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We performed a comparison between 3CX Live Chat and Blackboard Collaborate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It is SIP compliant to multiple SIP phone vendors, though it is not locked into a proprietary vendor.""The integration between the video and voice is the most valuable solution.""3CX is a reliable solution.""It lets you see how many calls you made, the time you called, and how many minutes you spent on the phone.""3CX is useful and easy to use. I can talk to my colleagues from anywhere.""The most valuable features of 3CX Live Chat are the ability to go straight to a call or screen-sharing and creating multiple channels from the same chat widget effectively. The ability to raise a call straight out to the cloud is fantastic, it is really useful. Additionally, it integrates very well with WordPress.""3CX is easy to use. It's pretty a much regular PBX system. It is quite easy to configure aspects of it, and it has a good soft client.""We have not had any bugs or glitches, the solution is stable."

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"The solution allows me to connect and collaborate with my classes.""One of the features that people enjoy is the whiteboard, providing opportunities for academics to present content and for students to contribute. The platform also allows for the creating of different rooms, enabling large classes to break into smaller groups for discussions. Students can then return to the main classroom to share their opinions. It integrates with LMS.""Document loading and annotation."

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Cons
"3CX Live Chat could improve by being more customizable. There should be more skinning options for the appearance of the solution when we embed it onto a website. This would allow us to make it look more like part of our solution, rather than a third-party application.""In 3CX, customization is not as easy as I would like. With 3CX Call Flow Designer, you can set up the flow of a call, deliver it to the department, and automate the process. I can't do many things with this.""I need a robust provider who can help me use Live Chat. Unfortunately, I have to move from one provider to another because they don't have enough capabilities to maintain good service.""Message management in 3CX Live Chat is a little tricky. You can transfer a conversation to someone else if it comes into a group, but it isn't always easy to return the conversation to the group.""3CX Live Chat could improve by having better integration with other solutions because we had multiple calls in which information was not extracted correctly. We had to modify their names, and some other data needed to be sorted out for a better understanding of the calls.""You cannot make a group call on 3CX. That feature would make my life easier because I could talk to two suppliers or a supplier and management together. I wouldn't need to end the call and call another person.""It could be better in terms of providing more options for call recording.""The support team can appear to be condescending."

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"We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number.""If there were maybe more tutorials outside of what I'm aware the university is suggesting, I would take more tutorials on effective ways to deliver content. I come from the industry and content was always needed when people that were observing were smart and involved and decision-makers instead of so passively just trying to pass the course. In my imagination, the tutorials would be a tool where the learners themselves can have much more hands-on learning during a Collaborate session.""The system can overload when too many try logging in."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Switching from POTS or PRI to SIP Trunk save the customer real costs. ROI is seen in less than a year."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable. There are a few license options and we are using an enterprise license."
  • "There aren't any additional costs. With the license I purchased, I have all features that I need. I don't have to buy an add-on or another license."
  • "We used a yearly license depending on the customer's requirements, and the customers did not complain about the pricing."
  • "The price of the solution is in the middle range compared to other solutions. There are different license options available. For example, there is a professional version and an enterprise version, and with the enterprise version, you have the ability to modify the dashboards. You can purchase a license at many different time frame increments, such as monthly, yearly, or two years."
  • "We have purchased an annual license to use 3CX Live Chat. There are different options available, you can pay monthly or yearly. I am completely satisfied with the pricing of 3CX Live Chat, it is cheaper than competitors and it is a better solution."
  • "The price of the solution has been reasonable. We have not had any problems or complaints with the licensing model. We have not reached a point where we need to upgrade. We have all the correct channels."
  • "There is no add-on costing on the standard fees."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I'm not 100% sure. However, it’s my understanding that there is no cost.
    Top Answer:The solution's features for scheduling and generating reports need improvement. It fails to provide updated data. We have to connect with third-party tools for reports costing us additional expenses.
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    Top Answer:We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number.
    Top Answer:We use the solution in web seminars, online classrooms, and meetings.
    Ranking
    11th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    488
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    5
    Average Words per Review
    432
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    8.0
    24th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
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    210
    Comparisons
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    Average Words per Review
    166
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    Also Known As
    3CX PBX
    Blackboard Mobile
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    Overview

    Connect with your website visitors for free with the 3CX Live Chat plugin. With more than 1,900,000 downloads, 3CX Live Chat is the most popular, effective and reliable live chat plugin for WordPress. Increase conversions and boost customer satisfaction by communicating directly with your website visitors in real-time.

    Integrate with 3CX for a multichannel communications suite including voice and video (requires 3CX V16). Get 3CX for free for one year for unlimited users hosted by 3CX, in your own cloud account or on-premise on Windows or Linux.

    • Easy and convenient for visitors
    • Build rapport with potential customers via live chat
    • Increase sales
    • Reduce customer support line costs by using live chat
    • Learn to understand the pain points of your customers

    FEATURES

    • Simple and clean UI for all users
    • Option to elevate a live chat to a call or video call
    • Free iOS or Android apps to respond to messages through a smartphone
    • Ability to transfer chats to other agents
    • Agent’s picture is shown in the live chatbox
    • Customizable chatbox. Add a company logo, change the colors of the chatbox
    • All chats are saved in chat history
    • Dedicated storage system for all offline messages
    • Create unlimited agents to handle live chats and calls
    • Customizable offline message form
    • Supports animations in the chatbox
    • Ability to choose whether you want to accept or decline a chat
    Blackboard Mobile give your learners, educators, and community access to all aspects of the educational experience on their mobile devices and they'll be able to go anywhere. Giving you the power to engage everyone on their terms and devices. Offering instant access to the information they need. Encouraging the interaction they crave.
    Sample Customers
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    University of Derby Online, Universty of Warwick, University of Liverpool, City College Norwich, Northumberland College, Mid-Kent College, Watson Pharmaceutials, Capella University, Shore Tel Sky, Lincoln PD, City of Somerville MA, Somerset County Council
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider41%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Media Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government7%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business83%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise49%
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    3CX Live Chat is ranked 11th in Virtual Meetings with 54 reviews while Blackboard Collaborate is ranked 24th in Virtual Meetings with 4 reviews. 3CX Live Chat is rated 8.8, while Blackboard Collaborate is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of 3CX Live Chat writes "Any easy-to-use solution that is good for small-scale clients ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Blackboard Collaborate writes "Useful in webinars, meetings and online classrooms ". 3CX Live Chat is most compared with Yeastar S-Series VoIP PBX, Cisco VoIP PBX, Webex, Kamailio SIP Server and Fortinet FortiVoice, whereas Blackboard Collaborate is most compared with Zoom.

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