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What do you like best about Switchvox?

Simple and easy to use. Good small business solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

It's feels old. It lacks features which have been purposefully held back. It doesn't interop well with certain sip trunks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solves the need for a pbx. Call routing etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Switchvox Overview

What is Switchvox?

Switchvox is the award-winning business phone system solution built on the power of Asterisk with thousands of installation worldwide. With Switchvox, you can deploy your communications system according to your business needs - on a dedicated appliance, in a virtual environment, or in the cloud. The combination of Switchvox and D-series phones provides a complete (UC) solution for small and mid-sized businesses by integrating all of your office communications, include phone, fax, chat, and web conferencing, to give you a customized communications experience.

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Product Description

VOIP phone systems

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

The Switchvox features set provides many products under one license. Traditional phone systems would require individual feature licenses for major applications like voicemail, faxing, and IVRs. With Switchvox, your company can simplify its communications down to one powerful solution delivered in the cloud or on-premise. Get mobile apps, call recording, desktop faxing, ACD, presence, and much more - all in one turnkey solution at one affordable price.


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$2,288

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Simple and easy to use. Good small business solution
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The support team has always been accommodating in troubleshooting systems and setting up new processes. The setup of new telephones is simple and e...
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Joe S.
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What do you like best about Switchvox?

As cliche as it sounds, I like how Switchvox just "works" and does what we need it to do. It may not have all the frills of other VOIP products, but for my use case it doesn't matter. I no longer have to use my office phone because SV helped me to link the two together. I haven't touched my office phone in months. I find the UI very user friendly and so far I haven't had any trouble setting up phone links. I've only had to contact support once when I was first setting up the product for my company, they were very friendly and quickly resolved my issues. The cost is very affordable compared to other products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

Some times my phones have gotten out of sync, it helps to restart the system every once and a while. Setting it up for the first time can be a bit complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Linking our office phones with our personal phones, fax over internet, and video conferencing mainly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

The support team has always been accommodating in troubleshooting systems and setting up new processes. The setup of new telephones is simple and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

The iPhone App could use some more work, but when it works, it is excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Switchvox has helped create a professional image for my small business and allowed my team to work from home or in the office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

Their customer service is superb. We wanted to route our calls differently based on the line they came in and every time we have called their representatives have been very patient and very knowledgeable about their products. They always make sure the issue is resolved before getting off the phone Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

Haven't experienced any so far. Everything has been great. No complaints Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Switchvox:

Easy to use and convenient with voicemails delivered to your inbox Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cost and efficiency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

Having recently switched to Switchvox as my VOIP, I was somehwat skeptical to see how effective and simplistic it would be to use, but it honestly blows its competition out of the water. Switchvox is fast, nimble, reliable and sleek, making the integration between softphone and hard landline seamless. Unlike other soft phones, Switchvox's interface gives users the options to control volume, speaker settings, and other highly useful features all from one simple interface as opposed to having to dig through menu after menu to find one simple option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

At this time I really can't think of a downside with Switchvox, other than the fact that the app version of the product is much less functional than the desktop version. However, since I am reviewing the software as a whole, I will confidently report that I can think of no problems with this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

The alrgest problem that I am solving with Switchvox is being able to successfully and competently work from home and feel as though I am not missing any calls due to my work situation. This has been a difficult battle for over four months now and I believe that Switchvox has finally offered the solution I needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

The graphic user interface for Switchvox is simple and very easy to use. The pricing for the product for the features you get from it are virtually unmatchable. The number of advanced features available at no additional cost also constantly add value to an already great product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

The reporting capabilities leave a lot to be desired. For starters, you can not specify multiple email recipients to send scheduled reports to. Secondly, you can not specify multiple individual queue reports within a broader, overarching report. And lastly, there appears to be a hard limit as to the number of scheduled reports that can either be simultaneously run and/or emailed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Switchvox:

None. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prior to using Switchvox, we had nine separate locations all using their own individual analog, POTs pbx systems that were all different from each other. Switchvox allowed us to replace and unify all of our locations under a single voip pbx system using a layer 3 network. This enabled employees to dial employees at other locations internally using 4-digit extensions as thought they were located in the same building. The queue reporting features allowed us to track and monitor call queue performance, although there are significant opportunities in this area upon which to improve. The integration of Digium phones also closes the gap between a pbx manufacturer by one vendor and phones manufactured by another. Switchvox has drastically improved the way we do business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

What I like best is their support. Switchvox has a very nice Knowledge Base section where you can get most of, if not all your answers, answered. I also like that you can call them, email them, or Skype them for support cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

At this moment, I have not had any issues that would cause me to dislike anything about Switchvox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Switchvox:

It is a solid product, with a very good support staff. In my opinion, a good support staff can make or break a product, and Switchvox support deserves an A+. I'm not saying that you will need their support staff, but should you ever have a question, or just want to verify something, then they have your back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of our problems is that we have about 30 sales people, who are in and out all the time. When they are not at their desks, we still need to be able to get calls to them. Swithchvox provides a way to do that with their Switchvox Softphone product. This product makes it so much easier by transferring calls from our sales staff, who are not in the office, to our financing staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

Switchvox provides a comprehensive set of both PBX-like features and call center features that allow business to do just about anything they would need/want to do with a phone system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

Not as many integrations available as there are for other systems. Also, when the application Switchboard moved from Flash to HTML5 this had a huge impact on usability/efficiency for users of large or main switchboards because of the loss of drag-and-drop call forwarding/redirection. Also, recent builds are more focused on the use of Digium-branded phones rather than industry-standard VoIP phones like Polycom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Switchvox:

Consider Switchvox before making a final decision, you may find it does everything you need and more at a competitive price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

We moved away from a legacy PBX system to Switchvox years ago. At the time, the vendors involved in our Switchvox installation/configuration were the only ones who accommodate our need for internal billing codes for outbound calls (so we can track and bill those calls directly to clients). This was done by creating a dedicated Asterisk box (the software that Switchvox is built on) as a SIP provider that prompted for billing codes when a toll call was placed and then sent us monthly summary reports of usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

I love the touch screen options, it makes switching and picking up calls really easy. I also like that I can set the ring tone for external and internal calls. I also like that we can customize the screen saver and we can upload employee photos so when you need to talk to someone in the office, you just have to click on their picture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

We have to call when we need things set up (ie cues and parking lots). We also lose service a handful of times a year. It is also annoying that I have to be the one to initate a call to do a 3 way call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Switchvox:

Do it. The phones are great and customer service has been very helpful. The online portal is really nice as you are able to message coworkers or quickly page someone in the office. We do not use all of the features as we are not a super large company but the features we do use are nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to take calls on our cell phones and easily forward calls during snow days, nights, etc. It is also nice that we can customize just about anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Switchvox?

Denis has been exceptionally helpful over the years that we have utilized Switchvox. Heath has also been exceptionally helpful through the years as well.

Basically it is nice when we get good support, not just folks who read from a script but they use their knowledge of the system to point us in the right direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Switchvox?

Digium forces you to be on the latest version even if the current version you have is stable with the exception of small issues that once were troubleshootable when said version was the current. After the version is upgraded, Digium pretends as if the older versions never existed. Also, I would like the ability to programmatically build and/or manage IVRs.

We've had now 2 Switchvox 470's drive arrays literally burn up in the server rack at the data center during production, as in they smelt like electrical fires had occurred in the connecting wires from the motherboard to the array itself (sata cables)

Only as high as tier 2 support is available on the weekend unless specially requested ahead of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Switchvox:

Be sure you are not looking to run a call center or have a very complex routing structure while using with this equipment. Smaller shops would benefit from the features that Switchvox offers and the system would run more efficiently. If you are looking to upgrade your call center's VoIP deployment then consider Cisco, Avaya, Ring Central, NICE N Contact, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Switchvox solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can make calls most of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.