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Genesys Cloud CX vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

 

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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
5.7
Genesys Cloud CX boosts profit margins and satisfaction through improved interactions, cost-effectiveness, and enhanced global capabilities despite price increases.
Sentiment score
6.5
Salesforce Sales Cloud enhances sales efficiency and data management, offering cost-effective solutions for non-profits with productivity benefits.
After implementing Genesys Cloud CX, we achieved a 97% call response rate compared to 80% with our previous self-service software.
Founder at SJT Consult
In terms of cost-effectiveness, I find Genesys Cloud CX provides overall ROI benefits; however, after the first year, customers usually expect lower pricing at the time of renewal.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Salesforce Sales Cloud is a fantastic tool but requires disciplined data entry by sales personnel and operations teams to maintain data quality.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
We are not just implementing Salesforce Sales Cloud; we need to understand what the customer wants to achieve in 5 to 10 years.
Founder and Salesforce Consultant at SaaSnic
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Genesys Cloud CX support is responsive and helpful, with variability; larger clients often receive better assistance.
Sentiment score
6.9
Salesforce Sales Cloud offers efficient support, with faster responses for premium users, while community resources enhance regular support experiences.
The impact of the real-time dashboards on the decision-making processes is excellent.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Many agents report not receiving alerts or calls consistently—missing two or three calls out of thirty on a given day.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
Often, we encountered difficulties in receiving prompt responses, especially when highlighting desired functionalities between Salesforce and Genesys Cloud CX for future releases.
Founder at SJT Consult
I wouldn't say you go to Salesforce Sales Cloud for their customer support unless you purchase one of their premier plans, which is additional money.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Support requires a subscription and when taken, the service is pretty nice.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Genesys Cloud CX is scalable and efficient for large call centers, user-friendly, and supports thousands of agents smoothly.
Sentiment score
7.7
Salesforce Sales Cloud offers strong scalability, accommodating growth and varied business sizes, though some users face reporting and data challenges.
We have not faced any issues such as system slowness or degraded call quality despite handling over 200,000 calls.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
We achieved notable success implementing Genesys Cloud CX during COVID when home offices were necessary, leading to improved KPIs in customer satisfaction.
Founder at SJT Consult
The solution is considered scalable and receives a rating of seven on a scale of one to ten.
Manager, Customer Experience Country (France) at Stellantis
Salesforce is highly scalable and operates efficiently.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
Salesforce Sales Cloud is totally cloud native, requiring no additional effort for scalability.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
Salesforce Sales Cloud's scalability is impressive as it grows easily with my organization's needs.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Genesys Cloud CX is stable and reliable, with AWS support, though occasional call consistency and support delays are noted.
Sentiment score
8.1
Salesforce Sales Cloud is praised for its reliability, minimal downtime, high performance, and effective issue resolution, ensuring stability.
Genesys is brilliant concerning stability.
BA at Rise Asia Technology Limited
The stability and reliability of Genesys Cloud CX are good, as it can handle multiple agents, numbering in the hundreds or even thousands, located in different parts of the world.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
Salesforce Sales Cloud is very stable.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
I have not experienced any degradation in Salesforce's performance.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
 

Room For Improvement

Genesys Cloud CX needs more flexible pricing, improved AI, enhanced outages handling, and better integration and customization options.
Salesforce Sales Cloud struggles with integration, high costs, and usability; users desire better mobile, reporting, and AI features.
It required extensive training, especially for predictive elements, because it is a business-class tool not suited for everyone and often demands several months of training.
Founder at SJT Consult
If I have over 100 organizations in Genesys Cloud CX, my support team struggles with access management, and there's no single pane of glass to manage the entire set of tenants.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Genesys Cloud CX is hosted on the AWS environment, and if there's an issue on AWS or any outage, there is no other alternative provided by Genesys.
Associate | Genesys Cloud Developer at Conizant Technological Solutions
If you're looking at other tools out there, for example SalesLoft or HubSpot, it's much easier to build those workflows and do automation.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Compared to AWS, it is slower, which could be a hindrance.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
With today's generative AI capabilities like ChatGPT, it should be possible to directly communicate with the software rather than navigating through the entire system manually.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
 

Setup Cost

Genesys Cloud CX pricing varies by licensing and needs, offering value and flexibility with negotiable, tiered pricing and additional integration costs.
Salesforce Sales Cloud is costly, but negotiating can secure discounts; value justifies pricing, challenging affordability for smaller businesses.
Overall it's affordable, as indicated by a pricing rating of four out of ten.
Manager, Customer Experience Country (France) at Stellantis
Genesys' licensing model is flexible, though not the cheapest.
BA at Rise Asia Technology Limited
Without negotiation, costs can become expensive.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
This happened for the first time because of the new CEO, Arundhati, who revolutionized pricing strategies, allowing discounts of 60-70% for Salesforce Sales Cloud in India.
Founder and Salesforce Consultant at SaaSnic
Salesforce Sales Cloud is extremely expensive.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
 

