Compare OBi and ThinkingPhones - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 07, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - OBi or ThinkingPhones?

ThinkingPhones is more expensive to implement (TCO) than OBi, and OBi is rated higher (81/100) than ThinkingPhones (80/100).

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:

Obihai Technology Vs. Thinking Phone Networks, Inc.

Obihai Technology: Obihai is a Silicon Valley-based, California corporation rooted in the following technologies: Voice over IP, consumer and business-grade electronics and communication systems, semiconductor and integrated circuit design, audio and video DSP algorithm design, high-yield + low-cost manufacturing, global telecommunications compliance and mass-scale n...

Thinking Phone Networks, Inc.: Our mission is to make your communication systems work for you and provide apps that both you and your staff will love. We seamlessly unify all of your business voice, text, and conferencing services on a single award-winning cloud platform, connect them to your other cloud applications, and then deliver intelligent, mobile-ready apps to your staff...

Who is more expensive? OBi or ThinkingPhones?

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 OBi and ThinkingPhones.

OBi price starts at $55,000 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 OBi is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of VoIP software. ThinkingPhones price starts at $15 per user/month , When comparing ThinkingPhones to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average VoIP software cost.

Bottom line: ThinkingPhones is more expensive than OBi.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared OBi Vs. ThinkingPhones based on some of the most important and required VoIP features.

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

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

Target customer size

OBi's typical customers include: Small businesses and start ups, Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.



OBi

ITQlick rating
(2.8/5)

starts at $55,000 per license

OBi software is a cloud-hosted suite of VoIP telephony devices that target businesses, service providers and consumers. The user can manage OBi devices through OBiTALK cloud- platform portal & API which allows ...

Categories: Business Phone Systems, Cloud PBX, SIP Clients, Video Conferencing.

ThinkingPhones

ITQlick rating
(4.9/5)

starts at $15 per user/month

ThinkingPhones is a web based business VoIP solution for businesses of all sizes. It offers such services as video conferencing, call forwarding, recording and playback, and others. The software was designed an...

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

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OBi Specifications

ITQlick Score: 81/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 2/10 - low cost
Category: VoIP -> OBi review
Company: Obihai Technology
Pricing: starts at $55,000 per license
Typical customers: Small businesses and start ups
Platforms: Desktop
Links: OBi review, OBi pricing, OBi alternatives

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OBi: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

ThinkingPhones: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
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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OBi
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
81/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$55,000 per license
Functionality
4
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ThinkingPhones
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
9.6/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
5
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ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$19.99 per user/month
Functionality
34
jive com...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$18.95 per user/month
Functionality
7
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ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
3.2/10
License pricing
$11.95 per user/month
Functionality
27

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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.