Ooma Office vs. Rakuten Viber

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ooma Office
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
For businesses of all sizes, Ooma provides advanced voice and collaboration features which they describe as flexible and scalable. With plans starting at $19.95 per user per month, Ooma Office is available without contracts or long-term commitments so as to make it easy for a small business to scale its office phone system with Ooma as its business grows. Ooma Office features include: Unlimited Calling in U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico Free Local…
$9.95
per month
Rakuten Viber
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Viber, now from Rakuten (acquired 2014) is an instant messaging and cross-platform VoIP software solution designed for personal use and available for both desktops and as a mobile app. It includes features such as video and audio calls, instant message, and unlimited-member group chats. Users can also make paid international calls.
$0.02
Per Minute
Pricing
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Editions & Modules
Local Phone Number
$9.95
per month
Toll Free Number
$9.95
per month
Toll Free Calling Plan
$15.00
per month
Base Price
$19.95
per month
User Extension
$19.95
per month
Pro
$24.95
per month
Ooma Linx
$49.99
per month
Ooma Wireless Adapter
$49.99
per month
Ooma DP1 Desk Phone
$89.99
per month
Expansion Base Station
$99.99
per month
Yealink IP Phones
$99.99
per month
Cisco IP Phones
$109.99
per month
Yealink Conference IP Phones
$399.99
per month
Conference Bridge
Free
Ring Groups
Free
Virtual Receptionist
Free
Number Porting
Free
USA
$0.019
Per Minute
UK
$0.019
Per Minute
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$19.95 per user/monthNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOoma Office offers plans starting at $19.95 per user/month with no contracts, ever.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Considered Both Products
Ooma Office
Chose Ooma Office
We used Spectrum Business phones before switching to Ooma Office, and the difference in overall usability has been night and day. With Spectrum, the installation process was frustrating — it felt overly complicated, and getting support when we needed it was a constant headache. …
Chose Ooma Office
Ooma is programmable. When I had comcast I could not program the phones.
Chose Ooma Office
Ooma was the first and only we have used
Chose Ooma Office
I used a land line company for years and then switched to a VOIP company. When I learned how much better Ooma was, I was really skeptical at first, but they allowed me to try their service. Once I did, there was no comparison. I switched to Ooma and have never looked back.
Chose Ooma Office
Ooma leads the way, especially since they are a VOIP service in the age of teleworking and work from home. It is cheaper and can be used anywhere via their application, which works overall pretty well.
Chose Ooma Office
It's much easier to manage than our previous solutions. It makes our phone infrastructure robust and scalable. The virtual assistant has also been very useful for us to keep our customers updated on changes in pricing, hours etc. We had to manually record any changes earlier …
Chose Ooma Office
I can only speak to Ooma Office, as it was the first product I evaluated and was referred to me by someone I trust who uses it.
Chose Ooma Office
So much better, easier to use and less expensive! Overall better product. Support is heads and tails above what Nextiva pretends to offer its customers! I will save over $6000 my first year alone with Ooma. Thank you for making such a great product. You will help small …
Chose Ooma Office
Ooma [Office] was [the] cheaper option over Nextiva. It didn't have near the features of Nextiva, but saved money for us month to month. The features that we were losing out on, while interesting, were not things we needed in order to support our organization. We were very …
Chose Ooma Office
We only used our local phone company. Compared to our local phone company, Ooma Office beats it hands down. It is much cheaper. It has an app for my phone that works brilliantly. It is user-friendly. We are able to take calls both in the office and when we are mobile. The …
Chose Ooma Office
We were using Open Phone, an app. We paid for 4 different numbers and ran our business this way which was not sustainable. We were also paying $60 a month for this service which had 0 features. Once we switched to Ooma office, we have dropped our bill to $30 and are using 3 …
Chose Ooma Office
We use Ooma Office for everyone in the company including mobile users. It has allowed us to eliminate the spam callers as well give our mobile and remote users the ability to make business calls - from any device, from anywhere, at any time - without having to worry about any …
Chose Ooma Office
We went over to Ooma [Office] after having had Intermedia for several years. Intermedia was good, but they were due for an update on many of their systems, which they did after we left. With Ooma [Office], we have our hold music and other basic, easy to use options that fit …
Chose Ooma Office
This is my first experience with a VOIP phone system, but previously I had tried to use AT&T for my business line, although the setup never even happened because of misinformation I was given. In the end I'm glad I ended up with Ooma instead because it has been much more …
Chose Ooma Office
Digium's uptime and service was not great
Chose Ooma Office
The Ooma product offer significantly more features a small business at a much lower price. The customer service is excellent. We are treated the same as if we were their largest customer. The larger communication companies don’t seem to be too interest in the small business …
Rakuten Viber
Chose Rakuten Viber
End-to-end encryption scrambles my messages and delivers them as a scrambled code to my friend's device, whether mobile or desktop, so that only their device can decode them into plain text. If my friend's phone is turned off or they don't have access to the internet, my …
Chose Rakuten Viber
Rakuten Viber is overall the best. Hands down!!! Even though the other products have their own use and they are well functioning in the market, but Rakuten Viber is still top notch!
