38% of first choices, contested.
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%.
“Older proprietary hardware PBX platforms such as Avaya, Panasonic, Mitel, and NEC: These are described as legacy on-premises systems ... "not recommended for new installations."” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
“Mitel went through Chapter 11 in 2025, ended design support for its MiVoice Connect phones on December 31, 2025, and permanently shut down its MiCloud Connect cloud platform on June 24, 2026.” Muse Glimmer 30B, comparative prompt
“Legacy On-Premises PBX systems from vendors like Avaya, Panasonic, Mitel, and NEC, which have filed for bankruptcy or exited the business phone market.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
“Legacy On-Premises PBX systems from vendors like Avaya, Panasonic, Mitel, and NEC, which have filed for bankruptcy or exited the business phone market.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
78 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. 1177 links across 361 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.
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.
| 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 38%, RingCentral RingEX 5% | 43% | 165 | 110,000 | 3,419 | 9,737,061 | $3,711 | 120 | |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Teams Phone 31% | 31% | 75 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| Zoom Phone zoom.com | 5% | 113 | 12,100 | 3,273 | 2,795,648 | $4,064 | 47 | |
| Nextiva nextiva.com | 5% | 120 | 33,100 | 833 | 267,281 | $1,199 | 118 | 7 |
| 8x8 8x8.com | 2% | 79 | 110,000 | 9,740 | 236,295 | $165 | 85 | |
| Cisco parent site Cisco Unified Communications Manager 2%, Cisco Webex Calling 0%, Cisco Webex 0% | 2% | 116 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| 8×8 Work | 2% | |||||||
| RingCentral Ultra | 2% | |||||||
| Teams Phone | 2% | |||||||
| 3CX 3cx.com | 2% | 6 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (business.com, getvoip.com, nextiva.com). The first result for “best business phone system” is getvoip.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:31 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:42 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:28 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 22 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:20 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:37 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:23 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:28 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:25 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:35 | yes | 26 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 25 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:41 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:17 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 23 | 59 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 19 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:36 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:38 | yes | 39 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:25 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:29 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:29 | yes | 11 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:30 | yes | 20 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:32 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:24 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:19 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:23 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:33 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:40 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:26 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 12 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:38 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 22 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:42 | yes | 20 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 21 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 24 | 101 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:30 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:22 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:30 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:40 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:20 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:38 | yes | 25 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:21 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:28 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:22 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:31 | yes | 3 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:27 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 21:28 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 21:40 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 21:23 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 21:34 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 21:24 | yes | 23 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 21:24 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 21:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 21:28 | yes | 25 | 86 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 21:37 | yes | 23 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 21:20 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 21:30 | yes | 3 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 21:39 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
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