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Amazon Connect vs Five9 comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 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
5.1
Amazon Connect offers cost efficiency, global connectivity, and high user satisfaction, making it ideal for businesses with existing CRM systems.
Sentiment score
7.0
Five9 enhances efficiency and revenue through features and CRM integration, boosting growth and optimizing marketing and appointments management.
It is one of the three most valuable contact center applications available nowadays.
Voice Engineer at Softtek
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Amazon Connect support is efficient yet varies in response times, with mixed ratings from seven to nine out of ten.
Sentiment score
7.3
Five9 support varies from satisfactory to excellent, with responsiveness and communication praised but some report delays and mixed experiences.
Globally, there are not enough engineers with sufficient experience with Amazon Connect.
Voice Engineer at Softtek
Support is available via web, phone, and email based on incident priority.
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
Amazon Connect's customer support team is generally very good.
DevOps engineer at Mission Labs
The technical support for Five9 has been exemplary.
Five9 offers multiple support options.
They were good about hosting regular, recurring meetings, understanding priorities, and getting things escalated that were appropriate to escalate.
CX Intelligence Analytics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
Amazon Connect provides seamless scalability for diverse global operations, efficiently handling high traffic and fluctuating demand for cost savings.
Sentiment score
7.7
Five9 is praised for scalability and adaptability, though some users experience challenges with large-scale feature additions.
This is a serverless service, so it will automatically scale to any number of calls that you need or require.
Cloud specialist at Outplex
Amazon Connect is scalable and supports both small and high-volume contact centers with consistent performance.
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
It is a native feature that AWS has because scalability is part of the nature of this product.
Voice Engineer at Softtek
We face scaling issues, especially when trying to scale up bigger contact centers.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Amazon Connect is praised for its strong stability, reliable uptime, and robust infrastructure, ensuring minimal disruptions and seamless performance.
Sentiment score
7.3
Five9 is generally stable, offering quick resolutions to issues, though updates occasionally cause challenges, with room for improvement.
There have been no outages experienced so far.
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
Regarding the stability of Amazon Connect, in my case, the stability is 100%.
Voice Engineer at Softtek
The stability of the application and the services of Amazon Connect is very good, especially when it integrates with Lex and makes the customer service solution more efficient.
Solution Architect at Rutotech
In my experience, I have not encountered major downtime.
Sr Specialist - Analytics Metrics and Reporting at Mercer
During training and demos, resiliency tests failed, which was not ideal.
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon Connect users seek better pricing, integrations, scalability, reporting, security, call quality, and expanded features for improved service.
Five9 needs enhancements in call quality, reporting, integration, UI, support, costs, international compatibility, and workflow tools.
Integrated voice and SMS from the console.
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
Support for that specific service for Amazon Connect is basically non-existent.
Cloud specialist at Outplex
The cost of the product is somewhat expensive.
Voice Engineer at Softtek
I would like a feature where reports such as AHT or workforce-related reports can be generated automatically without starting from scratch.
Sr Specialist - Analytics Metrics and Reporting at Mercer
Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins.
The solution lacks versioning in scripting, making it crucial to manually back up scripts to prevent rollbacks from causing issues.
 

Setup Cost

Amazon Connect's pay-as-you-go model is cost-effective and flexible, though costs vary with usage, integrations, and geographic location.
Five9's pricing, though initially high, is cost-effective and scalable, with cloud benefits offering value and flexibility for enterprises.
Rated four out of ten in terms of expense.
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
In general, I would say that Amazon Connect is expensive, as it is above average.
Solution Architect at Rutotech
They just rent the specific resources they need, which reduces high costs from hardware, software licenses, and operating systems.
 

