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Cisco Jabber vs ShoreTel Sky [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Jabber
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Unified Communications (8th)
ShoreTel Sky [EOL]
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.5
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer912129 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Stable, easy to set up, and works fine
Everyone in our company uses Cisco Jabber for phone calls and internal chat. We have around 1,000 users. For features like video conferences, schedules, and presentations, we use Microsoft Teams.  It works fine feature-wise. The Cisco Jabber features that we use work okay. There are issues in…
it_user269988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Office Manager with 51-200 employees
The Service Portal is useful feature, but there are occasional outages.
Phone Assistant is very useful, as is the Service Portal Occasional outages, but they're usually resolved very quickly. Customer Service: Customer service is generally responsive and courteous. Technical Support: Technical support folks are generally knowledgeable and helpful. We moved to VoIP…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In summary, this product worked well for what I needed to do."
"The power of the chat function is good in terms of sharing, pasting, and the like, as it is very full-featured."
"It works fine feature-wise. The Cisco Jabber features that we use work okay."
"Everyone in our company uses Cisco Jabber for phone calls and internal chat."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to talk with people in real-time, instead of sending texts."
"This product makes my life much easier by shortening the distance between my boss and the rest of my team."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it shows who is available and who is not, as well as what their current status is."
"We have 15 branches that are now connected as though we are housed in the same building."
"With the reporting available from Shoretel we were able to adjust our staff scheduling and decrease average hold times from 60 seconds to 30 seconds."
"We rely on using ShoreTel's Phone Assistant as an integral part of our company and how it functions."
"Allows us to work interactively through different locations."
"We moved to VoIP a little over five years ago, after having a traditional POTS system, and it was a great improvement in terms of capability and service."
"Using Shortel sky has been great for our company."
"The Portal administrator tool is very easy to navigate and understand; this has to be my favorite feature."
 

Cons

"There are issues in switching from one type of communication system to another. When I connect my wired earphone or Bluetooth earphone, Cisco Jabber doesn't switch automatically. There are some user experience issues that need to be fixed."
"Cisco Jabber is not a collaborative tool."
"There are issues in switching from one type of communication system to another. When I connect my wired earphone or Bluetooth earphone, Cisco Jabber doesn't switch automatically."
"Cisco Jabber is not a collaborative tool."
"I presume that very small businesses would have a tough time justifying the investment."
"I presume that very small businesses would have a tough time justifying the investment."
"Perhaps allowing more control over user functions from the customer portal, otherwise the solution is a good fit."
"Some intermittent connectivity issues are inherent with VOIP systems."
"The portal is very good, but could use more function and streamline, especially in the call flow section."
"The experience does not feel "Unified." With the recent acquisition of M5 they acquired a bunch of new features, but have not been able to make all UC features available from one website or one program."
"Occasional outages, but they're usually resolved very quickly."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
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Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise1
 

Also Known As

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