Cisco Unified Contact Center Express vs Five9 comparison

Cisco and Five9 are both solutions in the Contact Center Infrastructure category. Cisco is ranked #3, while Five9 is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5. Cisco holds a 22.3% mindshare in CCI, compared to Five9’s 8.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Five9 users who would recommend it.

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Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IVR Systems (4th)

Five9

Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Contact Center Platforms (3rd), Workforce Engagement Management (2nd), Sales Force Automation (4th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Contact Center Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express is 22.3%, down from 29.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 8.7%, up from 8.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Contact Center Infrastructure

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Gamil Radman

Operation Director at Dammam University

Interactive voice response and automatic call distribution help to improve our customer service

Our primary use case is for customer service, in higher education and healthcare This solution provides uni-channel service support and is fully integrated with our DB. The new Cisco Finesse is really amazing. The most valuable features of this solution are the IVR (Interactive voice response)…

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Devan Baucom

Director of Contact Center Solutions at Invoca

Has many features, provides good technical support, is scalable, and has no downtime

Five9 has a lot of AI tools, which I find valuable. It offers transcription services and a power dialer for outbound dialing. I like that Five9 is built for outbound and suitable for that purpose. Another valuable feature of the solution is the screen pop where, as a rep or agent, when your customer answers the phone, you'll immediately see customer details on your screen, which is helpful, especially if you have a lot of customers. Five9 also has the Intelligent Virtual Agent feature, which I find good, though there may be some legal implications. Still, I find Five9 a great solution that seamlessly helps customers engage with brands. Agent Assist is another good feature of Five9. That feature is useful because you can help agents in real-time while on the call. It's as if the manager is behind an agent, helping and telling that agent what to say and hearing what the customer says. Agent Assist lets you support every agent automatically, in a more scalable way, without listening to every call. Five9 also comes with WorkFlow Automation or Studio Flow, a nice feature because it's drag-and-drop, where even a non-engineer can build out a campaign and have different aspects to the campaign, for example, call routing. In the past, you had to be an engineer to build campaigns in Five9 or get on a call with the Five9 team and ask the team to make the changes, but nowadays, it's drag-and-drop, which is very helpful. I've also used the Workforce Optimization feature in Five9, though not as much. Still, I'm familiar with some of its capabilities, such as optimizing the time of day or days of the week when your team's the busiest, making optimizations when you don't need as many reps, or when you need more reps in place to match the bandwidth of calls coming in. Definitely, Workforce Optimization is beneficial and essential for my customers nowadays. Five9 can integrate with various CRMs, and I find that essential. The solution has an endless list of integrations for a reason, but I wasn't the guy who built the integrations. I heard that CRMs could be hard to work with, but the CRMs I've experienced with Five9, such as Salesforce and Hubspot, seem to integrate well. There was one really bad CRM built in-house on a platform called PPMS, but it's basically an internal tool, which was a little hard to work with and challenging to make changes, but it worked, though my Salesforce customers seem to be happy with the solution. The Omnichannel capability of Five9 is also essential, as the customer expects you to have chat, text, Facebook Messenger, and all other ways a customer can reach the reps. The omnichannel feature in Five9 is essential to customers.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution provides uni-channel Service support and is fully integrated with our DB."

"When it comes to drop calls, we don't have a problem. They are performing to our satisfaction."

"The admin tools are most valuable, such as using the UI to configure all the campaigns and all the settings that we use. Also, the monitoring panels it has are very good. Our supervisors and sales managers build dashboards in the solution so that we can understand how our operation is performing throughout the day. That is very useful."

"The product’s IVR script editor is very easy and simple to use."

"The reporting is good, and we're testing AI summaries now. Also, the workflow automation feature, so far, has been good."

"I'm interested in all the features we're using and the reporting that's needed to get them up and running."

"The tool enables easier management."

"I like the fact that I can customize the cadencing. I can drill in and create custom contact point cadencing for all of our different categories of leads. We attack some people more aggressively, but others much more softly. I have much more confidence that things aren't slipping through the cracks. It continues to bring customers up for us until they've either moved through the cycle or we've removed them from the cycle. It gives us greater peace of mind. The ability to get in quickly and customize many of those pieces easily was appealing to us."

"I like the ease with which we can make changes if necessary. Currently, we are using it for phone and email distribution, but we're talking about adding chat and delving into the omnichannel features more."

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Cons

"This solution could be improved with better support for higher education and healthcare."

"Integration with third-party solutions can be difficult and has room for improvement."

"The reporting could be a bit better."

"Five9's stability needs to be improved."

