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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Contact Center

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/A8x8 Contact Center is a cloud-based platform that unifies customer interactions across voice, chat, email, video, SMS, and social. It offers intelligent self-service automation, real-time analytics, and CRM integrations. With omnichannel engagement, agents deliver consistent, personalized service from one interface.N/A

    Amazon Connect

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ALaunched in 2017 and available on AWS, Amazon Connect is a cloud-based omnichannel contact center designed to provide a seamless experience across voice and website live chat, featuring skills-based routing, task tracking, and analytic tools to track customer interactions, or evaluate agent activity. It can support office-based or virtual contact centers. The service is pay-per-usage, per feature.

    $0

    per profile/per month

    Pricing
    8x8 Contact CenterAmazon Connect
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Customer Profiles
    $0.0025
    per profile/per month
    Chat
    $0
    per message
    Contact Lens (5 million+ monthly minutes)
    $0.0125
    per minute
    Contact Lens (first 5 million monthly minutes)
    $0.015
    per minute
    Voice
    $0.02
    per minute
    Voice ID
    $0.025
    per transaction
    Tasks
    $0.04
    per task
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 Contact CenterAmazon Connect
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    8x8 Contact CenterAmazon Connect
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Contact Center
    Post going through all demo sessions and comprehensive side-by-side analysis, we came to the conclusion that we should go for 8x8 Contact Center over competitors. Below are the points that helped us to take the decision. User-friendly: It has all the features that a typical …
    Incentivized
    Amazon AWS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    158 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    136 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    166 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    110 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    8x8 Contact CenterAmazon Connect
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of 8x8 Contact Center and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    8x8 Contact Center
    8.5
    184 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Agent dashboard8.4165 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Validate callers7.8145 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Outbound response8.6145 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.1168 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.5115 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.5158 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Predictive dialing7.374 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.3109 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    REST APIs8.271 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Call scripts8.8106 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Call tracking8.8161 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.4101 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.393 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of 8x8 Contact Center and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    8x8 Contact Center
    8.5
    170 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Inbound call routing8.8153 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing7.893 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Recording9.0151 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Quality management8.7151 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Call analytics8.6152 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.6143 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Live reporting8.242 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.386 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics8.133 Ratings8.05 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    8x8 Contact CenterAmazon Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (188 ratings)
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (75 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (56 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 Contact CenterAmazon Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8x8 Inc.
    We spend a lot of time calling insurance companies to check claim status, verify benefits, or fix denials. 8x8 is great for handling high call volume days when our team is making and receiving a ton of those calls. The call routing makes sure insurance calls go to our billing reps and patient calls go to the right team, so things don’t get mixed up. If we’re doing a compliance review or responding to an insurance dispute and need a specific recorded call from months ago, it can take some digging to find it unless we have exact details. It’s not impossible, just not super quick
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    Amazon AWS
    Our company is a startup that is just starting to get wholesale customers. When we realized our customers needed support using our products, we set up a Contact Center via Amazon Connect. It has been very useful in allowing us to scale up very quickly, and provide services to our company as if we were a large corporation.
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    Pros
    8x8 Inc.
    • The out of the box chat feature is outstanding for your website. My team was able to adopt chat easily.
    • Setting up the system with the help of an integrator was especially easy and did not require any IT training on my part.
    • The visibility of being able to manage my team and all media channels in one panel is awesome.
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    Amazon AWS
    • It helps us connect with ServiceNow as a direct integration.
    • It allows us to document everything from the chat with ticket documentation in real time.
    • It allows us to track agent and case activities.
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    Cons
    8x8 Inc.
    • Campaigns is a big one. That has been our main pain point with the 8x8 VCC.
    • AMD+Auto Voicemail is a feature not available today.
    • Customizations like changing a campaign's caller ID based on a CRM field do not allow teams to create more efficient flows.
    • Time zone dialing is limited to the phone area code, not the physical location (address), which is undesirable.
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    Amazon AWS
    • On reports and analytics, [I feel] Amazon Connect is slightly behind, and it should be perfected.
    • [In my experience], Amazon Connect lacks social platform integration, which is convenient and resourceful currently.
