier when working from home and trying to carry on with the same productivity as working in the office.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is being used across the organization by certain departments only that need to keep on frequent communications and meetings. This has solved the issue of removing hard phones and bringing them home or wherever the users are, using their mobile app or softphone on their Laptops.
  • Easy to create a meeting and invite everyone outside of the organization since you don't need Google or Microsoft account to join them.
  • Simplify the fact that you can bring your line anywhere you are.
  • Easy to keep close with your officemates with the messaging feature.
  • You can modify your plans anytime in the most convenient way for you.
  • One of the improvements could be adding a feature to submit case support, directly from the Fuze application whenever technical assistance is needed.
Fuze is perfect for departments or groups because there is a limitation regarding licenses type and not all can enjoy the same features. For example, if employees within the same organization have a different type of license like (Voice and Messages) only, they are limited to start a video and this will depend on company budgets of course. My point is that other vendors provide all-in-one service for the same price.
August 23, 2021

Sometimes ConFuzed

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Fuze throughout the whole company. Mainly used for chatting back and forth with other staff and departments. Very necessary while working remotely. We also use Fuze to make inter-office calls.
  • Chatting features.
  • Calling.
  • Lagging issues. Whether using it on an older pc or a brand new one, no matter my connection, there always seems to be a lag/delay.
Really the main use I would recommend Fuze for is chatting and internet calling features. However, there’s many other apps and programs that do the same.
August 16, 2021

Fuze and Me

Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We recently migrated away from the Fuze platform. It had originally been our contact center, collaboration, and telephony stack all in one.
  • The mobile app was delightful to use.
  • The GUI of the Windows/MacOS app were very intuitive.
  • Meeting quality was great.
  • Audio quality was phenomenal.
  • [In my experience,] customer service was bad. Might as well have been the Russian scammers from a Capital One commercial.
  • The contact center is a little more cumbersome to manage than the rest of the platform and is rebranded as InContact.
  • Had some SERIOUS billing/account management issues.
For the price, I find It really hard to recommend Fuze. It certainly was easy enough to manage, but not as easy as others, especially given that we are now paying less for better overall service/product from a competitor.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have adopted Fuze as our unified communications platform across the enterprise. Each employee utilizes Fuze for voice communications, video conferencing, virtual meetings, and collaboration. With each employee having a direct dial number, applications on their laptop and their mobile device they are able to stay engaged with clients and coworkers regardless of their physical location. This allowed our business to seamlessly transition to a work from anywhere environment.
  • Fuze seamlessly integrates audio communication, chat collaboration, file sharing, and video conferencing / video meetings in one easy-to-use software package.
  • The Fuze application is solid and steady across all platforms, Windows, iOS, or even Android.
  • Even if just collaborating via text, Screen sharing is available to use and works incredibly well.
  • While they have been improving, there is still a limit to video feeds in their meetings function. This limit is much higher on other platforms.
  • Other platforms have the ability to use virtual backgrounds, this feature is missing from Fuze.
  • While their technical support is good, sometimes a number of follow-ups are required to solve the more complicated issues.
Fuze works great for employees and staff that could be in multiple locations or in the field, providing stable and consistent communications access from anywhere with internet or cell signal.
If your company does not have a dedicated IT staff to work as a liaison to the Fuze support staff, I could see where there could be challenges.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used as our phone service provider and fax solution across most of our divisions. It gives us the mobility of cell phone to easily set up and deploy phones to anyone across the us. While giving us efax solution for certain regions that still need it.
  • Easy deployment.
  • Simple setup.
  • SSO integration.
  • The Fuze app for windows needs to not rely on hardware acceleration by default.
  • Has simple design, but needs to have a compact mode to not take up so much screen space.
  • Needs to have a better recovery from computer shutting off wifi, bc it thinks it isn't in use. The error that displays for that doesn't go away until reopen application.
Fuze is well suited in deploying to users in fast manner, in decent internet speeds, in situations where you don't want to spend a lot of money on hard phones, in situations that require user to be multiple locations.