"The pricing could be improved. It is set in US dollars, so it doesn't account for the exchange rate with other regions."

"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."

"It would be ideal if they could combine the tools into one suite."

"I would like to see more of the functions from the original Five9 adapter included in the Salesforce Plus adapter, as they do not automatically update when Five9 releases new features."

"There are some minor issues with some of their filtering that I'd like them to handle on their back end. The only limitation I can think of is that I'm always looking backward and can't look forward. I can't see how many calls are scheduled for tomorrow based on our system."

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"I prefer Five9's licensing model."

"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."

"The cost is not at the lower end of the market, but it's worth it."

"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."

"Their license structure, out of the box, is better than that of other providers and their pricing is much less than other vendors we've looked at."

"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."

"Five9 is a little expensive because of our company's size. That said, it scales pretty well. The daily usage costs and monthly fees seem about right. It's not out of line with what we'd expect from other companies. However, they seem to have a one-size-fits-all implementation fee. Most of their clients have hundreds if not thousands of seats in the call centers, so $5,000 or $10,000 is not a huge cost. It would be nice if they had a sliding scale for smaller companies."

"Five9 is reasonable."

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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 ...

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What needs improvement with Five9?

Five9 outages have been a concern for us. While I'm unsure of the industry benchmark, we've experienced three or four incidents in the past year, which feels excessive. Ideally, we'd see a signific...

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What is your primary use case for Five9?

We used Five9 in a call center for a bike delivery company. We transitioned to a new call center but opted to keep using the Five9 software we were familiar with from our previous provider.

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Comparisons

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Overview

Cisco Unified Contact Center Express provides a secure, available, and sophisticated contact center software solution for up to 400 agents and interactive voice response (IVR) ports that is easy to deploy and manage. This omnichannel solution is ideal for formal and informal small to medium-size contact centers.

Five9 is a comprehensive cloud contact center and customer service solution offering a broad range of features and benefits designed for effective contact center operations. Its virtual contact center products encompass inbound, outbound, and multichannel contact center software features, distinguishing it among cloud contact center software vendors. Five9 is recognized for its constant innovation, which has led to its position as a leading cloud contact center software vendor.

Five9 provides a feature-rich cloud contact center platform designed to streamline and enhance customer engagement. The solution offers a comprehensive suite of features including:

Omnichannel routing - Intelligently routes interactions across voice, email, chat, social media and SMS.
IVR and self-service - Sophisticated IVR applications and self-service options powered by natural language processing.
Workforce optimization - Tools for tracking metrics, monitoring interactions, coaching agents, and enhancing productivity.
APIs and integrations - Open platform to connect Five9 with ACD, CRM, workforce management and other business systems.
Flexible deployment - Public, private or hybrid cloud deployment options.

Five9 aims to transform customer experiences with AI-powered interactions, actionable insights, and seamless integration between channels. With advanced analytics and reporting capabilities, Five9 helps businesses improve customer service and increase operational efficiency.

According to our interviews with Five9's users, Five9's solution emerges as a highly scalable and adaptable contact center platform that seamlessly integrates with Salesforce and provides valuable real-time reporting and analytics. Its AI-powered features and omnichannel capabilities further enhance customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Users praise Five9 for its efficient inbound/outbound calling, reliable voicemail and messaging, and easy remote agent access. However, some cite issues with call quality, interface design, system stability, and customer support responsiveness. Mobile app availability and social media are seen as areas for improvement. However, there is really little info on the mobile app.

Below are several quotes from Five9's users:

"Five9 is a highly flexible and adaptable solution that can handle increased workloads and accommodate growth without any issues."
- Business Operations Manager, Retail Industry
"Five9's real-time reporting and analytics are incredibly valuable. They give us insights into agent performance, customer interactions, and overall call center operations."
- Contact Center Manager, Retail Industry
"Five9's AI-powered features, such as chatbots and virtual assistants, have helped us to improve customer satisfaction and reduce handle times."
- Customer Service Manager, E-commerce Industry

Overall, Five9 provides a robust, innovative contact center platform with extensive features and flexibility. It's a strong option for organizations seeking to optimize customer engagement across channels within a secure, scalable cloud environment.

Sample Customers

Aegean Motorway, BC Hydro, City of Biel, Houston Methodist, Linz AG, Logicalis, London Hydro, Pirelli, SickKids Foundation, Sony Corporation, Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc.

Agilysys, BISSELL, From You Flowers, SumUp, Kyndryl, PING, Alaska Airlines, Omaha Steaks International, NextRep, AdventHealth

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