    • [I believe] Amazon Connect should include a queue management feature, for the call centers and customer help.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8x8 Inc.
    8x8 contact center is meeting our needs as a call center communication solution. We use 8x8 across the entire organization and have been able to work with our account management team to ensure our configuration and integrations meet our business, legal & compliance needs across the organization. The greatest benefit has been the 8x8 account management team who consistently works with us to ensure our needs are being met.
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    Amazon AWS
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    Usability
    8x8 Inc.
    Overall, the 8x8 contact center's functionality is great! As the administrator for our practice, I find the platform extremely easy to navigate and customize for our business needs, which are constantly changing and evolving. I find the analytics very easy to use overall. It is fairly quick and easy to find call recordings when needed, and the reporting can transition between a 30,000-foot view and an extremely granular view.
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    Amazon AWS
    It is reliable system. It has own IVR, Database(DynamoDB) Backend(Lambda) support of multi channel(email, chat & voice) Integration with some of the biggest CRM system
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    Reliability and Availability
    8x8 Inc.
    The only issue I have ran across was on getting the updated new version
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    8x8 Inc.
    Yes everything loads quickly and its ready for use
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    Support is subpar, any time there was an issue they would ignore the preferred means of communication & would not respond to the ticket aside from that they called instead of emailed. They also are not based out of the US so hours are vastly different than typical working hours. They were able to help in some cases but a lot of them were "that's how it is" responses & just overall not a great experience
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    8x8 Inc.
    Detailed training and good quality to provide our customers to achieve their needs and to give the best we can as far as information and technology and the best service we can to have the customers be satisfied with the technology and the best quality to get the best answers to their doubts.
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    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    The training was easy but would probably be much easier in person. Easier to ask questions and show someone your computer when you are in person. Easier to differentiate between network issues and 8x8 issues. Online works too but for how technical 8x8 can be, I would recommend you try and do in person if possible. Would make it much easier to get help when needed. This is a personal preference and not something that is required by any means. The online training is still great and still did the trick. The good thing is that help is always available months or years after if there is something new you want to do
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    Implementation Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    The transition from Mitel to 8 x 8 was smooth and no "hiccups". The support was one of the best that we had received. No surprises except what 8 x 8 is actually capable of doing! Support remained available throughout the transition! Co-workers were amazed at what they were able to do with having 8 x 8,
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    Alternatives Considered
    8x8 Inc.
    Fuze is somewhat dated and clunky when it comes to configuring settings. 8x8 Contact Center design and settings is more clean and easier to amend. Fuze includes an all in one softphone system, which is an additional component for 8x8. RingCentral seems somewhat pricier when comparing the different offerings, although they may have more features.
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    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Connect has lots of free training available for partners and in general. So many demos are available to practice. It's free to test and gain more confidence before deploying in real world scenarios. You can use other AWS features to be integrated with Amazon cloud. Features like lense is amazing
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8x8 Inc.
    It is pretty much "Par for the course" with the options out there with other vendors.
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    Amazon AWS
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    Scalability
    8x8 Inc.
    It was implemented across the board in the company and has worked perfectly
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    Amazon AWS
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    Return on Investment
    8x8 Inc.
    • Not having to worry about maintaining CCaaS infrastructure is a big ROI
    • For small business, the ROI may not be there - might still be better off with a local PBX (KSU) and a few POTS trunks from the cable company.
    • Never having to worry about upgrading software.
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    Amazon AWS
    • Amazon Collect has allowed us to scale quickly and retain flexibility.
    • Amazon Collect has allowed us to provide omnichannel support as if we were a larger corporation.
    • Amazon Collect has allowed us to retain productivity.
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    ScreenShots

    8x8 Contact Center Screenshots

    Screenshot of inbound SMS with contact center agent response in 8x8 Agent Workspace. Agents are able to see incoming interactions and respond with consistently across channels like voice, SMS, RCS, webchat, email, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, one-way video, Viber, and social media channels via our Meltwater integration.Screenshot of real-time suggestions via 8x8 Smart Assist and full customer history and overall sentiment in 8x8 Agent Workspace.Screenshot of the completely customizable 8x8 Supervisor Workspace for real-time and historical reporting plus features to make quick changes on the fly. Available on desktop and mobile.Screenshot of 8x8 Analytics for Contact Center, which provides out-of-the-box reports, dashboards, and visualizations like the Interaction Journey visual that shows the complete customer journey across channels.Screenshot of 8x8 Quality Management, used to drill into specific interactions, playback, and leave comments with timestamps.Screenshot of 8x8 Voice/Text/Sentiment Analytics, used to create Topics to track common phrases and keywords within customer interactions happening in the contact center.