ShoreTel Review - why 4.9 stars?

ShoreTel Communicator is a cloud-based application with telephony features, video, conferencing, messaging, and various capabilities. It provides unified communications services as a member of the telecommunications industry. They offer hardware devices such as IP Phones, ST Voice Switches, Collaboration Service Appliances, etc., for smooth connection and noise-free voice transmission.

ShoreTel offers three modes of connections for their clients - cloud-based, on-site, or a hybrid version. They offer reliable speed and uninterrupted services of the client organization communication systems. They also provide cloud-based storage space for customers data needs.

ShoreTel became a public trading company on July 3rd, 2007, via an Initial Public Offering (IPO). In September 2017, ShoreTel was bought by the company "Mitel" for the US $530 million. The company boasted 1,158 employees as of 2016, which has grown to about 5000 now. ShoreTel serves more than 60 million clients across more than 100 countries and expands its services base as communications experts.

The rating of ShoreTel is 4.9 stars out of 5 and the total score is 92 out of 100. The rating score is based on our unbiased data-based algo. Learn more - rating methodology page.

The typical customers include the following business size: Medium and large size businesses.

Yes, ShoreTel makes it fairly easy to use. This product is user friendly and intuitive.

Yes, they offer cloud based hosting, which means IT resources are retrieved through web-based tools and applications and you don't need to buy servers and additional hardware equipment.

No, currently ShoreTel can't be accessed on mobile, you would need to access it from your computer.

ShoreTel is ranked 4 out of 164 software in their category (VoIP systems).

ShoreTel top competitors are CDW, Avaya, and Actel Communication.

• Functionality: CDW is yet another vendor of technological products like hardware, software, security systems, and services for businesses, the education, and the government sectors. It belongs to the Fortune 500 group of companies operating in the USA, UK, and Canada. Avaya is an organization that offers telecommunications solutions and digital products for communication needs with smooth integration and fast transmission.
  
  They earned the UC Award for "Best Use for AI" for their solution "Avaya Spaces" in 2021. CDW has different modes of operations for all its distinct products, and Avaya works mainly as a cloud-based platform and offers uninterrupted communications. Actel Communication is the leading telecommunication engineering service.
  
  Its features include a low current solution, two-way radio system, wireless solutions, managed services, and FTTX. As compared to ShoreTel, Actel is quite ahead in its functionalities.
• Level of Services: ShoreTel has a limited number of hardware solutions merged into their communications system. In contrast, CDW provides a much larger array of services and products - from simple hardware accessories like cables and modems to sophisticated software, distinct for all kinds of usage domains such as graphic design and utility management.
  
  On the other hand, Avaya offers software solutions in a range of varieties, such as mobile subscriptions to their One Cloud services, IT solutions for healthcare providers and payers in the healthcare industry, and other business needs. Actel communication services include dedicative services for its clients. They aim to provide uninterrupted mobile and content services. It is the high-performance station base that deals with all the unforeseen circumstances.
• Support: ShoreTel offers round-the-clock chat support, as well as email support. CDW has different sections of chat support for different domains of queries such as sales, technical support, management support, etc. They only provide support during business hours, as does Avaya. Avaya also has an email and phone number available to contact for their sales and support queries. Separate numbers are given for their worldwide office locations such as the UAE, USA, etc., and different people are concerned with their media, sales, and investment domains. Actel Communication has not any special customer support as it only has a given contact number, so definitely ShoreTel leads the role here.

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