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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    8x8 Work

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/A8x8 Work is a collaboration hub for phone, video, and messaging. It brings secure unified communication and collaboration experiences to every employee.

    $24

    per month

    Talkdesk

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATalkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.

    $85

    per month per user

    Pricing
    8x8 WorkTalkdesk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Digital Essentials
    $85
    per month per user
    Voice Essentials
    $105
    per month per user
    Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Industry Experience Clouds
    $225
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    8x8 WorkTalkdesk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    8x8 WorkTalkdesk
    Considered Both Products
    8x8 Inc.
    Chose 8x8 Work
    We are in the midst of fully transitioning out of 8x8 X Series, however, it has been great to use these last few years to assist our client's needs.
    Incentivized
    Talkdesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    445 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    345 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    275 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    340 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    195 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    352 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    219 Answers
    Features
    8x8 WorkTalkdesk
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of 8x8 Work and Talkdesk
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.5
    486 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX8.9267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.7131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.5446 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of 8x8 Work and Talkdesk
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    8.6
    539 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules8.7492 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording8.6416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.5390 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening8.5376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.7472 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of 8x8 Work and Talkdesk
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    9.2
    471 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS9.2397 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.1304 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of 8x8 Work and Talkdesk
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Talkdesk
    8.2
    500 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings7.3479 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings8.3420 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings8.4439 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.5431 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.2397 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.8454 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.9231 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.5321 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings7.2255 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings8.2229 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings8.6447 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.0329 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings8.5381 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of 8x8 Work and Talkdesk
    Feature
    8x8 Work
    -
    Ratings
    Talkdesk
    8.0
    484 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.0444 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings7.0322 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings9.0468 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings8.5426 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.5440 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.2448 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings7.8441 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings7.3249 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings6.8283 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    8x8 WorkTalkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (560 ratings)
    8.3
    (514 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (40 ratings)
    8.5
    (40 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (205 ratings)
    8.6
    (330 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    9.6
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (152 ratings)
    5.6
    (132 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    7.2
    (224 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    8x8 WorkTalkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8x8 Inc.
    Having the capability to copy and paste in phone numbers that I am trying to call directly into the 8x8 Work user interface is a massive time saver for me so that I don't have to type in each phone number like we had to do before 8x8 Work. When you are in sales and productivity and time is important that can really add up.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    As a growing company, we did not have customer service contacts set up like a traditional contact center, even though we were trying to operate like one. Talkdesk made the transition simple to orchestrate the new setup, allowing customers to have their contacts answered quickly. As Talkdesk has continued to roll out new products such as Copilot and AI Autopilot, we are implementing and continuing to realize the benefits.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    8x8 Inc.
    • 8x8 Work manages roles and permissions well. It is very simple to create permission groups needed for certain roles that may even overlap teams needs.
    • User management is fairly simple and straight forward.
    • Analytics reporting is good quality for the higher tier licenses
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    • Talkdesk excels at reporting. It offers a wide range of reports, such as Aux, AHT, and productivity reports, which are great for monitoring performance.
    • Talkdesk has speech-to-text analytics. This is an AI transcript system. The AI detects speech and transcribes it.
    • Talkdesk is easy to integrate with other apps. Such as Calabrio and Zendesk.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    8x8 Inc.
    • Customer support do not respond properly if you are facing any compliance issue.
    • If any person in the organisation misbehaves with a customer and the customer raises a complaint to the concerned team, they suspend the organisation's entire
    • account without any warning.
    • Rarely we face voice disturbance.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
    • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
    • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
    • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
    • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8x8 Inc.
    All our employees love this product. No one has ever had an issue, whether it be the phone or fax. Great during the winter when employees have to work from home because of the snow. Never had an issue with the phone app. Highly recommend this product
