8x8 Contact Center vs Five9

Likelihood to Recommend

My experience with 8x8 is solely based on implementing and using it for our dedicated Client Support call center. 8x8 was the perfect solution to our call routing, IVR scripting, and call recording needs. Since our routing is based on Client Support Specialist availability, the system performs better when more than five users are logged in. 8x8 also integrates very well with our Salesforce support system.

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Jeffrey Bryan

Sr. Contracts Manager

Fortna Inc.Logistics & Supply Chain, 201-500 employees

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Well suited:Environments that don't require texting, and where users are highly technical and able to troubleshoot on your own. We've found that we need an internal tools manager AND an expert on each sales/support team to successfully onboard new team members and ensure current team members know how to use the tool.Not well-suited

Organizations that rely on texting.
Organizations with low tech literacy on their teams.
Organizations with little ability to manage tools like this.

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Verified User

Director in Quality Assurance

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

8x8 Contact Center

Five9

Agent dashboard

Validate callers

Outbound response

Call forwarding

Click-to-call (CTC)

Warm transfer

Predictive dialing

Interactive voice response

REST APIs

Call scripts

Call tracking

Multichannel integration

CRM software integration

8x8 Contact Center

Five9

Inbound call routing

Omnichannel inbound routing

Recording

Quality management

Call analytics

Historical reporting

Live reporting

Customer surveys

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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Availability- Five9 has servers in multiple regions and an entire team monitoring 24/7 to make sure we do not have down time.
Scalability- We can quickly increase our licenses up and down based on the needs of our clients.
Security- We do not have to worry about security.
Quality of voice- we are able to use Five9's soft phones and sustain a high quality of voice.
Single code set and cloud based software as a service. Competitors we looked at were typically more of a collection of applications.
Speed/Ease of use- We can manage Five9 with a single administrator vs an IT department.
Compliance- for outbound dialing compliance is built in. We also use their TCPA solution for dialing cellular phones.
Future proof: Five9 continues to invest in making their virtual contact center better. This in turn makes our service offering stronger.

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Matt Zemon

President & CEO

BernardOutsourcing/Offshoring, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

It would be nice if things could be adjusted through phone codes rather than through just an online interface. Having to be logged in to do things can be an inconvenience at times.
Possibility of hearing the channel through audio before answering the call

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Audrey Easterday

Partner

Customer Help ServicesTelecommunications, 1-10 employees

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Java based desktop application is a pain to keep updated.
The user interface for the agent desktop application is clunky and outdated. It could use a facelift.
The help center for documentation isn't well organized and the documentation needs substantial editing.

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Ariana Thompson

Support Improvement Manager

OrderUpFood & Beverages, 51-200 employees

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Usability

8x8 Contact Center 8.2

Based on 1 answer

We have no issues.

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MIKE BARBARO

SR VP

TOWN FAIR TIRERetail, 1001-5000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

8x8 Contact Center 5.3

Based on 25 answers

We've had to contact support a lot since the product is not easy to use. Some of the support specialists are better than others. Their support team really lacks in their knowledge of the 8x8 plug-in and how that works and interfaced with Salesforce. Your team does now know the limitations of the product.

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Melissa McCormack

Senior Manager Customer Experience

Constant TherapyHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 11-50 employees

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Five9 8.2

Based on 8 answers

Five9's Customer Support team is also based in Manila Philippines, thus turnaround email response times for our reported issues are great for our requirements. Their CS agents also facilitate mobile calls to followup on outstanding issues and operate on a 24/7 schedule. We've also had experience working with the senior tech agents to investigate recurring issues to completion.

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Verified User

General Manager in Customer Service

Consumer Electronics Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I have used such products as eWorkforce, Avaya and Blue Pumpkin. Those products when I was using them were operated on in-house servers and were covering larger groups.

8x8, as I have said, works very well in this environment. I prefer that we are not hosting the program but rather as using it. While there was a certain level of analytics and scheduling that could be utilized in the other products, I really don't have the need here. Our program, due to its nature is predictable enough to not need the full scheduling options.

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Verified User

Manager in Customer Service

Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees

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While we use Invoca and LeadsPedia for more granular tracking and data, Five9 has always sort of been the end all be all. If it's in Five9, it's pretty concrete that the info in Five9 is the correct information. It doesn't matter which campaign a call came through, if it came through at all, it will be seen in Five9.

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Verified User

Strategist in Marketing

Security & Investigations Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

SLA Validation - we are able to provide analytics to support our SLA claim.
Uptime - we have not experienced an outage in the 3 years we have been using the software.
Playback - It is very easy to review previous calls for coaching and feedback for support staff.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Customer Service

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

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We are able to contact more clients on a daily basis
We are able to record and monitor phone calls for quality assurance
We are able to measure all KPI's for agent performance
The Do Not Call list is incredibly easy to add and remove clients

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Shanna Baty

Paralegal/Supervisor

Summit ConversionsLegal Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Rating Summary

8x8 Contact Center

Five9

8x8 Contact Center

Five9

8x8 Contact Center

Five9