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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avaya Contact Center

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAvaya Contact Center is delivered through Avaya Infinity, a cloud-native platform designed to orchestrate customer interactions across multiple channels. Built on a Microservices Architecture with open AI Orchestration, Avaya Infinity enables organizations to manage Voice, Digital, Email, and Messaging interactions. The system provides Dynamic Routing, AI automation, and real-time orchestration—with the flexibility to deploy in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid…N/A

    Talkdesk

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATalkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.

    $85

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Avaya Contact CenterTalkdesk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Digital Essentials
    $85
    per month per user
    Voice Essentials
    $105
    per month per user
    Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Industry Experience Clouds
    $225
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Avaya Contact CenterTalkdesk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional Details—*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.
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    Community Pulse
    Avaya Contact CenterTalkdesk
    Considered Both Products
    Avaya
    Chose Avaya Contact Center
    Talkdesk to me feels a little basic and can use a better interface. Also, the live chat is much more developed with Avaya Infinity™. With the options that Avaya Infinity™ has, I think that Avaya Infinity™ is the better solution, but both products do what they say they are going …
    Incentivized
    Talkdesk
    Chose Talkdesk
    Much better, since Avaya just wasn't up to scratch when we decided to move away from them. RingCentral came in and presented, but the Service Managers weren't impressed by the offering.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    At the time we felt that Talkdesk offered some more user-friendly solutions. Looking at CCaaS solutions was a new experience for us, so we really didn't know what we didn't know. If I had to repeat the selection process today, I'd have better questions and honestly am not …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    We had a lot of missing calls, misdirected ones, and usually a poor service perceived by our customers because of that
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is better because of the user friendly interface.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    N/A
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is much easier to use [than Zendesk].
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Blows most of them out of the water, Five9 would be Talkdesk's best competition out there in the space at the moment.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    349 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    279 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    351 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    199 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    223 Answers
    Features
    Avaya Contact CenterTalkdesk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Avaya Contact Center and Talkdesk
    Feature
    Avaya Contact Center
    8.0
    38 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Talkdesk
    8.2
    502 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Agent dashboard8.036 Ratings7.3481 Ratings
    Validate callers8.233 Ratings8.3421 Ratings
    Outbound response6.132 Ratings8.4441 Ratings
    Call forwarding8.936 Ratings8.5433 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.629 Ratings8.2399 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.836 Ratings8.8456 Ratings
    Predictive dialing5.928 Ratings8.9231 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.232 Ratings8.5323 Ratings
    REST APIs7.927 Ratings7.2256 Ratings
    Call scripts6.730 Ratings8.2230 Ratings
    Call tracking8.635 Ratings8.6449 Ratings
    Multichannel integration9.433 Ratings7.0331 Ratings
    CRM software integration7.932 Ratings8.6382 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Avaya Contact Center and Talkdesk
    Feature
    Avaya Contact Center
    8.0
    38 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Talkdesk
    8.0
    486 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Inbound call routing8.637 Ratings9.0446 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.633 Ratings7.0324 Ratings
    Recording8.136 Ratings9.0470 Ratings
    Quality management7.934 Ratings8.5428 Ratings
    Call analytics8.034 Ratings8.5442 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.135 Ratings8.2450 Ratings
    Live reporting6.934 Ratings7.8443 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.031 Ratings7.3249 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics7.730 Ratings6.8284 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Avaya Contact CenterTalkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (55 ratings)
    8.3
    (516 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (11 ratings)
    8.5
    (40 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (8 ratings)
    8.6
    (332 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    5.5
    (132 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
    (224 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Avaya Contact CenterTalkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Avaya
    I would say well-suited for the everyday user, with the ability to use the products. I think it's really user-friendly in that way. The lack of education for the end users, maybe through some of our companies, makes it difficult. And the turnover.
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    Talkdesk
    As a growing company, we did not have customer service contacts set up like a traditional contact center, even though we were trying to operate like one. Talkdesk made the transition simple to orchestrate the new setup, allowing customers to have their contacts answered quickly. As Talkdesk has continued to roll out new products such as Copilot and AI Autopilot, we are implementing and continuing to realize the benefits.
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    Pros
    Avaya
    • The app and the ability to use the "office" phone while on the road.
    • There's an easy implementation and training process to get everyone on board quickly.
    • Flexibility of transferring calls to different mediums - I can switch a phone call to a conference or patch in other parties with ease.
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    Talkdesk
    • Talkdesk excels at reporting. It offers a wide range of reports, such as Aux, AHT, and productivity reports, which are great for monitoring performance.
    • Talkdesk has speech-to-text analytics. This is an AI transcript system. The AI detects speech and transcribes it.
    • Talkdesk is easy to integrate with other apps. Such as Calabrio and Zendesk.
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    Cons
    Avaya
    • Calls are automatically terminated at an agent and do not allow for the agent to "manually" answer the incoming call. This is very problematic as agents are not able to prepare properly for incoming calls. In addition, agents have stepped away from their desks and forgotten to put themselves in an away status, and calls have been directed to them, and they just sit there with no agent present. This is a very undesirable feature of the system.
