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Microsoft Teams vs NICE CXone comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
5.8
Microsoft Teams enhances remote work by saving time, boosting collaboration, and reducing travel costs, proving a valuable investment.
Sentiment score
4.9
Small teams saved over $200,000 in the first year with NICE CXone, benefiting from its cloud-based AWS infrastructure.
NICE CXone saves time and resources due to its cloud-based nature, where infrastructure management is handled by AWS, reducing the need for me to manage it.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Users experience varied Microsoft Teams support, with differences in responsiveness and effectiveness based on support tier purchased.
Sentiment score
6.4
NICE CXone customer service is polite and effective, though complex issues may have delayed resolutions due to request nature.
Microsoft support is excellent, offering instantaneous assistance through either robo support or live personnel.
We have cases where it took more than six months to resolve very basic issues.
I have logged tickets for Office 365 and received responses within 24 hours, depending on the severity.
When I faced an issue with reaching a Poland DID that was ported to NICE CXone, their support team resolved the problem immediately.
We have our own technical account manager which provides us with substantial visibility.
If the issue is network-related or involves configuration, or maybe implementing a new tool, it might take north of 24 hours to identify the right resource to assist you.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Microsoft Teams is praised for its scalability and seamless integration, supporting small to large organizations effectively despite occasional challenges.
Sentiment score
6.2
NICE CXone is highly scalable and adaptable, efficiently managing extensive loads and supporting broad use cases without difficulty.
Microsoft Teams is a scalable solution.
Microsoft Teams is scalable, and I have successfully conducted sessions with close to forty people without significant issues.
I have migrated approximately 500 people to the system, and it can certainly support more users beyond this number.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Teams is stable, with few bug reports; issues usually stem from internet connectivity rather than the app itself.
Sentiment score
6.1
NICE CXone is generally stable, with brief outages well-managed, earning high praise for technical support and communication.
I appreciate the ability of Microsoft Teams to control the quality of the call.
Microsoft Teams is stable once the setup is completed properly.
For stability in Microsoft Teams, I would rate it a five.
In general, the stability is good.
While the system often operates without issues, there have been instances of reports involving VM resource congestion, WFM issues, and RT problems.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Teams users seek better usability, integration, performance, customization, and security to address issues like resource usage and slow performance.
NICE CXone needs an improved user interface, better audio, streamlined reporting, enhanced AWS control, and competitive pricing.
AI capabilities should be integrated into Microsoft Teams to provide better transcript services and offer multiple language support.
The biggest issue with Microsoft Teams is switching identities, especially when communicating with external organizations.
Microsoft Teams could be improved through more synchronization with other platforms like Calendly and Gmail.
Compared to challengers such as Zoom, which seem more cost-effective, NICE CXone's suite of products is very modular, so as they provide new services, you have to add to your existing package and this balloons your costs since there's an additional license needed to use the new tools, leading to potentially higher out-of-pocket expenses.
The audio quality in NICE CXone has room for improvement, as I experience issues like diffused calls and crackling audio.
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Teams offers competitive pricing, often bundled with Microsoft 365, featuring discounts for government, educational sectors, and a free trial.
NICE CXone requires careful evaluation of tiered licensing costs and features, especially considering data transition challenges.
Microsoft Teams is economical when purchased as part of an Office 365 bundle.
Microsoft Teams comes with Office 365 licenses like E3, but there are options for those who prefer not to pay for Teams by using alternative products like Slack.
Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher.
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Teams enhances productivity with integration, superior communication, easy file sharing, robust collaboration tools, and intuitive user interface.
NICE CXone enhances business efficiency with customizable features, seamless integration, and real-time management tools, offering flexibility and control.
Teams offers the ability to record sessions and store them in OneDrive, which provides 1 terabyte of space.
The platform is user-friendly and has positively impacted our communication, allowing us to communicate with people from different countries and cities in real time.
The biggest advantage of Microsoft Teams is that it is a combined package where I can do chat, video conferencing, work on spreadsheets, documents, and other things with many people sitting at my desk, which makes work easy, especially with clients who are in remote locations, so it saves a lot of time.
The switch from using Avaya, which required connecting to a hard or soft phone, to using WebRTC via a web browser has significantly improved customer service efficiency.
Some of the best features with NICE CXone are the real-time visibility that you have, which empowers you to make adjustments on the fly, such as turning on and off your queues and adjusting how we route calls to our agents.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Teams
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
172
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd), Enterprise Social Software (1st)
NICE CXone
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Workforce Engagement Management (3rd), IVR Systems (1st), Live Chat (2nd), Knowledge Management Software (6th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Microsoft Teams and NICE CXone aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Microsoft Teams is designed for Virtual Meetings and holds a mindshare of 3.5%, up 3.0% compared to last year.
NICE CXone, on the other hand, focuses on Workforce Engagement Management, holds 13.5% mindshare, up 10.9% since last year.
Virtual Meetings Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Teams3.5%
Zoom Workplace Business15.0%
Webex13.1%
Other68.4%
Virtual Meetings
Workforce Engagement Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
NICE CXone13.5%
Genesys Cloud CX20.7%
Verint Open CCaaS8.6%
Other57.199999999999996%
Workforce Engagement Management
 

