Amazon Connect vs. IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Connect
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
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
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
IBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate® leverages AI to automate complex workflows. The solution helps build, deploy, and manage AI assistants and agents. It offers a catalogue of pre-built agents and tools, low-code agent builder, multi-agent collaboration capabilities, and integrations with enterprise apps.
$530
per month
Pricing
Amazon ConnectIBM watsonx Orchestrate
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
Essential
$500
per month per subscription
Essentials
$500
per month Per subscription
Standard
Enterprise
Standard
Enterprise
per month Per subscription
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon ConnectIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsIBM watsonx Orchestrate can be deployed and run on IBM Cloud, AWS, or on-premises. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
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Community Pulse
Amazon ConnectIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Features
Amazon ConnectIBM watsonx Orchestrate
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
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Connect
7.7
6 Ratings
7% below category average
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon ConnectIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(6 ratings)
7.3
(119 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(2 ratings)
7.4
(78 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(9 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon ConnectIBM watsonx Orchestrate
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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IBM
In our case, it is well-suited for workday integration, which allows us to automate the entire workflow. However, we are still working on the O9 platform integration, which we feel is less appropriate, and integrating the workflow into the platform.
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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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IBM
  • New and improved natural language processing yielding better results helps the assistants understand the intention behind the query.
  • Preserves context of communication, allowing the customers to establish inquiries on the website and continue on the mobile app without having extra informational input.
  • Intelligent conversations mean that complex paths that are branched based on the user's inputs allow for a much more natural flow of the conversation than fixed scripts.
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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.
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IBM
  • I think that it needs to be able to integrate better with the knowledge catalogs. It currently provides a default database, which isn't quite large enough for enterprise use. We can connect that then to an external source, but it'd be nice if we could able just to instantiate one straight away.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
Currently we are using to develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. Action flow and dialog flow we are currently in chatbot.
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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
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IBM
With the growing use of AI and chatbots, it's very easy to use, and the conversational language makes it easier than keyword searches in a document. The contextual language processing is impressive. It's easy to integrate into our internal portal. The use of this tool would depend on each company's security and data sensitivity.
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Performance
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
To develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. IBM Watson library anyone can easily learn and develop chatbots.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
We've rarely had to engage support, but they've always been prompt in responding and very attentive. Support experiences have been extremely positive (but we're mostly happy that we just don't have any cause to routinely need support in the first place!).
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Online Training
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
Excellent course material.
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Implementation Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
Overall the implementation was simple.
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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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IBM
Make has more community of workflows to follow that have been redeveloped and are available for download. Selecting WxO is based on our trust level with IBM and the propositions of the Granite model being less biased, more business trained, and the ecosystem allowing for expansion with Assistant and Discovery.
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Scalability
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
From past 3+ years I am using IBM Watson in our current project easily can implement and manage and monitor user how their using. Is there and update also just update dialog is just enough to change no need to touch any other templates. Multiple language will support, and action and dialog speak recognize chatbot we can create as per client requirement. Overall, as of now good experience with IBM Watson.
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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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IBM
  • By automating tasks that would otherwise require human intervention, organizations may achieve cost savings in terms of labor, especially for handling large volumes of routine inquiries.
  • Virtual assistants can handle a large number of simultaneous interactions, making them scalable to accommodate growing customer bases and increasing workloads without a linear increase in staffing.
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ScreenShots

IBM watsonx Orchestrate Screenshots

Screenshot of IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® homepage UI when you enter into the product.Screenshot of Catalog of AI agents and tools in different domains from multiple partnersScreenshot of Creating agents - from scratch or using a pre-built templateScreenshot of Multi Agent Collaboration - Employee Support Manager AgentScreenshot of IT domain agents from IBM and other partnersScreenshot of Integrations from multiple common applications