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Five9 vs Genesys Cloud CX vs Interactive Intelligence comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

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
CRM Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Interactive Intelligence0.6%
Microsoft Dynamics CRM4.4%
SAP CRM3.9%
Other91.1%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Pedro Pulido - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamless integration with our CRM gives our agents all the information in one place
In my role, 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. We have implemented workflows, and the Five9 WorkFlow Automation feature works very well. We're very happy with the tool. Five9 offers a very reliable solution, and that's why we are aiming to implement the new technologies in which AI is involved. We use Five9 with Salesforce, and it works very well. It's seamless. We practically never have problems with that integration. The information comes and goes without a problem. The Salesforce integration helps agents a lot. It's easy to use, so they get familiar with it very quickly. Because of the way it integrates, it's like looking at one platform; it's all on one screen. They can see the call information and the information about the lead. It's very easy to read and very user-friendly. On the side of the workforce that I am on, we are constantly working on improving our costs. We have to understand how long our calls are taking, and we are able to do all that analysis because of how Five9 presents all the information in the dashboard and how quickly we can analyze it. It's very useful to have a practical way to see the information and understand it. Also, making changes is not that hard. For example, maybe we don't want to make that many calls; we want to make fewer. That's easy to do. It's a tool that allows you to make decisions and implement them very quickly.
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…
Luis Teran - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with very good social media integration and easy to use
The deployment is a bit harder as you sometimes need help. For us, we have experience. It is not so hard, however, we have a dependency on the operative system, such as Microsoft with Windows Server 2019 or 2016. You must get that kind of system. Also, you need to get this updated and you have many dependencies that you have to work with. The deployment is easy, however, when you want to get the IDR or you want to get the integrations as you want them, you need to deal with so many dependencies with other platforms that it can get hard. That's what's hard with the solution. The solution itself is, of course, it's easy for us, for an engineer, however, for untrained people, that is hard. For the deployment, if the contact center is a large contact center, you must get four engineers or five engineers to do the deployment. Most of them will make the integration and the others will configure the IDR. Another will deploy the integration, and that's all. Of course, then, there will be the documentation you need to deal with.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I rate the overall Five9 solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of making scripts within the contact center solution itself."
"I'm interested in all the features we're using and the reporting that's needed to get them up and running."
"Queue callback, agent skill-based routing, call reporting, and the flexibility to log in from anywhere are some of the most valuable features for our organization."
"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."
"The technical support for Five9 has been exemplary."
"Overall, Five9 has made my job easier compared to before, and I do not struggle with it."
"It helped reduce costs in our organization. We've saved on staffing and we've saved on software by 10% to 15%."
"The latest version and updates have been great. It really has everything we need."
"The integration capabilities are very good. It is API-based and offers prebuilt integrations."
"The stability is really good."
"The most valuable feature for me is the WFM tool."
"Genesys Cloud CX has very good training material and training – instructor-led training, self-paced training, and documentation – things are very organized and helpful."
"Predictive engagement and gamification are valuable features with good inbound functionality."
"What's most valuable in Genesys Cloud is that it's a complete cloud solution, so it's reliable and 99.99% available. It's also elastic. Genesys Cloud also has chatbots, which I find valuable."
"The integration of CTI within the IT system is a particularly valuable feature."
"The social media integration is excellent."
"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
 

Cons

"Downtime happens occasionally, about two days a month, likely because of heavy usage by many agents, but I have not faced that issue as a supervisor."
"Five9 has an active-passive high-availability model. I would prefer active-active."
"Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins."
"Five9's stability needs to be improved."
"Maintaining the original DNS on Five9 across campaigns is difficult."
"I would like to see more of the functions from the original Five9 adapter included in the Salesforce Plus adapter, as they do not automatically update when Five9 releases new features."
"It would be ideal if they could combine the tools into one suite."
"For Five9, I would like a feature where reports such as AHT or workforce-related reports can be generated automatically without starting from scratch"
"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 cost needs to be improved, and it should be easier to integrate."
"The whole process of creating an agent is quite long and automating quite a bit of that would be very helpful."
"Their WFM product is still pretty immature."
"Issues can happen during technical troubleshooting, which is completely out of our hands compared to the on-premise solution."
"Pricing is the biggest criterion for improvement. If I compare the pricing between Amazon Connect and Genesys Cloud CX, there is a huge difference."
"There is room for improvement in the solution's pricing structure, as it is perceived to be less flexible than other solutions."
"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 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 product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"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 reasonable."
"The cost is not at the lower end of the market, but it's worth it."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"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 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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
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Company Size

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Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise6
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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

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...
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Genesys PureCloud, Genesys, Genesys Customer Interaction Management Platform, Interactive Intelligence PureCloud
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Sample Customers

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