Business phone systems
Asked as “business phone system”, and as “UCaaS platform”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
29%
Contested · Google Voice 15%
29RingCentral15Google Voice14Nextiva42others
29% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
02
Google Voice Lab in the set15%12%17accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 15% now.
Google Voice Lab in the set15%12%17accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 15% now.04
RingCentral RingEX12%0%10accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 12% now.
RingCentral RingEX12%0%10accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 12% now.07Microsoft Teams Phone3%10%21accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 3% now.
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Voice is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models nine times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
RingCentral vs Zoom PhoneRingCentral vs 8x8RingCentral vs Microsoft Teams PhoneRingCentral vs DialpadGoogle Voice vs NextivaGoogle Voice vs RingCentral RingEXGoogle Voice vs Zoom PhoneGoogle Voice vs 8x8Google Voice vs Microsoft Teams PhoneGoogle Voice vs DialpadNextiva vs RingCentral RingEXNextiva vs Zoom PhoneNextiva vs 8x8Nextiva vs Microsoft Teams PhoneNextiva vs DialpadRingCentral RingEX vs Zoom PhoneRingCentral RingEX vs 8x8RingCentral RingEX vs Microsoft Teams PhoneRingCentral RingEX vs DialpadZoom Phone vs 8x8Zoom Phone vs Microsoft Teams PhoneZoom Phone vs Dialpad8x8 vs Microsoft Teams Phone8x8 vs DialpadMicrosoft Teams Phone vs Dialpad
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01RingCentral29%
RingCentral29%02Google Voice15%
Google Voice15%03Nextiva14%
Nextiva14%04RingCentral RingEX12%
RingCentral RingEX12%05Zoom Phone8%
Zoom Phone8%068x83%
8x83%07Microsoft Teams Phone3%
08Dialpad2%
Dialpad2%09Ooma Office2%
Ooma Office2%10GoTo Connect2%
GoTo Connect2%11Grasshopper2%
Grasshopper2%12Vonage0%
Vonage0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
RingCentral16%
8 of 49 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“If you're an SMB without a dedicated IT team, this is a trap.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Avaya
75%
6 of 8 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Legacy on-premises PBX systems such as older **Avaya**, **Mitel**, and discontinued lines like **NEC UNIVERGE**... flagged as poor choices for new installs” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Mitel
71%
5 of 7 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“older **Avaya**, **Mitel**, and discontinued lines like **NEC UNIVERGE**... flagged as poor choices for new installs” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Vonage27%
4 of 15 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Providers to Avoid or Be Cautious About ... Vonage Business - Issues: Poor customer support with long hold times” Kimi K2, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 979 links across 244 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · Nextiva42 answers · 68 citations · 13 models
29 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
26 answers · 29 citations · 8 models
vendor site · CloudTalk24 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 24 citations · 12 models
22 answers · 36 citations · 8 models
vendor site · RingCentral21 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Rework18 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Dialpad15 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
27 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 12 models
20 answers · 7 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best business phone system”, “business phone system”, “business phone systems”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RingCentral ringcentral.com RingCentral 29%, RingCentral RingEX 12%, RingCentral MVP 3% | 44% | 165 | 110,000 | 3,419 | 9,737,061 | $3,711 | 120 | |
| Google Cloud parent site Google Voice 15% | 15% | 43 | 1,500,000 | 22,591 | ||||
| Nextiva nextiva.com Nextiva 14%, Nextiva Core 2% | 15% | 120 | 33,100 | 833 | 267,281 | $1,199 | 118 | 7 |
| Zoom Phone zoom.com | 8% | 113 | 12,100 | 3,273 | 2,795,648 | $4,064 | 47 | |
| 8x8 8x8.com | 3% | 79 | 110,000 | 9,740 | 236,295 | $165 | 85 | |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Teams Phone 3% | 3% | 75 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Dialpad dialpad.com Dialpad 2%, Dialpad Connect 0% | 2% | 85 | 40,500 | 905 | 6,588,510 | $1,842 | 120 | |
| Ooma Office ooma.com | 2% | 35 | 8,100 | 86 | 2,744,276 | $147 | 120 | 3 |
| GoTo goto.com GoTo Connect 2% | 2% | 22 | 4,400 | 112 | 503,681 company | $549 | 59 | |