    • Password resets are extremely problematic and continuously cause problems for users. Agents are prompted to change their password upon expiry, and when they follow the instructions as outlined, it rarely works and ends up needing a full reset. The challenge questions are useless and do not work at all.
    • Support can be a bit challenging as there are definite language barriers that have made both explaining the problem and understanding the recommended solution difficult.
    • The system is sometimes unreliable and will randomly log agents out with no explanation. Agents are then advised by support to log out, clear cache, and log back in. This is not feasible in a busy call center.
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    Talkdesk
    • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
    • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
    • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
    • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
    • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Avaya
    I am really not the decision maker on this subject but given the cost of the investment in Avaya, I do not see the company not renewing the use of Avaya. The new licensing model no longer requires expensive upgrades to stay current with new features added to the system and really helps with the cost of investment.
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    Talkdesk
    One of the best tools our there to tackle alot of our needs or issues within the organisation's and is value for money as you find alot of the features already in bedded and the Ai features are user friendly no need for additional training and Talk desk support when any issues arise is amazing
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    Usability
    Avaya
    Avaya has versatility in calling, receiving, and configuring. Being able to have notion of location, exchange of messages. we could see supplier information and configure it to our liking. as it is practicality for configuration and manual handling. Interactive and easy to learn screen. Being able to generate call reports for analysis of service in others
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    Talkdesk
    As a user, the Talkdesk system is pretty easy. However, as a leader or an admin, the system can be difficult to navigate. Talkdesk appeared to integrate different solutions into their environment. While the overall skin of the environment is pretty seamless, it's easy to see that some solutions are segregated off into their own area of the Talkdesk ecosystem. This is pretty evident with Identity, WFM, and System Analytics, where you have to navigate to their respective areas to pull reports and gather data. Where many other reports are available in Explore
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    Reliability and Availability
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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    Performance
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Talkdesk
    reports are good until a report is a big one in size then the wait is longer and some call reports delay by an hour or so which is not ideal as we pull these hourly and need them from Work force management perspective and Quality reports are perfectly fine
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    Support Rating
    Avaya
    I give it this rating because the support services of Avaya have proven to be reliable when needed. Great feedback for our queries has always been received from the support agents. 24/7 availability of support, which is very essential as our Call Center department also functions this way, therefore, the knowledge and technical support we require is always available to us.
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    Talkdesk
    If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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    In-Person Training
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Talkdesk
    The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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    Online Training
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Talkdesk
    Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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    Implementation Rating
    Avaya
    No, everything was implemented by Avaya Support
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    Talkdesk
    We were very satisfied with the implementation of Talkdesk. The team was able to gather all the data and information about the system we had in place at the moment and delivered us a Talkdesk plan that suited our needs. We had a few calls after implementation where our questions were answered and gave us the confidence to continue using the system.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Avaya
    Switched from Polycom to Avaya, although polycom worked well there were too many reoccuring connectivity issues and the turn around time for solving them was also too long. Avaya has fewer connectivity problems and their support is much better too. Pricing wise they were similar so we didn't have much to lose.
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    Talkdesk
    Call recordings, quality assessments, feedback, coaching, and monitoring, the call flow is effortless and painless, changing statuses from after-call work is updated to be qued so you cannot change after aftercall work is finished, shows you the company metrics, SLA, abandonment, number of calls taken and record occupancy for you and the team. Many more features make Talkdesk an innovative software compared to its competitors.
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    Scalability
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Talkdesk
    talk desk has helped us massively with flexibility of one system giving us all the relevant information we need to be able to drive improvement and also good service from work force management to quality improvement to the reporting of the work and inputs going in and assess outputs to determine the success of our work and remaining development areas
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    Return on Investment
    Avaya
    • Overall from a business objective standpoint, Avaya has to have had a positive impact on our Return on Investment. Its use in day-to-day operations has been beneficial to not only the company, but the business as well.
    • Using the Avaya soft phones supplies a business or company a way to limit expenditures on the hard phones by allowing the use of Avaya soft phones. The equipment is no longer needed, save for headsets to be used with the application itself.
    • Business objectives have to be just that, objectives. Economics begs for ways for a company to limit expenditures that may see little or no return. Avaya has tackled this issue and won!
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    Talkdesk
    • Reduced hold times with callback feature = better CX
    • Easy transfer option between teams where we can talk rep-rep first before bringing the caller in = less repeated information the customer has to provide = better CX
    • Modified call dispositions allows for better call management & organization = less work on our end!
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    Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.