Launched 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
Google Assistant
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Users can build custom conversational experiences using Google Assistant’s voice and visual APIs. Take users on journeys through a product, using Assistant’s natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities and developer tools.
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Pricing
Amazon Connect
Google Assistant
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
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Pricing Offerings
Amazon Connect
Google Assistant
Free Trial
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No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Features
Amazon Connect
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Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Connect
7.8
6 Ratings
7% below category average
Google Assistant
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Ratings
Agent dashboard
9.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Validate callers
8.56 Ratings
00 Ratings
Outbound response
7.56 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call forwarding
7.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)
7.56 Ratings
00 Ratings
Warm transfer
8.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Predictive dialing
5.04 Ratings
00 Ratings
Interactive voice response
7.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
REST APIs
9.04 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call scripts
8.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call tracking
9.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Multichannel integration
7.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM software integration
9.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
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.
I'm in a Me vs. The World environment rather often. I can connect to my outer realm when heading to live meetings. Auditions, job assignments all via my assistant. I like having the ability to capture the moment and rewrite it as well. This is a primary driver for me. Sometimes branching out or when collaborating, I think I work a little harder in the moment than Google Assistant might but that is moreso my limitations and not the feature so much. I catch this scene when I'm in a group environment or at times having to create and respond to a larger scale event. Not a deal breaker for me however.
I think newer, complementary ideas are a bit sharper than Google Assistant especially in a Q&A environment or when seeking some depth to a subject. That enhancement is to be expected I feel. And Google Assistant is not so self limiting so I don't have a lot of improvement needs because I use this for what I've become accustomed to and for the ability overall.
It is always important to do your best around hectic places, in bad tower signal areas or even if trying to do something new while using Google Assistant. Have patience in the setting. It pays off.
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
I feel this can be adjusted and after some trial and error you sort of start knowing what will work and how. And I have to say the overall impact becomes personal and we are all different. I'm small scale and as I've said, it works.
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
I chose this because it was easier for me and can be accessed via mobile and laptop too because it enables cross device support because it helps in adding more depth to my life, and can help me save tons of time.