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Cisco Unified Contact Center Express vs Five9 vs Genesys Cloud CX comparison

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Mindshare comparison

IVR Systems Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express16.9%
Nuance IVR15.3%
Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (Unified CVP)10.2%
Other57.599999999999994%
IVR Systems
Contact Center Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Five912.9%
Amazon Connect19.5%
Genesys Cloud CX18.8%
Other48.8%
Contact Center Platforms
Contact Center Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Genesys Cloud CX18.8%
Amazon Connect19.5%
Five912.9%
Other48.800000000000004%
Contact Center Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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Interactive voice response and automatic call distribution help to improve our customer service
Our primary use case is for customer service, in higher education and healthcare This solution provides uni-channel service support and is fully integrated with our DB. The new Cisco Finesse is really amazing. The most valuable features of this solution are the IVR (Interactive voice response)…
ThadaCele - PeerSpot reviewer
Everything is on one dashboard, from the dialer to the workflows for transferring calls and creating tickets
Some of our clients use intelligent virtual agents, but it depends on what the customer wants. It's primarily used in help desks where multiple departments like finance, sales, and IT share a phone number. They can use the agent to go directly to the department they want. Banking, finance, or insurance companies can also use it to authenticate their customers. You can use the element of Five9 to do a security check. The chatbots are helpful as a repository of information a customer frequently asks about. The customers can have their basic questions answered instead of talking to an agent. I like Five9's workflow automation features. You can integrate Five9 with the CRM in the center, like Salesforce. You can take the workflow features of something like HubSpot and add a voice element. The workforce optimization feature is free once you have a ZenDesk license. It's useful for HR teams and companies that need to plan shifts for many employees. People who work HR will tell you that workforce management is a headache because you are optimizing workers' time and efficiency. It makes the HR personnel's jobs a bit easier because it's all automated. It takes much of the work off their plates. They need to take into account things like holidays and sick leave.
AB370 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced customer interaction with integrated CTI improves service operations
We primarily use Genesys Cloud CX for handling customer service operations, where agents receive calls directly through the platform, manage cases, and ensure consistent communication with customers It has improved customer interaction by integrating CTI directly into our IT systems. The…

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Pros

"This solution provides uni-channel Service support and is fully integrated with our DB."
"The reporting is the most valuable feature in Five9."
"The reporting is good, and we're testing AI summaries now. Also, the workflow automation feature, so far, has been good."
"I'm interested in all the features we're using and the reporting that's needed to get them up and running."
"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."
"Overall, Five9 has made my job easier compared to before, and I do not struggle with it."
"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."
"Five9's most critical feature is a common user interface that delivers consistent customer service across various channels."
"Five9 has made our contact center more flexible by taking it to the cloud. The user experience for agents is great because everything is on one dashboard, from the dialer to the workflows for transferring calls and creating tickets."
"The latest version and updates have been great. It really has everything we need."
"Genesys Cloud CX has very good training material and training – instructor-led training, self-paced training, and documentation – things are very organized and helpful."
"Genesys Cloud is an excellent platform."
"The most valuable feature for me is the WFM tool."
"Its comprehensive single application includes everything from reporting to IVR and workflows."
"The integration capabilities are very good. It is API-based and offers prebuilt integrations."
"The most valuable features include being an omnichannel solution with customer journey insights, full reporting, and continuous updates based on consumer feedback through their portal."
"Predictive engagement and gamification are valuable features with good inbound functionality."
 

Cons

"This solution could be improved with better support for higher education and healthcare."
"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..."
"Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins."
"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."
"The reporting could be a bit better."
"It would be ideal if they could combine the tools into one suite."
"The technical support is inconsistent and has room for improvement."
"Five9 has an active-passive high-availability model. I would prefer active-active."
"What would make Five9 better is a partnership with an SMS AI solution, which would make Five9 pretty powerful."
"Their WFM product is still pretty immature."
"I would like to see some of that functionality or features from Genesys Engage added to Genesys Cloud."
"Process automation in Genesys Cloud is an area for improvement. It's quite a new feature and still has room for improvement."
"Their WFM product is still pretty immature."
"Reporting isn't the best feature of Genesys Cloud and could be improved. You can't customize reports and applications on Genesys Cloud."
"One area for improvement in Genesys Cloud is providing users with more autonomy in troubleshooting and accessing logs."
"The tool's pricing could be more flexible, and there should be clearer indications of consumption and fair usage policies."
"The cost needs to be improved, and it should be easier to integrate."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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 expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
"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."
"The cost depends on the type of license based on your organization's requirements and can get expensive."
"I rate Genesys Cloud CX's pricing a one out of ten."
"Genesys Cloud has pay-as-you-go pricing, so it's much cheaper than the on-premises solution. Apart from the standard fees, my company pays for Genesys support."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
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Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
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Computer Software Company
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Comms Service Provider
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
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Computer Software Company
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Insurance Company
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Financial Services Firm
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Healthcare Company
7%
 

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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

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What do you like most about Five9?
I like the capability of call and screen recording. It has helped us to hold our agents accountable to the expectatio...
What needs improvement with Five9?
Five9 ( /products/five9-reviews ) should improve its omnichannel feature, allowing partners to manage all tenants wit...
What is your primary use case for Five9?
We deploy Five9 ( /products/five9-reviews ) for our customers who use it as a contact center solution.
Which is better - Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect contact center managem...
What do you like most about Genesys Cloud?
Genesys Cloud CX has very good training material and training – instructor-led training, self-paced training, and doc...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Genesys Cloud?
Genesys' licensing model is flexible, though not the cheapest. Customers have seen benefits with global operations, i...
 

Also Known As

CCX
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Genesys PureCloud, Genesys, Genesys Customer Interaction Management Platform, Interactive Intelligence PureCloud
 

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