Intermedia Unite: PC Mag Editors’ Choice Winner

The team at Intermedia focuses every day on delivering a unified communication as a service (UCaaS) platform that delivers on the needs of businesses, big and small. We are honored that our never-ending commitment to  providing a communications solution that is highly reliable, secure, easy-to-manage and use, and allows users to connect how they want, when they want, from wherever they want, has once again been recognized by PC Magazine with its prestigious Editors’ Choice award.  Intermedia Unite, available on both Android and iOS platforms, is our flagship UCaaS product and combines a full-featured business phone with video conferencing, chat, contact center, file management, and more. In addition to again being named an Editors’ Choice, PCMag’s reviewers gave Unite a rating of 4.5/5 stars – placing it at the top of all UCaaS solutions.

Moving Up in Ratings

PC Magazine’s newest review of Intermedia Unite ups the product’s rating from a 4.0 in 2019, to a 4.5 in 2020.  Although it may appear to be a small bump, this new rating puts Intermedia Unite at the top of the UCaaS class. As the reviewer notes, “Intermedia Unite has been a PCMag Editors’ choice for years, and it gets better every time we test it.” In particular, PCMag highlighted incremental improvements  around integrations, voice, and video conferencing as primary contributors to the increase in score

Integration Updates

The reviewer noted that the product has expanded its integration capabilities beyond Microsoft, providing full support for scheduling with Google G Suite and Slack. Further, the integration with Microsoft now includes voice with Microsoft Teams, so users can make and take calls from within that platform. In addition, integrations with leading business applications continues to expand, including Salesforce, Zoho, Zendesk, SugarCRM, and many more – all to further streamline workflows and maximize employee efficiency.

Phone Enhancements

• Spam Caller Protection for all endpoint devices is included for free in Intermedia Unite. Our spam caller protection detects calls from aggressive telemarketers and fraudsters, and allows administrators to decide how to route these calls. It also saves employees from wasting time and resources manually handling spam calls;
• The Auto Attendant features a simple setup wizard to walk users through each step of the setup process for easier configuration and deployment.

Video Conferencing Additions

As video conferencing moves from a nice to have to a necessity in today’s business world, we continue to optimize our video conferencing capabilities in order to deliver a clear, secure, and dependable meeting environment.  As noted in the review, recent additions to our Unite’s integrated video conferencing solution, Intermedia AnyMeeting®, include a virtual assistant to record and transcribe meetings, Ma meeting history feature, which records the time of the meeting, its length, and who participated, as well as easy one-click-meeting start from your PC and Mac devices.

Consistency and Value Matter

Ultimately, businesses want products and services they can rely on, as well as getting a good value for their dollar. According to the review, Intermedia Unite checks both of those boxes, noting that Unite continues to do well “in service consistency, and “is the best value when considering price and features.” 

With our comprehensive list of features, affordability, and ease of use, PC Magazine reflected, “Intermedia remains an easy pick for our Editor’s Choice Award.”

On achieving this classification, Irina Shamkova, Intermedia EVP of Product Management,  said, “We’re honored to again be recognized by PC Magazine for our Unite solution – not to mention seeing our rating jump! Our job is to continue to deliver  businesses of all sizes with the cloud communications tools that they need to keep employees connected to each other, while remaining responsive to customers. Now, more than ever, reliable, versatile, and mobile communications are the key to business success, and we’re here to help deliver on that need.”

The Intermedia Team

Intermedia helps businesses of all sizes connect better – through voice, video conferencing, chat, contact center, business email and productivity, file sharing and backup, security, archiving, and more – from wherever, whenever. And, as a partner-first company, Intermedia goes to work for our channel partners to help them grow their revenue and maximize their success.