RingCentral

We signed up for a trial of their fax services after reading all the great reviews on multiple tech review sites. We now question the integrity of those reviews because our 10% success rate with 7 failed attempts out of 8 over 11+ consecutive hours. Tech support was of no help whatsoever with scripted responses that didn't answer any of our questions or concerns. We wasted $14.99 for a month of service that we never used since the trial wasn't cancelled in time. Thankfully, the actual cancellation wasn't as bad as those experienced by some of the other online reviewers (so far) though it was a slight inconvenience to have to do it by phone despite a cancellation option on their website. According to their support documentation last updated March 5,2019,
Cancellations can only be done by phone.

One of their so called techs messed up our phone system so bad trying to make one change and it has now been weeks and its still not fixed. Can never get the same person, always somebody new who does not have the previous information about what was don to undo something, always full of excuses. I am looking to leave them because I cannot risk our office not getting calls and messages correctly and in a timely manner. Just a god awful company to work with. STAY AWAY!

Signed up with one of their agents who said it was a year contract and then month to month. Ringcentral added auto renewal to contract, and would not allow changes to contract. After second year they again added auto-renewal to the contract, and when we called, they said they would turn it off, but we still needed to pay for the upcoming year (3rd Year), or $500 early termination fee would be charged. These guys are shifty, and I would definitely not recommend them to anyone! No way to operate a business.

Setup is easy, the system is not hard to learn but if you have issue with quality or on the backend of the system forcing you to contact support. Forget it... You are dealing with agents overseas that are entry level at best. The purpose of becoming a partner with a company would be to have some dedicated agents or a team to help with new accounts or service issues. I can handle basic things but contacting support and getting someone who really understands their system is a stretch. They really need to look into their internal structure and cater to their partners who are actually out selling the product.

I have a number of small business where the teams are separated across the country. The RC system is great with dealing with that scenario. It's easy to manage calls, voicemails, etc. Can transfer calls between mobiles for the team members. You can also tag different email addresses for different voicemails so that they go to the right person. Very efficient and comprehensive divert service as well. Has worked faultlessly to date.

I found the software bulky and inconvenient. From the desktop application to lead management and reports it was simply more complex than it had to be. Customer service was helpful enough, but at times it took too long to speak to someone. More critical issues always seemed to need escalation and resolution came slowly if at all and as soon as they determined the issue wasn't something on their end they were done helping. Overall for the size of call center we have (15 stations) and the type of dialing we do (predictive cold call) it just wasn't the solution for us.

This is a complaint against Ring Central, a phone company, for its failure to honor my request of October 20,2022 to cancel service and to release my phone number for transfer and portability to Verizon. Verizon already has my account for mobile service. Multiple phone calls and email efforts have been met with delays and run-around. Agents asked that I agree to pay funds to Ring Central before action would be taken, even though there is a dispute over charges and even though I am willing to have the dispute resolved, but without Ring Central holding my phone number hostage. My disputes include Ring Central last week assessing an extra charge to my account without notice to me or my consent.