Mitel MiCollab

MiCollab is great for a large office to get users working from home and being able to use their home phone or cell phone like the desk phone at the office. This allows our live operators the ability to see if the end-user is on an active call before sending a new call to them. If you have a very small company of fewer than 10 people this might not be worth the investment as cell phones would work just as well.

It is well suited for basic conferencing "online" (ie through a NAT-ed connection to your own network) if you have a few users who are familiar with the product and use it on a regular basis. It is less well-suited to dispersed companies with people in many locations (including remote telework employees) who need to meet and are not Mitel users.

Mitel MiCollab works great for organizations that require its employees to communicate on a consistent basis. It provides everything a company might need to communicate, collaborate, and share insights. The software would be much less appropriate for smaller companies with only a small number of employees working together in close quarters in addition to those where employees complete tasks with little to no team input.

MiCollab is great for employees working remotely, on the go, or just wanting flexibility. No physical phone is required allowing employees to make calls from anywhere they can get access to a computer or device. Would highly recommend for staff to be setup before they need it to avoid having to learn it in a panic.

Mitel MiCollab is fine for a softphone and collaboration solution. Instant messaging and screen sharing works well for team collaboration. MiCollab should suit any mid to large sized corporation looking to unify communications. The mobile app is not reliable, so if the company relies on cell phone use, then this might not be the best solution. If VoIP only, then MiCollab is servicable.

With on-premise infrastructure, this product tends to run smoothly. We have yet to evaluate Mitel's cloud offerings, which appear to be good, but quite expensive.

As a phone system, the product does what it's supposed to do. As a collaboration tool, it has very basic functionality but that's about it.

Support is typically handled by a reseller. Buyers should evaluate the reseller as much as they evaluate Mitel for the product suite.

The few times when the reseller was not able to handle the issue directly, Mitel did step up and quickly answer/address the question/issue.

This is suited to any environment that wants to improve their voice and collaboration capabilities. I've deployed well in single-site and multi-site deployments.

Mitel MiCollab is well suited to phone directory searches.

Mitel support is good but I have not really dealt with them directly. We go through our phone provider for support who requests from Mitel.

As I said, I find it to be fairly seamless when used for only a call. It works fairly well for calls where the user must share a screen. It seems to work less well for instances where a recording is needed. But, we do get the recordings and we are able to watch them.

If you're looking to streamline your enterprise-level communications system and interoffice communications then this is the tool to get the job done. As stated previously it works as intended with minor issues. It is well suited for larger companies who can afford the infrastructure and investment it takes to set it up properly. As far as back-end support goes, you may be better off hiring a third-party telecom vendor like we did. For smaller companies looking for only a few phones, there are solutions that are much less expensive and "out of the box" ready for use.

Excellent for the receptionist - allows easy transfer and viewing of incoming calls. The chat feature is helpful as well. Transfer and conference options are easy to use click option. Good for sales as well - easy to sync phone and smartphone so they are never out of reach. Also good for checking message and calls that may have been missed

Initially, support from Mitel was fantastic, but recently it has started to lag significantly. Response takes 8 hours, at a minimum, usually requiring a second call to spur a response. Email support is even worse (email in a ticket) - I have had to call in to get things running the 3 times I've tried to email support.

For an organization such as ours, the Mitel MiCollab was suited for us for personal and business use to unify our business communications. We also [use] iPaired with Mitel phones, and can now check for missed calls and voicemails while away from the office and it is pretty easy, and the directory list makes it easy to call anyone in the company without having to look up their extension while out in the field.