Chose Rakuten Viber
I do not know about other products like Viber. Viber works fine on your cell phone and you can also install it on your laptop or desktop. In general I use Viber on my mobile.
Chose Rakuten Viber
Viber comes close to WhatsApp with its similar features, that said, I still prefer WhatsApp as more friends and coworkers use it. I prefer to use Slack for my other profession as a remote English teacher as it allows me to get notifications in a format that avoid annoying …
Chose Rakuten Viber
Skype's user interface is really glitchy and doesn't provide same functionality in terms of fun elements - emojis or gifs. Slack is excellent communication tool but as well doesn't provide fun elements as Viber does(emojis, memes, gifs and more). I should also mention that …
Chose Rakuten Viber
We started using Viber many years ago. The WhatsApp application was good to connect with people via text messages but it did not have the calling feature. Free calls could be made using Viber. Hence, it was used as a mode of communication within our group.
Viber could also be …
Chose Rakuten Viber
Viber is really bad compared to Slack. It is not designed for business at all.
Chose Rakuten Viber
I have compared Viber to Skype in the past, and there are two main differences I see. First, with Skype, you are not limited to calling only other Skype users (this limitation exists with Viber). Second, Skype's call quality almost always wins, which I believe is thanks to …
Chose Rakuten Viber
Before Viber, we were using Slack. Our colleagues were using slack only at work. But Viber is used for personal needs too. That is why we switched to Viber because we can reach to our colleagues anytime and from anywhere.
Chose Rakuten Viber
Better pricing than Skype. Skype has a better platform. Skype really excels in terms of video conferencing capability, the quality of image and the platform is clearly better than Viber. Viber and Skype have been in the market for a while, yet no one relies on Viber for video …
Chose Rakuten Viber
We evaluated Whatsapp and Line as 2 other tools alongside with Viber and finally decided to go ahead with Viber since we found Viber's call quality especially on international calls to be really clear and much better without any disconnections or static when we compared it with …
Chose Rakuten Viber
It's faster than all of above, better for cross platform communication and unlike the above examples (Skype for business and Slack), not directly tied to organization. Its other alternative (not listed on TrustRadius) is WhatsApp, which, in my opinion is a copy of Viber. Viber …
Chose Rakuten Viber
I use What’s App a lot but mainly for video chat and text. They don’t have a features like Viber Out that I’m aware of.
Chose Rakuten Viber
Skype has UI problems and makes the fun elements such as emojis and gifs hard to use. Slack is a good communication tool but has again less fun elements and is more work-oriented so it doesn't contribute a lot to a fun working atmosphere. Whatsapp was never even in the game …
Chose Rakuten Viber
Skype offers similar communication features as Viber, but Viber is more convenient as it uses the phone number as contact details. So instead of having to remember the user id, you just need to add your business partner's contact number and you have their viber already. Al, o …
Chose Rakuten Viber
While comparing these two applications with the Viber, I would say, the main advantage of the Viber is that it is very widely used in my region unlike other two. Otherwise, the functionality and other stuff are pretty much the same, while I slightly go for the Viber's voice …
Features
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Ooma Office
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Rakuten Viber
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Hosted PBX8.40 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.80 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
User templates00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Call reports00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Ooma Office
8.4
Ratings
0% above category average
Rakuten Viber
9.3
Ratings
10% above category average
Answering rules8.50 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Call recording7.50 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Call park9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Call screening9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Message alerts8.00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Ooma Office
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
Rakuten Viber
9.6
Ratings
18% above category average
Audio conferencing9.20 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Video conferencing00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Video screen sharing00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant messaging00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Ooma Office
7.5
Ratings
6% below category average
Rakuten Viber
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Mobile app for iOS7.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ooma OfficeRakuten Viber
Likelihood to Recommend
[Ooma Office has] good customer service: this is important in our business as we have 24/7 phone service and rely on any tech issues being solved quickly. The price point is very good for small businesses. Being able to block robo / spam calls with one click is a huge plus as it saves us time on the phone and cleans up our incoming calls for the future.