Featured Reviews

Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
Have streamlined daily workflow and task management but still face inconvenience from recent interface changes and limited integration options
There are challenges and issues in Microsoft Teams, such as after recent updates where group chats were combined with Teams, chats, and groups into one. Users have to work with settings to make it normal again so Teams are separated from chats, and that was a really inconvenient update. Many users ask me to help make it back again to separate Teams and groups from one-to-one chats. That's probably the worst update they've made recently. Additionally, there are some minor features, such as when I work with messages, I don't have an actual forward or quote option when replying to someone's message. I need to be careful not to miss the quote sign. For a lot of people, they are confused about where the quotes option is. I've received a couple of hundred support tickets just regarding this issue. The function to share email to Teams chat doesn't work sometimes due to our compliance policies, and sometimes it would be nice to be able to forward an email to the group chat and have further discussions. Microsoft Teams could improve by being less glitchy because it glitches a lot, leading to undelivered emails and undelivered messages. It would be beneficial if the MS application Shifts, which adds functionality to groups, could be integrated into the groups calendar. Currently, many teams don't use the app because it is not integrated with the general calendar or the Outlook calendar, making it basically a useless application. The platform needs less Copilot and more people. The general Copilot integration into the platform is less glitchy, but Microsoft Teams is quite heavy and glitchy sometimes. Stability depends a lot on compliance restrictions, policies, and quality of internet. Sometimes, when updates are enrolling, the platform glitches, breaks, or shuts down.
Antoneil Phillips - PeerSpot reviewer
Real-time adjustments enhance call management, though pricing needs improvement
The reporting isn't bad, but there are opportunities for improvement; we get real-time dashboards for monitoring, though for performance management, we have to procure certain reports manually by pulling down raw data from the system, which could be better. Regarding the pricing, this would be an area of opportunity as well; this feedback is based on where we're positioned in the Caribbean. Compared to challengers such as Zoom, which seem more cost-effective, NICE CXone's suite of products is very modular, so as they provide new services, you have to add to your existing package and this balloons your costs since there's an additional license needed to use the new tools, leading to potentially higher out-of-pocket expenses.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise43
Large Enterprise67
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher. The solution is expensive for Microsoft Teams as well.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
There are challenges and issues in Microsoft Teams, such as after recent updates where group chats were combined with Teams, chats, and groups into one. Users have to work with settings to make it ...
What needs improvement with NICE CXone?
The reporting isn't bad, but there are opportunities for improvement; we get real-time dashboards for monitoring, though for performance management, we have to procure certain reports manually by p...
What is your primary use case for NICE CXone?
We're working in the finance space, banking, and our customers that we support are primarily banks and remittance services. We are a contact center providing services to other businesses, primarily...
What advice do you have for others considering NICE CXone?
I really can't add any value about how it's influenced our customer journey just yet because we're just in the process of implementing that and have no data at this stage. Overall, NICE CXone is no...
 

Also Known As

MS Teams
NICE inContact, NICE CXone Workforce Optimization Pro, NICE CXOne WFO Pro, CXone Workforce Optimization, inContact Workforce Optimization, CallCopy, Discover, VPI Empower, Brand Embassy, goMoxie
 

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Sample Customers

Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
MoneyGram, Honeywell, Radisson Hotel Group, AAA, New Balance, MattressFIRM, Teleflora, Best Buy
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