Valuable Features

Genesys Cloud CX enhances efficiency with omni-channel support, AI, integration, analytics, and user-friendly features for improved customer engagement.
Salesforce Sales Cloud enhances productivity with customizability, automation, integration, data analytics, and efficient communication for optimal sales management.
It has helped to optimize customer interactions as a contact center solution by improving Average Handle Time, and as AHT improves, customer satisfaction and NPS turn green as a whole for the customer, leading to more business generation for us.
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
If a prospect calling in has a particular need, predictive AI routes the call to the most suited agent.
Founder at SJT Consult
The real-time analytics feature has impacted decision-making by providing visibility to service SLAs and understanding customer journeys.
BA at Rise Asia Technology Limited
Its easy-to-navigate interface aids in delivering clear vision and organization, especially for sales and business management.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
Being able to pull reports in Salesforce Sales Cloud based on any of the fields that we have there and then building logic on those fields saves me time and also gives me visibility into what's going on with my teams across multiple departments, which is very helpful for us.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
The Einstein Analytics and the inbuilt reporting are very useful for keeping track of pipeline movement.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
 

Categories and Ranking

Genesys Cloud CX
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (2nd), Workforce Engagement Management (1st), Customer Experience Management (2nd), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (2nd)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
CRM (2nd), Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (1st), Conversation Intelligence Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Customer Relationship Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Genesys Cloud CX is designed for Contact Center Platforms and holds a mindshare of 13.8%, down 23.4% compared to last year.
Salesforce Sales Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on CRM, holds 2.1% mindshare, down 9.3% since last year.
Contact Center Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Genesys Cloud CX13.8%
Amazon Connect13.0%
Five98.3%
Other64.9%
Contact Center Platforms
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.1%
Microsoft Dynamics CRM2.6%
SAP CRM2.1%
Other93.2%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

JB
Founder at SJT Consult
Omnichannel contact center has unified customer interactions and delivers smarter routing
Regarding scripters, I should clarify that Genesys Cloud CX dashboards provide real-time data, showing call counts, satisfaction levels, and pending interactions in the queue. Agents can see their workload and know when to take breaks, with managers benefiting from comprehensive team management. We also created dashboards tailored for point-of-sale locations managed by Genesys Cloud CX, and overall, we have been very satisfied. However, I should note that the dashboards are somewhat basic in functionality, making it challenging for an agent to build visually appealing dashboards compared to other market solutions where drag-and-drop features are simpler. My overall experience with Genesys Cloud CX has been positive but should be seen in perspective, as nothing is purely black or white; there are shades of gray. While the metrics and system capabilities reflected success, our goal in implementing Genesys Cloud CX was to standardize processes. Thus, we faced challenges related to change management due to the tool's complexity. It required extensive training, especially for predictive elements, because it is a business-class tool not suited for everyone and often demands several months of training.
Jonny Katz - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Uses data-driven insights to improve workflows and highlights a need for simpler automation tools
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds. It also needs to be made extremely more user-friendly. For new people using Salesforce Sales Cloud, there is a steep learning curve. Additionally, giving non-admins the ability to make changes on the fly is something that I feel is necessary. Currently with Salesforce Sales Cloud, you need to have a consultant. It's hard to build the flows or workflows. Making it easier for that end-user who's not so technically minded to help themselves is essential. I choose seven out of ten because I think you need a consultant or a consulting company to help you build it out. Certain changes should be made much easier and more user-friendly where an admin can do it. The automation processes need to be much simpler. If you're looking at other tools out there, for example SalesLoft or HubSpot, it's much easier to build those workflows and do automation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Performing Arts
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise40
 

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 Genesys Cloud?
Genesys Cloud CX has very good training material and training – instructor-led training, self-paced training, and documentation – things are very organized and helpful.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Genesys Cloud?
Genesys' licensing model is flexible, though not the cheapest. Customers have seen benefits with global operations, increased security, and seamless remote working.
What are the pros and cons of MS dynamics vs. Salesforce CRM?
When comparing Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce CRM in 2026, both are leading CRM platforms, but they serve slightly different strengths depending on business needs. Features: Salesforce is t...
What do you like most about Salesforce Sales Cloud?
The features of Sales Cloud most useful for testing and running email campaigns are highly valuable.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds. It also needs ...
 

Also Known As

Genesys PureCloud, Genesys, Genesys Customer Interaction Management Platform, Interactive Intelligence PureCloud
Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. Airbnb 3. American Express 4. AT&T 5. BMW 6. Coca-Cola 7. Delta Air Lines 8. eBay 9. FedEx 10. General Electric 11. Hilton 12. IBM 13. Johnson & Johnson 14. Marriott International 15. Microsoft 16. Netflix 17. Nike 18. Oracle 19. PepsiCo 20. Procter & Gamble 21. Salesforce 22. Samsung 23. Siemens 24. Sony 25. Starbucks 26. Target 27. Toyota 28. Uber 29. Verizon 30. Visa 31. Walmart 32. Xerox
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