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CONTACT CENTER (CCAAS) · CLOUD PHONE SYSTEM (UCAAS) · BY NEXTIVA

Nextiva

Not a fit when you need

Auto attendant: missing business-hours routing rules, call forwarding to any number.

Call and speech analytics: missing speech analytics, sentiment analysis.

Two-way business texting: missing two-way texting, 10dlc brand and campaign registration.

Virtual and international numbers: missing international numbers, call forwarding to any number.

AI receptionist: missing answers 24/7 including holidays, takes and delivers messages, transfers calls to staff.

Call routing: missing business-hours routing rules, call forwarding to any number, ring several devices at once.

Debt collection calls: missing power dialer, do-not-call list management, calling-hours restrictions by recipient time zone, call frequency caps per contact.

Call forwarding: missing call forwarding to any number, ring several devices at once.

Call monitoring and QA: missing live call monitoring, whisper and barge, qa scorecards.

Click-to-call and in-app calling: missing webrtc calling sdk, click-to-call web widget.

Conference calling: missing audio conference bridge.

E911 for remote staff: missing e911 service, dynamic e911 location for remote staff.

International calling for business: missing published international per-minute rates, international numbers.

IVR self-service: missing multi-level ivr menus, speech recognition in ivr, call queues.

Missed-call text-back: missing missed-call text-back, two-way texting.

Number porting: missing number porting.

Overflow answering: missing takes overflow when your line is busy, takes and delivers messages, transfers calls to staff.

Paging and intercom: missing overhead and group paging, desk-to-desk intercom.

PCI-safe phone payments: missing dtmf masking for card payments, pci dss compliant, take payments in ivr.

Teams and Zoom calling: missing microsoft teams direct routing, zoom phone byoc.

Texting from a landline or toll-free number: missing text-enables an existing landline, two-way texting, toll-free texting verification.

Toll-free numbers: missing toll-free numbers, call forwarding to any number.

Vanity numbers: missing vanity number search, toll-free numbers.

Workforce management: missing volume forecasting, agent scheduling.

Fit by use case

Required features passed for each job, plus rank among tracked products for that job.

True monthly cost

UsersPlanList priceEffectivevs median
5NEXT Core$15$75-62%
25NEXT Core$15$375-62%
100NEXT Core$15$1,500-62%

Effective: plan price plus any base fee and overage at that volume. Median of 53 other tracked products priced on users. Add-ons a job requires are added on use case pages. Full pricing breakdown

Price history

NEXT Core plan, 1 recorded price

$15Oct 26Oct 26

Reliability (90 days)

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Uptime—
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Integrations

  • Microsoft Teams · native
  • Salesforce · native
  • Hubspot · native
  • Zendesk · native
  • Microsoft Outlook · native
  • Google Contacts · native

Compliance

HIPAA BAAAdd On
SOC 2 Type IIUnknown
PCI DSSUnknown
STIR/SHAKENUnknown
Data residencyUnknown

Acceptance by industry

IndustryStatusCheckedSource
FinanceRestricted2026-10-28Policy
Recruiting and staffingRestricted2026-10-28Policy
Political campaignsRestricted2026-10-28Policy
NonprofitsRestricted2026-10-28Policy

Alternatives

Ranked by overlap on use-case fit (50%), tool type (30%) and price band (20%). Not by opinion. All alternatives

ProductOverlapShared use casesTool types25 usersCompare
Dialpad60%Voicemail to email and transcription, Call transcriptionContact center (CCaaS), Cloud phone system (UCaaS)$375Compare
Amazon Connect41%Call transcriptionContact center (CCaaS)—Compare
Quo36%Voicemail to email and transcriptionSMS platform, Cloud phone system (UCaaS)$375Compare
Microsoft Teams Phone35%—Cloud phone system (UCaaS)$250—