RingEX has potential, but may not be ideal for franchise organizations...
March 28, 2024

RingEX has potential, but may not be ideal for franchise organizations...

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with RingEX

We use RingEX for inbound and outbound customer calls as well as texting with customers. Any team member who is logged into RingEX can respond to customers from one central number.
  • Calls can be answered by anyone logged into the app
  • Text messaging with customers is relatively easy
  • Text messaging internally with employees can also be done
  • We are having issues with calls where at least once a week the calls to our main number only come to the owner's app. As such, we are missing customer calls. Even the voicemails are not deposited to the main number, so we're not properly following up with the missed calls. RingEX has been investigating it for a while and has yet to resolve it.
  • The reporting that we have access to is very lacking. I'd like to see analytics of call volume, missed calls, peak call times, call length, etc. for our location only. Our data is combined with all of the other franchisees and it's very difficult to see how we are performing individually. The filters are very limited as well. This may be more of an issue with how the franchisor chose to set it up, but regardless it's not very easy to use nor very helpful.
  • It took a long time to get texting to work. Not sure what the issue was, but I was told for weeks that it had to be an issue on my side, but ultimately it was a setting that I didn't have access to. It should be easier to configure and have texting enabled by default.
  • When a call comes in, you can't see what number the call came in on. The display for incoming calls could be improved.
  • Missed calls because they aren't being routed properly
  • Limited reporting
As I've already stated, our calls are not consistently being routed properly and we're missing some each week. Customer support is very attentive, they follow up frequently, and are actively working on our issues, but it's concerning that the call routing issue hasn't been resolved yet.
It has the potential to help us be more productive if they can fix the issues with our calls not getting routed properly. It has a lot of features we've not been able to try yet.
I haven't used Vonage in a while, but we never had issues with it and we've had several issues with RingEX. This could be based on how the franchisor has chosen to implement the product.

Do you think RingEX delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with RingEX's feature set?

Yes

Did RingEX live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of RingEX go as expected?

No

Would you buy RingEX again?

No

Given the issues we have had and how long it is taking to resolve, I can't recommend this product. I think it has great potential if it is setup correctly, but our instance of it was not configured properly from the beginning and we've had continued issues.

RingEX Feature Ratings

Hosted PBX
Not Rated
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
5
User templates
Not Rated
Call reports
5
Directory of employee names
9
Answering rules
Not Rated
Call recording
Not Rated
Call park
Not Rated
Call screening
5
Message alerts
Not Rated
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
Not Rated

RingEX Support

When I have reached out to RingEX support, they are always friendly, knowledgeable, and empathetic.