Compare FortiVoice phones and jive communications - Dec 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Dec 29, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - FortiVoice phones or jive communications?

jive communications is more expensive to implement (TCO) than FortiVoice phones, and jive communications is rated higher (93/100) than FortiVoice phones (79/100). jive communications offers users more features (3) than FortiVoice phones (0).

Looking for the right VoIP solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Fortinet Vs. JIVE

Fortinet: Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, ...

JIVE: Jive is the pioneer and world’s leading provider of social business solutions. Our products apply powerful technology that helps people connect, communicate and collaborate to get more work done and solve their biggest business challenges.

Who is more expensive? FortiVoice phones or jive communications?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of VoIP software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for FortiVoice phones and jive communications.

FortiVoice phones accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 FortiVoice phone systems is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of VoIP software. jive communications price starts at $18.95 per user/month , When comparing jive communications to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average VoIP software cost.

Bottom line: FortiVoice phones cost is around the same cost of jive communications.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared FortiVoice phones Vs. jive communications based on some of the most important and required VoIP features.

FortiVoice phones: We are still working to collect the list of features for FortiVoice phones.

jive communications: Customer Service, Sales Automation, Social Media.

Target customer size

FortiVoice phones's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Jive Software develops solutions which combine social networking and media into an integrated platform in a business environment.

FortiVoice phones

ITQlick rating
(2.8/5)

FortiVoice is an on-premise business VoIP solution designed for offices and distributed networks with different types of phone users. The core features include auto attendants, voicemail, ring groups and dial-b...

Categories: Business Phone Systems, Cloud PBX, SIP Clients, SIP Trunking.

jive communications

ITQlick rating
(4.6/5)

starts at $18.95 per user/month

Jive Software is a pioneer in providing social enterprise software. It provides cloud based solutions which focus on increasing productivity through collaboration platforms that cover employees, customers and v...

Categories: Communications, Cloud PBX, PBX Phone Systems, VoIP.

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FortiVoice phones: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

jive communications: 3 Features

Customer Service
Sales Automation
Social Media
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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FortiVoi...
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
79/100
Pricing
2.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
5
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jive com...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$18.95 per user/month
Functionality
7
RingCent...
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$19.99 per user/month
Functionality
34
Nextiva ...
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
3.2/10
License pricing
$11.95 per user/month
Functionality
27
ShoreTel
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
$19.99 per user/month
Functionality
6

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.