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Cisco Unified Contact Center Express vs Five9 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Unified Contact Cente...
Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
IVR Systems (3rd)
Five9
Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (3rd), Workforce Engagement Management (3rd), Sales Force Automation (8th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Contact Center Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express is 9.6%, down from 16.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 12.0%, up from 10.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Contact Center Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five912.0%
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express9.6%
Other78.4%
Contact Center Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

GR
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)…
Call efficiency improves dramatically with features that ensure smooth communication
There are several audio issues that need attention. Whenever I disconnect a headset after connecting to the VDI, the station connection in Five9 disconnects automatically, requiring a VMware restart. Also, during logins, there are issues with station connections. This may lead to IP Protocol errors that require browser resets and other troubleshooting steps.

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."
"This solution provides uni-channel service support and is fully integrated with our DB."
"It helped reduce costs in our organization. We've saved on staffing and we've saved on software by 10% to 15%."
"I really appreciate Five9 because I do not have to do much creatively, as everything is automated."
"Five9 is extremely easy to manage and maintain."
"Five9 has made our contact center more flexible by taking it to the cloud. The user experience for agents is great because everything is on one dashboard, from the dialer to the workflows for transferring calls and creating tickets."
"Five9's most critical feature is a common user interface that delivers consistent customer service across various channels."
"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."
"Queue callback, agent skill-based routing, call reporting, and the flexibility to log in from anywhere are some of the most valuable features for our organization."
 

Cons

"This solution could be improved with better support for higher education and healthcare."
"This solution could be improved with better support for higher education and healthcare."
"Downtime happens occasionally, about two days a month, likely because of heavy usage by many agents, but I have not faced that issue as a supervisor."
"Five9's stability needs to be improved."
"The technical support is inconsistent and has room for improvement."
"During training and demos, resiliency tests failed, which was not ideal. This is a concern for stability."
"Integration with third-party solutions can be difficult and has room for improvement."
"The pricing could be improved. It is set in US dollars, so it doesn't account for the exchange rate with other regions."
"The reporting could be a bit better."
"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
"Five9 is expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"The cost is not at the lower end of the market, but it's worth it."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"The pricing seems reasonable. I had anticipated that whatever solution we went with would be more expensive. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the features that we had in Evolve IP, one-to-one, did not cost significantly more in Five9."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
24%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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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 ...
What needs improvement with Five9?
The reporting suite needed improvement. I saw recently that Five9 released a new platform for reporting, as the reporting was not great previously.
What is your primary use case for Five9?
I was using Five9 in the senior living space.
 

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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.
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