Compare RingCentral Office and jive communications - Dec 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Dec 29, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - RingCentral Office or jive communications?

RingCentral Office is more expensive to implement (TCO) than jive communications, and jive communications is rated higher (93/100) than RingCentral Office (72/100). RingCentral Office offers users more features (13) than jive communications (3).

Looking for the right Call Center 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:

RingCentral Vs. JIVE

RingCentral: RingCentral provides cloud computing based phone systems, designed to help small businesses manage mobile, fax, and email communications.

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? RingCentral Office or jive communications?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Call Center 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 RingCentral Office and jive communications.

RingCentral Office price starts at $20 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 RingCentral is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Call Center 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 Call Center software cost.

Bottom line: RingCentral Office is more expensive than jive communications.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared RingCentral Office Vs. jive communications based on some of the most important and required Call Center features.

RingCentral Office: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), ANI (Automatic Number Identification), Auto Dialer, Call Conferencing, Call Recording, CTI (Computer Telephony Integration), Inbound Call Center, IVR System.

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

Target customer size

RingCentral Office's typical customers include: SMBs, Jive Software develops solutions which combine social networking and media into an integrated platform in a business environment.



RingCentral Office

ITQlick rating
(3.7/5)

starts at $20 per user/month

RingCentral is a fully integrated cloud-based contact/call centre and business phone solution designed to offer business communication tools for voice, video, fax and text too small businesses and enterprises.

Categories: Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP, Chat.

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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RingCentral Office: 13 Features

ACD (Automatic Call Distribution)
ANI (Automatic Number Identification)
Auto Dialer
Call Conferencing
Call Recording
CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)
Inbound Call Center
IVR System
Outbound IVR
PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
Real Time Reporting
Virtual Call Center Support
Call Center

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
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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
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RingCent...
ITQlick rating
3.7/5
Score
72/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
$20 per user/month
Functionality
17
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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
nextiva ...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
3.6/10
License pricing
$11.95 per user/month
Functionality
20
8x8 Cont...
ITQlick rating
3.9/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
43
CenterWa...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
9

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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.