| Grasshopper grasshopper.com | 2% | 41 | 201,000 | 21,740 | 659,964 | 118 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (business.com, getvoip.com, nextiva.com, withallo.com). The first result for “best business phone system” is getvoip.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best business phone system for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which UCaaS platform would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top business phone systems and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best business phone system for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a business phone system. What should we look at?”Negative“Which business phone systems should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5RingCentralRingCentralHeldno first choiceZoom Phoneno first choiceagainst: Avaya, Google Voice, Microsoft Teams Phone, Mitel, Ooma, RingCentral, Toshiba
Three alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, NextivaTwo alternatives
8x8, Microsoft Teams PhoneSeven alternatives
8×8, Dialpad, Grasshopper, Nextiva, Quo, RingCentral, Zoom PhoneFive alternatives
Allo, Calilio, Dialpad, Google Voice, Ooma OfficeGPT-5.4 miniRingCentral, Zoom PhoneRingCentralChangedRingCentralNextiva Coreno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Dialpad, Nextiva, Webex CallingFour alternatives
8x8, Microsoft Teams Phone, Webex Calling, Zoom PhoneSix alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, Nextiva, Ooma, Vonage, Zoom PhoneOne alternative
RingCentralGemini 3.5 FlashDialpad, RingCentralRingCentral MVPChangedNextivaZoom PhoneMicrosoft Teams Phoneagainst: 8x8, Asterisk, Comcast Business VoiceEdge, FreePBX, Nextiva, RingCentral, Spectrum Business, Vonage
Three alternatives
Aircall, Microsoft Teams Phone, NextivaThree alternatives
Dialpad Connect, Microsoft Teams Phone, Zoom PhoneSix alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, Ooma Office, Quo, RingCentral, Zoom PhoneFive alternatives
Dialpad, Google Voice for Workspace, Grasshopper, Nextiva, QuoFour alternatives
Dialpad, Nextiva, RingCentral, Zoom PhonePerplexity SonarRingCentralRingCentralHeldNextivaGoogle Voice, Ooma Officeno first choiceagainst: AT&T Synapse, Avaya, Mitel, NEC UNIVERGE, Vodavi Starplus
Four alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, JustCall, NextivaThree alternatives
Cisco Webex, GoTo Connect, NextivaSix alternatives
8x8, CloudTalk, Dialpad, Google Voice, RingCentral, VonageOne alternative
Phone.comGrok 4.1 FastNextivaRingCentralChangedNextivaGoogle Voice, Zoom PhoneNextivaagainst: 3CX, Avaya Aura, CallHippo, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Dialpad, RingCentral, Vonage Business Communications
Four alternatives
8x8, Ooma Office, RingCentral, Zoom PhoneFour alternatives
8x8, Microsoft Teams Phone, Nextiva, Zoom PhoneSeven alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, GoTo Connect, Ooma Office, RingCentral, Vonage Business Communications, Zoom PhoneTwo alternatives
8x8, Ooma OfficeTwo alternatives
RingCentral, Zoom PhoneMistral SmallRingCentralRingCentral MVPChangedno first choiceGoogle Voiceno first choiceagainst: RingCentral, Vonage
Four alternatives
8x8, Intermedia, Nextiva, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
8x8, Intermedia, VonageThree alternatives
KrispCall, Nextiva, Zoom PhoneDeepSeek V4 FlashRingCentralRingCentral RingEXChangedRingCentralNextiva, Zoom PhoneRingCentralagainst: Nextiva, Vonageagainst: 3CX self-hosted, 8x8, Asterisk, Avaya, Comcast Business VoiceEdge, FreePBX, Nextiva, RingCentral, Spectrum Business, Vonage Business Communications
Four alternatives
8x8, Aircall, Dialpad, NextivaFour alternatives
8x8, GoTo Connect, Microsoft Teams Phone, NextivaSix alternatives
8x8, Aircall, Dialpad, Nextiva, Ooma Office, Zoom PhoneFour alternatives
Google Voice, Grasshopper, Ooma Office, OpenPhoneThree alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, Zoom PhoneLlama 4 MaverickNextivaGoTo Connect, NextivaChangedno first choiceOomano first choiceagainst: Avaya, Mitel, NEC, Panasonic, Toshiba
Three alternatives
JustCall, Vonage, Zoom PhoneTwo alternatives
Grasshopper, QuoQwen 3.7 FlashRingCentralMicrosoft Teams PhoneChangedNextiva, RingCentralGoogle Voiceno first choiceagainst: 8x8, Grasshopper, Ooma Office
Three alternatives
Microsoft Teams Phone, Nextiva, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
RingCentral, Vonage, Zoom OneFive alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, Grasshopper, Ooma Office, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
3CX, Nextiva, OpenPhoneOne alternative
Microsoft Teams PhoneKimi K28x8, RingCentral RingEXRingCentralChangedRingCentral RingEX8x8 Express, Google Voice8x8, RingCentralagainst: Avaya, Cisco UCM, Teams Phoneagainst: Google Voice, Microsoft Teams Phone, Spectrum VoIP, Verizon Business Phone, Vonage
Three alternatives
Dialpad, GoTo Connect, NextivaThree alternatives
8x8, Microsoft Teams Phone, Zoom PhoneFour alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, Nextiva, Ooma OfficeThree alternatives
Grasshopper, Ooma Office, Phone.comFour alternatives
