Desktop client comparison
The following table compares the key features of our desktop client applications and hard phones to help you choose the solution that best meets your requirements.
Note: Where the information icon (
) is shown, please refer to the comment column for further explanation.
Feature | Cloudya Desktop App | Softphone Pro | Hard phone* | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Login with NFON account |
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| Including SSO with external identity provider. |
Nia AI assistant |
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AI call transcription |
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| On hard phones via *4 |
Call pulling |
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| Softphone Pro and hard phones via *8. |
DTMF |
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Video calls & screen-sharing |
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| Cloudya Desktop App offers video calls for PBX internal calls. |
Presence |
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DND |
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| For Softphone Pro and hard phones, *863 can be used to toggle global DND. |
NFON Phonebook |
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| - |
External phonebooks |
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| Cloudya Desktop App allows the integration of external phonebooks via CRM Connect; contacts from these external phonebooks will show up as search results and on incoming calls. |
CRM integration |
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| Cloudya Desktop App with 60+ CRMs on Windows, 10 on Mac with CRM Connect Plus and Google Contacts, Outlook only without a license. |
Function keys |
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| Softphone Pro has a similar concept to function keys, called "Favorites". Favorites are stored locally and not synced with the NFON platform. Favorites can also include contacts/numbers from external phonebooks. |
Call forwarding |
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| Softphone Pro and hard phones support call forwarding profiles via star codes. Hard phones also offer a menu for call forwarding profile selection. |
Editing of call forwarding |
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| On hard phones, the default profile can be edited. |
Call history |
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| Softphone Pro syncs periodically every few minutes with the NFON call history, including call transcriptions. |
Voicemails |
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| Softphone Pro and hard phones offer voicemail access via *791. |
Queue profiles |
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| - |
eFax |
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| - |
Action URLs |
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| Hard phones offer action URLs for CTI. |
TAPI |
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| - |
Client side call analytics |
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| - |
Hotkeys |
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| NA |
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Configuration rollout via group policies |
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| Cloudya Desktop App via settings.json. |
*Note: hard phone features depend on the specific model.

