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8x8 Work Features

What are the features of 8x8 Work?

Basic Communication

  • Phone Calls
  • Video Calls
  • Instant Messaging
  • Screen Sharing
  • Conference Calls
  • Desk-to-Desk Calls

Advanced Features

  • Hold Music
  • Automated Attendants
  • VOiP Number

Access

  • Software Pairing
  • Individual Download

Collaboration Tools

  • Screen Sharing

Meeting Coordination

  • Scheduling
  • Recording

Software Type

  • Mobile

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Basic Communication

Phone Calls

Based on 305 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables users to place phone calls over the internet.
89%
(Based on 305 reviews)

Video Calls

Based on 137 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables users to place video calls over the internet.
76%
(Based on 137 reviews)

Instant Messaging

Based on 186 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables users to send instant messages over the internet.
81%
(Based on 186 reviews)

Screen Sharing

Based on 137 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables users to share screens over the internet.
75%
(Based on 137 reviews)

Conference Calls

Based on 211 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables multiple users to make phone or video calls over the internet at once.
84%
(Based on 211 reviews)

Desk-to-Desk Calls

Based on 259 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables users to contact one anothers through mobile phones and landlines.
91%
(Based on 259 reviews)

Advanced Features

Hold Music

Based on 238 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers users the option to play music for contacts who are on hold.
82%
(Based on 238 reviews)

Automated Attendants

Based on 227 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers users the option to set up an automated attendant to field calls and information when employees are unavailable.
85%
(Based on 227 reviews)

VOiP Number

Based on 264 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers users a unique number that can be dialed from anywhere.
91%
(Based on 264 reviews)

Access

Software Pairing

Allows users to download the tool as an add-on to subscriptions to specific services such as Outlook 365. 175 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
80%
(Based on 175 reviews)

Browser Extension

Based on 91 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to download the tool along as an extension to their browser of choice.
77%
(Based on 91 reviews)

Individual Download

Based on 213 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Requires users download the software on its own.
85%
(Based on 213 reviews)

Channels

Voice

Based on 90 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides voice call functionality.
91%
(Based on 90 reviews)

Social

Based on 62 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides an interface for one or more social media channels.
75%
(Based on 62 reviews)

Web Chat

Based on 67 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Includes or integrates with live chat initiaited from the company's web site.
77%
(Based on 67 reviews)

Mobile SMS

Based on 76 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Accepts contacts initiated through SMS or other mobile text functions.
86%
(Based on 76 reviews)

Email

Based on 59 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows CSRs to receive and answer customer emails.
76%
(Based on 59 reviews)

Functions

Session Routing

Based on 75 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Route calls to the most appropriate agent according to a series of factors, including the time of day, customer priority, IVR outcomes, and skill-based routing (SBR). Voicemails can be routed to agents during quiet call periods.
84%
(Based on 75 reviews)

Session Queuing

Based on 75 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Callers can be routed to a queue or placed on hold until an agent becomes available.
84%
(Based on 75 reviews)

Concurrent Calling

Based on 70 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Place a large or unlimited volume of calls simultaneously without diminishing the call quality.
84%
(Based on 70 reviews)

Speech Analytics

Based on 63 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides some level of analytics based on keywords and vocal tones.
80%
(Based on 63 reviews)

Auto Dialer

Based on 67 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Has auto dialing or predictive dialing functions for outbound use.
81%
(Based on 67 reviews)

IVR

Based on 71 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Includes an interactive phone menu.
82%
(Based on 71 reviews)

Inbound Screen Pop

Based on 71 8x8 Work reviews. Populates CSR's screen with available customer data.
83%
(Based on 71 reviews)

Persistent Data

Based on 66 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Maintains and shares information across channels and agents as the case progresses.
79%
(Based on 66 reviews)

Features

Voicemail to Email

Based on 43 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Transcribes voice messages to email.
88%
(Based on 43 reviews)

File Sharing

Based on 28 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Includes a way to easily share files between users.
87%
(Based on 28 reviews)

Voice Conferencing

Based on 41 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows multi-participant phone conferences.
88%
(Based on 41 reviews)

Video Conferencing

Based on 36 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Can host video conferences.
83%
(Based on 36 reviews)

Conference Transcripts

As reported in 25 8x8 Work reviews. Records and transcribes voice and video conferences.
83%
(Based on 25 reviews)

Extensions

Tenancy Flexibility

Based on 34 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Can be deployed as a single-tenant or multi-tenant product.
91%
(Based on 34 reviews)

