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Five9 vs TalkDesk 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
7.0
Five9 enhances efficiency and revenue through features and CRM integration, boosting growth and optimizing marketing and appointments management.
Sentiment score
5.7
TalkDesk improved efficiency, productivity, workflow, and organization, with enhanced business management and agent performance through a user-friendly interface.
After implementing TalkDesk, we boosted our solution and our workforce to improve our response time.
Engeniering cloud at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
I have seen a return on investment as efficiency increased when I did not have as many programs open at once.
Human Resources Manager at Uber
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Five9 support varies from satisfactory to excellent, with responsiveness and communication praised but some report delays and mixed experiences.
Sentiment score
7.0
TalkDesk customer service is praised for proactivity and availability, despite occasional slow responses, with excellent overall user satisfaction.
The technical support for Five9 has been exemplary.
Five9 offers multiple support options.
When I would ask a question that they were not able to answer, it would take them several days to figure out who to ask, and then more time after that.
CX Intelligence Analytics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The customer support is very proactive and helpful 24/7.
Human Resources Manager at Uber
I am happy with the support line.
Engeniering cloud at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Five9 is praised for scalability and adaptability, though some users experience challenges with large-scale feature additions.
Sentiment score
7.0
TalkDesk offers seamless scalability, efficiently handling user growth and adaptable demands, outperforming competitors like RingCentral with ease.
We face scaling issues, especially when trying to scale up bigger contact centers.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Five9 is generally stable, offering quick resolutions to issues, though updates occasionally cause challenges, with room for improvement.
Sentiment score
6.9
TalkDesk is stable with minimal downtime, though users cite occasional glitches and suggest improvements for latency and status issues.
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.
TalkDesk is very stable; I have not experienced any lagging or downtime.
Human Resources Manager at Uber
 

Room For Improvement

Five9 needs enhancements in call quality, reporting, integration, UI, support, costs, international compatibility, and workflow tools.
TalkDesk users seek improved real-time alerts, customizable dashboards, clearer documentation, better call quality, and enhanced functionalities for outbound campaigns.
Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins.
Five9 released a new platform for reporting.
CX Intelligence Analytics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution lacks versioning in scripting, making it crucial to manually back up scripts to prevent rollbacks from causing issues.
It lacks bulk SMS capabilities.
Software Engineer at AT&T
TalkDesk can be improved by providing real-time alerts into Slack or email besides the new tool within Live, which requires the dashboard to be opened.
Human Resources Manager at Uber
 

Setup Cost

Five9's pricing, though initially high, is cost-effective and scalable, with cloud benefits offering value and flexibility for enterprises.
TalkDesk offers fair, cost-effective pricing from $35-$50 per license, appreciated for easy setup and valuable investment.
They just rent the specific resources they need, which reduces high costs from hardware, software licenses, and operating systems.
TalkDesk has been very cost-effective and affordable.
Human Resources Manager at Uber
 

Valuable Features

Five9 offers cloud-based CRM integration with AI features, enhancing service levels, efficiency, and user satisfaction through comprehensive tools.
TalkDesk enhances efficiency with AI, seamless integrations, low-code configurations, and advanced analytics, improving response time and customer satisfaction.
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.
TalkDesk has been really helpful in my organization as this tool has reduced average AHT from four minutes to two minutes, CSAT increased over thirty percent, and our QM team evaluates calls twenty percent faster.
Software Engineer at AT&T
The enabled AI agents operate with full context, collaborating seamlessly to resolve complex customer problems with speed, precision, and adaptability.
Human Resources Manager at Uber
The main feature for us is reporting and the capability to maintain a strict relationship with our customers.
Engeniering cloud at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

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 (3rd), Contact Center Infrastructure (1st), Sales Force Automation (8th)
TalkDesk
Ranking in Contact Center Platforms
4th
Ranking in Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Contact Center Platforms category, the mindshare of Five9 is 8.3%, down from 15.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TalkDesk is 3.3%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Contact Center Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five98.3%
TalkDesk3.3%
Other88.4%
Contact Center Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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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.
Kages Michael - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Resources Manager at Uber
Live call insights have boosted agent productivity and improved customer satisfaction tracking
The best features that TalkDesk offers include live tracking of agent productivity, reporting of agent evaluations, and text analyzing calls agents have taken. Out of the features such as live tracking, agent evaluation reporting, and text analysis of calls, all the features that I mentioned are great, as well as the enabled AI agents to operate with full context, collaborating seamlessly to resolve complex customer problems with speed, precision, and adaptability. I also love the user interface of TalkDesk. It is very easy to customize and navigate, and also very user-friendly. This makes TalkDesk one of the easiest tools to use. Additionally, the customer support has been very proactive and responsive 24/7. They help all the new users or generally anyone who has a question about TalkDesk, and they are able to resolve any issue on time.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
9%
Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TalkDesk?
According to my experience and my organization's use, TalkDesk has been very cost-effective and affordable. Also, the setup has been very seamless and easy, especially when the user is able to go t...
What needs improvement with TalkDesk?
Reporting can take a long time to load, and the administration user interface can be unintuitive if you are not familiar with it, and it lacks bulk SMS capabilities.The call update is not always ac...
What is your primary use case for TalkDesk?
TalkDesk is our primary omnichannel product, and it meets the needs of our customers as it allows AI integration as well as opening up lots of different types of channels for customers to receive c...
 

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