{"id":1461,"date":"2022-04-06T12:06:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contactacceleration.com\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2022-06-09T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:54:09","slug":"8x8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contactacceleration.com\/8x8\/","title":{"rendered":"8&#215;8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>8\u00d78, Inc. offers highly affordable voice, video, mobile and unified communications solutions for small to medium businesses, as well as largely distributed enterprises. Featured is their 8\u00d78 Virtual Office phone solution, broken down into multiple Editions best suited for different business needs. Business services of 8\u00d78 integrate advanced phone services, web conferencing, powerful online productivity tools, flexible service plans, and easy setup and use. All their technology is homegrown, cutting costs and improving overall services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8\u00d78, Inc. backs their products through a live technical support system, onsite assistance, and over 25 years in the industry. In 2010, Deloitte\u2019s Technology Fast 500 ranked them as one of the fastest growing companies in North America. Infonetics Research has also named them one of the top five hosted VoIP providers for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8\u00d78 Pricing and Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual Office X2 Edition<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 $25 per user, per month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Phone Number and Virtual Extensions<\/li><li>Unlimited Calling to 14 Countries<\/li><li>Unlimited Internet Fax<\/li><li>1GB Media Store<\/li><li>Mobile and Desktop Apps<\/li><li>Virtual Office Analytics Essentials<\/li><li>Business SMS<\/li><li>Instant Messaging and Presence<\/li><li>Voicemail<\/li><li>Auto Attendant<\/li><li>Call Queuing<\/li><li>HD Voice<\/li><li>Secure Voice<\/li><li>Single Sign On<\/li><li>Audio and Video Conferencing With Meetings for 5 participants<\/li><li>Salesforce, Zendesk &amp; Netsuite CRM Integration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual Office X5 Edition<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 $35 per user, per month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>All Virtual Office X2 features, plus<\/li><li>Unlimited Calling to 32 Countries<\/li><li>5GB Media Storage<\/li><li>Audio &amp; Video Conferencing with Meetings for 25 participants<\/li><li>Call Recording<\/li><li>Operator Switchboard<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual Office x8 Edition&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 $55 per user, per month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>All Virtual Office X5 features, plus<\/li><li>Unlimited Calling to 47 Countries<\/li><li>10GB Media Storage<\/li><li>Audi &amp; Video Conferencing with Meeting with 50 Participants<\/li><li>Salesforce Analytics<\/li><li>Virtual Office Call Quality Reporting &amp; Analytics<\/li><li>Virtual Office Analytics Supervisor<\/li><li>Inbound Contact Center<\/li><li>Outbound Contact Center<\/li><li>2000 Contact Center Minutes<\/li><li>Contact Center Call Recording Storage for 3 months<\/li><li>Contact Center Visual IVR<\/li><li>Contact Center Reporting &amp; Analytics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlimited Calling Zone Countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>X2 Edition<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 14 Countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia*, Canada, France*, Germany*, Italy*, Ireland*, Netherlands*, New Zealand*, Puerto Rico, Spain*, Sweden*, Switzerland*, United Kingdom, United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>X5 Edition<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 32 Countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes the 14 countries from X2 plus \u2013 Belgium, Brazil*, China, Denmark, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg*, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Poland*, Portugal*, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Taiwan*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>X8 Edition&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 47 Countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Includes the 32 countries from X5 plus \u2013 Argentina*, Chile, Cyprus*, Dominican Rep, Finland, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan*, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*Excludes Mobile, Special and Premium Numbers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8\u00d78 Awards<br>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.8x8.com\/awards\/gartner-magic-quadrant-unified-communications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8\u00d78 Named a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service \u201912-\u201914<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editor\u2019s Bottom Line of 8\u00d78<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Consistently ranked as a Leader on Gartner\u2019s UCaaS Magic Quadrant, 8\u00d78 compelling platform has been recognized has one of the strongest industry options. 8\u00d78 has expanded their market coverage beyond North America into global markets, including Asia and Pacific coverage. Despite a traditional focus on SMB organizations, the vendor has since grown their footprint to offer Enterprise grade solutions, including a complete Inbound and Outbound Contact Center platform. In fact, a major selling point is how 8\u00d78 includes their complete Contact Center solution with their top tier Virtual Office X8 Edition plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your team is simply looking for a complete Business VoIP platform, then even 8\u00d78\u2019s entry level Virtual Office X2 Edition includes all the necessary features, plus some extra bells and whistles. In fact, 8\u00d78\u2019s unlimited calling to multiple countries is a strong selling point \u2014 even the X2 Edition plan can place calls to 14 different countries, including European countries, along with Australia and Canada. Both unlimited phone numbers and extensions are also a great addition, as 8\u00d78 does not limit the extensions a plan can have, or charge for the adopting extra phone numbers. And of course, looking beyond VoIP and calling functionality, all of 8\u00d78\u2019s Virtual Office plans include both audio and video meeting functionality, with even 5 participants for the X2 Edition plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, 8\u00d78 offers a total and complete Unified Communications solution that not only outfits your organization with a competitive and compelling Business VoIP solution, but advanced meeting and collaboration functionality as well like Business SMS, Instant Messaging and even Presence Indicators. 8\u00d78 also ensures their solutions meet the heavy security requirements of most Enterprise organization, with features like Single Sign On and Secure Voice. The entire platform is mobile friendly as well, of course, with an intuitive and well designed mobile app enabling teams to stay connected even when they\u2019re on the go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When searching for a complete platform, 8\u00d78 is a very strong option. Not only does your team gain access to a fully functional and comprehensive Business VoIP solution, but additional features as well like team collaboration and even a complete Contact Center platform.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8\u00d78, Inc. offers highly affordable voice, video, mobile and unified communications solutions for small to medium businesses, as well as largely distributed enterprises. Featured is their 8\u00d78 Virtual Office phone solution, broken down into multiple Editions best suited for different business needs. 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