Native VoIP

Based on 40 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Contains its own IP telephony system.
92%
(Based on 40 reviews)

CCaaS Option

Based on 32 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Is also able to serve as contact center software.
90%
(Based on 32 reviews)

Administrative

Session Summary Notes

Based on 67 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provide agents with notes or context information about a call. These notes can include information such as caller disposition or contact history.
83%
(Based on 67 reviews)

Administrator Access

Based on 77 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Manage call records and agent tasks through administrative features. Provide agents with guidance during live calls, and interrupt calls with call barging to ensure customer satisfaction, if necessary.
89%
(Based on 77 reviews)

Reporting & Dashboards

Based on 76 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Report on historical or real-time call center performance metrics, and access data through highly visual dashboards.
86%
(Based on 76 reviews)

Session Recording

Based on 72 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Keeps records of agent-customer sessions for purposes of coaching, quality assurance, or regulatory purposes.
85%
(Based on 72 reviews)

Agent Scheduling and Assignment

Based on 64 8x8 Work reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides workforce management functions such as scheduling and vacations, team assignments, and areas of expertise.
84%
(Based on 64 reviews)

Collaboration Tools

Screen Sharing

Able to share your desktop screen or an application with the rest of the conference. 108 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
85%
(Based on 108 reviews)

Presentations

Based on 71 8x8 Work reviews. Presenters can cue up a Powerpoint presentation or other slideshow for display in the conference.
86%
(Based on 71 reviews)

Whiteboarding

As reported in 68 8x8 Work reviews. Provides a virtual whiteboard for collaborative use.
84%
(Based on 68 reviews)

Live Chat

Conferences have a text chat feature. This feature was mentioned in 76 8x8 Work reviews.
88%
(Based on 76 reviews)

Hand Raising

Based on 70 8x8 Work reviews. Allows conference participants to notifiy conference hosts when they want to speak.
87%
(Based on 70 reviews)

Meeting Coordination

Scheduling

Scheduling web meetings is streamlined, intuitive, and integrated into calendar and email software. This feature was mentioned in 106 8x8 Work reviews.
81%
(Based on 106 reviews)

Recording

Conferences can be recorded for future use with native functionality. 108 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
89%
(Based on 108 reviews)

Participant Permissions

Based on 105 8x8 Work reviews. The ability to grant users access to conferences as moderators, presenters or participants--individually or based on user role or group.
85%
(Based on 105 reviews)

One-Click Join

Based on 78 8x8 Work reviews. Allows users to join a conference without requiring a download or a sign-in
83%
(Based on 78 reviews)

Software Type

Mobile

Based on 113 8x8 Work reviews. Offers a mobile app or mobile optimized website to video conference from smartphones or tablets.
88%
(Based on 113 reviews)

Browser Application

Conferences can be launched within a browser without requiring a user to download an application to their desktop. This feature was mentioned in 78 8x8 Work reviews.
86%
(Based on 78 reviews)

Desktop Application

Based on 85 8x8 Work reviews. Software is available as a downloadable desktop application.
88%
(Based on 85 reviews)

Basic Communication - Cloud PBX

Call Management

Supports incoming calls, call forwarding, transferring and conferencing. This feature was mentioned in 18 8x8 Work reviews.
95%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Communication Management

Based on 18 8x8 Work reviews. Can handle voicemail, instant messaging, screen sharing, video calls, text messages or other forms of communication for the business.
94%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Scalability

Scales to add additional phone capacity in order to accommodate growth in an organization. 18 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
97%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Integrations

Integrates with business tools such as CRMs, APIs, browsers, business music and more. 17 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
80%
(Based on 17 reviews)

Mobile Accessibility

Able to connect with employee's mobile devices for further ease of access. 18 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
91%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Accessibility

Based on 18 8x8 Work reviews. Accessible from any location with wifi connection via cloud infrastructure.
95%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Advanced Features - Cloud PBX

Security and Compliance

As reported in 18 8x8 Work reviews. Ensures security of voice communications with encryption for calls.
90%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Analytics and Reporting

Provides call analytics based on data such as call volumes, durations, and other metrics. 17 reviewers of 8x8 Work have provided feedback on this feature.
82%
(Based on 17 reviews)

Support and Reliability

Provides virtual technical support for business communication services for improving phone performance. This feature was mentioned in 18 8x8 Work reviews.
87%
(Based on 18 reviews)

Automated attendant

As reported in 18 8x8 Work reviews. Offers an automated attendant to field calls when employees are unavailable.
94%
(Based on 18 reviews)