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    One of the best tools our there to tackle alot of our needs or issues within the organisation's and is value for money as you find alot of the features already in bedded and the Ai features are user friendly no need for additional training and Talk desk support when any issues arise is amazing
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    8x8 Inc.
    As long as the general system for your organization is up, it is a completely fine system, no issues; however, if there are any glitches, those are rarely solvable in-house. It's a completely fine system with just enough features to keep everyone happy, but not WOW anyone
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    Talkdesk
    As a user, the Talkdesk system is pretty easy. However, as a leader or an admin, the system can be difficult to navigate. Talkdesk appeared to integrate different solutions into their environment. While the overall skin of the environment is pretty seamless, it's easy to see that some solutions are segregated off into their own area of the Talkdesk ecosystem. This is pretty evident with Identity, WFM, and System Analytics, where you have to navigate to their respective areas to pull reports and gather data. Where many other reports are available in Explore
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    Reliability and Availability
    8x8 Inc.
    The 8x8 product is absolutely the best when it comes to this! I have had zero application errors or unplanned outages allowing me the opportunity to provide a constant source of reliable customer service to my members. I know this is something I can count on. Unlike the internet, it is subject to go down without warning
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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    Performance
    8x8 Inc.
    No problems with performance, Pages load as they should. I can't answer on the reports side as only a handful of our Admins ( call center ) currently use that side of the software. It does intergrate very well with Office for meetings and conferences. Sometimes there is a slight lag or static when users are talking, but we found this to be a cause of a users computer had not restarted in a while, Once the user restarts thier computer the problem is resolved, So this is not an issue with 8x8
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    reports are good until a report is a big one in size then the wait is longer and some call reports delay by an hour or so which is not ideal as we pull these hourly and need them from Work force management perspective and Quality reports are perfectly fine
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    We are a USA based organization. Support was refreshingly quick (callback via phone or email, online live agents). Agents are knowledgeable, thorough in their explanations, and extremely patient when dealing with end-users at various levels of the ICT knowledge spectrum.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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    In-Person Training
    8x8 Inc.
    The representative that arrived was very prompt and knowledgeable about the product and able to provide understandable instruction for how everything worked and what to be expected by us when using the product. They did not make me feel rushed or like they were ready to get the training over with
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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    Online Training
    8x8 Inc.
    online (video) training is good. No issues.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    8x8 Inc.
    The implementation of 8x8 X was rather smooth. We had training prior to getting the system. The IT company did a good job on the training. The whole system is wonderful. Saves me so much time with the faxing, as i can just let it go by itself and not have to make sure pages don't get skipped, as with a regular fax machine.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    We were very satisfied with the implementation of Talkdesk. The team was able to gather all the data and information about the system we had in place at the moment and delivered us a Talkdesk plan that suited our needs. We had a few calls after implementation where our questions were answered and gave us the confidence to continue using the system.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    8x8 Inc.
    The customer support is not good on Zoom. They do not know about their product. When we ask something about a Zoom feature, customer support takes time and denied for that feature but those features available in Zoom and we have to find out those features by Google and logs. 8x8 Work is the best in the market.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    Call recordings, quality assessments, feedback, coaching, and monitoring, the call flow is effortless and painless, changing statuses from after-call work is updated to be qued so you cannot change after aftercall work is finished, shows you the company metrics, SLA, abandonment, number of calls taken and record occupancy for you and the team. Many more features make Talkdesk an innovative software compared to its competitors.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8x8 Inc.
    At this time, we’re very happy with the pricing model that we have worked out and they have provided for us. Just be sure to do your homework, and use your comparisons to work out your cost with 8x8. They will be very straightforward with you on what they can
    adjust for you.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
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    Scalability
    8x8 Inc.
    The only issue was adding licences was not via a button click but through your account admin which seems bad practice in a SaaS world as the user should be able to sign up, amend and close their account with ease
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    talk desk has helped us massively with flexibility of one system giving us all the relevant information we need to be able to drive improvement and also good service from work force management to quality improvement to the reporting of the work and inputs going in and assess outputs to determine the success of our work and remaining development areas
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    8x8 Inc.
    PS had all the users etc. set up by our go-live date. All hard phones were activated and when we received them, all we had to do was set them up and punch in the activation code to activate them.
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    Talkdesk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    8x8 Inc.
    • Efficiency to be on the road and still have our calls well-managed.
    • Whether on the road or in the office, the incoming caller always assumes we are at our desks and in touch.
    • The ability to change our outgoing messages to suit immediate needs is simple.
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    Talkdesk
    • Reduced hold times with callback feature = better CX
    • Easy transfer option between teams where we can talk rep-rep first before bringing the caller in = less repeated information the customer has to provide = better CX
    • Modified call dispositions allows for better call management & organization = less work on our end!
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.