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Calabrio ONE vs Five9 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Calabrio ONE
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
AI Customer Experience Personalization (16th), AI Scheduling & Coordination (4th)
Five9
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (4th), Contact Center Infrastructure (1st), Sales Force Automation (6th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Workforce Engagement Management category, the mindshare of Calabrio ONE is 5.5%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 5.0%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workforce Engagement Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five95.0%
Calabrio ONE5.5%
Other89.5%
Workforce Engagement Management
 

Featured Reviews

Adarsh Tiwary - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Lead at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Reliable call recording has protected critical interactions and supports ongoing workflow insights
I am not aware if it has already been done, but a well-integrated application for Calabrio ONE that would not require us to change the licenses every time we need to change or add a user would be a better way to add new users and move existing users to other buckets. I feel it is not a 10 because the UI interface is not that impressive yet. It would be better if there were a handbook that lets us know what makes Calabrio ONE stand out among the two or three major players in this field, such as NICE and Verint. Customer support for Calabrio ONE was not that great, but it is acceptable. I would love to see Calabrio ONE's offices in Pune, India.
reviewer2788932 - PeerSpot reviewer
CX Intelligence Analytics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Advanced call routing has enabled complex CRM-driven workflows but reporting still needs improvement
The complex call routing capabilities were valuable. I was able to set up fairly complex call routing, capturing data via internal IVR for potential customers' geography and then conducting lookups to determine which skill to route calls to. I also set up complex rollover, so if the first person could not answer, callers would wait a specified number of seconds hoping they would become available, and if they did not, the call would roll over to the next person. I was able to set up fairly complex integrations between our CRM and leverage that data for complex call routing, and it worked well. The integration and call routing both performed well.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Customer Service: Calabrio takes care of their customers very well; they really want to make sure you are extremely satisfied with your experience using the products."
"It has streamlined how we access and review recordings as well as assisted in making our evaluation process much easier."
"Currently the feature we are loving is screen recording."
"Makes agent schedules more accessible and easy to use."
"Calabrio's learning curve is very short, the user interface is extremely easy to use, and I could not be happier with this product."
"Customer Service: The customer service is always very good."
"Calabrio WFM offers great insights on scheduling; what I like about the program the most is the coverage tray as this allows us to see our staffing deficits, shrinkage, and the reforecasting of our calls, helping us make real-time decisions while taking into account how it will affect staffing."
"Calabrio ONE is a great product, is user friendly, and has great customer service."
"Agent Assist and AI server are the two best features because they remind new and existing agents about tips and generate detailed case summaries, saving them the time and effort of making small modifications before posting."
"I'm interested in all the features we're using and the reporting that's needed to get them up and running."
"The technical support for Five9 has been exemplary."
"Five9 has a lot of AI tools, which I find valuable. It offers transcription services and a power dialer for outbound dialing. I like that Five9 is built for outbound and suitable for that purpose."
"The admin tools are most valuable, such as using the UI to configure all the campaigns and all the settings that we use. Also, the monitoring panels it has are very good. Our supervisors and sales managers build dashboards in the solution so that we can understand how our operation is performing throughout the day. That is very useful."
"Five9 is extremely easy to manage and maintain."
"The admin platform is easy to use and navigate. That has been incredibly useful for us because it has given us the ability to self-provision in a lot of situations. The ability to create and track data elements has also been a valuable addition."
"The product’s IVR script editor is very easy and simple to use."
 

Cons

"Try and correct bugs prior to release."
"Unfortunately, cell phone call recording is not available at this time."
"Multi-skill scheduling and forecast is not available."
"The only issue I have found with Calabrio is the WFM side."
"I was told they are looking into adding chat evaluations as a feature in Calabrio. Right now, I can create an evaluation to grade chat interactions, but I have to view the actual interaction in a different system."
"Some of the Cisco features have not fully migrated to the Avaya platform."
"What's currently limited is a forum for UK customer to share best practices with and to utilize these connections to ensure that we are using the system to its full capability."
"Need a column for hours scheduled on main page."
"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."
"What would make Five9 better is a partnership with an SMS AI solution, which would make Five9 pretty powerful."
"During training and demos, resiliency tests failed, which was not ideal. This is a concern for stability."
"Maybe they could do better on how we access all the data if we want the data to work outside of Five9. Sometimes, that's not the easiest process. It's not bad, but if there's an area for improvement, that could be one."
"There are certain issues around features that Chrome has deployed that we have to figure out. When we bring them to Five9's attention, they are usually able to help us navigate them. It seems that sometimes they already know about an issue, so it would be helpful if they more proactively engaged with us first..."
"Integration with third-party solutions can be difficult and has room for improvement."
"There have also been some challenges in being able to keep the format of an original email. The solution acts as a proxy, but it's not bringing over the full format that the email came in with... Five9's email channel isn't as good as some other vendors' email channels that I've seen. But there is an upgrade coming..."
"The pricing could be improved. It is set in US dollars, so it doesn't account for the exchange rate with other regions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Five9 is expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"Five9 is a little expensive because of our company's size. That said, it scales pretty well. The daily usage costs and monthly fees seem about right. It's not out of line with what we'd expect from other companies. However, they seem to have a one-size-fits-all implementation fee. Most of their clients have hundreds if not thousands of seats in the call centers, so $5,000 or $10,000 is not a huge cost. It would be nice if they had a sliding scale for smaller companies."
"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
"The pricing seems reasonable. I had anticipated that whatever solution we went with would be more expensive. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the features that we had in Evolve IP, one-to-one, did not cost significantly more in Five9."
"Their license structure, out of the box, is better than that of other providers and their pricing is much less than other vendors we've looked at."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise30
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Five9?
The reporting suite needed improvement. I saw recently that Five9 released a new platform for reporting, as the reporting was not great previously.
What is your primary use case for Five9?
I was using Five9 in the senior living space.
What advice do you have for others considering Five9?
I was a Workforce Management Director in that role at that time. I would note that I have no experience with CXone, only IEX. As a telephony platform, Five9 served my needs. My overall review ratin...
 

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Sample Customers

Polaris, Equifax, Fedex, Rabo, Paychex, Virteva, VITAS Healthcare Corp, Keurig Green Mountain, AT&T, Esurance, Subaru, Boeing, Tiffany & Co., Thomson Reuters.
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