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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MiCloud Connect

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMiCloud Connect is a business communications solution for contact centers that includes features like IP PBX telephony service, desk phones, softphone, and collaboration tools. It is integrable with other business communication technology, including Microsoft Outlook and CRM software.

    $20.99

    per user/per month

    Pricing
    MiCloud Connect
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $20.99
    per user/per month
    Premier
    $26.59
    per user/per month
    Elite
    $38.49
    per user/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MiCloud Connect
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MiCloud Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Mitel Networks Corporation
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Avaya OneCloud CCaaS is also a powerful call-center cloud system (IP PBX) solution and is similar to MiCloud Connect. However, MiCloud Connect is easier to integrate with our infrastructure based on a test in Dev environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Costs are lower with Mitel's offering than was the case with SureTel's offering. Switching from SureTel to MiTel was simple and painless. A software update was pushed by IT, and users migrated with relative ease. The vast majority of users did not need any involvement from IT …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Superior telephone service is available from Mitel. The phone service and administration site have an intuitive user interface. Finally, it was argued that a unified communication plan's conferencing options were superior to what really exists. Mitel's advanced features and …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Mitel has a great phone service product. The user interface for phone service, and the admin portal is extremely easy to use. Ultimately, it was presented that the conferencing solutions in a unified communication plan were more capable then reality. In comparison to other …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    This is the first program of its type that we have used at this company but I would highly suggest it as it is the backbone of our call center. The way it manages calls and emails is paramount to our success.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Cost and ease of management are primary benefits over Cisco UCS. Much easier to train up admin staff in creating a new site and deploying gear for MiCloud vs Cisco. Reporting is also simple to run and schedule, enhanced by Brightmetrics.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Much more user friendly/intuitive, better software experience and does not have the multitude of hardware failures that we experienced under Avaya's product.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    We looked at some cloud based hosted systems, but in the end, these would cost more over time than an on premise system.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    When evaluating phone systems, we looked at Cisco VoIP in addition to ShoreTel. Cisco was more money, had a higher learning curve, and we received a bad review from a local business who was using it. In the ShoreTel demo, the engineer brought their equipment and set up a demo …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect

    Mitel and Toshiba for on-premises telephony. RingCentral and 8x8 for hosted. All of them have their strengths and weaknesses. For on-premises, there is no better solution than ShoreTel in my opinion. There are elements of the other hosted product I do appreciate like …

    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    We have also used allworx and when it worked it worked great, however there were a few times where the system would be down for a few days because of clock issues within an update.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    The system was great compared to other systems I've used. Easy to learn. Easy to use. Easy to implement. Easy to use on the go. Easy to make heavy call volume.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    No other products evaluated. Cannot make a fair comparison.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    ShoreTel was one of the earlier VOIP solutions available. They established themselves as a leader early on but lack a lot of innovation that newer VOIP companies bring to the market. Everything comes at a cost, want a conference bridge, you're going to need a license. Want …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Polycom phones work fine, but they are a bit hard to learn how to use. There are a lot of "open" buttons that seem rather nebulous. ShoreTel's GUI interface really makes learning how to use the platform easy, even for a child to use. Plus ShoreTel designs and builds all of its …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Similar overall goals, but ShoreTel is easier to use from both a user standpoint as well as administrative standpoint. ShoreTel easily can be supported internally whereas Mitel would require more pro services
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    We deployed ShoreTel at a point where there were very few players in that space. There were special circumstances that make our installation non-applicable to this question.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Easy to set up, configure and use.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    We looked at packet8 and decided they would be more of a headach to implement. Although, I do think their monthly service is cheaper, I guess you get what you pay for. There is very little comparesion between shortel sky and the alaoge box we had before. I think we paid 10K for …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    ShoreTel Sky scores big on customer services and compared to the competition (XO, Avaya, etc...) they are very accessible which is huge, especially in regards to getting problems fixed. Cost wise they are very, very competitive and they beat everyone else's prices we looked at. …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    I am an IT professional, so I don't have a lot of experience with non-VoIP systems. The biggest advantage of ShoreTel in the businesses where I have worked is its call center features. Also, the system can be mostly configured and maintained by IT.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    One thing I like about ShoreTel is that each upgrade is compatible with hardware used in previous versions. And Shoretel is still using Microsoft servers.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    We also evaluated Cisco VOIP and Avaya. Avaya wasn't as advanced and Cisco seemed similar. We watched 3 presentations and staff collectively voted for ShoreTel.
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    Both Cisco and Avaya were evaluated by our firm. We carefully reviewed their documentation, went to demos for all three, and talked to several references. We chose ShoreTel due to lower initial costs, lower maintenance costs, colleague reviews and our testing of their product. …
    Incentivized
    Chose MiCloud Connect
    ShoreTel beats the competition in several areas - ROI, TCO, end user adoption rate, ease of administration, ease of deployment, system up time, ability to scale easily and sound quality of each and every call.
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    MiCloud Connect
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of MiCloud Connect
    Feature
    MiCloud Connect
    8.2
    27 Ratings
    Hosted PBX7.515 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.315 Ratings
    User templates8.016 Ratings
    Call reports8.621 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.327 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of MiCloud Connect
    Feature
    MiCloud Connect
    8.6
    28 Ratings
    Answering rules9.024 Ratings
    Call recording8.323 Ratings
    Call park8.626 Ratings
    Call screening8.622 Ratings
    Message alerts8.323 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of MiCloud Connect
    Feature
    MiCloud Connect
    7.6
    23 Ratings
    Video conferencing8.08 Ratings
    Audio conferencing9.023 Ratings
    Video screen sharing7.04 Ratings
    Instant messaging6.75 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of MiCloud Connect
    Feature
    MiCloud Connect
    6.2
    15 Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS8.014 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android4.512 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MiCloud Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (42 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (27 ratings)
    Performance
    5.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.5
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (30 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)