Amazon Connect vs. Nextiva Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Connect
Score 8.0 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
Nextiva Contact Center
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Nextiva headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona offers the Nextiva VoIP Call Center solution in two editions, Pro and Enterprise. It also features support for contact centers, allowing clients to manage customer service over multiple channels. Both plans feature unlimited call queues and intelligent call distribution.
$129
per month per user
Pricing
Amazon ConnectNextiva Contact Center
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
$129
per month per seat
Professional
$159
per month per seat
Premium
$199
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon ConnectNextiva Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Amazon ConnectNextiva Contact Center
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Amazon ConnectNextiva Contact Center
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Connect
7.3
4 Ratings
13% below category average
Nextiva Contact Center
9.1
30 Ratings
9% above category average
Agent dashboard5.54 Ratings8.830 Ratings
Validate callers7.24 Ratings9.129 Ratings
Outbound response7.24 Ratings9.428 Ratings
Call forwarding7.24 Ratings9.229 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)7.24 Ratings8.823 Ratings
Warm transfer8.94 Ratings9.329 Ratings
Predictive dialing5.23 Ratings8.617 Ratings
Interactive voice response6.34 Ratings8.822 Ratings
REST APIs8.93 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Call scripts5.54 Ratings9.415 Ratings
Call tracking7.34 Ratings9.827 Ratings
Multichannel integration9.14 Ratings9.318 Ratings
CRM software integration8.94 Ratings9.019 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Connect
6.1
4 Ratings
30% below category average
Nextiva Contact Center
9.2
30 Ratings
11% above category average
Inbound call routing9.14 Ratings9.529 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing5.54 Ratings9.324 Ratings
Recording7.34 Ratings9.327 Ratings
Quality management7.24 Ratings9.127 Ratings
Call analytics3.74 Ratings9.328 Ratings
Historical reporting5.54 Ratings9.230 Ratings
Live reporting5.54 Ratings8.827 Ratings
Customer surveys5.44 Ratings9.615 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics5.44 Ratings9.119 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon ConnectNextiva Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
7.2
(4 ratings)
9.1
(31 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon ConnectNextiva Contact Center
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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Nextiva
We use Nextiva every day in our company. I like how we have a lot of different customizable options. You can use Nextiva in several different ways. There are also several different ways to use/manage Nextiva, with their Mobile App, Desktop App, and from a browser. Their support is reachable via phone, chat, or email. Nextiva makes integrating with other platforms and implementing new features or functions easy. Just a heads up, depending on how you use Nextiva daily, the backend setup for call centers can be a little tricky.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Auto call distribution.
  • Web based scripting.
  • Easy chat deployment.
  • Call Recording.
  • Customer heat check.
  • Detailed reporting.
  • Live monitoring.
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Nextiva
  • Nextiva allows you to set up the Contact Center to fit your exact needs.
  • The Contact Center has a consistency of quality. Dropped calls or interrupted calls are very rare. The voice quality is always great on both ends.
  • The Contact Center allows us to have a Call Center with 50+ numbers to assist our customers attendees. At the same time, it allows us to have a main line for our Customer Support, Sales, etc...
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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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Nextiva
  • I'd like to be able block numbers globally through the web portal rather than having it done through tech support.
  • Mobile app sometimes continues to ring even though the call has been picked up via the desktop app or physical phone.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Nextiva
Service has been exemplary and we are happy with the voice quality and connectivity
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Nextiva
They are very nice, friendly and you can really feel their willingness to help. They are proactive in finding out potential issue and they sometimes extend their service by calling me and making sure I'm still happy with the service. They have Live Chat support, email, and hotline that you can use to connect to them.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
We worked through a Request For Proposal to check different Contact Center platforms, we evaluated Talkdesk, Amazon Connect and Genesys PureConnect, all of them as a SaaS platforms, and trying to go to a pay per use model. The best option for us was Amazon Connect, with a pure pay per use model according to the minutes of use, instead of the number of agents. As our goal was to automate the maximum number of contacts, we didn't want a license model based in the number of agents
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Nextiva
It isn't just about clear calls- which they have in spades. The features on this platform are like little productivity cheerleaders. We can track calls, analyze performance, and even set up call routing so the right seller gets the right lead
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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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Nextiva
  • With Nextiva VoIP Call Center, we don't need receptionist on call all the time... that is good
  • we receive a lot of complains of people calling and no one answering, but when we check the call history there is no trail of the incoming call... that is bad...
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