Simple, inexpensive, and gets the job done
April 24, 2020

Simple, inexpensive, and gets the job done

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with 8x8 X Series (Formerly Virtual Office)

8x8 X Series is being used across our company primarily in Sales and Customer Support. It allows us to offer personalized support and responsiveness to our customer base. It allows us to provide 24/7 support by scheduling when and how calls will route through a department. It also anonymizes our users' personal phone information pretty seamlessly.
  • Routing calls
  • The app is easy to use
  • Grabbing new phone numbers is really easy
  • Automated call routing/forwarding works great, but it is difficult to schedule that out ahead of time. We have different staff members on-call each weekend and we have to set that the Friday before. It would be nice to set it weeks in advance.
  • Their support is responsive but they offer so many features, often they didn't know the answer to a question right away and had to get back to us.
  • Occasionally, the call quality is lacking a bit. It gets muffled/fuzzy on some lines.
  • We're relatively new so it's hard to say, but it allows us to continue to offer a core value proposition (personalized support) at scale. So it should have a tremendously positive impact.
8x8 X Series was one of the most affordable and comprehensive available. They were responsive during the sales and training process and helped walk us through our use case. We thought it was pretty clearly the winner despite a few gaps as mentioned, but those are not major and it works for us.
They're very responsive. As I mentioned before, they have a lot of features and sometimes the support doesn't have a quick, clear answer for your question, but they do always respond and will get back to you with an answer. Sometimes it takes a little back and forth to get to the actual crux of the request.

Do you think 8x8 Work delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with 8x8 Work's feature set?

Yes

Did 8x8 Work live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of 8x8 Work go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy 8x8 Work again?

Yes

We don't use all the features, so I'm sure there are places where it is suited that I'm not aware of. But for us, 8x8 X Series is great for a small team that needs to effectively route calls between departments and offer 24/7 coverage. It makes it easy to do both.

If your team gets quite large and the routing becomes complex, the lack of scheduling or even a more visually accessible way of setting up the routing tree would definitely make it difficult and heavily manual to get setup and keep the setup as you need.

8x8 Work Feature Ratings

Hosted PBX
Not Rated
User templates
Not Rated
Call reports
7
Directory of employee names
8
Answering rules
8
Call recording
7
Call park
Not Rated
Call screening
8
Message alerts
8
Video conferencing
Not Rated
Audio conferencing
Not Rated
Video screen sharing
Not Rated
Instant messaging
Not Rated
Mobile app for iOS
9
Mobile app for Android
9