Altitude Xperience vs. ChatBeacon

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altitude Xperience
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Altitude Xperience is a unified and complete customer interaction software suite. It enables contact centers to integrate different functionalities and tools to support the customer experience (CX). Formerly from Altitude Software, it is now supported by Enghouse since the late 2020 acquisition.N/A
ChatBeacon
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
ChatBeacon (formerly SightMax) is a live chat tool from SmartMax Software headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.N/A
Pricing
Altitude XperienceChatBeacon
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altitude XperienceChatBeacon
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Altitude XperienceChatBeacon
Features
Altitude XperienceChatBeacon
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Altitude Xperience
9.7
1 Ratings
14% above category average
ChatBeacon
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Altitude Xperience
9.6
1 Ratings
15% above category average
ChatBeacon
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altitude XperienceChatBeacon
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altitude XperienceChatBeacon
Likelihood to Recommend
Enghouse
  • Both inbound and outbound interactions for telephony, social media (Twitter and Facebook out of the box), email, chat and more.
  • Powerful predictive dialing--gives the option to change between dialing modes without interruptions.
  • Offers the possibility to load customer data and tie interactions with specific customers to get a better idea of the customer's journey.
  • Offers the possibility to save interaction outcomes and present them in monitoring and reports.
  • Cannot replace a corporate PBX.
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SmartMax Software
ChatBeacon is a decent choice for on-premises chat support, but the clunky agent UI sparks no joy. If your organization can use a cloud-based solution, there are plenty of other fish in the sea
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Pros
Enghouse
  • Predictive outbound
  • Offers a reliable CRM-lite option
  • GDPR platform module
  • Customizable reports
  • Powerful IVR flows with many options
  • Web-based management and agent applications available
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SmartMax Software
  • Easy to install and configure.
  • Easy for customers to use.
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Cons
Enghouse
  • User interface
  • Offers no direct access to its database
  • Support responsiveness could be better
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SmartMax Software
  • ChatBeacon is just SightMax with a fresh coat of paint.
  • The entire agent UI is remarkably worse than SightMax.
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Support Rating
Enghouse
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SmartMax Software
Support is a strong point for ChatBeacon - their support team is small, but you definitely get white-glove service. Zero complaints about ChatBeacon support!
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Alternatives Considered
Enghouse
Altitude uCI offers some CRM capabilities that Genesys Cloud does not. It offers the option to store multi-dimensional interaction outcomes and presents them in reports. Altitude uCI agent scripts can be more elaborate than Genesys Could ones, and its reports are fully customizable. While Genesys Cloud is moving toward that direction, it still doesn't offer the level of customizability Altitude Xperience does.
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SmartMax Software
Before using SightMax (now ChatBeacon), we used AliveChat, which was an OK SaaS product, but the team operating the service would frequently restart the servers after maintenance and forget to start our instance back up. ChatBeacon(SightMax) as on-prem software eliminated this concern. We've been evaluating ChatBeacon vs. other products lately, and we really like how DeskPro stacks up vs. ChatBeacon - ChatBeacon is purely a chat product, and DeskPro does web chat/phone/email ticketing.
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Return on Investment
Enghouse
  • Reliable prediction improves productivity
  • Multichannel integration offers an all-in-one solution
  • Offers its own custom-made PBX solution that is more reasonably priced than standalone PBX solutions
  • Can work with existing corporate PBXs (Cisco, Alcatel, Avaya)
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SmartMax Software
  • Using website chat (often with an agent:customer ratio of up to 1:3 or more ) vs. phone support (with an agent ratio of 1:1) has greatly reduced support costs in every business unit.
  • Providing realtime feedback and links (vs. phone calls) has greatly improved the turnaround on the sales and customer inquiry processes.
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