Fuze is not appropriate in low internet service areas, where you don't have a IT person that can assist in working out the subtle nuances in the app for Windows.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our whole organization uses Fuze. We have in-office personnel and work from home. If we have an issue, they provide 3 different options to make and get phone calls. We have used all 3. When the pandemic hit in 2020, we had everyone working from home in 1 day. It was amazing, and all due to the fact that we are using Fuze. Their products are super easy to install, order, and change.
  • Support Team - the best I have ever worked with. They help 24/7 on any issue I could come across. Usually it is an item I could fix myself and they fix it and show me how to fix the same issue if I have it in the future.
  • Contact Center - We do Commercial Collections involving Sales and Collections. We have 50 people on the phone at one time. Contact Center lets a Manager listen live and gives help if the rep needs help selling or collecting.
  • Pandemic 2020 - without Fuze we would have been unable to work for 3 months. They saved our "rears" since we already had all their services up and running for years.
  • Not sure on these questions. The 3 main products we use (phones, desktop and mobile app) all work great and we use all 3 every day. We even installed the click to dial so my users can click on a number in Chrome browser and they don't even need to use their hands. And when Chrome service goes down, they all forget how to dial by using a finger. It is rather funny except for all the calls I get.
We are a commercial collection agency involving sales and collections. We can control our call flows depending on if the incoming call is from Collections or Sales; control how our outbound caller ID shows. We can easily block calls if a debtor is getting irate. We can add or remove the inbound message to suit our needs. You can easily change your personal voicemail. You can have your manager easily pull any call or listen to another user's voicemail if they are out or on vacation. You can easily forward your phone to your cell or add the mobile app on your cell so all calls are recorded. It is just wonderful and we use it ALL.
ANTOINE FOREMAN | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We're currently using it as the executive or corporate phone system to replace our old Avaya PBX system. We've had it set up to also be able to communicate with our contact center side that uses a different system, so calls can be transferred over to that system as well.
  • It's cloud based, so you can access it anywhere. Works great for staff that works from home.
  • It can be used across different platforms. We use the desktop app, mobile app, or the web version, and they all work fine.
  • It can be linked if it has multiple locations. We have two locations in our city and are under the same center.
  • During the pandemic, this really help our company stay open the whole time.
  • Some configurations are not available, which causes it to be more limited than other systems.
  • Support is not always knowledgeable with some of the more common PBX issues.
  • The Contact Center Desktop app requires Java, and only uses an older version.
  • Support is sometimes oversees, so may reply to an issue we'll after business hours in the states.
Fuze is great for replacing an on-site telecommunication PBX system and can be done with a short amount of time, depending on how you need it setup. With the mobile app, you don't have to worry about forwarding your phone to another number, like your cell, or having to provide your personal cell number if you're out of the office frequently.

I wouldn't recommend it for a contact center solution because it can get pricey if you're a large business and everyone will be using desk phones. You also won't be able to access the desk phones' admin settings for specific configurations because it's not allowed with their service. If you're using the desktop app, then that can be an inexpensive solution for a contact center but is updated frequently, which can cause it to act unstable at times. In all, Fuze is a pretty solid system for a company that is small in size and/or doesn't mind depending solely on Fuze's support for small issues like adding a fax line without having a phone line attached to the user's account.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is the softphone program for all phone numbers in the company, we removed all physical phones from all desks and now all calls are routed to Fuze either on the employees' desktop, or through the Fuze mobile app on their personal cell phone. This has allowed us to practically eliminate corporate cell phones entirely.

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 great for a smaller company that does not frequently meet with outside third parties. When meeting with third parties Fuze is not as well known as Microsoft Teams or Zoom, so one of those is usually preferred.
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.
Andrew Rochford | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used across the entire organization. We wanted a cloud hosted VoIP solution to enable an increasingly mobile workforce.
  • 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...")
Overall, the product is solid and it has served us well as a sales company. Their team handled many transitions from disparate phone systems remarkably well. We never lost a day. Fuze is visibly working on improving their system to continually enhance and fill in any gaps.

