Comcast Business vs alive5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Comcast Business
Manage your Comcast Business account on the go with this all-in-one mobile tool. Access account details, schedule appointments, pay bills, manage WiFi, and troubleshoot technical issues. Business Voice customers can also host conference calls and manage voicemail.
- Manage account details
- View service appointments
- Pay bills and view invoices
- Manage WiFi networks
- Call forwarding
- Host conference calls
- Manage voicemail
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AVAILABLE TO COMCAST BUSINESS CUSTOMERS Access your Comcast Business account anytime and anywhere with the Comcast Business App—an innovative, all-in-one tool designed with your business in mind. With streamlined navigation and an intuitive layout, the Comcast Business App makes it easier than ever to manage your account on the go, right from your mobile device. With the Comcast Business App, you can: • Manage your account details • View upcoming service appointments • Pay your bill, view past invoices, and manage your payment methods • Enroll in Auto Pay and Paperless Billing • Manage WiFi networks, hotspots, and more • Set up notifications for billing and service requests • Stay up-to-date on your service status • View your TV channel lineup • Forward calls to your home, mobile phone, or colleagues with Call Forwarding • Troubleshoot technical issues in a few easy steps • Access Comcast Business Support These features are available to Business Internet, Business TV, Business Voice, Business Voice Mobility, Business VoiceEdge™, and/or Business VoiceEdge Select™ customers and will vary depending on your services. Comcast Business Voice Mobility, Business VoiceEdge®, and Business VoiceEdge Select™ customers can also: • Easily host a conference call for up to 50 participants (Business VoiceEdge® customers only) • View recent calls, listen to and manage voicemail, and customize greetings • Make outgoing calls through the app to display your business phone number on caller IDs • Quickly transfer calls to colleagues or third parties • Forward calls to your home, mobile phone, or colleagues with Call Forwarding • Quickly move active calls to your Be Anywhere devices and desk phones • Select the phones that will ring on inbound calls by managing Be Anywhere devices • Easily manage security settings These features will vary depending on your services. You can submit feedback to CBMA_Feedback@comcast.com
alive5
This app streamlines customer communication for agents on the go. It allows for accepting live chat requests and responding to customers via SMS/text messaging, with improvements to real-time conversation loading and message sending functionality.
- Accept live chat requests
- Respond via SMS/Text Messaging
- Real-time conversation loading
- Improved message sending
- Simplified interface
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Introducing a brand new, simplified and minimized Alive5 mobile app. We’ve redesigned and rebuilt this to work better for Agents on the go who want to accept live chat requests and answer customers via SMS/Text Messaging. Many issues were resolved where the chat conversations would not load in real-time, and also some phone versions had issues accessing the textarea to send messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Comcast Business at 4.4 against alive5's 3.2. Comcast Business also leads on ratings volume (31K vs 10). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Comcast Business holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Comcast Business has 31K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Comcast Business's written reviews are positive against 0% of alive5's.
Comcast Business ships an update every 5 weeks, alive5 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Comcast Business | alive5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (31K ratings) — better | 3.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC | Alive5, Inc |
Customer experience
Comcast Business
alive5
Bugs and requests
Comcast Business
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Inability to stay logged in
- Timeouts when making calls
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Improved voicemail management
- Ability to view call history
- Seamless call forwarding and transfer
- Customizable notification settings
- Better integration with mobile devices
alive5
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Comcast Business
No in-app purchases
alive5
No in-app purchases









