8x8 Contact Center vs AgentTime Scheduler

Likelihood to Recommend

We have had nothing but positives when dealing with 8X8, our relationship was set up for success right from the get-go. We explained our specific needs and our sales team was able to cater to the needs we shared. While we did have a few bumps along the way, they remained a partner in making sure we received what we needed to be successful. Without getting into the "weeds" we were able to fine-tune our 8X8 experience to match the needs we had as a company, all while focusing on the needs of our associates. The communications were on point and our development, implementation, and now, support has been consistently stellar.

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Michael Furman

Vice President of Customer Support

Age or Learning - ABCmouseE-Learning, 501-1000 employees

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Easy for employees to adjust everything on time and it has smart scheduling features as compared to other software. AgentTime Scheduler is always one step ahead of others. However, the problem encountered by customers is that they cannot manage to sign in to the system to print schedules prepared for them and we keep getting negative feedback.

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Barbara Johnson

Marketing

cymacorEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

8x8 Contact Center

7.8

AgentTime Scheduler

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Agent dashboard

7.5

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Validate callers

7.6

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Outbound response

7.7

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Call forwarding

7.6

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Click-to-call (CTC)

7.7

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Warm transfer

7.6

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Predictive dialing

7.0

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Interactive voice response

7.1

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REST APIs

8.2

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Call scripts

7.2

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Call tracking

8.5

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Multichannel integration

9.1

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CRM software integration

8.5

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8x8 Contact Center

7.9

AgentTime Scheduler

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Inbound call routing

8.5

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Omnichannel inbound routing

7.7

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Recording

8.2

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Quality management

8.5

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Call analytics

7.8

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Historical reporting

7.8

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Live reporting

9.0

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Customer surveys

5.5

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Pros

Cleaner workspace with organization and efficiency at the forefront of our associates day.
Better reporting, making the process of coaching and developing agents easier task for our front line leadership team members.
Quality metrics have allowed for us to identify areas of concern when it comes to training, thus allowing us to proactively adjust our new hire training as well as our soft skill modules we use as part of our on-going training program.

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Michael Furman

Vice President of Customer Support

Age or Learning - ABCmouseE-Learning, 501-1000 employees

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Customers can log in the system 7/24 without facing any problems.
AgentTime has the best features and safe connections for the staff.
Workers can send messages on time when the school has some class cancelations to all students.

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Barbara Johnson

Marketing

cymacorEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Flexibility within reporting to allow for some out of the box opportunities in terms of reporting KPI's for upper management as well as granular KPI's for associates.

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Michael Furman

Vice President of Customer Support

Age or Learning - ABCmouseE-Learning, 501-1000 employees

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Price of it might be expensive for small business but the product can still be used by any type of business.
Logging into the system is taking some time. It should be checked to see what is going on inside the system.
The scheduled time which is sent via e-mail is not received on time. It may have some bug problems.

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Barbara Johnson

Marketing

cymacorEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Usability

8x8 Contact Center 8.2

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We have no issues.

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MIKE BARBARO

SR VP

TOWN FAIR TIRERetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Support

8x8 Contact Center 2.7

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They're slow to react -- sometimes we cannot get people to help with system failure.

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MIKE BARBARO

SR VP

TOWN FAIR TIRERetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We vetted out a variety of companies when we began searching for a new vendor, many of them have the technology that would have fit our needs, but the relationship piece became the focal point for us as a company. We spent a lot of time with the players within 8X8 and developed a relationship that will allow us to feel comfortable that they will be there for us in our times of need. Whether it be a bump in the night or a change that needs some serious attention from their team, we feel that they are partnering in our success.

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Michael Furman

Vice President of Customer Support

Age or Learning - ABCmouseE-Learning, 501-1000 employees

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We had many problems with a similar program in the organization and we decided we are interested in another software for time schedule and some of our customers recommended AgentTime Scheduler. We then used it for testing. Our first impression was positive about the software after spending 3 weeks and immediately we started to use it in the whole organization.

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Barbara Johnson

Marketing

cymacorEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Switching to 8x8, we have seen a 30% drop in our telecommunication expense.

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MIKE BARBARO

SR VP

TOWN FAIR TIRERetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Customers experiencing sign-in problems.
Taking responses from our staff on time satisfies our customers.
The software is truly confidential and safe. This is first thing what we users are looking for and AgentTime has this.

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Barbara Johnson

Marketing

cymacorEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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