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Genesys Cloud CX vs Qualtrics XM Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
Genesys Cloud CX boosts ROI by enhancing call response rates and customer experience, despite price rises, improving call center performance.
Sentiment score
6.1
Qualtrics XM Platform boosts brand value with dynamic features, positive feedback, client return, and favorable ROI through comprehensive insights.
After implementing Genesys Cloud CX, we achieved a 97% call response rate compared to 80% with our previous self-service software.
Founder at SJT Consult
In terms of cost-effectiveness, I find Genesys Cloud CX provides overall ROI benefits; however, after the first year, customers usually expect lower pricing at the time of renewal.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Genesys Cloud CX support is reliable but varies; larger companies get better service, South Africans experience delays, causing missed alerts.
Sentiment score
5.7
Qualtrics XM Platform's customer service varies in response time and effectiveness, with mixed user experiences and improvement needed.
Many agents report not receiving alerts or calls consistently—missing two or three calls out of thirty on a given day.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
The impact of the real-time dashboards on the decision-making processes is excellent.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Often, we encountered difficulties in receiving prompt responses, especially when highlighting desired functionalities between Salesforce and Genesys Cloud CX for future releases.
Founder at SJT Consult
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Genesys Cloud CX is scalable and efficient, handling high call volumes and integrating seamlessly with existing infrastructure.
Sentiment score
7.9
Qualtrics XM Platform's scalability adapts to varying user needs, ensuring high satisfaction across diverse organizations globally.
We have not faced any issues such as system slowness or degraded call quality despite handling over 200,000 calls.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
We achieved notable success implementing Genesys Cloud CX during COVID when home offices were necessary, leading to improved KPIs in customer satisfaction.
Founder at SJT Consult
The solution is considered scalable and receives a rating of seven on a scale of one to ten.
Manager, Customer Experience Country (France) at Stellantis
Qualtrics XM Platform is one of the most scalable solutions among survey platforms based on my experience.
Senior Consultant at ALA Consulting Group
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Genesys Cloud CX offers stable, reliable service with strong support, though some complex issue response times can be slow.
Sentiment score
7.8
Qualtrics XM Platform is stable with minor update issues; appreciated for security and proactive user support despite occasional glitches.
The stability and reliability of Genesys Cloud CX are good, as it can handle multiple agents, numbering in the hundreds or even thousands, located in different parts of the world.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
Genesys is brilliant concerning stability.
BA at Rise Asia Technology Limited
 

Room For Improvement

Genesys Cloud CX needs improvements in AI engagement, outbound features, customization, pricing, configuration, integration, and outage handling.
Qualtrics needs better survey adjustments, integration, speed, AI features, participant management, and data visualization to boost user experience.
It required extensive training, especially for predictive elements, because it is a business-class tool not suited for everyone and often demands several months of training.
Founder at SJT Consult
If I have over 100 organizations in Genesys Cloud CX, my support team struggles with access management, and there's no single pane of glass to manage the entire set of tenants.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Genesys Cloud CX is hosted on the AWS environment, and if there's an issue on AWS or any outage, there is no other alternative provided by Genesys.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
Qualtrics XM Platform has become faster at implementing community-requested features.
Senior Consultant at ALA Consulting Group
 

Setup Cost

Genesys Cloud CX offers scalable pricing with flexible payment options, starting at $100 per user monthly, plus potential extra costs.
Qualtrics XM Platform offers flexible enterprise pricing, balancing high costs with robust functionality and customizable plans, ranging from 8,000 to 66,000 pounds.
Genesys' licensing model is flexible, though not the cheapest.
BA at Rise Asia Technology Limited
Overall it's affordable, as indicated by a pricing rating of four out of ten.
Manager, Customer Experience Country (France) at Stellantis
 

