What is our primary use case?
OpenText Contact Center Analytics is primarily used for analytics on call recordings, integrated with our in-house IVR system.
The integration with the IVR system focuses on menu options in the IVR for routing, which is our primary use case.
OpenText Contact Center Analytics is used for identifying misconfigured routes in the IVR. When routes are misconfigured in the IVR, this tool is utilized by multiple teams, including the IVR product team and the CRM team.
What is most valuable?
The best features of OpenText Contact Center Analytics include the entire gamut of speech-to-text analysis, which performs comprehensive speech and text analysis with sentiment detection.
The sentiment analysis feature helps in customer decision-making in our day-to-day operations.
OpenText Contact Center Analytics supports omni-channel integration, resulting in better Net Promoter Score across different channels, which allows us to support customers more effectively.
The biggest advantage of OpenText Contact Center Analytics is its positive impact on customer churn and revenue, where revenues have increased drastically due to the adoption of the tool.
What needs improvement?
Tighter integration with the
CRM and IVR could enhance the overall integration capabilities, and there is room for improvement in the data ecosystem, including integration with multiple data platforms such as
Snowflake.
To make the experience smoother with OpenText Contact Center Analytics, the entire stack needs to support observability metrics. The addition of better observability metrics can yield better results, such as measuring churn reduction rates.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using OpenText Contact Center Analytics for the last one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
OpenText Contact Center Analytics is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
OpenText Contact Center Analytics has good scalability, as we can ingest IVR recorders and scale up without having to custom shard. Currently, we are using Arabic and English while adhering to PCI compliance.
How are customer service and support?
We have subscribed to the professional services group and are utilizing advanced customer support with OpenText Contact Center Analytics. Advanced customer support is minimizing downtime and maximizing ROI with dedicated experts.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used a different solution called
NICE CXone, which offered similar capabilities and analytics bundled. We switched because of its quote-based licensing.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup cost of OpenText Contact Center Analytics depends on the deployment model, the scope of implementation, and the kind of services we are integrating, such as whether we are utilizing support or professional services. These factors determine the initial setup cost.
What about the implementation team?
For organizations looking into using OpenText Contact Center Analytics, my key advice is to define success metrics upfront, such as KPIs related to churn rate reduction, and prioritize data integration to ensure clean IVR recorder and CRM feeds from day one, as analytics quality depends on complete interaction context.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with OpenText Contact Center Analytics, which includes cost savings from a 15% to 20% drop in churn rates as one of the biggest ROI outcomes. Apart from churn reduction, IVR optimization has resulted in a 20% self-service lift within 9 to 12 months.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing OpenText Contact Center Analytics, we evaluated CallMiner for deep search analytics and emotion detection. We found that CallMiner was less GenAI focused and had a higher setup cost compared to OpenText Contact Center Analytics.
What other advice do I have?
The main aim with OpenText Contact Center Analytics should be to reduce churn rates, as that is the quickest win. Once the churn use cases are stable for the large banking environment, OpenText Contact Center Analytics can scale well and be a strategic part of the entire enterprise architecture ecosystem. I would rate this solution a 7 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.