FluentStream Reviews

FluentStream

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Value for Money
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Jessica
Jessica
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  • Industry: Public Relations & Communications
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Couldn't ask for better customer service!

Reviewed on 22/01/2019

Any issue I may have, or need assistance with customer service agents are friendly, helpful and...

Any issue I may have, or need assistance with customer service agents are friendly, helpful and hands on. At first I was skeptical suing a phone company that is not located in my back yard, however remote access is a wonder and gets the issues taken care of, almost immediately. The technology is advanced but easy to use, couldn't ask for more.

Pros

I love the user friendly platform, very "dummy proof" for those of us that aren't as technologically inclined. I also the love the Fluentcloud mobile app that allows me to access my extension while I am out of the office.

Cons

I would not say there is anything I don't like, in most cases it is my lack of knowledge on how to navigate the software.However anytime I contact the customer service team they are ready and willing to walk me through these processes through instruction and education.

John
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

An upstart VOIP provider that will give the big names a run for their money!!!

Reviewed on 10/06/2020

It's been world-class amazing from the sales process, to onboarding, to daily use.

It's been world-class amazing from the sales process, to onboarding, to daily use.

Pros

The software is fairly straightforward like most VOIP systems. It may not be as flashy as Vonage, RingCentral or 8x8, but it's a great cost, and the customer support team has been AMAZING for both selection, implementation and ongoing use.

Cons

Nothing really. Some things are a little harder to find compared to the bigger systems because they're a new vendor. But they're constantly upgrading and making the system easier and easier to use.

George
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Stay Away at ALL costs from Fluent Stream.

Reviewed on 05/12/2024

Terrible. They now take much longer to fix any problems, and their customer service is "lip service"

Terrible. They now take much longer to fix any problems, and their customer service is "lip service"

Pros

Not much. The positive reviews they've received are suspect.
We've been with them over a dozen years, and they mess up big time every few years. Their customer support is "lip-service" as their errors have been costly to my company. If you wish to lose $---go ahead with them.
They've made errors in our messages-and ask the caller to leave a message-but no cue---so no message is left.
They tried to upsell service to an employee-who had no authority-and I found out after I received a crazy bill. Lood at the one stars, as they're valid,
They used to be 2.5 stars---not sure how they're at 4.6 to 4.8.

Cons

See above.
Customer service. Their inability to fix problems in a timely fashion'

Alternatives Considered

TimeCloud Time and Attendance

Reasons for Choosing FluentStream

Compatibility, price, online features, customer service which is terrible in the past few years

Switched From

Acuity Scheduling

Reasons for Switching to FluentStream

Didn't do enough research or comparisons
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great VOIP Company!

Reviewed on 23/08/2019

Very good

Very good

Pros

Its feature packed. Everything I need in a program it offers & its priced right

Cons

Very little. Maybe they just need to make it a bit easier to find recorded conversations

Alternatives Considered

RingEX

Reasons for Choosing FluentStream

Terrible support.

Switched From

RingEX

Reasons for Switching to FluentStream

I liked the people & the the support has been outstanding. AND they speak english. LOL
Leigh
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  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

FluentStream makes my job easier.

Reviewed on 06/03/2024

For the time I have been using FluentStream with my company, it has been a very positive experience.

For the time I have been using FluentStream with my company, it has been a very positive experience.

Pros

My favorite aspect is the transcription of the voicemail to my email.

Cons

Some times we have internet issues and that causes the phones to not be usable.

Kariann
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  • Industry: Veterinary
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Up's and Downs

Reviewed on 09/08/2019

Over all it is a GREAT company to work with. I love the support staff they are all friendly and try...

Over all it is a GREAT company to work with. I love the support staff they are all friendly and try their darndest to get things fixed. Even if you feel extra needy. They never let on that they aren't happy to help. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is especially patient with our nit pickyness.

