Unified Communications Comparison Guide

Ziff Davis February 2014

Unified Communications (UC) is a useful solution for busy people to collaborate more effectively both within and outside their organizations. This guide provides a side-by-side comparison of the top 10 Unified Communications platforms based on the most common features and functions.

Directory Mobile Contact Vendor/Product Product Focus Price IM/Presence eDiscovery Multi-party Cloud On-premesis Integration Support Groups

SOHO, Lync SMB, $$$         Enterprise

SMB, Jabber n/a Enterprise       

SMB, MiCollab n/a Enterprise       

SOHO, Open Touch n/a SMB      

SOHO, Aura SMB, n/a       Enterprise

SOHO, UC SMB, n/a       Enterprise

SOHO, Univerge 3C SMB, n/a       Enterprise

SMB, Sametime $ Enterprise      

SOHO, SMB, n/a    Enterprise

SOHO, Sky SMB, $$$$ Communicator      Enterprise

$ = $1-10/user $$ = $11-20/user $$$ =$21-30/user $$$ =$31-39/user

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