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8.8
88%
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8.4
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Mobile Access (125)
8.1
81%
Discussions (132)
7.7
77%
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Features Scorecard
Project Management
6.5
65%
Communication
6.1
61%
File Sharing & Management
6.7
67%
Product Details
What is Cisco Jabber?
Cisco Jabber is a communication platform that is available as a browser-based and mobile app solution. It allows users to collaborate across channels such as instant messaging, voice, VoIP, and video telephony. Features include voice and video calling, call recording, and broadcast messaging.
Key Features
Instant message and presence
Real-time presence information and instant messaging. Users can view the availability of contacts within and outside of their organization.
Business voice and video
Soft-phone features, including HD voice and video, plus desktop sharing.
Global Collaboration
Access to all of Cisco Jabber’s features while mobile, including video conferencing.
Communicate from Microsoft Office
Access Cisco Jabber directly from Microsoft Office applications. Click to initiate chat, voice or video calls, or multiparty conferences.
Cisco Jabber Features
Project Management Features
- Supported: Task Management
- Supported: Scheduling
- Supported: Mobile Access
- Supported: Tagging
- Supported: Search
- Supported: Integrates with other Project Management Tools
Communication Features
- Supported: Chat
- Supported: Status updates and activity feed
- Supported: Notifications
- Supported: Comments and feedback
- Supported: Discussions
- Supported: User directory and online status
- Supported: Sharing and privacy
File Sharing & Management Features
- Supported: Versioning
- Supported: Document files
- Supported: Image files
- Supported: Video files
- Supported: Audio files
- Supported: Document collaboration
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| Deployment Types | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry |
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Cisco Jabber is a communication platform that is available as a browser-based and mobile app solution. It allows users to collaborate across channels such as instant messaging, voice, VoIP, and video telephony. Features include voice and video calling, call recording, and broadcast messaging.
Reviewers rate Chat highest, with a score of 8.8.
The most common users of Cisco Jabber are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees) and the Information Technology & Services industry.
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July 13, 2022
To listen to voicemails or join virtual meetings.
You can talk with your co-workers and save the chat messages for later use. You can search for the availability of connections both inside and outside your organization. You can use your workplace directory to find people, send instant messages, and have phone or video conversations.
- Calls can be made and received from your desktop or laptop from anywhere.
- Using its group chat feature, you can communicate and chat safely.
- There is no video chat available.
- Subscriptions to the Cisco Jabber service are expensive.
- Memory usage could be reduced.
July 12, 2022
Great Product | Communication King!
We currently have Cisco Jabber deployed as a softphone for remote workers. We use it in all departments across our campus, including Helpdesk inquiries, Financial Aid, and Registrar Information. The software is perfect in the cases we need to use it. During the COVID-19 epidemic, we solely used Cisco Jabber to keep our office phones open to the public and for communication between offices. I cannot recommend this software enough. Easy to use, maintain, and teach operation.
- Great application to have video conferencing and meetings with team members
- An excellent unified communication app for instant messaging and calls
- Product functionality and performance
- Better documentation on deployment in a Large scale organization
- Simplistic UI for users that are not "Tech Friendly"
Cisco Jabber provides us the ability to seamlessly communicate between different peers inside as well as outside of the organization. This is a user-friendly application that also provides multiple other features where users can interact using different platforms like Windows, MAC, Android. The Presence feature also enables the users to use instant messaging and communicate.
- Calling.
- Messaging.
- Availability (presence) of other peers.
- Meeting reminders and calendar integrations.
- Interface can be a bit lighter.
- Usage of the memory.
May 31, 2022
A great way to communicate with Cisco Jabber
I used Cisco Jabber to communicate with colleagues across different departments about deadlines and upcoming projects that needed to be completed. Cisco Jabber also made it convenient to get ideas across to different areas. Cisco Jabber also made it more convenient to place video calls from one Colleague to another.
- Video calling
- Instant messages
- Finding colleagues within the organization
- Cisco jabber could improve their connection capability
We use Cisco Jabber so much now that we are working remotely. When COVID hit, they installed it on everyone's computers so they could take calls from home. It has been an integral part of running our operations from home. We now work part remote, part in the office, so it is still frequently used for external communications with clients, etc. The only issue I have with it is that it sometimes randomly logs me out - other than that, no real issues.