Valuable Features

Genesys Cloud CX enhances contact center operations with omni-channel support, seamless integration, and advanced AI-driven features for efficiency.
Qualtrics XM Platform provides intuitive survey tools, AI analytics, real-time insights, and integrations, enhancing feedback management and employee engagement.
The longer the IVR learns, the more effective it becomes by evaluating agent availability and directing calls to agents based on their skill levels, known in Genesys Cloud CX as the bull's eye approach, to ensure calls reach the most capable agents.
Founder at SJT Consult
It has helped to optimize customer interactions as a contact center solution by improving Average Handle Time, and as AHT improves, customer satisfaction and NPS turn green as a whole for the customer, leading to more business generation for us.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The features and capabilities of Genesys Cloud CX that I have found most valuable so far include its omni-channel support.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
Integrations with Qualtrics XM Platform are highly customizable, providing out-of-box solutions such as Salesforce and methods to get data from multiple systems through various integrations, including file or API calls, allowing for effective analysis once survey responses are collected.
Senior Consultant at ALA Consulting Group
 

Categories and Ranking

Genesys Cloud CX
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (2nd), Workforce Engagement Management (1st), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (2nd)
Qualtrics XM Platform
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (5th), Survey Software (1st), Customer Feedback Management (1st), Product Management Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of Genesys Cloud CX is 3.3%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualtrics XM Platform is 3.6%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualtrics XM Platform3.6%
Genesys Cloud CX3.3%
Other93.1%
Customer Experience Management
 

Featured Reviews

JB
Founder at SJT Consult
Omnichannel contact center has unified customer interactions and delivers smarter routing
Regarding scripters, I should clarify that Genesys Cloud CX dashboards provide real-time data, showing call counts, satisfaction levels, and pending interactions in the queue. Agents can see their workload and know when to take breaks, with managers benefiting from comprehensive team management. We also created dashboards tailored for point-of-sale locations managed by Genesys Cloud CX, and overall, we have been very satisfied. However, I should note that the dashboards are somewhat basic in functionality, making it challenging for an agent to build visually appealing dashboards compared to other market solutions where drag-and-drop features are simpler. My overall experience with Genesys Cloud CX has been positive but should be seen in perspective, as nothing is purely black or white; there are shades of gray. While the metrics and system capabilities reflected success, our goal in implementing Genesys Cloud CX was to standardize processes. Thus, we faced challenges related to change management due to the tool's complexity. It required extensive training, especially for predictive elements, because it is a business-class tool not suited for everyone and often demands several months of training.
JishnuG Anand - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at ALA Consulting Group
Comprehensive feedback programs have transformed how we analyze customer and employee experiences
The main capabilities of Qualtrics XM Platform are writing complex surveys, which we do not have in other survey software. It is intuitive and easy to learn for training others, and we can highly customize everything from surveys to emails, along with effective dashboarding featuring AI functionalities. Integrations with Qualtrics XM Platform are highly customizable, providing out-of-box solutions such as Salesforce and methods to get data from multiple systems through various integrations, including file or API calls, allowing for effective analysis once survey responses are collected.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
Government
6%
University
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect contact center management software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Genesys Cloud. Ge...
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 documentation – things are very organized and helpful.
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, increased security, and seamless remote working.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delighted by Qualtrics?
Delighted by Qualtrics is more expensive than the competitor solutions. In my personal experience, even if I imagine that we have a partner running the solution on our behalf, internal resources wi...
What needs improvement with Delighted by Qualtrics?
The building performance of Qualtrics XM Platform for back-end builders can be improved, as it has been a bit slow. However, Qualtrics XM Platform has become faster at implementing community-reques...
What is your primary use case for Delighted by Qualtrics?
Our firm has partnered with Qualtrics XM Platform, delivering solutions to our clients. We use Qualtrics XM Platform for customer feedback collection, including relationship surveys and transaction...
 

Also Known As

Genesys PureCloud, Genesys, Genesys Customer Interaction Management Platform, Interactive Intelligence PureCloud
Delighted by Qualtrics, Qualtrics Customer XM, Qualtrics Core XM,
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. Airbnb 3. American Express 4. AT&T 5. BMW 6. Coca-Cola 7. Delta Air Lines 8. eBay 9. FedEx 10. General Electric 11. Hilton 12. IBM 13. Johnson & Johnson 14. Marriott International 15. Microsoft 16. Netflix 17. Nike 18. Oracle 19. PepsiCo 20. Procter & Gamble 21. Salesforce 22. Samsung 23. Siemens 24. Sony 25. Starbucks 26. Target 27. Toyota 28. Uber 29. Verizon 30. Visa 31. Walmart 32. Xerox
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