Pros

I really like that it's user friendly and easy to learn. It really helps that it allows us to have many phone lines. Also the online faxing feature and text feature are helpful. Their support team is awesome and there for you 24/7 and don't sound annoyed when you call back multiple times.

Cons

There were some quirks to work out to get it to work smoothly with our business. We don't like that there isn't a contact list for the fax machine feature and that you can only text 180 characters. The no contact list for the fax slows us down in having to find fax numbers every time. The text feature really limits what we can text clients. We had to get really creative in our wording to keep it within the limit.

Alternatives Considered

Nextiva

Reasons for Choosing FluentStream

We were limited with 2 phone lines and a growing business. Clients were upset that they couldn't get through to us. Also, every time it rained or snowed our phones and internet went down.

Reasons for Switching to FluentStream

They were a cheaper alternative and didn't make you sign a 3 year contract.
Diane
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best Around

Reviewed on 21/03/2024

Pros

Very easy to navigate using their website, phone sysytems.

Cons

so far so good no cons yet, we have been customers for quite sometime now.

Russell
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  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Good service!

Reviewed on 06/03/2024

Pros

Super easy to find recorded calls for fact finding or customer issues, and easy to reroute calls during on/off business hours.

Cons

none; I find it super useful and easy to navigate.

Jay
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  • Industry: Printing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent service

Reviewed on 06/03/2024

Pros

Cost and connectivity, very low cost and connectivity is excellent.

Cons

No Cons

MaryBeth
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

FluentStream

Reviewed on 20/02/2024

Excellent so far so good. Phone lines work great and billing is simple.

Excellent so far so good. Phone lines work great and billing is simple.

Pros

Easy of logging in to get and pay monthly bill.

Cons

I can't think of anything that I dislike. I use the online portal to pay the bill and that's it.

Sharon
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Not sure what you mean by this question.

Reviewed on 05/02/2024

Pros

Being able to fax to offices in a timely manner. And it allows to see if the fax does not go through.

Cons

As of now since I've been using it there is nothing.

Denise
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  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Customer Service!!

Reviewed on 05/02/2024

Pros

The job was done a timely and same day manner.

Cons

There has not been any problems with using FluentStream.

Oliver
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Over charged for 5 years, refused full refund!

Reviewed on 30/06/2020

At first good, at the end less than satisfactory, actually very disappointing. This not the...

At first good, at the end less than satisfactory, actually very disappointing. This not the company we contracted with in 2015.

Pros

At this time: none. There is nothing positive to add.

Cons

This was a VOIP service which worked well at first. Over the last year service for technical problems was poor, especially with the call forwarding feature. In April of 2017 my wife was diagnosed with cancer. We also had to close a second office. Up to April 2017 we were using 6 lines. With the office closure of the second office, 2 lines were dropped and Fluentstream was notified of this. However, they continued to bill for 6 lines instead of 4. Then in July 2019 they upped the number of lines to 8. All told this amounted to $1799.00.

When we finally caught the problem with the bill this last month we notified them. We also told them we were changing to another vendor. This was probably a mistake. The cited a clause in the contract that stated we had 30 days to dispute any charges. Their monthly statement does not have this stipulation.

They knew we were changing vendors, but offered a credit on future bills of $899 or $354 in cash. We are very disappointed with the whole experience with this company.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

High quality VOIP phone service, very helpful customer service; so-so portable service.

Reviewed on 08/12/2017

High quality VOIP service, ability to make and receive calls when away from my office.

High quality VOIP service, ability to make and receive calls when away from my office.

Pros

I am impressed with the quality of phone service (clarity, very few dropped calls). When using a VOIP service, this is my top priority. I also regularly make international calls, and the rates are very competitive. The ability to take my number with me and make calls on the go from my computer is helpful - but see cons.

Cons

Using my computer as my phone (with a cell phone headset), the reception, particularly by the other party of my voice) is spotty and deteriorates over the span of a call, particularly a longer one. The integration with GSuite, including the use of the address book, leaves too much to be desired. The user interface is not intuitive and deserves an upgrade.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Customer service second to none!

Reviewed on 06/11/2018

I've never had an issue that there hasn't been someone right there to immediately help me get the...

I've never had an issue that there hasn't been someone right there to immediately help me get the issue resolved. And they're not just efficient - they're friendly and personable, too. It's always a pleasure to work with them!

Pros

It's easy to use, which makes it great to be able to get new people up to speed.

Cons

It's sometimes hard to configure a new device - HOWEVER, that's offset by the fact that there's ALWAYS someone at FluentStream who is ready and willing to help me get it done, and quickly.

Joseph
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Oh FluentStreat....

Reviewed on 16/08/2019

Overall, my experience with FS was fairly negative. I think I joined at a really bad time, I would...

Overall, my experience with FS was fairly negative. I think I joined at a really bad time, I would say the call quality for half our calls was bad. And we were receiving/making 100 calls a day. From what I gathered it was caused by server issues, and it was a larger problem at the time, but you didn't know that at the time I believe, so you couldnt really help. You moved us onto a different server to help, but it didn't really do much. Also, our MAIN LINE at different times stopped accepting incoming calls - it just wouldn't accept incoming calls, your team couldn't explain why you just said "we'll make a ticket with the carrier" like that would help. 1) That incoming calls wouldnt work wasn't acceptable; and 2) Nor was that solution - we'll make a ticket with the carrier! Are you kidding me. I asked that they set up a shell number (as our main line was being forwarded calls from another main line) to bypass the bad line, but that shouldn't have come from me. Your support staff should have thought that up.

Pros

-The many different features are great, and for how much you are paying it's really impressive.
-On-boarding was outstanding - rapid response, very helpful. I dealt with the rep, and he was knowledgeable and always ready to take my call.

Cons

-The website interface can be improved. It's a little chunky. The phone app could also be more complex, it's really small and I have to use key combos to access things. If the phone app contained a seperate menu for voicemail it would be cool.

Emil
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  • Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A FluentStream Review from One Very Satisfied Customer

Reviewed on 06/02/2019

FluentStream Technologies provides us with an awesome product and company management that evidences...

FluentStream Technologies provides us with an awesome product and company management that evidences a true caring response to their client…in business, as elsewhere, it doesn’t’ get any better than this.

Pros

FluentStream Technologies has proven to be a net positive for our business. Numerous features that are available at reasonable cost are but one of the positives about this company. The very user-friendly web interface is also a great and valuable tool.

We have found this provider and their product to be highly reliable and their staff to be ever courteous, professional, and consistently responsive to our inquiries and needs. At those very infrequent times when technology evidences a hiccup, the service personnel are right there and stay with you until any issue is resolved. Their caring is palpable.

Fluent Stream has greatly exceeded our expectations for customer service. Six years onboard with them attests to our ongoing great satisfaction.

Cons

There really isn't anything negative that I can say about this product.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Excellent people to work with

Reviewed on 29/11/2018

We are able to log sales and customer care calls directly to Salesforce with ease, which helps our...

We are able to log sales and customer care calls directly to Salesforce with ease, which helps our company be more efficient, and better organized.

Pros

I really like the customer support team. They are on top of any error you may come across which isn't frequent. Also, you talk to someone in the USA, another huge win. Not only have they had a great track record with regards to solving errors quickly, if they can improve on an area of the user portal they do, and constantly take suggestions for features.

Cons

Some of the terms for describing features can blend together with regards to the setup.

Sandra
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Customer service at its best!!

Reviewed on 09/08/2019

Pros

Like all technology there are kinks and issues that happen, but, if you have a strong customer support system then the few issues you have never become big headaches. Every single customer service representative or support technician has always been very easy to work with, and always listened to me before trying to solve the problem; then explain to you how to fix the issue in language that a non technical person can understand. They were with us from the very beginning setting up our phone system, and continue to make us feel like we are as important as any customer when we call for assistance. I would highly recommend Fluentstream for your internet telephone needs!!!

Cons

This software has met our needs, I can't think of anything that I do not like.

Jeff
Jeff
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

An awesome IP phone software system.

Reviewed on 19/12/2017

The ability to work from anywhere and be able to change anything I need related to my phone system!

The ability to work from anywhere and be able to change anything I need related to my phone system!

Pros

I love the fact that I get my voicemail sent to my email immediately after they are left. Allows me to stay in touch no matter where I am.

Cons

Sometimes when I log into the online portal to change my forwarding or follow me functions, it doesn;t save the changes. Seems to be getting better though!

Nate
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best Phone System I have ever used.

Reviewed on 12/08/2019

We switched from another phone system that we had nothing but problems with. With Fluentstream we...

We switched from another phone system that we had nothing but problems with. With Fluentstream we had an EXTREMELY easy implementation and they have solved every issue we had with our previous phone system. The system is fully adaptable to all of our needs and has way more features than we could even use. And if we do have a question, or an issue it is handled immediately by support team. Couldn't be happier

Pros

Functionality, ease of use, and most of all the support staff that comes with it.

Cons

Sometimes the phones don't update as fast as they should.

Alternatives Considered

Ooma Office and Nextiva

Reasons for Choosing FluentStream

Too high of cost, Too many Problems

Reasons for Switching to FluentStream

Recommended by Success Group International
John
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Service and Features

Reviewed on 09/08/2019

FluentStream helps my employees provide better quality of service than they were able to provide...

FluentStream helps my employees provide better quality of service than they were able to provide with our old PBX system. This has been a total win for our company and for our clients.

Pros

I primarily like the customization that is available, from automated answering messages to call routing, and call recording. I regularly use the app on my phone to make and receive calls while away from my desk. The sound quality is excellent. Customer service is excellent, starting with chat service that promptly fixes any problems that occur.

Cons

I sometimes have trouble remembering how to use some of the less common features, but their customer service chat quickly walks me through the forgotten steps.

Jordan
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  • Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent Value, Features, and Customer Service

Reviewed on 17/01/2017

Fluentstream has met or exceeded all of our expectations. Their customer service is courteous,...

Fluentstream has met or exceeded all of our expectations. Their customer service is courteous, thorough, knowledgeable and patient. The features we have received have improved our business, in ways we did not know were available. The call forwarding to external numbers, time conditions, visual voicemail, e-fax, call routes, have all improved our productivity and response time. I cannot recommend Fluentstream highly enough for your business! To top it off we saved a tremendous amount of money, and received more features.

Pros

Feature set, call forwarding to external phone numbers, time conditions, visual voicemail, remote administration, call logs for all devices, efax, the list goes on.

Cons

Initially there were missing features we recognized transferring from our old system, however those quickly disappeared as we discovered even better methods to achieve the same tasks.

Hayden
Hayden
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Good product with a big miss

Reviewed on 02/04/2019

Pros

It records my calls and it is easy to track them down. Also, they have great support that will back back to you quickly when experiencing a problem.

Cons

The mobile app has a"touch to sign in" function that has never worked and I don't believe it works. I take a lot of calls on the road and having to pull over to sign into my account is the biggest inconvenience.

Janene
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

FluentCloud

Reviewed on 09/08/2018

Pros

We are a call center doing outbound B2B marketing. We use this software so that we can record the agents calls. There are a couple of things I like....I like how easy it is to listen to and save call recordings. I also like that I can filter based on what I am looking for such as by caller name, phone number, extensions, and by date. I also like that we were able to sync everything together with this and our CRM.

Cons

There are many things I do not care for with this software. Quite often it does not work properly and the calls are garbled and can't be understood. Also that the recordings are only there for a week I think it is. We save all of our appointment recordings anyway but if an issue comes up with a call that was further out than a week, it isn't there anymore.