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Webex Calling

Overview

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,…

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8 out of 10
March 01, 2024
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Webex Calling

9 out of 10
February 13, 2024
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Popular Features

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  • Directory of employee names (135)
    8.5
    85%
  • Message alerts (128)
    8.4
    84%
  • Answering rules (132)
    8.4
    84%
  • Mobile app for iOS (127)
    8.2
    82%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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Pricing

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Basic Plan

$0.00

Cloud
user/month

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

$0

On Premise

Call Plan

$17.00

Cloud
user/month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.webex.com/pricing/index.html

Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $11.95 per month per user
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Features

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software

Features related to the performance, reliability & compatibility of web conferencing and webinar (online events) software.

8
Avg 8.1

Screen Sharing

Features related to remote screen sharing capabilities.

8.2
Avg 8.0

Online Meetings / Events

Features related to hosting and attending meetings and events online.

7.6
Avg 8.0

Online Events Collaboration

Features related to collaboration between attendees during web conferences, webinars, and other online events.

8.2
Avg 7.7

Online Events Security

Features related to the security of meetings and other events held via web conferencing/webinar software.

8
Avg 7.5

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

8.1
Avg 8.1

Call Management

Customized phone system settings

7.6
Avg 8.2

Mobile apps

Apps are compatible with mobile devices.

8.4
Avg 8.6

Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration

UCaaS platforms allow teams to collaborate internally in one central space.

7
Avg 7.4
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Product Details

What is Webex Calling?

Webex Calling is Cisco’s flagship cloud calling solution with 13 million users worldwide. It delivers an enterprise-grade calling experience that enables customers to replace PBX hardware with a scalable cloud calling solution. Webex Calling is available on a complete ecosystem of devices, including the Webex App for desktop and mobile, Cisco IP phones, Cisco Desk devices, and Cisco Room systems.


Webex Calling provides businesses with a smooth path to the cloud with flexible migration options for businesses of any size. Features such as Cloud Connected UC, Dedicated Instance, and Webex Setup Assist enable Cisco UCM customers to migrate to the cloud with zero business disruption.


Webex Calling is available in over 130 countries worldwide with three options for PSTN connectivity that can be selected on a site-by-site basis. Webex Calling is delivered on the globally available, geographically redundant Webex Platform that offers proven 99.999% availability. It is part of a complete collaboration suite that includes Meetings, Messaging, Polling, Events, async video, and Contact Center that is managed through Webex Control Hub, single-pane-of-glass administration experience.


Webex Calling is available direct, through Cisco VAR partners, and through service provider partners.

Webex Calling Features

Cloud PBX Features

  • Supported: Hosted PBX
  • Supported: Directory of employee names

Call Management Features

  • Supported: Answering rules
  • Supported: Call recording
  • Supported: Call park
  • Supported: Call screening
  • Supported: Business SMS/External Messaging
  • Supported: Online Fax
  • Supported: Voicemail Transcription

Mobile apps Features

  • Supported: Mobile app for iOS
  • Supported: Mobile app for Android

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software Features

  • Supported: High quality audio
  • Supported: High quality video

Online Meetings / Events Features

  • Supported: Scheduling
  • Supported: Calendar integration
  • Supported: Meeting initiation
  • Supported: Record meetings / events

Screen Sharing Features

  • Supported: Desktop sharing

Online Events Collaboration Features

  • Supported: Live chat

Online Events Security Features

  • Supported: User authentication
  • Supported: Participant roles & permissions

Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration Features

  • Supported: Centralized communications management
  • Supported: Team messaging
  • Supported: Team document sharing
  • Supported: Call and meeting analytics

Additional Features

  • Supported: Voice queues
  • Supported: Background noise removal

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Webex Calling Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guam, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, US Virgin Islands, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
Supported LanguagesArabic, Bulgarian, Catalan (Spain), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (UK), English (New Zealand), English (US), Finnish, French (Canada), French (European), German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Webex Calling starts at $11.95.

