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Google Voice

8.9 /10

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What is Google Voice?

Google makes it easy by keeping you and your coworkers connected everywhere you go on any device.

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Awards & Recognition

Google Voice won the following awards in the Unified Communications as a Service category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

4 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

11 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2022

Google Voice Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

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88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Google Voice?

3% Negative

6% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Saves Time
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Mobility

Communications

Secure Access

Call Management

Presence IM

Audio Transcription

Web & Desktop Conferencing

Analytics Reporting

Centralized Management Portal

Speech Access and Personal Assistant

Continuous UCC

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Google Voice Reviews

Justin T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Excellent product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Google Voice from other similar products?

Google Voice stands out with its integration with other Google services, offering a seamless experience across Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar, along with its robust voicemail transcription and call forwarding capabilities.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I'd say the convenience of having all communication needs in one place, like voicemail transcriptions neatly organized alongside emails and calendar events, streamlining productivity and organization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do not have any dislikes overall.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For someone considering Google Voice, I'd recommend assessing your communication needs, particularly if you value integration with other Google services, reliable voicemail transcription, and the ability to manage multiple phone numbers efficiently, as Google Voice excels in these areas.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Cons

Slower Product Innovation

Vaibhav S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Fantastic product for Calling

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Google Voice from other similar products?

With the features to import the contacts and also messaging option.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Both texting and calling are available with easy portability.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Earlier, it was free but it charges a nominal fee.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is the best option for your business.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Ankit Z.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Great tool for employee privacy

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Google Voice from other similar products?

Google voice allows me to create a separate phone line for business that I can link to my personal mobile phone. I can send or receive calls and messages on my personal number and my google voice number from one device.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite part about Google voice is that i can reachout to the different candidates that i am looking for hiring needs in an easy way via call or message without using my own personal number.

What do you dislike most about this product?

In the field of recruitment, the candidates share the google voice number and mist of the time, they were unreachable during interview schedule time or joining time.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Google voice is very simple and straight forward tool. It's very useful that it's free and easy to setup.

Pros

Security Protects
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Cons

Under Delivered

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Google Voice Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Google Voice?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Mobility Integrating the mobile users' voice and real-time communications services with core enterprise communications lets them do their jobs regardless of location.

Communications Includes communication portals, secure messaging, and automated alerts.

Secure Access Establishment of a VPN session to the internal phone system.

Call Management CRM integration, click-to-dial, call forward/record/log and many more in one place to ensure each agent can access all the information from a single place.

Presence IM Knowing the availability of users.

Audio Transcription Transcription audio recordings into text format, providing a transcript of the recorded dialog.

Web & Desktop Conferencing Multi-party screen sharing, and peer-to-peer or multi-party video conferencing from any location.

Analytics Reporting Monitoring and reporting tool which delivers a complete view of Unified Communications usage and associated costs.

Centralized Management Portal Includes multiple client management, push install capability, comprehensive policies for different groups, and active directory integration and synchronization.

Speech Access and Personal Assistant Using speech commands, personal assistants (or virtual assistants) allow users to access their inbox, calendar, directory and so on.

Continuous UCC Interface which enables a space for custom grouped/channeled free-form team communication.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Google Voice Reviews

Justin T.

Excellent product!

Likeliness to Recommend

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Cons

Vaibhav S.

Fantastic product for Calling

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ankit Z.

Great tool for employee privacy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Mobility

Communications

Secure Access

Call Management

Presence IM

Audio Transcription

Web & Desktop Conferencing

Analytics Reporting

Centralized Management Portal

Speech Access and Personal Assistant

Continuous UCC

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration