https://secure.grasshopper.com/
I have no idea about anything else though - I ended up not using Grasshopper because they rejected my credit card for whatever odd reason.
Edit - changed the wording to make it clearer what I mean about pricing tiers.
Plus, we'll be launching our mobile apps soon, which are SIP clients, and that'll cut down the bill even further, up to half.
I am interested in your solution for a large client who is moving offices (they are a very successful YC alumn)
Can you contact me?
Plivo is an XML ---> infrastructure play. Their bait is to developers to come in and use their Twilio-ish code and then realize that what's under the hood is pretty badass and build bigger apps.
From what I can tell, Profig is a hosted VoIP play with black box infrastructure. I'd love to know what's under the hood, but I don't see any infos. They're more like a RingCentral or a Packet8 than a Twilio.
Does that help? I think Plivo is a lot more innovative than Profig, but I've learned not to judge startups by their first forays into the wild. I'm interested to see where they'll go from here.
(Disclaimer: I write thepbxblog.com and I work at 2600hz, a communications infrastructure company).
Looks like from the comment below me that Profig runs on Plivo.
The best technology removes problems from the equation all together. Profig (which is kind of a silly name despite its amazing core service) provides a virtual phone system that can be developed like web infrastructure.
Once their account creation is automated (which it sounds like that's their main to-do based on yabbadabbadoo's responses and product description), build-up and tear-down of virtual communication infastructure would be like going to pick up pens and pencils for your business (a trip that might take 20 minutes).
The faster and cheaper critical business infrastructure (e-mail, "productivity", research, communication) can be integrated into an organization the more market opportunities exist for smaller players, as new or temporary opportunities could be capitalized on with much less foresight or risk.
YC companies like this that use other YC companies as initial users sounds like something Xhibit would do, but what PG is essentially doing is actively researching into building virtual companies at increasingly marginal rates, directly on the market itself with real companies.
I will be watching this one more closely for sure!
As for the product, you hit the nail on the head. Our goal is to disrupt the process of setting up communication infrastructure. We want our users to be able to spin up/down solutions on demand.
Please help me understand, how exactly is Profig better?
Second, if you do need SIP handsets, we have those as well (currently in beta). So we match OnSIP in every regard there.
But where take the lead is our add-ons. On top of the regular phone system, we offer a whole lot more:
- Call Tracking
- Voice Broadcasting
- Sales Call Center - dials over 1000 numbers/min, skips dead #s, leaves pre-recorded msgs on answering machines, only connects live pickups
- Support Call Center - integrates with our CRM to show relevant info about your customers as soon as the phone rings
- Click-2-Call - put a button on your site and allow your visitors to talk to you directly
- Surveys
and more in the pipeline...
All these features come in a single dashboard - a business can use 1 or as many features as they want, on demand.
Please see our site for details.
Plus we offer much more than a regular phone system:
- Call Tracking
- Voice Broadcasting
- Sales Call Center - dials over 1000 numbers/min, skips dead #s, leaves pre-recorded msgs on answering machines, only connects live pickups
- Support Call Center - integrates with our CRM to show relevant info about your customers as soon as the phone rings
- Click-2-Call - put a button on your site and allow your visitors to talk to you directly
- Surveys
and more in the pipeline...
All these features come in a single dashboard - a business can use 1 or as many features as they want, on demand.
Please see our site for details.
Basically, when you buy from UReach, the underlying technology is very different. I don't know what UReach runs for sure, but they're what we call BlackBox infrastructures. You have no idea what keeps this company up and running, and given that UReach's CTO is a former Director for the Members of Technical Staff at AT&T, and since UReach has been around forever, it's probably safe to say that they're not running FreeSWITCH as their core (More likely big iron hardware; which is antithetical to a SaaS service like this).
Profig will have a faster feature iteration time period because they're a smaller company, whereas it's much harder for UReach to dev new features. Also Profig has the added advantage of having a small core market: hosted PBX. They aren't (at least at this time) targeting providers; something UReach is doing actively.
TL;DR: Profig runs on a great core, and they don't have 10+ years of embedded stuff to work through so their pace of feature iteration will be higher.
Does that help answer the Question?
