
Dialpad, 8x8, Sprinklr, Broadvoice, Squaretalk, CloudTalk, Convoso and UJET all promise to run your phone lines with artificial intelligence. Here is what actually separates them once the demo ends.

8x8, Aircall, CloudTalk, Cisco, Nextiva, UJET, Vocalcom and Broadvoice are all chasing the same few seconds before a human picks up. Here is how eight very different companies ended up fighting over the cloud behind your customer service line.

The Slovak startup raised $28 million to turn the business phone call into software - and picked a fight with UJET, Mitel and Salesforce over who owns the voice in customer conversations.

The 25-year-old Atlanta voice company sells phone numbers in more than 150 countries. Now it is betting that the hardest problem in business calling is not connecting - it is getting people to pick up.

Twilio, UJET, Cisco, Alvaria, CloudTalk and Gladly all promise to handle your customers - but each one was built for a very different company. Here is who each is really for.