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Amazon Connect vs Insider 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)
Insider
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
16th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Platforms (CDP) (12th)
 

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 Insider is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Customer Experience Personalization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Connect1.4%
Insider1.0%
Other97.6%
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.
reviewer2858913 - PeerSpot reviewer
Marketing Specialist (Acquisition & Retention) at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Retargeting campaigns have reduced booking cancellations but new users still need clearer guidance
I believe that retargeting is the best feature that Insider offers. The ease of use and the results are why the retargeting feature stands out for me. Insider reads the results near real-time and provides AI segmentation. We only need to prompt, and then Insider will work to determine which segment is best for each campaign. Insider has helped me to reduce cancellation bookings by about 15% year-over-year. This is tracked through Insider; however, we also add additional attribution using AppsFlyer. We see significantly fewer employees needed for outbound calls because with Insider, we perform a reconfirmation of booking schedules automatically. This allows us to reduce the need for customer service outbound agents, and Insider has also helped us reduce cancellations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Amazon Connect is easy to learn."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its simplicity and ease of use. Unlike other cloud contact centers, Amazon Connect allows easy drag-and-drop actions. Additionally, it integrates with other AWS services like Lambda."
"It is easy for a beginner to learn to use Amazon Connect for the first time."
"The solution reduces the overall cost of migration by approximately 50%."
"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."
"The stability of the application and the services of Amazon Connect is very good, especially when it integrates with Lex, making the customer service solution more efficient."
"The feature I find best about Amazon Connect, which is currently on trend, is the artificial intelligence; it helps us maintain continuity with the client—for instance, if a client calls for a ticket and calls again after three days, we can keep the same ticket or request to provide follow-up with the same agent or person."
"Insider has helped me to reduce cancellation bookings by about 15% year-over-year."
"Insider is simple to use, making it easy to learn and navigate the platform, so the learning curve is fast."
 

Cons

"For enterprises to get maximum use, we often need a dialer system. or example – you have a list of people to call, you load it, and the system automatically dials and connects you without having to manually dial each number. That's the kind of automated outbound dialing feature."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in certain areas of Amazon Connect. For example, regarding holiday scheduling, the platform lacks a specific feature to declare holidays for companies on fixed dates. While basic hours and weekly schedules can be set, there's no option for declaring specific dates like national holidays. Basic scheduling options exist, but users must rely on Lambda functions for more complex rules and logic."
"Due to network issues, the agent desktop might be affected. If the firewall blocks the agent's desktop, connectivity might be disrupted."
"Amazon Connect could benefit from having flow blocks that do that naturally without having another company behind it supporting it."
"Support for that specific service for Amazon Connect is basically non-existent."
"However, the key thing lacking is the scope of out-of-the-box reporting capabilities, though overall it is very good."
"I would like to see a cold transfer capability instead of only offering a warm transfer."
"I think that Insider can be improved on the UI side because for someone with experience, Insider would be a very great tool."
"I did not enjoy using Insider AI to generate copies, push copies, and messages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is cheaper than on-premise contact centers."
"The pricing of the Amazon is reasonable compared to other cloud providers."
"I can't speak for the pricing of other contact center solutions, but in terms of Amazon Connect, compared to other AWS products, it's one of the more expensive options. However, the cost can be low if you have a smaller team of agents or receive fewer calls. Pricing is typically based on a per-user basis."
"The solution is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"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's licensing model is pay-as-you-go."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
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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
25%
Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise16
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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Insider?
The price is not very cheap for Insider, especially when compared to other platforms in the same category, such as those with a closed design and a brand that is not very famous in the market. I th...
What needs improvement with Insider?
Insider can be improved. It has a great design compared to some platforms such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, but when comparing it to newer platforms starting in Brazil, such as Braze and MoEngage...
What is your primary use case for Insider?
My main use case for Insider was to use the trigger of price drop of OLX item prices using web push. We did not have the web push channel before Insider; we only used channels such as app push, ema...
 

Comparisons

 

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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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