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Calabrio ONE vs NICE CXone comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Calabrio ONE
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
3rd
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
AI Scheduling & Coordination (2nd)
NICE CXone
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
2nd
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
IVR Systems (1st), Live Chat (1st), Knowledge Management Software (4th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Workforce Engagement Management category, the mindshare of Calabrio ONE is 5.8%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NICE CXone is 9.7%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workforce Engagement Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NICE CXone9.7%
Calabrio ONE5.8%
Other84.5%
Workforce Engagement Management
 

Featured Reviews

Jaleelakadheer Mohideen - PeerSpot reviewer
Operation Planning Associate at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Improved agent adherence and scheduling have boosted satisfaction but reporting still needs real time
In terms of improvements for Calabrio ONE, since I do not work with forecasting, I think we could collaborate AWS with Calabrio ONE to get live data fed into Calabrio ONE, which would be even greater for forecasting. We pull the majority of our reports through Calabrio ONE, and something I have noticed is that for the intraday report, if we want to pull data at 12:30, we have to wait until 12:45. It is a 15-minute refresher window, which is lagging behind. This delay is the same for any report being pulled. I do not have a grand overview of forecasting, but it generally takes a long time, and my agents have not been able to collaborate AWS with Calabrio ONE in the forecasting aspect. Apart from that, everything else is working great on Calabrio ONE. I would love it if it was more real-time and if I could download the data almost immediately without waiting for that 15-minute buffer. I rate Calabrio ONE a seven because I feel it could be improved. As I mentioned, the 15-minute buffer is an issue, and the real-time feeding into forecasting could be better. If we could control Shift Bags within Calabrio ONE instead of using another application like Teleopti to manage Shift Bags or control overall shifts, that would be even better. Right now, we use a combination of Teleopti and Calabrio ONE to decide the Shift Bags. The quantity and quality of results provided by Calabrio ONE are accurate 95 percent of the time. The forecasting feature in the application might not be the most accurate, which is an area where we do have issues, especially when scheduling breaks at intervals where calls might be at a higher volume. Those are rigged. Apart from that, since breaks and other meetings get allotted automatically, we do have to manually move them around because that forecasting is not accurate. If that could be improved, it would be great.
reviewer2884692 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Crowdsourced knowledge has grown into a trusted customer hub and now supports richer adoption journeys
One inconvenience is that because we are crowdsourced, we have hundreds of contributors every year, with most people only submitting one article, maybe two, so it does not make sense to pay for licenses for all of those people. This leads to some intermediary manual copy-paste processes because we just cannot have everybody working in the system itself, making it a little bit problematic for maintaining a source of truth. The main issues with NICE CXone are the lack of ability to integrate with some internal things that we want to do; it has to do with the way the system is designed, which is complex. We wanted to integrate with our internal system for instant translations, and we were not able to do that, along with a couple of other things that illustrate that it is kind of an isolated system to itself, making it pretty hard to tap into and grow even further. There are a couple of little issues with reporting that have not been very good, but really, the system is very functional.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Analytics software has been fantastic for the contact center."
"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."
"I have found the forecasting model to be very valuable."
"By being able to manage better the time of the agents, and the ease of use thru intraday management, we have been able to move adherence goals from 80 to 85%, and we know that we can even bring it up to 90% in the near future, that alone has made our 6 locations that much more effective, resulting in better customer service for our patients and families."
"Overall I feel this is a great product with a fantastic support network with an exciting features roadmap ahead."
"Calabrio ONE definitely impacts our organization positively by being more efficient for us on the workforce management side."
"I have found the video capture to be the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to reach out to Calabrio with questions and suggestions."
"NICE CXone has impacted my organization positively by empowering managers, team leaders, and supervisors to be more autonomous and to proactively manage their team in real time."
"NICE CXone has positively impacted the organization as the website was built from scratch; I was hired to build this website six years ago, and it has grown phenomenally."
"I assess the impact of the omnichannel capabilities on customer journey consistency as excellent, as it is a single pane of glass solution where all channels and omnichannel features are available, which is very supportive and increases customer productivity overall."
"NICE CXone has had a HUGE impact on our contact center, taking us from a place where we had no visualization on contact volumes, handle times, ASA, etc. to a place where we have full visualization on all metrics and can manage and staff our center as necessary."
"I have found the ease of use of the ACD to be most valuable along with the inView dashboard."
"The copilot feature in NICE CXone has reduced a great deal of after-call work substantially through summarization."
"The technical support for NICE CXone is outstanding."
"It has the ability to edit the HTML, as well as the WYSIWYG."
 

Cons

"Additionally, there is some lag during scheduling and adherence processes; for instance, one agent might appear available right when they are scheduled in the CRM, but Calabrio ONE shows them as disconnected."
"Gamification: We need help developing it, and what is currently shown is not enough."
"There is a need for a lunch and break auto optimization."
"Try and correct bugs prior to release."
"Unfortunately, cell phone call recording is not available at this time."
"A few of the features were "nice to have" features, but version 9.3 had some "deficiencies"."
"Need a column for hours scheduled on main page."
"I would like to see the ability to run an individual Agent on any given service queues without loosing any entered exceptions."
"I have noticed that occasionally the dashboard will freeze and some things may get stuck for a while."
"If you have hundreds of books, the initial download is slow."
"My advice to others looking into using NICE CXone is that it is an expensive product with a lot of guardrails on it."
"One area where CXone could improve is in creating a more streamlined, user-friendly interface."
"I have noticed that occasionally the dashboard will freeze and some things may get stuck for a while. For example, if I have a dashboard open that shows how many calls are in queue and how many are currently being handled by agents, sometimes a call that an agent is handling will get stuck on the dashboard after the agent ends the call and the dashboard will show that the call is still a live call. Our tech team has explained this to us as a ghost call. After some time (or maybe many screen refreshes) the call will go away like it has just ended."
"I think that there could be improvements in the actual structuring and formatting of content, i.e., when creating topics and guides in MindTouch."
"Some of the platform enhancements could be improved, as it takes a very long time to get features added into the platform."
"With lots of screenshots to be replaced when we perform a service release, this is pretty tedious work."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise38
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Calabrio ONE?
I do not know about that because my company provided it to me. I do not know about the costing of Calabrio ONE, the licensing, or the setup costs because my organization provided it. I did not hand...
What needs improvement with Calabrio ONE?
Calabrio ONE can be improved because the biggest challenge is that it is unnecessarily complicated, as the reporting and data exploration tools are somewhat complex for new users. The user interfac...
What is your primary use case for Calabrio ONE?
My main use case for Calabrio ONE is for schedule management in our dynamic environment, as it helps us manage our shifts effectively. It helps us strategize on shifts, plan, and ensure that every ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NICE CXone?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is somewhat irrelevant because we are sold through Verizon rather than directly from NICE.
What needs improvement with NICE CXone?
The development tools in NICE CXone could be better, as there are some pain points. I would like to see a more JavaScript or C# native language interface in NICE CXone where you can do more program...
What is your primary use case for NICE CXone?
NICE CXone is used for contact center, call distribution, chat, email, and SMS messaging. There may be a business requirement to add a new chat channel for a new client that's coming up under a spe...
 

Also Known As

Calabrio
NICE inContact, NICE CXone Workforce Optimization Pro, NICE CXOne WFO Pro, CXone Workforce Optimization, inContact Workforce Optimization, CallCopy, Discover, VPI Empower, Brand Embassy, goMoxie
 

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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.
MoneyGram, Honeywell, Radisson Hotel Group, AAA, New Balance, MattressFIRM, Teleflora, Best Buy
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