Avaya Infinity™ vs. Talkdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avaya Infinity™
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Avaya Infinity™ injects modern technology including AI and intelligent orchestration into existing enterprise environments, connecting the channels, insights, technologies and workflows that together create customer and employee relationships. Avaya Infinity™ is designed so that organizations can become almost infinitely adaptable to evolving customer and market demands. The Avaya Infinity™ platform aims to enable large enterprises and public sector organizations to strengthen…N/A
Talkdesk
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk® 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 Infinity™Talkdesk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Voice Essentials
$105
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$165
per month per user
Industry Experience Clouds
$225
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avaya Infinity™Talkdesk
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 Infinity™Talkdesk
Considered Both Products
Avaya Infinity™
Chose Avaya Infinity™
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 …
Talkdesk
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 …
Chose Talkdesk
We had a lot of missing calls, misdirected ones, and usually a poor service perceived by our customers because of that
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.
Features
Avaya Infinity™Talkdesk
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Infinity™
8.2
39 Ratings
2% below category average
Talkdesk
8.1
484 Ratings
3% below category average
Agent dashboard8.137 Ratings8.0463 Ratings
Validate callers8.734 Ratings8.0407 Ratings
Outbound response5.833 Ratings8.2425 Ratings
Call forwarding9.237 Ratings7.8417 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.930 Ratings8.6386 Ratings
Warm transfer8.937 Ratings8.9438 Ratings
Predictive dialing5.629 Ratings8.8226 Ratings
Interactive voice response9.533 Ratings8.4310 Ratings
REST APIs8.028 Ratings7.4244 Ratings
Call scripts6.631 Ratings7.8219 Ratings
Call tracking8.936 Ratings8.5432 Ratings
Multichannel integration9.634 Ratings6.7317 Ratings
CRM software integration8.233 Ratings7.5371 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Infinity™
8.1
39 Ratings
2% below category average
Talkdesk
8.4
468 Ratings
2% above category average
Inbound call routing8.738 Ratings8.6428 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.834 Ratings8.1311 Ratings
Recording8.237 Ratings8.9452 Ratings
Quality management8.035 Ratings8.8410 Ratings
Call analytics8.135 Ratings8.4425 Ratings
Historical reporting8.236 Ratings8.4432 Ratings
Live reporting6.835 Ratings8.3425 Ratings
Customer surveys8.032 Ratings8.1237 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.731 Ratings8.3272 Ratings
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Avaya Infinity™Talkdesk
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.6 out of 10
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Score 7.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Avaya Infinity™Talkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(55 ratings)
8.3
(498 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(11 ratings)
8.5
(39 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(9 ratings)
8.5
(314 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(8 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(4 ratings)
6.9
(131 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(2 ratings)
7.1
(222 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avaya Infinity™Talkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
Avaya
The Avaya Infinity™ is well suited to allow remote working for call center agents. Staff can log in and work from anywhere using Chrome and their user credentials. The technical issues and lack of some features have caused some frustration for our staff and made it difficult to get buy-in for this product across all call center groups. This is difficult because a solution like this is intended to make their work more efficient as opposed to causing frustration.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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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
  • Receives calls immediately and connects well.
  • Making outbound calls and having Talkdesk display the name associated with the number.
  • Aux on break, lunch, or meeting, and it stays as it is and does not change status on its own.
  • Being able to check on colleagues on whether they are available.
  • Able to track your work for the day, the amount of calls you made and received.
  • Being able to check your Daily and monthly score from QA.
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Cons
Avaya
  • One are for improvement for Avaya is the ability to operate behind the VPN. For the virtual employee, this is an issue as we are unable to use it behind the VPN and it must be launched from the remote desktop.
  • The color scheme could definitely use some updating. The charcoal gray background of Avaya's windows, coupled with the black font is not very contrasting. I have used Avaya for years and would love to see an update as to its color scheme to better fit the virtual employee.
  • Avaya could also improve the way an employee moves within the program by titling the icons seen or expanding the Avaya window to allow for a better understanding of what each con does. For example, the Work History window would go unnoticed, had I not been playing with the software one day. These little items are unknown to many professionals in my industry as they sit in the window with no explanation.
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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
Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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Usability
Avaya
Avaya is really a high-tech and feature-laden software that brings lots of automation to our business. Even from the first month, we have hit direct growth of 19% in our sales, and overall leads increased by 45%. So, for us, it has been a very useful software, and we are planning to use it for a longer duration.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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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
I give this system a full 10/10 once you refresh or troubleshoot you do not wait for too long to use it . It easy like ABC . I honestly recommend this system, even when you check the QA score card, you do not have to wait that long; you just click on the notification bell and view your score card.
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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
Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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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
Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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Scalability
Avaya
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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Return on Investment
Avaya
  • It does what we need it to do, so we don't heavily invest in this technology but rather into the manufacturing end of our business.
  • We believe we have more than achieved the return on our investment for the Avaya phone system and associated equipment.
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Talkdesk
  • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
  • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
  • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
  • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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ScreenShots

Talkdesk Screenshots

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