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Amazon Connect vs Hightouch comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Connect
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (2nd), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (2nd), AI Customer Support (4th)
Hightouch
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
19th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (52nd), Customer Data Platforms (CDP) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the AI Customer Experience Personalization category, the mindshare of Amazon Connect is 1.4%, down from 13.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hightouch is 1.1%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Customer Experience Personalization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Connect1.4%
Hightouch1.1%
Other97.5%
AI Customer Experience Personalization
 

Featured Reviews

John Ing - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at The Independent User Group for Amazon Connect
Cloud contact flows have unified omnichannel journeys and now support natural language self-service
To improve the reporting, it would be beneficial to provide better visualization of the data. Currently, you typically have to take the data out into another service to make it readable and understandable. It would be easier if it were available in that format from the start. Amazon Connect should continue to develop the AI capability within the platform and improve the performance of the AI features, as they are still relatively new and the performance can sometimes be inconsistent. Additionally, there are a number of basic features that could potentially be continued to be improved. The pricing and licensing of Amazon Connect are not licensed. The pricing is consumption-based with two pricing models: one called the AI pricing model and the other called basic. Amazon Connect should provide greater clarity for customers on the pros and cons of its pricing, as some customers might end up paying more than they should if they do not understand it properly. I believe Amazon Connect should add more information on how the pricing works. It is available publicly, which is good. However, when you turn on Amazon Connect, you immediately start using the AI pricing bundle, which may not be the most appropriate for some customers, resulting in them paying nearly twice as much as they should.
reviewer2921991 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vp Of Data at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Centralized event tracking has improved product analytics and simplified data workflows
I think Hightouch as a platform has a lot to offer. It is primarily a CRM or reverse ETL type of offering with a lot of AI bells and whistles. However, it feels to me that the entire events offering is a bit of a second-class citizen in the suite of tools they offer. I say this because a lot of the documentation is out of date, and we hit a few random edge cases when using the events platform, which felt a little raw compared to other, more mature event platforms. I would say the improvement here would be for them to spend a little more time and attention on the platform itself, or provide a little more TLC, especially from the events perspective.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"There are a lot of features with Amazon Connect. One is the pay-as-you-go model. I don't have to buy any infrastructure or servers, licenses, or contracts. From a financial point of view, there's no upfront capital expenditure (capex) cost. Everything is pay-as-you-go."
"The Connect Lens feature most improves contact center efficiency by providing insights into customer journeys, behavior, and sentiment scores, allowing for areas of improvement to be identified and addressed."
"In my experience, one of the tool's most valuable features is its ease of use. Setting up a contact center can be done in just a few minutes with a few clicks. This contrasts with the hours or days it might take using other solutions."
"One of the key values is that it operates on a pay-as-you-go platform model, is cloud-native, multi-channel, has good analytical capability and reporting, is a stable platform, and is receiving huge investment from AWS."
"The solution is easy to use and has no downtime. 99.9 percent of customers are happy with AWS cloud services. It is also easy to learn, but you need to practice daily."
"There is no technical experience needed to build it. It's easy for beginners to understand and use."
"Amazon Connect is an integrated solution, which is attractive because a customer doesn't have to worry about which product to buy; they buy one product and that gives them everything."
"The most helpful feature of Amazon Connect is Lex Bot, which is an inbuilt AI chatbot; it is very easy to develop a chatbot and the voice bot solution on Amazon Connect."
"There are definitely improvements in analytics quality because of the contracts they provide on the control plane, and there were also definite time savings."
"We have had a positive impact from Hightouch, and one area where we had that impact is on the handling of customer data."
"The feature that made the biggest difference day-to-day is Hightouch's ability to create normalized, performant data models, which could truly aid enterprises dealing with a variety of data systems."
"Hightouch's best features include a simple and easy-to-navigate user interface, which means there is not much of a learning curve involved, simplifying the process of setting it up and selecting desired fields along with using the query editor."
"With campaigns like flat battery, for example, we have managed to save over six figures a year."
 

Cons

"Amazon Connect should have a solution for customers who have heavily invested in previous CCaaS solutions; a proper roadmap could make it easier for customers to migrate over the platform."
"There are issues on features like Lambda integrations and time-out"
"Due to network issues, the agent desktop might be affected. If the firewall blocks the agent's desktop, connectivity might be disrupted."
"There may be room for security improvement, especially since data is stored in the cloud. While cloud security measures are robust, there may be concerns about data safety compared to traditional server setups."
"Smaller organizations might prefer standalone products like Success KPI WFM or Genesys WFM. Adopting Amazon Connect necessitates using other AWS services, which could lead to higher-than-expected costs. So, the potential for unknowingly increased costs is a con."
"For a company with technical resources, it's a great tool. But for someone who wants a pre-packaged solution where everything is ready to use with some customization, it's a little more challenging."
"Support for Amazon Connect is adequate. I won't say it's exceptional about the support, but you can get assistance whenever it is needed."
"One area for improvement with Amazon Connect lies in the cost structure, particularly for use cases involving smaller data volumes. While it's simple to establish communication channels, the pricing model may result in higher costs for such scenarios. This presents a challenge that organizations may encounter, especially if they aim to optimize efficiency while managing smaller data transfers."
"Hightouch can be improved in a number of areas, but one of them is being on the applicability in small users and organizations."
"Hightouch is a mature product, although it still needs to catch up with leading CDPs."
"I still think it is a bit clunky in some areas and it can be improved further; it is not a perfect tool yet, but it definitely does as advertised."
"However, it feels to me that the entire events offering is a bit of a second-class citizen in the suite of tools they offer."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, with ten being the most affordable."
"The licensing is a pay-as-you-go model."
"The tool is cheaper than on-premise contact centers."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The tool's licensing model is pay-as-you-go."
"The solution is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"The pricing of the Amazon is reasonable compared to other cloud providers."
"Amazon Connect has a pay-as-you-go model. But I have a slightly different perspective on it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect contact center management software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Genesys Cloud. Ge...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Connect?
Most of my customers are not going with the pay-as-you-go pricing model, as they prefer yearly contracts or three-year contracts. They reserve it. So not all the services we used are pay-as-you-go;...
What needs improvement with Amazon Connect?
To improve the reporting, it would be beneficial to provide better visualization of the data. Currently, you typically have to take the data out into another service to make it readable and underst...
What needs improvement with Hightouch?
One way Hightouch can be improved is that you should be allowed to easily export data that goes through journeys. At the moment, there is no simple way to do that, so this is definitely a feature t...
What is your primary use case for Hightouch?
My main use case for Hightouch is to facilitate our marketing campaigns, particularly our email campaigns.A specific example of how I use Hightouch for my marketing and email campaigns is that if w...
What advice do you have for others considering Hightouch?
I rate Hightouch a 7 out of 10 because I think it has improved a lot in the past 18 months. They are always willing to add more features. I still think it is a bit clunky in some areas and it can b...
 

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Sample Customers

Capital One, Intuit, Adobe, Siemens, LegalZoom, DXC technology, Rackspace, Bellhop, American Preparatory Academy, The University of Texas at Dallas, University of Auckland, Origin Energy, and others.
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