Valuable Features

Amazon Connect simplifies contact center management with integration, AI, omnichannel support, customizable features, and accessible operations.
Five9 offers cloud-based CRM integration with AI features, enhancing service levels, efficiency, and user satisfaction through comprehensive tools.
The Connect Lens feature most improves contact center efficiency by providing insights into customer journeys, behavior, and sentiment scores, allowing for areas of improvement to be identified and addressed.
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
For instance, if a client calls for a ticket and calls again after three days, we can keep the same ticket or request to provide follow-up with the same agent or person.
Voice Engineer at Softtek
The stability of the application and the services of Amazon Connect is very good, especially when it integrates with Lex, making the customer service solution more efficient.
Solution Architect at Rutotech
The ability to automatically populate borrower details when the call comes in using the Loan Pop feature enhances call efficiency dramatically.
Five9 provides powerful CRM integration capabilities with platforms like Salesforce, Zendesk, and Oracle Service Cloud, making it highly valuable for large companies.
It pre-fills variables from a form and routes to the correct agent, reducing handling times and increasing single-call resolution.
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Connect
Ranking in Contact Center Platforms
1st
Ranking in Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
AI Customer Experience Personalization (1st), AI Customer Support (1st)
Five9
Ranking in Contact Center Platforms
3rd
Ranking in Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Workforce Engagement Management (2nd), Contact Center Infrastructure (1st), Sales Force Automation (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Contact Center Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon Connect is 13.7%, down from 26.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 8.4%, down from 15.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Contact Center Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon Connect13.7%
Five98.4%
Other77.9%
Contact Center Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

SM
Voice Engineer at Softtek
Enables seamless integration with leading customer support platforms and offers reliable and scalable communication solutions
The feature I find best about Amazon Connect, which is currently on trend, is the artificial intelligence. It helps us maintain continuity with the client. For instance, if a client calls for a ticket and calls again after three days, we can keep the same ticket or request to provide follow-up with the same agent or person. That is a valuable feature. Another important capability I discovered is that, from a technical perspective, you can select the caller ID in such a way that if one of your direct numbers fails, you can select another one to proceed with the calls. The system is not dependent on one calling number.
NS
Sr Specialist - Analytics Metrics and Reporting at Mercer
Real-time monitoring and reporting help with better operations
The Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) feature helps to monitor the agents. We can see if an agent is getting stuck. For example, if an agent has not been logged out properly, we can log out that particular agent from a particular session because it hampers productivity. It helps us to be more productive. Our call center agents use the Agent Assist feature. Our call center leaders are also using it to monitor agents' quality metrics. We are also using Qlik Sense along with Five9. Five9 is for monitoring, and Qlik Sense is for service-level reports. Five9 provides us with real-time information, whereas solutions like Verint take a lot more time. Qlik Sense can have intermittent logging issues where it might not work properly, whereas Five9 works properly. Among these three, Five9 is the best. Five9 also gives more bifurcation options. Five9 is good and intuitive. It helps to know how things are. I love it and use it every day. There are always new reports to generate. There are a lot of opportunities within Five9. Additionally, the real-time agent monitoring and ability to skill agents based on calls in the queue are invaluable and much easier than previous solutions like the AWS application. Previously, using the AWS application involved cumbersome steps to manage users and agents, making Five9 a welcome change. Overall, Five9 has made my job easier compared to before, and I do not struggle with it. Five9 has helped improve our call center’s speed to answer. Our leaders are using Five9 to monitor everything. It is not a time-consuming application.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Insurance Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

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 Amazon Connect?
Amazon Connect is really simple, straightforward, and very flexible.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Connect?
Most of my customers are not going with the pay-as-you-go pricing model, as they prefer yearly contracts or three-year contracts. They reserve it. So not all the services we used are pay-as-you-go;...
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 expectations for the role. It creates a clearer picture than giving feedback that is just ...
What needs improvement with Five9?
Five9 ( /products/five9-reviews ) should improve its omnichannel feature, allowing partners to manage all tenants with a single account rather than needing multiple accounts for each customer. Addi...
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.
 

Also Known As

AWS Connect
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Sample Customers

Capital One, Intuit, Adobe, Siemens, LegalZoom, DXC technology, Rackspace, Bellhop, American Preparatory Academy, The University of Texas at Dallas, University of Auckland, Origin Energy, and others.
Agilysys, BISSELL, From You Flowers, SumUp, Kyndryl, PING, Alaska Airlines, Omaha Steaks International, NextRep, AdventHealth
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