- Allows people to work remotely
- Allows daily operations to continue without having to be at the desk.
- Easy log tracking calls, times, voicemails, etc.
- Video Calling
- Logging out randomly
It's a collaboration tool. First, we use Cisco Jabber to chat and IM coworkers, ask quick questions, and get quick answers. The best part about Cisco Jabber, unlike other similar tools, is that it easily integrates with our phones (landlines), allowing us to receive and make calls from anywhere as if we are in the office using our physical landline phone.
- Chat/IM
- Make calls
- Receive calls
- Automatically or manually change status (available, away, etc.)
- Meeting functionality can be improved.
- Make it easier to add organization contacts.
- Layout can be improved.
May 30, 2022
I like the Jabber!
We use Cisco Jabber as an internal chat system as well as to host internal video meetings. I also utilize the jabber app on my phone. It is the system our incoming calls can be routed through as well if we chose to answer via computer vs from the desk phone.
- Internal Chat
- User availability - status
- Internal meetings
- The app doesn't allow for you to call into meetings.
- Don't like how the app doesn't sync with the desktop version so you lose all your chats if you go back and forth.
- Don't like how you can't invite people outside of the organization into a video conference as you can on zoom or lifesize or teams.
May 26, 2022
Integrated phone
I use Cisco Jabber for making and receiving calls. It is helpful that it can be linked to my computer so that calls can be made through a headset on one device instead of needing a physical phone. I also like that I can click on a company's profile page and their phone number and it automatically pulls it up in the app. Overall Cisco Jabber is a convenient and useful tool.
- makes calls
- takes messages
- redirect lines
- looks dated
- save contacts
- caller id
May 25, 2022
A sleek UI tool for organizational communication
Cisco Jabber is an extremely effective tool for cross-team communication, especially during the WFH situation. It helps in providing a quick form of instant messaging service that enables better alignment across the organization. For a multi-national company, Cisco Jabber was extremely useful to ensure that the channels of communication are maintained across continents.
- It helps quick text and audio call with peers.
- It provides status info on the availability of the peer.
- Helps block time for deep-work.
- Nice integration with Outlook and Webex makes it seamless to use.
- The tool is often slow to boot up.
- Unable to send messages if the peer is offline.
- Lack of features like threads and private groups.
May 24, 2022
Good one but it’s not the Best in market.
We use Cisco Jabber for Instant Messaging. We use this to communicate with our colleagues and our clients. There are multiple instances where we use this to share our screen and explain the content. Another fantastic feature is the emojis that are present in this IM. We can even share attachments.
- Instant messaging
- Screen sharing
- File sharing
- User interface
- Time to load the application
May 24, 2022
Fantastic Messaging Program for Businesses
I use it to communicate with my colleagues. It solves not having to call your colleagues on the phone to ask questions and to a virtual meeting to get help on certain work items. It's a great instant messaging system for businesses. It is a really easy-to-use program and I recommend it.
- Instant Messaging
- To schedule Meetings with your colleagues.
- To be able to make phone calls from your computer.
- I see no areas for improvement at this time.
May 19, 2022
Cisco Jabber: it could be a great software but you need someone to have it explained to you
We used Cisco Jabber as a complement to chat needs and also because we were using VoIP Cisco phones so the Cisco Jabber comes in a bundle with them for the company. I feel like we did not use all the potential it has as a well-known software, for example, I chatted with it but I've never video-calling someone with it because I used to find the UI/UX a little bit confusing and not immediate.
- Chats
- Connecting with the VoIP Cisco phones.
- Opening automatically at windows startup. :-)
- Video-calling.
- Confusing and not immediate User interface.
- Advertise with the own UI what it offers.
May 17, 2022
Connected people from each other
This software is used by whole organization and all across the office in the world. This is one of the best software for the quick conversation along with screenshots, picture or emoticons. You can share screen with other user who use the same software and can give access through jabber to other person.