Cisco Webex, Nextiva, Vonage, Zoom PhoneGLM 4.7 FlashXNextiva, RingCentral RingEXRingCentralChangedDialpad, Nextiva, RingCentralGoogle Voice, Grasshopperagainst: RingCentralno first choiceagainst: Ooma Office, RingCentral, Verizon OneTalk
Three alternatives
Dialpad Connect, GoTo Connect, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
8×8 Work, Microsoft Teams Phone, Zoom WorkplaceFive alternatives
8×8, Grasshopper, Microsoft Teams Phone, Ooma, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
8x8, Nextiva, Zoom PhoneMiniMax M2.5Nextiva, RingCentral RingEXRingCentralChangedno first choiceGoogle Voiceno first choiceagainst: Mitel, Panasonic, Toshiba Telecommunications
Two alternatives
Intermedia Unite, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
8×8, Dialpad, NextivaFour alternatives
8×8, Dialpad, KrispCall, Phone.comGPT-6 LunaRingCentral RingEXRingCentral RingEXHeldRingCentral RingEXGoogle Voiceno first choiceagainst: CenturyLink, Cisco, Teams Phone
Three alternatives
Dialpad, Teams Phone, Zoom PhoneThree alternatives
8x8, Teams Phone, Zoom PhoneSix alternatives
8x8, Dialpad Connect, GoTo Connect, Microsoft Teams Phone, Nextiva, Zoom PhoneOne alternative
QuoMuse Glimmer 30BNextiva, RingCentralRingCentral RingEXChangedRingCentralGoogle Voiceno first choiceagainst: Avaya, Mitel, RingCentral, Toshiba
Three alternatives
8x8, Dialpad, Zoom PhoneFour alternatives
8x8, Nextiva, Zoom Phone, Zoom WorkplaceFive alternatives
8x8 Work, Aircall, GoToConnect, Microsoft Teams Phone, Zoom PhoneFour alternatives
Ooma Office, Phone.com, Unitel Voice, Zoom PhoneBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:18 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:36 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:32 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:18 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:35 | yes | 12 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 11 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:28 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 25 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:36 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:24 | yes | 22 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:25 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:30 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:23 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:37 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 9 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:24 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:36 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:35 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:26 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:36 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:43 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 20 | 45 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:35 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:38 | yes | 7 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:17 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 22 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:37 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:22 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:42 | yes | 16 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 18 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 7 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:36 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:23 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:30 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:17 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:23 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:19 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:25 | yes | 17 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:25 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:18 | no | 0 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:43 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:29 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:40 | yes | 2 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:18 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 23 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:38 | yes | 24 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:28 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:38 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:25 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:25 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:40 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Microsoft Teams Phone System read as Microsoft Teams Phone
Webex read as Webex Calling
Zoom read as Zoom Phone
Unresolved, counted raw
3CX self-hosted
8x8 Express
AT&T Synapse
Allo
Calilio
CenturyLink
Cisco UC
Cisco UCM
Cisco Webex Ring Central
Fuze
GoToConnect
Intrado
Ribbon
Talkdesk
Toshiba Telecommunications
Verizon OneTalk
Vodavi Starplus
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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