Comparison of call routing methods
The following table shows the features available for the various call routing methods.
Feature |
Auto Attendant |
Call Queue |
Hunt Group |
Shared Line Group |
---|---|---|---|---|
Assign Direct Inward Dialing (DID) number or extension |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Assign Webex Calling users as a member |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Assign virtual line as a member |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Assign workspace as a member |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ |
No |
Add members from another location |
No |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Display specific caller ID name when calls are forwarded to members |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
Display specific caller ID phone number when calls are forwarded to members |
No |
✓ |
No |
No |
Allow outgoing calls with feature's caller ID |
No |
✓ |
Yes (user can't select) |
✓ |
Add callers to queue |
No |
✓ |
No |
No |
Provide Interactive Voice Response (IVR) for callers to route the calls to right department or group |
✓ |
No (Auto Attendant can be used as IVR) |
No (Auto Attendant can be used as IVR) |
No |
Route incoming calls based on business hours |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
No |
Route incoming calls based on non-business hours |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
No |
Route incoming calls based on holidays |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
No |
Automatically route incoming calls to members based on priority and skill |
No |
✓ |
✓ (not based on skills) |
No |
Automatically route incoming calls based on different options like all members at once, sequentially to each member, longest idle, etc |
No |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
Route incoming calls to voicemail |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ |
Forward incoming calls selectively based on defined criteria |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Add alternate numbers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
Set special ringing pattern for incoming calls |
✓ (only when an Alternate Number is configured as main number) |
✓ |
✓ (only when an Alternate Number is configured as main number for Call Queue and Hunt Group) |
No |
Set audio announcement language and timezone |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Handle overflow calls |
No |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Set welcome message for callers |
✓ |
✓ |
No |
No |
Set comfort message, wait message, hold music, call whisper |
No | ✓ |
No |
No |
Set personalized greetings and messages |
✓ | ✓ |
No |
No |
Provide call back option to callers |
No |
✓ |
No | No |
Add supervisors for monitoring calls |
No |
✓ |
No |
No |
Divert calls when unanswered |
No | ✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
View analytics and download reports |
✓ |
✓ | No |
No |