Briar vs RingCentral

Side-by-side comparison of features, reviews, pricing and more

Briar

Category: Communication Tools
Industries: Business, Education

Pricing

Free

RingCentral

Category: Communication Tools
Industries: Business, Education

Pricing

Essentials - $19.99

Standard - $27.99

Premium - $34.99

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Briar reviews

Probably the most secure messaging app out of any available, great idea! Unfortunately it will not be a good replacement for more popular messaging apps anytime soon. There is no way to send a video. Pictures are possible, but only in a chat with one other person and they get massively compressed. Pretty crazy in 2022. I love the idea of my messages not being routed through a central server, but it's not ready to replace my messaging app of choice. I'll check back in a few years.

- Richard

I would like to see a pop-up chat head. If I'm not looking at the screen I will miss the flash notification across the top. I have missed a reply for hours. I like adding the contact without using my phone number. I was using TextNow and Text free but the constant ads drove me crazy! I think this is a good app.

- Arthur Brenneman

This is probably one of the best messaging apps ever. I didn't even know a messaging app ever existed without using data . I installed this app into two phones and turned off Wi-Fi off for both of them and only left Bluetooth on. The app worked perfectly and no delayed text messages. I never knew that text messaging apps existed without ever having to use data or a Wi-Fi connection. I'm glad this technology exists because this would be very good in an emergency situations. Love this technology.

- WESTCOAST RONNIE

RingCentral reviews

Pretty good experience overall, though they recently started charging per message for inbound texts. (Something other vendors do not do.) The last two app versions will not allow me to switch to a Bluetooth device if it was not connected before the call started. Unable to remove buttons for unused services like Tasks, Text. (That's fine for a single user but rolling out a product org wide and not having a way to prevent users from using certain functions is just a bit no no.)

- Matt E

Just old , glitchy and bad overall. Their contracts keep their retention and reinstate themselves automatically and you can't downsize your number until your contract is up and hasn't automatically renewed itself. It also doesn't always catch all your call recordings. I was told that that is just the way it is. The call tracking is not good for me either.

- James Campbell

I am having issues with the phone picking up and not being able to connect to clients via my phone app. Phone rings and does not show who is calling nor am I able to view who is calling me. And calls that get a random tone and "mutes" so the client is talking and then when I reconnect I have to ask them to repeat themselves. Very embarrassing and unnecessary. The meetings portion works well . Please fix the call issue. This happens to everyone in my office who uses this app.

- Ileana Gonzalez

Pros & cons

Briar

Pros
Briar eliminates the danger of metadata spying
Multiple connection options bring versatility
No servers to shut down

Cons
Audits aren’t a guarantee
Could alienate the general populace
Tough to popularize

RingCentral

Pros
They collect their payment from us timely
On time receipt of our payment due
Prompt corporate credit card charge of monthly billing

Cons
Call quality isn't the greatest
Sometimes there is a lag or an echo, line doesn't always switch over to voicemail
Some companies' website verification texts or calls are automatically blocked.

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