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Planning and Performance Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
Provides excellent call recording functionality. Multi-skill scheduling and forecast is not available.

How has it helped my organization?

It provides excellent call recording functionality.

What needs improvement?

Multi-skill scheduling and forecast is not available.

For how long have I used the solution?

12 months

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes need to restart the server for slow performance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

10/10

Technical Support:

7/10

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Aspect. System recommended by Cisco, our telephony provider.

How was the initial setup?

Simple.

What about the implementation team?

Vendor team.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Contact Center Training and QA Supervisor at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
We reach out to Calabrio with questions and suggestions.

Valuable Features

The most valuable feature is the ability to reach out to Calabrio with questions and suggestions.

Room for Improvement

Gamification: We need help developing it, and what is currently shown is not enough.

They have introduced gamification in the latest release, and although we don’t have it yet - it is still in our testing lab - it seems like they don’t have much set up for it. Our thoughts on gamification were that there would be levels and ‘badges’ that can be earned that we could customize based on our forms.

Use of Solution

I have used it for four years.

Deployment Issues

We encounter deployment issues, but our IT team works with Calabrio to minimize them.

Stability Issues

Our IT team works with Calabrio on stability issues.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

Customer service is very good; at conferences, they are very receptive.

Technical Support:

Technical support is good; we go through our IT team, so they would be a better judge.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Department Scheduler at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
I like Dynamic Availability, Dynamic Scheduling, Copy Schedule activities. Need a column for hours scheduled on main page.

What is most valuable?

Dynamic Availability, Dynamic Scheduling, Copy Schedule activities.

How has it helped my organization?

Our agents have the functionality for partial coverage, this allows them to customize their schedule and still meet our SLA's.

What needs improvement?

Need a column for hours scheduled on main page.

For how long have I used the solution?

1 year

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

None, they walked us through every step.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

None.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None.

How are customer service and technical support?

Awesome.  Their team was always available to us.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The old solution did not allow the same level of flexibility for our agents.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user326337 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user326337Customer Success Manager at PeerSpot
Real User

Can you list/elaborate on the benefits you've derived from the flexibility that Calabrio allows for?

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Business Owner at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Vendor
The feature which is the most valuable at this time is the support.

Valuable Features

It is difficult at this exact time to say which features are the most valuable as we are going from a no software to a full suite with Calabria. The feature which is the most valuable at this time is the support. When I refer to the support, I am referring to the support from all aspects of Calabrio; this support starts from the Sales team, to the implementation team, to the trainers. They are all willing to support us through the entire process. It is very nice to see the support there.


Improvements to My Organization

I do not have examples yet, but I know the functions in our company are being streamlined and this will make all tasks and jobs easier.

Room for Improvement

Try and correct bugs prior to release.

Use of Solution

We just purchased the entire one suite.

Deployment Issues

We have run into a few bugs that the developers are aware of and are making the necessary fixes.

Scalability Issues

None.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

10 out of 10 - fabulous.

Technical Support:

10 out of 10 - Great!

Initial Setup

Straightforward, as I have used others in past careers.

Implementation Team

In-house/Unity - no issues.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

Best suite for the buck, does the same as others and more for less money.

Other Solutions Considered

We looked at Genisys, Avaya, Interactive Iteligence, IEX.

Other Advice

Great software!

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user539724 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user539724Business Owner at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Vendor

They were familiar with our requests as previous customers had requests like ours. Most requests nowadays are standard across the board, so there was nothing really new.

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Systems Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Most valuable feature for us is screen recording.

What is most valuable?

Currently the feature we are loving is screen recording.

What needs improvement?

We would like to see the backend SQL server improved for High Availability.

For how long have I used the solution?

2 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues with deployment. Very smooth installation.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

None at all.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

10/10

Technical Support:

9/10

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before Calabrio we used in-house Cisco recording. Very limited.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward - initial import of all agents was very smooth.

What about the implementation team?

Vendor was brought it initially to buy from. Implementation was done by Calabrio. VERY knowledgeable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We don't offer specifics, however we do inform them that the price of licensing is very reasonable.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, we evaluated NICE systems.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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PeerSpot user
Workforce Management Lead Analyst at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
We value the flexibility of scheduling through dynamic availability, work shifts, and dynamic scheduling.

Valuable Features:

The flexibility of scheduling through dynamic availability, work shifts, and dynamic scheduling is invaluable.  They have something to fit each type of agent we have.  Our work from home team is very large and this allows us to maximize them fully.

Improvements to My Organization:

We have been able to use their software to solve our agents needs for flexible scheduling.  Our agents wanted the ability to choose their hours and still meet the needs of our customers.  The Dynamic scheduling allows our WFM team to insert shifts when we need them and the work from home team can sign up when they would like to work.

Room for Improvement:

Some of these new scheduling options are just that, new.  So, updates are happening to ensure the product functions the way it was intended.  Calabrio has been great at support to address these areas.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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PeerSpot user
Supervisor of Workforce Management at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Vendor
The forecasting model is valuable.

What is most valuable?

I have found the forecasting model to be very valuable. It is always nearly an exact match of the trending forecasts that I do in Excel.

What needs improvement?

There is a need for a lunch and break auto optimization.

For how long have I used the solution?

This is my eighth month using Calabrio.

How are customer service and technical support?

9/10. Calabrio is really responsive to requests for information.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Aspect for most of my career. I note use Calabrio an it is ATL311's QA and WFM solution.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Contact Center Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
The dual-channel text to speech feature is valuable. We have encountered plenty​ of deployment issues.​

What is most valuable?

  • Analytics
  • Text to speech
  • Dual-channel text to speech

How has it helped my organization?

We are able to address compliance issues more quickly.

What needs improvement?

  • Filtering out text-to-speech hits and better results for negative categories
  • When we set up categories to return results without the selected phrases it only filters out phonetic hits and you can see many contacts where the text to speech clearly recognizes the phrases that you told it to filter out.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for four months. I use the latest cloud version.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We have encountered plenty of deployment issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have encountered a few stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is 8 out of 10.

Technical Support:

Technical support is 7 out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Avaya. We switched because we needed something different and more modern for new business.

What was our ROI?

ROI is unknown.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Avaya.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
PeerSpot user
it_user625821 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user625821Contact Center Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor

Just small things like being unable to see results when using custom date range on the dashboard, the configure fields option was not removing columns when unchecked, had issues deleting contacts. Not sure if it could have been avoided.

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