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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
32
Ranking in other categories
AI Customer Experience Personalization (11th), 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 May 2026, in the Workforce Engagement Management category, the mindshare of Calabrio ONE is 5.7%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 5.6%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workforce Engagement Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five95.6%
Calabrio ONE5.7%
Other88.7%
Workforce Engagement Management
 

Featured Reviews

GS
Customer Service Analyst/Scheduler at Tucson Electric Power
The Copy Schedule Activities reduces time spent for changing activities. Agents are not able to cancel an approved request in the Time Off Request area.
I cannot speak about the difference for the QM software. My main use is of the WFM software. A few of the features were "nice to have" features, but version 9.3 had some "deficiencies". The main problem was not being able to run scenarios in a pseudo scheduling area, so the way Calabrio is now, agents can possibly see test scenarios. Another problem is the Time Off Request area. Agents are not able to cancel an approved request through this area. The sorting/filtering could be improved upon greatly. We are scheduled to upgrade to version 10.0, which will resolve many of the issues we do not like about the current version that we are using. Update: We are still on version 9.3 and looking forward to upgrading.
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

"The dynamic scheduling functionality allows the agents to be more empowered which was not an option on our previous tool."
"The Copy Schedule Activities has been a favorite tool. It reduces time spent when I need to make changes which are identical to multiple agents' schedules."
"The Analytics software has been fantastic for the contact center."
"The flexibility of scheduling through dynamic availability, work shifts, and dynamic scheduling is invaluable."
"Our agents have the functionality for partial coverage, this allows them to customize their schedule and still meet our SLA's."
"I was able to use Calabrio to provide data and analytics in a visually stimulating fashion which captured my audience's understanding with ease."
"The ability to customize evaluation forms to organizational needs has been tremendous."
"I have found the video capture to be the most valuable feature."
"The complex call routing capabilities were valuable, as 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, while also setting up complex rollover and integrations between our CRM to leverage that data for complex call routing, and it all worked well."
"Five9's most critical feature is a common user interface that delivers consistent customer service across various channels."
"Five9 is extremely easy to manage and maintain."
"The reporting is the most valuable feature in Five9."
"Before using the WFO and its analytics, our quality teams would listen to only 5 percent of contacts a week, per employee, which is a very small part of what an employee is doing... Now, this tool does an automatic evaluation of 100 percent of their calls. It has certainly helped the QA teams in their training, and that, in turn, helps our clients."
"I rate the overall Five9 solution a nine out of ten."
"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."
"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."
 

Cons

"The only area of improvement, in my opinion, would be faster loading times and faster search results."
"I would like to see the ability to run an individual Agent on any given service queues without loosing any entered exceptions."
"It would be nice if this product supported operating systems other than Windows. Some work is needed on better support of multiple browsers."
"Need a column for hours scheduled on main page."
"Some of the Cisco features have not fully migrated to the Avaya platform."
"15 minute intervals across the solution would be of great value."
"I think Calabrio has a lot of potential but the day to day scheduling functions take too many steps."
"The only issue I have found with Calabrio is the WFM side."
"Integration with third-party solutions can be difficult and has room for improvement."
"There are some minor issues with some of their filtering that I'd like them to handle on their back end. The only limitation I can think of is that I'm always looking backward and can't look forward. I can't see how many calls are scheduled for tomorrow based on our system."
"I rate Five9 support five out of 10. My experience with Five9 support has been mixed. It's good at times but not particularly helpful sometimes."
"Five9's stability needs to be improved."
"Maintaining the original DNS on Five9 across campaigns is difficult."
"Sometimes, there are some call quality issue complaints from our users."
"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."
"During training and demos, resiliency tests failed, which was not ideal. This is a concern for stability."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"Five9 is expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
"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."
"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."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Insurance Company
7%
Religious Institution
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise29
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.
Agilysys, BISSELL, From You Flowers, SumUp, Kyndryl, PING, Alaska Airlines, Omaha Steaks International, NextRep, AdventHealth
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