You can have video calling functionality or you can use normal audio call to other user. This is the best app which give you quick access to any type of virtual conversation you need. Only disadvantage I feel that you can pick the singular message and reply it.
You can have video calling functionality or you can use normal audio call to other user. This is the best app which give you quick access to any type of virtual conversation you need. Only disadvantage I feel that you can pick the singular message and reply it.
- Video Calling
- Phone call
- Screen Sharing
- Reply of particular message
- Use Different fonts
- More responsive on Status
May 05, 2022
Solid communication tool
We've used Cisco Jabber for inter-office communication through instant messaging and digital calling. We have a large staff base with multiple locations and Cisco Jabber helped us better communicate with one another. The ability to use it on a desktop or through a mobile application is nice. There are other tools like video conferencing options, but we have used other programs for those services.
- Works for quick communication internally. Sending a teammate an instant message is easy and straightforward.
- Easy to see co-worker status
- Allows for virtual phone calls
- Can be somewhat slow starting up
- Does not save instant message chats
- Audio settings can seem inconsistent
As the main contractor for several ongoing construction projects, utilizing a reliable online communication tool is vital for work progression & follow-up with the team to ensure deadlines are met & problems are averted &/or resolved. Cisco Jabber came into play a few years ago when our firm started using the platform. Since then, our team has used Jabber daily for conducting online meetings, initiating crystal-clear calls & sharing files among peers, and scheduling project follow-ups (via the platform's calendar), thereby maintaining smooth workflow & objective accomplishment.
- The ability to expand & collapse contact groups is great for handling multiple project teams and chat clutter reduction.
- Tags placed under each contact name that display their status availability help us determine whether everyone in a project team is online & ready to enter a meeting.
- Stable, crystal clear audio & video quality amid calls & online meetings.
- Mobile & desktop availability for on-the-go communication with project teams.
- Chat messages & files sent from the computer sometimes do not appear on the mobile app (& vice versa) despite having a stable network connection at the office. This unsynchronized issue doesn't occur quite often, but it's noteworthy.
- File-transfer size limit of 100MB should definitely be increased, as I received numerous complaints from several team members in regards to having to create (& thus send) multiple zip files rather than a single file containing all the project files at once.
- Integrated OCR functionality for scanning photos containing text is missing, hence the reliance on other software to perform said function.
Cisco Jabber is used in my organization to make phone calls, both internally and externally. Cisco Jabber has capabilities of a standard office phone, including voicemail, but also allows for company address list and outlook contact list to be synced for facilitated communication with internal colleagues. My company primarily uses Microsoft Teams, but Cisco Jabber is used for communication with outside stakeholders and contractors and is also convenient to use with a Bluetooth headset during travel.
- Easy connection with internal and external colleagues via syncing with Outlook contacts.
- Single Number Reach (SNR) enables connectivity and consistent contact number in any geographic location, which is great during business travel.
- Great compatibility with a headset or other Bluetooth devices. Retains all functionality of an office phone but eliminates the need for transporting hardware equipment.
- It isn't a common enough platform among external users to effectively get used out of all available features such as videoconferencing.
- It does not have some functionality that Microsoft Teams does, including meeting scheduling and attendance tracking. It is primarily a VoIP software solution.
- It does not appear to have cross-functionality with other common platforms such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom. It would be convenient if one could use Cisco Jabber to contact an external stakeholder that uses a different platform while retaining full functionality.
May 01, 2022
Love communicating
I use Cisco Jabber mainly for quick text conversations with colleagues. It cuts down on email traffic and isn't as distracting as phone calls as it allows the communicators to respond when able. Making phone calls with Cisco Jabber is very easy as the corporate directory is pre-loaded. You can see if people are available, ask if they are free to talk, and identify when people are out of the office, busy, or not to be disturbed.
- Great for quick communication
- No need to hunt out a phone number
- Displays availability of colleagues
- The hunt function isn't suitable for our organisation
- Voicemail can be a bit clunky
- The meeting element is very basic
- It's being overtaken by MS teams, which is a pity because the communicator is much nicer/simpler on Cisco Jabber
April 28, 2022
VOIP solution with the right amount of features.
