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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Connect

    Score8.3 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

    Khoros Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros Service offers omnichannel engagement on publicly available channels like social, digital, chat, and voice, as well as owned online communities like Khoros Communities. The solution offers 1-to-1 and 1-to-many engagement with customers and consumers, bringing together automation through bots and human agents. Customer inquiries and support-related conversations can be routed and prioritized based on a variety of parameters, and the robust agent desktop solution…N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Pricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Chose Khoros Service
    Khoros is more efficient.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    71 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Amazon Connect and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Amazon Connect
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    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 Amazon Connect and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Amazon Connect
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    Small Businesses
    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (71 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon ConnectKhoros Service
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Less Appropriate Scenarios- A fintech company has highly specialized or industry-specific workflows that are not easily accommodated within the standard capabilities of Khoros Care. In such cases, the platform may be less appropriate for businesses with extremely unique processes that require a high degree of customization. Well suited- financial institutions face a high volume of customer inquiries related to account management, transactions, and security concerns. Khoros Care's security features, automation capabilities, and integration with banking systems make it suitable for managing customer interactions in the financial services sector.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Tagging system - it's possible to add a wide variety of labels and categories
    • Search feature - being able to find users by conversation number, username, or keywords makes it easier to navigate old conversations
    • Easy system for assigning conversations to other users
    • When you claim a conversation, it gets removed from the queue. This is much more visually explicit than Khoros Marketing's queue, for example, where all content remains visible in the queue and a bookmark gets moved around to distinguish the point where other users left off
    Incentivized
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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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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I would like to be able to see deleted comments/tweets so we can look into the issues.
    • I would like to be able to better customize dashboards for our exact metrics. Some things previously available in Spredfast are no longer available in Care.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Simply, there isn't anything on the market that is quite as personable as Khoros Care. After using a few different client messaging systems, this program gave the closest feel to in-person interaction that we could get during the COVID-19 epidemic and is an important part of our agency still to this day in 2023.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The ability to auto tag, manually tag, make notes, and "snooze" posts is extremely helpful. The efficiency of the work flow for agents is also a huge plus. It keeps agents moving quickly and prioritizing responses for the cases that need it most.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Support has always very responsive and helpful when it comes to getting my issue/inquiry addressed. Their ticket portal is great for tracking any open tickets and they can be updated via the portal or by responding to the email thread. Support reps are always extremely knowledgeable and care about getting you taken care of
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The team received training (from the same executive team member who has been supporting us) over the web and this was of very high quality.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Implementing the platform was not a big hassle for our client, it was seamless and easy we just had to follow a few steps and it was done. Just scaling was a bit of an issue but it got resolved with time and a bit of effort at both ends
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros is more than just a platform for social publishing. No other competitor provides the in-depth moderation and social listening services that they do. If you're looking for a one-stop-shop of a platform for all things social, this is the tool to be using. Others are better in usability and innovative functionality.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Of course as the company grows owing to its growing customer base, they need to think of out-of-the-box solutions to offer its clients and customer satisfaction is one of them. Retention is very much needed in competitive environment like today and hence it becomes imperative for companies to find different ways to reach their client basis and fix their issues
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We have seen a positive shift of customers from reaching out to the Call Centre to the Social Care Team.
    • Monthly and Annual Reporting to keep track of performance and stats related to the team has been much easier to highlight areas for improvement (month2month and anually)
    • CSAT/NPS Survey results have increased via Khoros Care in comparison to the Call Centre.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Service Screenshots

    Screenshot of a customer conversation in Agent view. Access past customer conversations and interactions in a single pane of glass.Screenshot of the analytic dashboard used to monitor key metrics across a service organization, such as available agents, time to first response, and agent handle time.Screenshot of Khoros Agent Assist. This feature provides agents with real-time recommendations, reducing the time needed to handle customer inquiries, deliver accurate resolutions, and train new agents.Screenshot of Work Queues under Rules and Routing. This allows admins to build rules around tagging to ensure timely and effective follow-up from agents.