Read full review
It's perfect for messaging and group messaging, especially when users in group are from different places, organizations... (unlike slack where you have to be member of same organization to be in same group). The video calls are the weak point of the app, so Viber is not good for conference calls, video calls and especially for group video conference calls.
Read full review
Pros
  • Saving money: Ooma Office saves a bundle compared to what we were paying for Verizon business phone services.
  • The mobile app is the most helpful part of Ooma Office for us. We can be "in the office" anywhere, even if we're telephonically.
  • The automated assistant can be invaluable in routing calls and handling frequently asked questions.
Read full review
  • It is very easy to use and is very user-friendly.
  • You can have high quality video and audio meetings with more than 1 person.
  • You can upload any type of file in Viber (video, audio, text, GIFs, PDF files).
  • It is a very well known messenger so all people have access to it.
Read full review
Cons
  • Cell phone app could be a little easier to use.
  • Ooma Desktop needs some tweaking to make it more user friendly.
  • I would like my 800 number to be assigned to my personal mailbox vs. having to have its own extension.
Read full review
  • As far as I can tell, Viber lacks the feature to block specific callers/numbers. I've never needed to do this, but I'd like to know I have the option.
  • Viber cannot be used without wifi, so it is not possible to connect with contacts who aren't also using Viber. (Unless you want to use the paid service.)
  • This isn't a major complaint, but I find the layout of Viber to be a little cluttered. Comparing it to WhatsApp, I don't find it to be quite as user-friendly, and I sometimes stumble around to find my way to a contact to call.
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
We have found it very easy to configure, manage, and expand our phone operations with Ooma Office. We needed a reliable phone network as this is the first means of communication for our customers - Ooma has made it a lot easier for us to manage. Their support is also available 24x7 so that's a huge plus.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Usability
If I had to rate Ooma Office’s overall usability on a scale from 1 to 10, I’d give it a solid 9 out of 10.From my experience, the setup was incredibly straightforward — honestly one of the easiest systems I’ve ever rolled out for a small business. The dashboard is clean, user-friendly, and doesn’t take a tech-savvy person to navigate. Within a short time, our team was up and running without needing IT support.What I really appreciate is how intuitive the call handling features are — forwarding, voicemail, virtual receptionist — it’s all laid out in a way that just makes sense. Plus, the mobile app makes it super convenient to stay connected when I’m not in the office.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Ooma Office support is always available. I've never been on the phone with them for longer than 5 minutes. They are knowledgable, have great active listening skills, are able to make recommendations on how to make Ooma Office work even better for you, and wait times to speak with an agent are reasonable and typically less than 1 minute.
Read full review
I have not frequently used the support for Viber as I have not had many problems with it on my phone. I did use support one time for problems with the computer application and used the forums to solve my problems. They were fairly easy to follow and I appreciated the online help in that format.
Read full review
Implementation Rating
Have a plan in place before you start the implementation, open communication with the staff on the changes being made, prepare a reference guide on the system and how to navigate the new setup. Budget and allocate time for helping staff learn the new system. Consolidate and coordinate all the questions internally before reaching out to support.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
We use Ooma Office for everyone in the company including mobile users. It has allowed us to eliminate the spam callers as well give our mobile and remote users the ability to make business calls - from any device, from anywhere, at any time - without having to worry about any long distance charges, or without giving up their personal telephone numbers (at home or cellular).
Read full review
Rakuten Viber is overall the best. Hands down!!! Even though the other products have their own use and they are well functioning in the market, but Rakuten Viber is still top notch!
Read full review
Return on Investment
  • Nearly 60% reduction in telephone costs; results were almost immediate
  • 10-15% reduction in time spent on the phone or on calls that may not be revenue impacting.
  • I can literally take my office with me anywhere! I can use my Ooma equipment anywhere I have access to HSI!
Read full review
  • Rakuten Viber allows me to delete any type of message I've sent
  • Rakuten Viber can't access or read my private conversations in the first place, Viber can't sell them.
  • Hidden Chats allows me to keep whatever chats I want away from my main chat list, so they don't show up in my main chat list. Only a PIN that I set gives me access to Hidden Chats.
Read full review
ScreenShots

Ooma Office Screenshots

Screenshot of Ooma Business Phone Mobile AppScreenshot of Ooma Office Pro Desktop AppScreenshot of Customizable Virtual ReceptionistScreenshot of Configure System Settings through Ooma Office Manger Online Portal