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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Five9

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AFive9 is cloud contact center software for inbound, outbound, blended, or multi-channel operations. This solution includes management capabilities such as campaign management, quality monitoring, real-time and historical reporting, and call recording.

    $119

    per month

    Squaretalk

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASquaretalk is a contact center solution used to connect to prospects and customers and convert sales opportunities. The combination of voice, WhatsApp Business messaging, SMS, and email, AI-powered automation, and scalability helps to ensure that companies of all sizes shorten their sales cycle and elevate outreach. Squaretalk’s platform offers omnichannel communication, call-handling features, customizable workflows, advanced reporting, and enterprise-grade…

    $175

    per month 5 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    Amazon ConnectFive9Squaretalk
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Core
    $119
    per month
    Digital
    $119
    per month
    Premium
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Optimum
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Ultimate
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Core
    $35
    per month per user (minimum 5)
    Connect
    $50
    per month per user (minimum 5)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon ConnectFive9Squaretalk
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Five9 offers pricing options to suit your business needs: Monthly On-Demand —Companies looking to quickly scale their operations with minimum costs Per-Minute Fees — Products such as voice message broadcasting or IVR with Speech recognition Annual Contracts — Reduced fee compared to monthly on-demand pricingDiscount available for annual contract.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon ConnectFive9Squaretalk
    Considered Multiple Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Five9
    Chose Five9
    We use Five9 as a tool to make and receive calls from various departments such as Customer Care, Underwriting, Claims, and others. These departments have experienced issues primarily from supervisor consoles because they sometimes lose access without making significant changes …
    Incentivized
    Squaretalk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Amazon ConnectFive9Squaretalk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Amazon Connect and Five9 and Squaretalk
    Feature
    Amazon Connect
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Five9
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Squaretalk
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard9.06 Ratings6.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers8.56 Ratings8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response7.56 Ratings7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding7.05 Ratings7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)7.56 Ratings8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.05 Ratings8.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing5.04 Ratings8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response7.06 Ratings7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs9.04 Ratings8.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts8.05 Ratings7.615 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking9.05 Ratings8.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration7.06 Ratings7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.06 Ratings7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Amazon Connect and Five9 and Squaretalk
    Feature
    Amazon Connect
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Five9
    8.0
    28 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Squaretalk
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing8.06 Ratings9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.06 Ratings8.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording9.05 Ratings9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management6.05 Ratings7.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics9.06 Ratings7.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting9.05 Ratings7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting6.06 Ratings7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys6.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics8.05 Ratings7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon ConnectFive9Squaretalk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (44 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon ConnectFive9Squaretalk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Five9
    We use Five9 as a tool to make and receive calls from various departments such as Customer Service, Underwriting, Claims, and others. It's a tool that has helped us complete various tasks to contact our customers. It has also allowed us to replace Zoom Phone, as it makes it easier to assign new contact numbers to agents, while Zoom Phone only allows reusing numbers. It's a good tool with an easy-to-use interface for new users.
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
    It has helped us a lot with the communication flow of the company, employees have better communication with each other, via chat or if they are out of the office. They can also answer the chat or calls without problems with the mobile application. Very useful in all aspects, that's why we highly recommend it.
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    Pros
    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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    Five9
    • Inbound and outbound calls it process is so well.
    • The service is so good and they give very efficient support in customer need.
    • The calls we can do in Five9 include incoming, outgoing, voicemails and we can also send a note to a specific person. It's a very reliable mode of communication.
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    Squaretalk
    • Excellent reception of calls and video calls, looks very clear, which makes it a better experience and information can be passed without any problem.
    • Screen sharing is excellent for video conferencing, when we need to explain a task or show a file from our computer, everyone understands and is satisfied.
    • I like that even if I am not in my work area, from my mobile devices such as my phone or tablet, I can access the application.
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Five9
    • Text. Texting is incredibly difficult on Five9. We've had issues with only some texts logging to Salesforce, issues with threading of text conversations, and issues with having Salesforce contact information appear on the text widget (knowing who you are texting, not just their phone number).
    • The interface to "pause" is challenging. There are not good reminders to our reps to remember to pause or log out of Five9. If you forget to log out, this can affect stats about who worked the longest hours that day - and it's hard to know who actually was active on the phones.
    • Inbound voicemails are too-easily hidden. It's challenging for a lot of our reps to remember to check their inbound voicemails because it is hard to access them in the Five9 widget.
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    Robust product, great reliability and support.
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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
    Incentivized
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    Five9
    overall usability is very great. User friendly interface for agents within the Salesforce with the engage button. Easy to go offline and online. Very good Integrations with Salesforce helps lot of clients that implemented Salesforce. As it is cloud based, agents can access it from anywhere. While the agent experience is goof, as a technical person it is hard to manage with the Five9 VCC and also the reporting User Interface is bad and slow when there are large amount of records.
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    We have had minimal downtime due to system outages since it was implemented.
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    Squaretalk
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    The system's performance is great. Page loads quickly. Reports are generated quickly and sent to our email or FTP. The integration did not impact the performance of our other applications. We have not seen any drop in the performance of either applications since we performed the integration.
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    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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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    I took the certification course for administrator and also received some tips while working with the developer during implementation. The UI was very intuitive, so I was able to figure out how things worked when I configured the users, skills, campaigns, IVR scripts. I worked with the Five9 AI team to beta test Agent Assist.
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    The implementation team that was assigned to us was great. The project manager was very helpful and managed the timeline very efficiently. The developer was very helpful and provided insights while helping us configure the system.
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    Squaretalk
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Five9
    Initially selected Five9 but have since switched to RingCentral which has given us what we needed. Better CRM integration, simpler and in my opinion more robust reporting capabilities and the same omnichannel solution at a fraction of the cost
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    We do annual renewals and it's concurrent licensing which is great.
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    It was very easy to add additional licenses. Once we placed the order, it was activated the following day. Since it's web-based, it's very quick to deploy across multiple sites.
    Incentivized
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    Five9 Professional Services team is very knowledgeable and efficient. I worked with them during implementation and during beta testing for Five9 Agent Assist and Ai Insights.
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    Squaretalk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Five9
    • Cost savings: Five9 replaced a premise-based outbound dialer and a different virtual call center solution for inbound.
    • Cost savings: Five9's voice over IP is less expensive than the land lines we were using.
    • Cost savings: Five9 requires significantly less management than our previous solutions.
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    Squaretalk
    • A very easy-to-use program that does not require external technical support for installation or learning. Employees are more focused on their activities and the easy way to send files, which is a considerable saving of time and man-hours.
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