Intermedia Unite Pricing, Plans, Features [2021 Review]

The recent exponential rise in remote work offers greater employee flexibility, improved productivity, and drastically reduced travel expenses.

But the one thing that has taken a bit of a hit as people continue to adjust to working from anywhere?

Business communication.

Top unified communication tools like Intermedia Unite allow geographically diverse team members to communicate via VoIP telephony, chat messages, SMS texting, and audio and video conferencing. It also offers advanced collaboration features and third-party integrations.

The result?

Stronger internal team collaboration, fewer miscommunications, shorter and more effective meetings, and better, faster customer service.

In this in-depth review, we’ll cover Intermedia Unite pricing, available plans, top features, and the overall user experience.

Table Of Contents: 

• What is Intermedia Unite?
• Intermedia Unite Pricing
• The Top Intermedia Unite Features
• Analytics and Integrations
• Intermedia Unite User Experience
• Intermedia Unite Alternatives
• More Information on Unified Communications

What is Intermedia Unite?

Intermedia Unite is a cloud-based unified communications solution and collaboration platform including PBX business phone service, web conferencing, chat and SMS messages, and file management into one interface.

Users can access it on Windows and Mac desktop computers, smartphones, laptops, and tablets via the softphone app. It also provides virtual phone numbers within the United States and Canada.

With over 90 business communication features and 1.4 million users, it’s popular for call centers, customer service professionals, remote teams, and more.

Intermedia Unite Pricing

As of this writing, Intermedia offers two paid plans and a free 30-day trial.

Though base pricing is listed on the Intermedia.net website, interested parties should contact Intermedia directly for a more accurate quote.

Below, we break down available Intermedia Unite pricing and plans. Note that both plans offer the same set of standard conferencing, voice and Private Branch Exchange, collaboration, and analytics features.

The table below reflects only the differences per plan.

Paid add-on features include:

• Fax lines for $14.99/month per line
• Lobby phone for $12.99/month per phone
• SmartFax Pro for $3.99/month each
• Exchange Email (Pro plan) for $7.49/month
• Toll-free numbers and additional phone numbers (call for pricing)

Studies show the average cloud-based UC system costs between $20.33-$29.16/user per year, meaning that Intermedia is on the more expensive end of available solutions.

However, many of Intermedia’s standard features and functionalities, such as call recording and unlimited voicemail storage, are paid add-on features with other providers.

Plus, users will save on the cost of hardware, maintenance, and installation.

The Top Intermedia Unite Features

The top Unite features are:

• PBX Virtual Phone System
• Video Conferencing
• SMS Texting
• Chat Messages
• Analytics and Integrations

PBX Virtual Phone

Unite’s cloud PBX Virtual Phone System is the highlight of the software.

Users can bring their own devices with BYOD or purchase plug-and-play pre-configured desktop phones.

With HD voice quality, unlimited calling in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and spam caller protection, managing phone calls is easier than ever.

Presence indicators with an LCD display light and in-portal status updates let users know when contacts are busy, available, away, or on the phone.

It also offers excellent voicemail capabilities, including customizable greetings, voice message PIN numbers, voicemail transcription, voice message to SMS and email, and autodelete capabilities. When emailed, users can elect to receive the message file and/or the transcription, and get live notifications when they have a voice message waiting.

Individual and group voicemail is available with unlimited storage, and all messages can be checked on desktop and mobile devices.

Additional features include:

• Call recording
• Local phone number with a unique extension
• Inbound and outbound Caller ID
• DID phone number
• Auto-attendant and IVR self-service
• Up to 10 hunt groups
• Active Directory integration
• 200 toll-free audio conferencing minutes per month
• Call forwarding, call transfer, call flip, parking, hold, and call waiting
• Intercom
• Hold music
• Do Not Disturb
• Call queuing

Video Conferencing

Unite Anymeeting lets up to 200 users join an HD video conference from their web browsers, meaning there is no need to download and install an app.

Dial-in meeting access and meeting link invitations make joining possible with just one click. Screen sharing and screen annotation with Intermedia Anymeeting allow for more streamlined communication and make it easier to train employees or share documents with clients.

Additional video calling features include:

• Custom meeting URLs
• Meeting locks and passwords
• Remove participants
• Meeting transcription
• Meeting notes
• Remote desktop control
• Meeting recording
• Custom backgrounds
• Active speaker indicator
• In-meeting chat messages
• Unlimited cloud recording storage
• Meeting attendance records

SMS Text Messaging

The SMS business texting feature offers unlimited messages between internal teams and clients across multiple devices in the US and Canada.