Microsoft Teams, RingEX, and Zoom Phone are common alternatives for Webex Calling.

Reviewers rate Call recording and Mobile app for Android highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Webex Calling are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
We currently have limited options in Argentina regarding all the features available for this product in other locations, but as a Cisco voice service family product, it's always among the top-recommended choices for use and resale to customers, with no blind spots when selected and all of Cisco's expertise and support behind it.
  • A wide range of available quality endpoints to choose from.
  • Full PBX-like capabilities.
  • Collaboration at its highest level.
  • Limited features in some regions.
  • Not the cheapest option.
Depending on the context, but disregarding the target of 100 to 1000 users, I prefer the 250 to 800 range. In smaller or bigger scenarios, other options become more appealing.
Cloud PBX (2)
75%
7.5
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
70%
7.0
Directory of employee names
80%
8.0
Call Management (4)
77.5%
7.8
Answering rules
90%
9.0
Call park
70%
7.0
Call screening
80%
8.0
Message alerts
70%
7.0
Mobile apps (2)
85%
8.5
Mobile app for iOS
80%
8.0
Mobile app for Android
90%
9.0
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
N/A
N/A
Online Meetings / Events
N/A
N/A
Screen Sharing
N/A
N/A
Online Events Collaboration
N/A
N/A
Online Events Security
N/A
N/A
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
N/A
N/A
  • It provided flexibility regarding the add of new branches or users
  • It adds features periodically to improve calling costs and routing
Cisco Collaboration endpoints are the best in the market, and are designed to work at state-of-the-art level with videoconferencing and content sharing, wich is something far more complete that "just a voice call", but using the same endpoints for conference calls makes a lot of difference compared to a simple speakerphone system or even a conference phone system. A full Cisco approach for office or meeting room equipment is a safe bet to ensure high level user experiences.
Regarding security, Cisco Webex Calling, or Cisco products in general, always stand out among their competitors with their features and standards or new security technologies, and usually set a path to be followed later by other companies. This conception about security maintained by Cisco across all their product lines, applies to user's best practices and meetings features associated to moderation or hosting, particularly regarding multitudinary events, so every call, meeting or event is secure and all the information is available and visible to the meeting's owners.Regarding interoperability, there is an integration for and with almost every other platform or system you may need, and if there isn't a specific integration, probably -almost certainly- a well documented workaround can be found.
Some of the other products I've used may have a little advantage in a specific feature or platform, or cost, but no other product achieves the quality level and has a complete portfolio of solutions as Cisco.
  • Webex Meetings
  • Webex App
  • Webex Calling
  • Webex Events
  • Cisco Webex Room Series
  • Cisco Webex Desk Pro
  • Cisco AnyConnect
  • Working from anywhere (e.g., coffee shop, airport)
  • Working from an office or other company space
  • Working from home
Other companies may have a far more advanced status regarding the implementation of a hybrid work solution. We're a little behind since it was a reactive solution after Covid pandemic began, but I think this is probably the case for most companies around the globe.Depending on the pre-Covid technology status or policies of the company, it may be some differences, but the target should be similar regarding user equipment, services and necessities, both office or home/anywhere: laptop + AnyConnect + Webex App + Webex Meetings/Events, and Desk or Room equipment for top level users or office facilities.
The technology may be available, even the budget may be approved, but the mindset is very hard to set in the right direction. The main challenges were always about management, follow up and human collaboration to get a productive standard for the remote work environment.
Any tool can be a "good tool" or a "bad tool" according to what you do with it, since you have to know how to use it properly, the best way to use it, the best practice...
Cisco solutions always have the extra value associated with a well documented use case, a clear (and clean) implementation plan guide and user experience follow up. In my experience, that extra value makes the difference.
Web meetings and videoconferencing aren't new, but hybrid work made them massive. We used to have a harder agenda, since we needed to line up the activities regarding the people we were going to visit, physically, while now we've become more flexible and more objective oriented about how we organize our daily activities.
There is another part of this review that mentions interoperability, and I've mentioned more than once what I consider a very important -if not the most important- differential when you set up a platform, system or service, which is the user experience.To me, Cisco is the only company that offers a complete portfolio of products to provide the end user the best experience, evenly across all platforms and wherever may be located.
  • Webex
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Zoom
  • Google Meet
I have been working for a long time with Cisco as a provider and also Cisco TAC and Cisco Support Engineers. The support starts right beforehand in the documentation of the product you are interested in. From the start you have a good, complete, and detailed and easy to read datasheet and there's always someone available to answer any questions.
I'm used to Enterprise Agreements, which are pretty complete when it comes to support, only selecting the level of hardware replacement plans. But whenever I've experienced the standard TAC support, I've received a very solid response.
No
It is a very easy product to deploy and configure and to really take advantage of. It does not matter if you are using it in an office or your home, or for a security office or a collaboration meeting room - you have the right endpoint available for each case and the configuration parameters to improve the functionality you need.
  • MultiPlatform availability of resources
  • Interoperability with other systems or platforms
Yes
Evan Kent | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Webex Calling is a phone system that is completely based in the cloud allowing end-users to connect and use the business phone line from anywhere in the world. During the times of remote work, for clients who currently use this software, it has been fantastic for continuing the "office" feel when calling in for clients, while still allowing employees to work remotely from anywhere in the world.
  • Routes calls.
  • Call quality.
  • Phone features like CID, call waiting, 3 way calling.
  • Internationally calling limitations.
  • Troubleshooting when issues arrive is difficult.
  • Does require a higher bandwidth then similar products for clear calls (but if you have it calls are crystal clear).
Webex Calling is perfect for your remote user working from home in an area with high internet speeds. In these cases, it works perfectly and the end caller does not know if they are home, on vacation, or in the office.

