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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avaya IP Office

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AAvaya IP Office is a communications solution for small and medium-size businesses. It is available in the cloud, on premise or hybrid deployments are all supported with IP Office along with the ability to migrate from one to the other. The included Avaya Equinox experience provides a single app for voice, video, messaging, conferencing and calendar and keeps employees productive on any device, from any location.

    $82

    per user/per month

    Five9

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AFive9 is cloud contact center software for inbound, outbound, blended, or multi-channel operations. This solution includes management capabilities such as campaign management, quality monitoring, real-time and historical reporting, and call recording.

    $119

    per month

    Twilio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ATwilio offers a CPaaS and CCaaS solution, with the combination of its programmable Voice, Video, and Messaging APIs, as well as the Twilio Flex cloud contact center. Additional capabilities include Twilio's Elastic SIP Trunking, as well as API for WhatsApp.

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    Pricing
    Avaya IP OfficeFive9Twilio
    Editions & Modules
    Voice
    $82
    per user/per month
    Digital
    $129
    per user/per month
    Core
    $119
    per month
    Digital
    $119
    per month
    Premium
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
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    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
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    Programmable Video
    $0.0015
    per min per participant
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.0042
    Per WhatsApp Template message sent
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.005
    Per WhatsApp session message
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.007
    Per min for termination
    Programmable Messaging
    $0.0075
    per message sent or received
    Programmable Voice
    $0.0085
    per minute to receive a call
    Programmable Voice
    $0.013
    per min to make a call
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.045
    Per min for origination
    Twilio Conversations
    $0.05
    per active user per month
    Twilio Authy
    $0.09
    per authentication
    Programmable Wireless
    $0.1
    per MB
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $1
    per active user hour (5000 hours free)
    Programmable Wireless
    $2.00
    per SIM card
    Twilio SendGrid Email API
    $14.95
    per month up to 100k emails. (Up to 40k emails free for 30 days)
    Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns
    $15
    per month for 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails. Your first 2,000 contacts are free
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $150
    per named user per month (5000 hours free)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Avaya IP OfficeFive9Twilio
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Five9 offers pricing options to suit your business needs: Monthly On-Demand —Companies looking to quickly scale their operations with minimum costs Per-Minute Fees — Products such as voice message broadcasting or IVR with Speech recognition Annual Contracts — Reduced fee compared to monthly on-demand pricing1. Pay-as-you-go pricing: Simple usage-based pricing without contracts. 2. Volume discounts: Discounts trigger as usage grows. 3. Free trial credit that includes full API access.
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    The others have a ton of built-in features that are very nice to have with a traditional PBX or CC platform. For some companies, these aren't necessary. Twilio is great because, if you have a very specific use case that doesn't involve most of those other features, then …
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    Features
    Avaya IP OfficeFive9Twilio
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    6.0
    12 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Five9
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    Twilio
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    High quality audio9.612 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video2.59 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    7.1
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Five9
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    Desktop sharing7.15 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    4.8
    8 Ratings
    57% below category average
    Five9
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    Calendar integration4.16 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation5.17 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events5.15 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    5.8
    3 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Five9
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    Twilio
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    Live chat5.83 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    2.8
    7 Ratings
    96% below category average
    Five9
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    Twilio
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    User authentication2.87 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions2.86 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Five9
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    Twilio
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    Hosted PBX6.85 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)6.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.110 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Five9
    -
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    Twilio
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    Answering rules9.412 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording7.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park9.712 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening7.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts9.611 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging5.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax4.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription3.26 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Five9
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    Twilio
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    Mobile app for iOS9.210 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android6.58 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
    6.5
    8 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Five9
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    Twilio
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    Centralized communications management7.27 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging7.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing5.64 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics6.25 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
    Avaya IP Office
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    Five9
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Twilio