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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is used by our entire organization. Two business problems it addressed for us: We could download the app onto our cell phones and still appear to be in our office while working from home and/or we could easily forward all calls to our cell phone that were coming into our office desk phone. The other problem it solved for us is that it allowed us to make international calls from the Fuze app on our phone at a rate much better than what an employee would get using their personal cell phone service provider.
  • 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.
I can't think of where Fuze would be less appropriate. It is well suited for the office environment because it offers a complete package of phone and video call capability.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is used in one of our programs which is customer contact support for our Australian clientele. With our previous telephony/VoIP solution, the account or program manager and program team lead never missed a day without sending an escalation email to me, complaining about the connection and voice quality that the majority of their customer support agents' experiences are very bad. That is where Fuze comes into action, and since then I never get an escalation email from the managers but only positive and great feedback with Fuze.
  • Voice quality.
  • Call clarity.
  • Bandwidth-connectivity independent.
  • Main App Interface - be more user-friendly.
Fuze works well in any type of operations, it works great in call center or contact center environment, especially their call recordings. It's very clear and audible.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is being used with SalesForce--it is very useful to replace traditional desk phones. It is useful for home office and you can take your phone anywhere you want. Also you can download an Android or iOS app of Fuze to take it anywhere you like.
  • Gives you mobility
  • Supported on iOS, Android and Windows
  • Good connection without problems
  • Android app needs a bit improvement--notifications not working well
I believe Fuze is extremely beneficial for call centers, help desks, and technical support teams. It gives you great mobility, you take your phone anywhere you like. It supports all environments, which is great. You can use it on iOS, Android, and Windows environment. Sound quality is always great without latency.
August 26, 2020

My Fuze Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is used at multiple locations throughout our company, as well as other divisions owned by our parent company. We had a directive from our corporate office to utilize a single communications platform while allowing the flexibility to meet the many individual needs of multiple divisions around the globe. Our user-base, in particular, has high expectations for phone systems due to having been exposed to more advanced systems in the past. As a result, we wanted something that offered a large variety of features and capabilities.
  • 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 is excellent where the simplicity of a fully cloud-based, turn-key solution is desired. There are plenty of options for customization, including an always improving Contact Center module to handle small-medium call centers without overly complex routing and IVR requirements. It is also well-suited for geographically disperse environments, and companies with a large number of adds, moves, and changes. Growing companies will appreciate the flexibility to increase from a handful of users in a single location to hundreds or even thousands of employees all around the globe without the need to migrate to a new system or replace expensive hardware appliances.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is our primary VIOP solution. Previously we used a standard PBX system which was not as robust as a VOIP solution like Fuze. Having the mobile ability to still take calls is a game changer.
  • 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 has some bugs to work out like the constant errors on the desktop apps. Other than that it seems to be okay. I would recommend this product as it is very affordable compared to its competition.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Fuze is our VOIP company-wide. Sales, Customer Success, and External Customer Support are all using it with the integration of SalesForce. Each department uses it, we in IT use it to get ahold of our employees if needed as we have employees working remotely (UK, US, Canada, South America, and Vietnam). I believe the problem it addresses for businesses is how you can get ahold of your employees during this pandemic because sometimes hearing something through messaging or emails are not enough. During COVID, Fuze allows you to get ahold of your employees just to make sure they are okay and if there's anything you can do to help them out.
  • 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
In our company, Fuze is used for a variety of things such as sales calls, customer support, and reaching out to internal employees, especially those who are working remotely. Obviously, since Fuze is a business VOIP this should not be used for personal calls or they probably don't want to keep giving out these numbers for personal use.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Fuze as our main phone provider for both offices (Switzerland & Malta). We chose Fuze because their solution provided an SLA more in line with our needs. Their price plan was also an important factor in our choice of product. We have many of our employees that are nomad and work from abroad. This solution is ideal and transparent for our customers.
  • 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).
We had to implement teleworking very quickly for the majority of our employees. Thanks to Fuze we were able to implement this in a transparent way. Product updates cannot be done other than with an "Administrator" account (Launching as administrator does not work). Under MAC OS you must at least have the High Sierra version.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We went to Fuze a little over a year ago. We used to have three different phone systems across five sites. Our choice to go to Fuze was not easy. There were several different options we could have gone with. Fuze was our best choice to consolidate services. We were done having so much equipment everywhere. We really needed to save rack space and look to the cloud.
  • 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 has really helped us consolidate our multiple phone systems across our many sites. With one phone system, we were then able to port all of our different numbers from different carriers, over to Fuze. So our biggest win is in having one place to manage our environment. We have lots of workers mobile currently with the pandemic going on. Cloud-based phone systems are definitely a plus right now.
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