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Webex Calling

Score8.8 out of 10

472 Reviews and Ratings

What is Webex Calling?

Webex Calling is Cisco’s flagship cloud calling solution with over 12 million users worldwide. It delivers an enterprise-grade calling experience that enables customers to replace PBX hardware with a cloud calling solution. Webex Calling's connectivity and collaboration experience includes calling, meetings, messaging, contact center, and integrated devices.

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Top Performing Features

  • Participant roles & permissions

    Administrators can grant users different levels of access to conferences, as moderators, presenters, attendees, or participants. Permissions can be set for individual users, or based on user role/group.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Record meetings / events

    Meetings and webinars can be recorded for playback.

    Category average: 8.9

  • Live chat

    Participants can use one-on-one and group instant messaging to communicate privately or selectively during meetings.

    Category average: 8.9

Areas for Improvement

  • Voicemail Transcription

    AI-powered voice-to-text transcription of voicemails

    Category average: 8

  • Message alerts

    Receive SMS and email message notifications for voice and fax messages

    Category average: 8.5

  • Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

    IVR is a phone menu allowing callers to interact with the system through voice and keypad

    Category average: 7.7

Who Buys & Uses Webex Calling

Pros

  • High call quality with clear voice and video, low latency, and minimal drops.
  • Ease of use for setup, navigation, and implementation for both domestic and international calls.
  • Robust security measures including encryption and compliance with security standards.

Cons

  • Mobile application performance issues, including dropped calls, background noise, and sluggishness.
  • Outdated user interface and dashboard design.
  • Call quality and connectivity challenges, particularly in low-bandwidth environments.

Best Calling collaboration system.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it to call customers and colleagues from my phone and from my laptop. I can always have the list of calls made on the go from my phone, and the sync between laptop and phone is great. It can be used to control external calls so that we can stay on the network without using PSTN via extension routing.

Pros

  • Simplicity of dialing out, especially using the Webex app.
  • Setting up devices and configuring users with devices.
  • Setting up queues and a group.
  • Creating virtual numbers that can have inboxes.
  • Send emails of voicemail with transcription.
  • A central location for all the feature configurations.

Cons

  • Definitely on reporting and tracking calls.
  • Call trace and details path - need similar to RTMT.
  • Wish to have a diagram that shows the path of a call.

Return on Investment

  • Positive - able to access it on the go and consistent product.
  • Positive, great quality and easy to access and utilize.
  • Positive, easy to configure and update.
  • Easy to acquire numbers and apply them to the tenant.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)

Other Software Used

Webex App, Webex Contact Center, Webex Connect

Webex Calling for the Win

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Webex Calling to simply our overhead management of VOIP in our environment. We also have many multiple remote sites utilizing our on-prem USC box, so moving to Webex Calling has given us flexibility.

Pros

  • Management Dashboard
  • Unified VM and VOIP management system dashboard
  • Adding hardware

Cons

  • Providing a template tab or walkthrough for setting up new phones
  • Upgrading firmware at specific times.

Return on Investment

  • Easy of onboarding and transition
  • Moving off of legacy POTS services to cloud direct
  • Logs and troubleshooting

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000) and Cisco UCS Series

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams Rooms, Neat Bar

A cutting edge tool for Collaboration

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been working with Webex Calling for about four years so far, it is a robust and flexible solution which was just what we were looking for. Having one single app to do meetings, messaging, and video/phone calls is incredible and everything is managed through the Control Hub Portal which gives us all the privileges needed to complete and configure everything in our Webex Calling environment, features such as Hunt groups, Auto Attendant, Call Pickup, IVR and so forth.

Pros

  • Features like Auto Attendant, Call Pickup, Hunt Pilot and voicemail
  • Having recording integrated with the Control Hub portal
  • Integration with MS Azure to import user base

Cons

  • More friendly API interaction interface would be nice
  • More calling PSTN provider options for Latam market
  • Control about the Webex App version deployed in the Org ID

Return on Investment

  • Replacement of old ISR routers
  • We got rid of old physical IP phones
  • People can work anywhere

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams and RingCentral Contact Center

Other Software Used

Webex Contact Center, Cisco Headsets, Webex App

Usability

Best Tool For International Calling.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using this to address business problems, such as providing technical support to international clients over the phone and supporting services as well. It is easy to integrate with Webex Meetings for better collaboration. We can automate the auto-attending calls to reduce queue time and improve resolution. It overall reduces our hardware maintenance and gives centralised control over overall support services.

Pros

  • Easy handling and good support.
  • Very scalable and secure solution.
  • Seamless calling and connectivity with international clients.

Cons

  • Calling UI is looks old needs to be modernize.
  • Calls feels jitter due to poor internet bandwidth.
  • Little bit challenging to login different accounts in same app.

Return on Investment

  • Webex calling pocket friendly solution and reducing the hardware costing.
  • All in one platform for calling with recording and screen sharing.

Other Software Used

Webex Meetings

The Calling solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Webex Calling is the best product right now that provide better user experience

Pros

  • Noise cancelation
  • AI Assistant
  • MTR integration
  • Hybrid solution

Cons

  • I think that there is room for improvement in Webex Calling with voice reconstruction

Return on Investment

  • Calling over the same application
  • In my experience, Webex Calling is not like Teams

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Desk Series, Cisco Board Series, Cisco Room Series and Cisco IP Phones

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams Rooms

Usability