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Interactive Intelligence vs Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Interactive Intelligence
Ranking in CRM
46th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Cust...
Ranking in CRM
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Interactive Intelligence is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is 0.6%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service0.6%
Interactive Intelligence0.6%
Other98.8%
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CX Team Lead
A customizable solution that can be integrated with almost anything
The best thing about this solution is the customizability because it can be integrated with pretty much anything. There are many solutions that are black boxes and we're unable to make any modifications to the call flows. With Interactive Intelligence, we can utilize APIs and variables. With the REST call, you can send a request and response. Elements can be incorporated into the workflow based on the response. This is the go-to thing with Interactive Intelligence. The Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly. And Avaya, in that case, is not that great solution, on user friendliness. Basically, yeah, the same purpose I've used, but you need more expertise to manage the product. And Interactive Intelligence is one box. It contains a lot of features and we don't need to have much resources. But Avaya and others have many servers to be maintained with a single solution. It has a CN. You have to go for session manager and lots of other product servers. So, for a single solution, you need to maintain a lot of servers. This is more or less an easy environment to manage, but Avaya is very complex on the architectural level.
reviewer2245296 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager, Tmt Business Consulting (Focused On B2 B Tech Product Cos.) at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees
Enterprise ticketing has streamlined high-volume customer issues and provides unified analytics
The place where you can define the rules is at the back end. That module, where you write the assignment rules or the skill set rules or prioritization rules, has very limited flexibility in these rules engines. More flexible rule-defining back ends that you can customize to your business context more closely than you can right now would be better. Customization for the information design in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is needed. The foundational information that goes into service management comes as foundational information that you need to program into or load into the service management platform. Right now, you need to change the rules to load them in the format that is required, and this should not be happening. AI capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service are more focused on the productivity aspects and the backend aspects. It is not personalizing interactions. The CRM part is more where these kinds of front-end customer personalizations take place.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability is really good and it's a really powerful platform that is more powerful than Avaya or other kinds of vendors for contact centers."
"Being able to automate aspects such as outbound confirmation calls has saved us a lot of time and money."
"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
"The social media integration is excellent."
"Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is enterprise-grade, and if you have 5,000, 10,000, or 20,000 employees who are involved in the business of resolving tickets and providing customer support or who are part of these kinds of processes, that is when Dynamics really shines."
"I find the advanced case management capabilities and the ability to track the SLAs of the product particularly valuable."
"Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service's most valuable features are the ability to create meetups for customers and support daily business functions."
"The data is always available to the users regardless of location because of the tool's cloud-based nature. The solution is highly stable. I rate it a perfect ten. The product is highly scalable Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service stands out due to its rich features, ease of deployment, and straightforward licensing structure."
"It has easy-to-use customization features."
"Dynamics CRM is highly effective for managing customer relationships and improving sales processes."
"We have observed a savings of about ten percent on staffing costs and a twenty percent increase in customer satisfaction, highlighting a significant reduction in customer effort."
"It is easy to integrate with other tools, and the customer service is excellent."
 

Cons

"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"We are not happy with the technical support. They take too long to answer."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"There are some occasional performance issues."
"The initial setup was not very straightforward because assigning the new processes with 365 was a bit complex."
"The interface could be more appealing and attractive for users."
"The product could be serverless."
"They could improve the components to be more user-friendly. It needs to be more interactive for new users to operate."
"The technical support should be dramatically improved."
"The product is expensive. It keeps improving. Once you've invested a lot in it, switching to a different system is hard."
"The solution could improve by providing internal scorecards for agents and much better staff ratings. There's room for enhancing the engagement features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is more expensive than other vendors."
"The tool is a bit on the expensive side if we purchase it individually."
"I rate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service pricing a five out of ten."
"While it will apply to all employees, not all will utilize it fully. From a cost perspective, it strikes a balance: It's not overly expensive but also not too cheap."
"It is a decent price compared to multiple vendors and products available in the market."
"In terms of cost, the product offers competitive pricing for its feature set."
"The product's licensing is straightforward. It's user-based, so you decide how many users you want to license, and that's it. On the value-for-money scale, it's average. You do get what you pay for, so I wouldn't call it expensive."
"The solution has a corporate enterprise license, which large corporations sign."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service?
The pricing is within the market range, but there is room for improvement. I have annual subscriptions.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service?
The place where you can define the rules is at the back end. That module, where you write the assignment rules or the skill set rules or prioritization rules, has very limited flexibility in these ...
What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service?
As someone who worked with a Dynamics 365 partner, here’s the honest advice: Get your support process clear first D365 won’t fix messy workflows. It will expose them. Start simple, don’t over-c...
 

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Sample Customers

ABC Financial, AFAS Software, Quality Bicycle Products, CryptoLogic & WagerLogic, SERVOData, Shinsei Bank, TENAQUIP, MCAP, Visaya Knowledge Process Outsourcing Corporation, Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari, Memira
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