Cisco Jabber is connected to our soft-phone VOIP solution through Cisco and allows users to access their call features remotely and on-site.
- Integration to physical and soft phones
- Full functionality of a VOIP system without the need for extra hardware
- Chat and messaging capability built-in
- Call and conference features are separate from WebEX or other similar solutions
- Functions primarily as a VOIP solution and not truly a unified solution
- Usability features are lacking compared to Zoom or Teams
April 22, 2022
A smaller player in a land of giants
Cisco Jabber is an instant messaging, voice messaging, and video call conference platform that my company used to use when communicating before we switched to Zoom and Slack. It was purposefully used to increase communication in our completely remote business for internal purposes (rather than using it externally with clients and partners).
- User interface is nice
- Support material was good
- Cisco is reliable and not overwhelmed like Zoom
- It's not a power player among the giants and its felt
- Configuration can at times be difficult
- Recognition and use have a bit of a learning curve because it isn't as common of a platform
Cisco Jabber is used for calling internally and externally to the company locations hassle-free be it audio or video. We also use it as we are logged into the call queue in Cisco Finesse so that calls can land on our jabber.
- Audio calls
- Video Calls
- Call forwarding
- Multiple lines on single login
- conferencing during a call can be a little cumbersome
- Putting on hold and calling another person and then resuming hold is a hassle sometimes
- Auto log out if not managed correctly by Telephony team
April 21, 2022
Helped get me through a difficult time
Cisco Jabber has been one of the two most important tools that enabled me to pivot to a work-from-home scenario. While that alone is sufficient to earn it my 10-star rating, I have to say that even after I transitioned back to the office, I find it to be very easy to use and is how I use my phone line the majority of the time. It is very intuitive and took very little time to become accustomed to. I suspect there are features of which I remain unaware, but I have been very happy with the product in the ways that I use it.
- Easy to answer calls
- Easy to place calls
- Create phone book
April 20, 2022
Amazing Collaboration Tool, Highly Scalable and Secure!
Cisco Jabber gathers together calling, messaging and meeting in one single tool. Uses can communicate between themselves and with other companies due to the XMPP federation; remote teams can connect their Cisco Jabber from a mobile connection or public Wifi once Cisco Jabber is integrated with Expressway. Cisco Jabber is a complete communication tool that is scalable, reliable, and secure.
- Chat and group chat are great
- Calling features such as pick group, redirect to voicemail, hunt group and see presence status
- Possible integrations such as XMPP federation, Mobile remote Access and calls B2B (SIP and H323)
- The warning certificate is quite annoying. It would be great to have a configuration that hides or disable this notification.
- Integration and possibility to integrate with omnichannel tools
April 20, 2022
The best tool to organize and have videoconferences
We put Cisco Jabber under sustainable evidence of information sharing with suppliers and old customers, then we adapted it to internal seminar processes and finally to successful video conferencing. It has given a lot of mobility to the company.
- The professionalism that Cisco Jabber has is positive, it contains an excellent functionality through its videoconferences that help to complement the idea of reciprocal communication with the client.
- The investment is low because the prices are anchored under a payment system very well done.
- I can often interact with many clients, firms and much more.
- Everything is excellent with this program; it has no margin of error in its information uploading processes, and the Cisco Jabber execution is simple.
April 20, 2022
Jabber is a Solid but not stellar IP phone software
Currently, we use Cisco Jabber as our primary soft phone service. We previously used the chat functions, but have since switched to Slack. Jabber allows us to eliminate the need for physical phones in most cases, and allows for more flexibility in our hybrid work environment. It is currently in use by about 85% of the company.
- Fairly easy to use.
- Simple interface.
- Some integrations.
- Call quality could be better.
- Audio functions could be easier to access.
- Needs better cross-functionality with call control software.
We use Cisco Jabber for our phone calls to clients and prospects. However, the reporting isn't always accurate and the transcription services aren't correct 100% of the time. We are actually looking to switch to a new company.
- Customer service
- Easy integration
- Well known
- Transcription services
- Phone log data
- Reporting