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Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise vs Five9 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Unified Contact Cent...
Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Five9
Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (3rd), Workforce Engagement Management (3rd), Sales Force Automation (7th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Contact Center Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise is 21.5%, down from 23.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 13.0%, up from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Contact Center Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five913.0%
Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise21.5%
Other65.5%
Contact Center Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

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Sr. Cisco Collaboration Presales Engineer at IST Networks
The ease of integration and documentation are valuable features.
Usability Ease of integration Security Perfection Documentation Some usability issues need to be improved. I've used it for three years. There were no issues with the deployment. This is the stand-out point with Cisco CC. It's very stable. Cisco provides cost effective options for migration…
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

"This is the stand-out point with Cisco CC."
"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 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."
"I have been using Five9 for nearly 10 years now with multiple clients, and I don't think there is any other product out there which is even comparable to the usability and functionality that Five9 has."
"I like the capability of call and screen recording. It has helped us to hold our agents accountable to the expectations for the role. It creates a clearer picture than giving feedback that is just based on calls that we may have listened to, but we do not have anything to show the agents themselves."
"Overall, Five9 has made my job easier compared to before, and I do not struggle with it."
"The tool enables easier management."
"The reporting is the most valuable feature in Five9."
"Five9 is extremely easy to manage and maintain."
 

Cons

"Some usability issues need to be improved."
"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."
"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."
"During training and demos, resiliency tests failed, which was not ideal. This is a concern for stability."
"The knowledge base of their support is not as strong as the IVR build."
"What would make Five9 better is a partnership with an SMS AI solution, which would make Five9 pretty powerful."
"The reporting suite needed improvement."
"Five9 has an active-passive high-availability model. I would prefer active-active."
"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..."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"Five9 is expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"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."
"The cost is not at the lower end of the market, but it's worth it."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"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."
"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
43%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

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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

Cimpress, Energisa, Raiffeisen Bank
Agilysys, BISSELL, From You Flowers, SumUp, Kyndryl, PING, Alaska Airlines, Omaha Steaks International, NextRep, AdventHealth
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