However, it does not work well if you have very rural employees with limited internet speeds. If the speeds cannot support the call quality the calls become almost impossible.
Cloud PBX (3)
100%
10.0
Hosted PBX
100%
10.0
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
100%
10.0
Directory of employee names
100%
10.0
Call Management (5)
80%
8.0
Answering rules
100%
10.0
Call recording
100%
10.0
Call park
100%
10.0
Call screening
100%
10.0
Message alerts
N/A
N/A
Mobile apps (2)
N/A
N/A
Mobile app for iOS
N/A
N/A
Mobile app for Android
N/A
N/A
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
N/A
N/A
Online Meetings / Events
N/A
N/A
Screen Sharing
N/A
N/A
Online Events Collaboration
N/A
N/A
Online Events Security
N/A
N/A
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
N/A
N/A
  • It has allowed our business to continue without skipping a beat during the pandemic.
  • We have had to pay for some higher internet plans for home users.
We have not used these features yet.
It just works when it works. It is a fantastic out of the box tool that requires minimal setup on the end of the company and allows users to use multiple platforms/computers to successfully work within the needs of the business.
I was not part of the selection committee, so I only support what is purchased and implemented. I cannot provide a proper comparison.
50
Everything from admins to C-level executives.
Very little. It works pretty simply right out of the box. The interface is very intuitive and works the way you would expect. As long as an end user has basic understanding of how to open an application in windows, they will and should be able to use this application without any issues.
  • Meetings
  • Phone Calls
  • Working Remotely
  • Being able to work from any location while not showing you are remote
No
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
We are an msp so mostly the clients will select software that works for them. Each client has different needs based on features and cost. Webex calling however is very easy to use and I haven't had any clients who have chosen it regret their decision. It works very well and lives up to it's reputation.
I've only had to reach out to support 2 or 3 times as the software works correctly, but each time the person was polite, well educated on their software, as well as quick and egger to resolve the issue.
We did not. My MSP provides support for our clients. We rarely need the extra step with a vendor
No
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