8x8 Contact Center vs Aspect Unified IP

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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If you are a call center looking to take advantage of agents being able to work in both an inbound and outbound capacity at the same time I think Aspect is a no-brainer. There is no CTI connectivity to deal with. It is all 100% seamless between all call types (inbound, dialer, manual). The tools are very intuitive, and the backend reporting tables are easy to use/query. If you are a smaller inbound only shop or even a small blend shop this product might be cost-prohibitive especially if it is an on-premise solution. In those cases, their cloud-based solution might make the most sense.

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Joseph Burda

VP Strategic Operations

Santander Consumer USA Inc.Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

8x8 Contact Center

7.8

Agility of deployment
Mobility for users
Manageability

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Danny Fuentes

Director of Information Systems

phoenixNAPInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Integrates inbound and outbound call routing in one platform, allowing agents to work in a seamless blend mode between all call types (inbound, predictive, manual).
Allows you to associate an account number with every agent phone call, the call type, and the reccording ID giving you the critical datapoints necessary to research, put together a customers experience from a telephony perspective, etc.
Create agent templates to streamline agent setup reducing the potential for admins to configure an agent incorrectly, placing them in services they aren't skilled for and vice versa.

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Joseph Burda

VP Strategic Operations

Santander Consumer USA Inc.Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

For our business needs and workflow the Virtual Contact Center does not have sufficient deficiencies that warrant pointing out. We'd be nitpicking at that point.

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Bryan Simms

IT Manager

Pivot Physical TherapyHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1001-5000 employees

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Their upgrade cycle is too agressive, especially for larger organizations that might not need to update their telephony platform so often. This is the main issue I have had with Aspect since we started using them over 10 years ago.

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Joseph Burda

VP Strategic Operations

Santander Consumer USA Inc.Financial Services, 5001-10,000 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

8x8 is much better than our previous vendor.

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MIKE BARBARO

SR VP

TOWN FAIR TIRERetail, 1001-5000 employees

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I have not spent any time recently doing a detailed analysis of other vendors to comfortably answer this question. I will say that the last time I checked, the ability to have all 3 call types (inbound,outbound,and manual) managed in one convenient seamless platform was not available which is very important to me.

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Joseph Burda

VP Strategic Operations

Santander Consumer USA Inc.Financial Services, 5001-10,000 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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My financial control has been much more controlled.
I identify in my indicators everything that has changed before and after having the service.
The results obtained can be appreciated just by checking my profits.
The objectives set according to this application and the annual cost is being adequate.

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Jose Raul Faria

Coordinador de Planificación Financiera

Sociedad Venezolana de Inversiones y Proyectos SIPSA C.A.Construction, 51-200 employees

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