3CX Live Chat vs Cisco Unified Communications comparison

3CX and Cisco are both solutions in the Unified Communications category. 3CX is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0, while Cisco is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.0. 3CX holds a 9.6% mindshare in UC, compared to Cisco’s 12.9% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of 3CX users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cisco users who would recommend it.

3CX Live Chat

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91% willing to recommend

Cisco Unified Communications

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100% willing to recommend

3CX Live Chat

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between 3CX Live Chat and Cisco Unified Communications based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Unified Communications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed 3CX Live Chat vs. Cisco Unified Communications Report (Updated: September 2025).

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3CX Live Chat vs. Cisco Unified Communications

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Categories and Ranking

3CX Live Chat

Ranking in Unified Communications

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Virtual Meetings (10th), IP PBX (1st), Live Chat (4th), Hosted and Cloud Based VoIP (6th)

Cisco Unified Communications

Ranking in Unified Communications

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IP Telephony & Unified Communications (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Unified Communications category, the mindshare of 3CX Live Chat is 9.6%, up from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco Unified Communications is 12.9%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Unified Communications Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco Unified Communications	12.9%
3CX Live Chat	9.6%
Other	77.5%

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Featured Reviews

Ahmed ACHOUR

General Manager at Beyond IT Services

Enhanced service desk workflow which streamlines operations and offers strong integration capabilities

The customers use 3CX for IP telephony and call center activities. Additionally, they use 3CX for service desk activities, including integration with other ITSM products to collect data from customers who need technical support on their platforms 3CX has proven to be a good solution, particularly…

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Kani Kumar J

Cisco VOIP Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Reliable customer communication and good third-party integrations with minor server update issues

Cisco supports third-party gadgets, including workforce management systems. These can be directly integrated with Cisco, a feature not widely supported by other contact centers. Additionally, redundancy is set up, meaning if one side of the server goes down, the other side will take over to prevent the contact center from completely failing.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The integration with SMS has been helpful. That's how a lot of customers prefer to communicate nowadays. It makes it convenient for the customer to reach us."

"3CX has strong reporting and management features. You can manage the capabilities of a call center with queues and timers. It's a complete solution."

"It is SIP compliant to multiple SIP phone vendors, though it is not locked into a proprietary vendor."

"3CX has a graphical user interface, and this is awesome because I don't have to have an IT person from my company in my customer's environment to set up and configure 3CX for my client. I just train the customer."

"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."

"This solution gives our customers mobility. They can use their phone system everywhere. The other key feature is the security."

"The call queue and reporting systems are robust compared to what you have to pay to get the same level of functionality with a competing system."

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"Cisco supports third-party gadgets, including workforce management systems."

"We use Extension Mobility and Jabber a lot with mobile remote access. In addition to video calls with Jabber, this greatly enriched communications between coworkers."

"The Click to dial feature was one of the most important features for the customer."

Cons

"The reporting and dashboards of 3CX could be improved."

"The solution could improve the web meeting feature. There is a lot of competition from all the other applications that are out there, such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom. I find I do not use it that much. I do not know how much effort they are putting into the web meeting part of the program but it could improve."

"The solution was simple to install, but the configuration was not as simple. The full installation process took a few days."

"Having a video call would be a nice idea."

"Once we establish the system and do the initial configuration, some configurations will be fixed. However, if we need to change those configurations, the option is to do a reinstallation. Otherwise, we cannot do anything."

"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."

"It needs the option for the CS rep to stop recording when a credit card number is recited by the customer."

"There are a lot of quality of life things that could be improved. When adding extensions, you need to use the extension import setting, you can't just use an import function to update extensions. You have to delete and recreate the extension, which can have all kinds of unintended consequences."

More 3CX Live Chat cons

"Sometimes, minor temporary issues can arise while updating the servers."

"Some features take a lot of steps to configure, so having areas where a few clicks can configure a feature for a user would be nice."

"An improvement option could be to incorporate the Voicea solution with Communication Manager, allowing it to make a translation between different languages automatically in a conversation."

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."

"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 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."

"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."

"There is no add-on costing on the standard fees."

"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."

"3CX sells an annual subscription, but we usually split it out monthly for clients, so they don't see an annual bill for the 3CX licensing, it's just part of their monthly phone bill. As they're paying us for carrier service anyway, we just roll it all together. Your standard phone service would be an additional cost, you either need to maintain a local carrier with POTS lines or PRI or a SIP, or you have to go with a cloud-based SIP."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

Legal Firm

Media Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

13%

Educational Organization

11%

University

Non Profit

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	39
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 3CX Live Chat?

The pricing of 3CX is around six out of ten. For some customers, the first year may be free of charge, allowing them to try the solution before deciding to implement it.

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What needs improvement with 3CX Live Chat?

The reporting and dashboards of 3CX could be improved.

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What is your primary use case for 3CX Live Chat?

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What needs improvement with Cisco Unified Communications?

Sometimes, minor temporary issues can arise while updating the servers. These updates can cause bugs that lead to temporary issues. Although they do not have a major impact, these issues still need...

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What is your primary use case for Cisco Unified Communications?

It is basically a contact center solution. In contact centers, it acts as a bridge connecting the customer and the product company and the end customer. For example, if we are running a bank, the c...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Unified Communications?

The pricing varies based on the setup. ECCX has lower pricing for up to 400 users, whereas PCC is more expensive. Pricing increases based on requirements and features.

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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

3CX

With Cisco Voice and Unified Communications, you can unify all your voice, video, data, and mobile applications for interactive collaboration.

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Sample Customers

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Afni, Allied Irish Banks, Bellevue, Came Group, Children's Hospital Colorado, Erickson Living, IDEALondon, Instituto Zaldivar, John Lewis, Linz AG, London Hydro, Lone Star College System, Lone Star College System, Mondi Group, North West Redwater, Park Nicollet, Pentana Solutions Australia, Pilatus, Pirelli, Portugal Ministry, Presidio Inc., Republic Bank & Trust Company, Saipem, SickKids Foundation, Top Right Group, Vital Images

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