Automatic syncing between the Unite mobile app and the Intermedia Unite desktop apps means you’ll never miss a message, and that you’ll be able to see a complete conversation history no matter where you’re texting from.

Users can easily sync contacts from third-party tools like Google and Microsoft 365, and all texts are end-to-end encrypted.

As of this writing, note that while links can be shared via text, MMS images are incompatible with Intermedia.

Chat Messaging

The live chat feature eliminates the need for excessive emailing by allowing employees to send quick updates and messages and attachments to each other via multiple devices.

Chat message capabilities include:

• Set and manage favorite contacts
• Instant syncing between devices
• Private, one-on-one chat and group messages
• Mentions/user tagging
• Search bar
• User status updates (away, busy, free)
• Complete chat history
• 10 GB file backup with SecuriSync
• Real-time push notifications
• One-click video meeting from chats
• Unread messages indicator
• Mute chats
• Emojis and GIFs

In addition to file sharing, Unite’s team collaboration tools let users edit documents in real-time within the chat interface.

All file changes are automatically synced across devices to ensure that all users are working with the same version, and admin controls allow you to set viewing and editing permissions.

Analytics and Integrations

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Unite Envision provides real-time and historical analytics for employee productivity, outbound and incoming calls, and other essential KPIs and business phone system metrics.

Pre-made templates and customizable reports are available on data such as:

• QoS reports (VoIP call quality) on the past 24 hours, week, and month
• Call quality issue alerts (packet loss, latency, jitter, etc.)
• Call direction and type of call (video, VoIP voice call, etc.)
• Call start time and duration
• Number of total calls per agent and department
• Number of unanswered calls, call abandonment rate
• Call routing data
• Supervisor analytics

Unite integrates with several popular third-party CRM software and collaboration tools like Salesforce, Oracle, G Suite, Microsoft Office 365, and Slack.

This prevents users from having to abandon tools they’re already comfortable with using and saves time by providing one interface for all business software and endpoints.

Intermedia Unite User Experience

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We’ve compiled the below pros and cons list based on reviews from current Intermedia users.

Intermedia Unite Alternatives

The most popular Intermedia Alternatives are:

• RingCentral Office
• Zoom Phone
• GoToConnect
• Nextiva

RingCentral Office

RingCentral Office combines a VoIP contact center, SMS, audio and web conferencing, and team collaboration features into a single platform. Standout features include a 24-hour meeting limit, unlimited storage, unlimited SMS texts, and phone rental options.

It best suits companies that rely heavily on internal team collaboration.

Available RingCentral Office plans range from $19.99/user per month to $49.99/user per month. Read our RingCentral review for additional information.

Zoom Phone

Zoom Phone is a unified video calling, chat message platform, and desk phone system with space for up to 300 web conference participants, live streaming to social media, and call transcripts.

It’s the right fit for companies that rely mostly on video conferencing, but that also need to have a robust business phone system for customer support or sales teams. Available Zoom Phone plans range in price from $10.00/month per user to $20.00/month per user.

Read more about Zoom pricing and plans on our site.

GoToConnect

GoToConnect is a unified phone and meeting software with features like personal meeting rooms, international calling, up to 25 simultaneous video call screens, and unlimited call queues.

It is ideal for small businesses, midsize businesses, and startups that are in a phase where they still heavily rely on daily small teams collaboration and communication.

GoToConnect pricing ranges from $19.95/user per month to $29.95/user per month. Our GoToConnect hands-on review provides more details.

Nextiva

Nextiva’s Business Communication Suite is a UCaaS platform offering unlimited calling to the US and Canada, up to 10,000 monthly toll-free minutes, unlimited video calling, and voice analytics.

Available Nextiva plans range in price from $19.95/user per month to $27.95/user per month. Nextiva is an ideal platform for businesses with a high daily call volume, that have multiple locations/franchises, and that have lots of employees.

Our post on Nextiva pricing and plans explains more about features, lower-cost options, and user experience.

More Information on Unified Communications

Want to learn more about what to look for in a Unified Communications solution?

To understand the top questions to ask UC providers, the benefits of a unified platform, and more, check out our Ultimate Guide to Unified Communications.