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    Agent dashboard00 Ratings6.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings8.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings7.615 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings8.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Avaya IP Office and Five9 and Twilio
    Feature
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    Five9
    8.0
    28 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Twilio
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    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings7.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings7.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Avaya IP OfficeFive9Twilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    8.6
    (44 ratings)
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
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    Usability
    8.9
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    7.7
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    8.0
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    5.7
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    Online Training
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    Ease of integration
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    Professional Services
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    User Testimonials
    Avaya IP OfficeFive9Twilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Avaya
    So it's sold and targeted at small and medium enterprises, which is pretty perfect. So it maxes out at 2000 phones. You're never going to go bigger than that. It's probably by price, one of the cheapest phone systems out there. It fits really well in a dentist's office and a small medical office. It fits well in retail stores that are not part of a chain. So, independent shops, the general small business category, if it's a brand that's only in your neighborhood, that's one of the few spots where you can still sell an on-premise phone system, is for those types of folks. I've always recommended it to small businesses. I've got some family members, too, who have these in their own small businesses by my recommendation, and they love them. And I'm going to use the word cheap, the system's not cheap, but the pricing is pretty wildly low in a good way. So it's a stable machine. My recommended use cases are usually for small businesses. I would not put it anywhere that needs high availability, though. That's that.
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    Five9
    We use Five9 as a tool to make and receive calls from various departments such as Customer Service, Underwriting, Claims, and others. It's a tool that has helped us complete various tasks to contact our customers. It has also allowed us to replace Zoom Phone, as it makes it easier to assign new contact numbers to agents, while Zoom Phone only allows reusing numbers. It's a good tool with an easy-to-use interface for new users.
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    Twilio
    I have tried other competitors. But I always end up going back to Twilio because I feel like it is dependable, easy to use, and, has competitive pricing. The only time I wouldn't recommend Twilio to someone as if they are completely inexperienced about using webhooks or APIs. Because you can't really just sign up and start using Twilio without connecting it to another platform first.
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    Pros
    Avaya
    • So my favorite thing that it does well is the mobile client. It's very easy to use to access my contacts as if I'm sitting at my desk in the office. I can send text messages to other parties within my department as well. So that's the best thing. Staying in touch even though I'm not sitting at my desk.
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    Five9
    • Inbound and outbound calls it process is so well.
    • The service is so good and they give very efficient support in customer need.
    • The calls we can do in Five9 include incoming, outgoing, voicemails and we can also send a note to a specific person. It's a very reliable mode of communication.
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    Twilio
    • Easy to see my team in one place, when they log in and out and what call status they are in.
    • Twilio is a simple, user friendly way to log in and out of work activities.
    • Excellent services and support.
    • The omnichannel feature which allows agents to get request from all channels.
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    Cons
    Avaya
    • Rush for updates. At times an updated will fix one problem, and inadvertently create another. However with due diligence from your business partner (Tektivity) patches are tested before being rolled out in production environments.
    • Part itemization. If you purchase a new system, the power cord does not come with the unit, that is a separate part. Very minor in the grand scheme of things but as a reseller and a customer still somewhat annoying.
    • Large convoluted organization. As a user trying to navigate the AVAYA website, and track down information can be daunting. Even calling support can be challenging, you never know if your call will be routed to India, Brazil, or Denver. That is why the relationship with Tektivity is so important. You can leverage your business partner to get the answers you need so you can spend your time tackling issues that need your attention.
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    Five9
    • Text. Texting is incredibly difficult on Five9. We've had issues with only some texts logging to Salesforce, issues with threading of text conversations, and issues with having Salesforce contact information appear on the text widget (knowing who you are texting, not just their phone number).
    • The interface to "pause" is challenging. There are not good reminders to our reps to remember to pause or log out of Five9. If you forget to log out, this can affect stats about who worked the longest hours that day - and it's hard to know who actually was active on the phones.
    • Inbound voicemails are too-easily hidden. It's challenging for a lot of our reps to remember to check their inbound voicemails because it is hard to access them in the Five9 widget.
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    Twilio
    • Control panel. Often, navigating through lists is challenging. I want endless scrolling, not pagination.
    • Conversational intelligence service require a Language. I would like it to detect it.
    • We would like to have some credit on clients that chose to use their own Twilio account.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Avaya
    Oddly enough I have been impressed with the IP Office platform so much that I have integrated one into my home. My wife was not happy with it initially but once she started using it she was very happy with the results. It helped that I programmed it to work just like a home phone but with features and options that I can utilize remotely. I would be more than happy to put an AVAYA IP Office against any other phone system on the market, and let you be the judge.
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    Five9
    Robust product, great reliability and support.
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    Twilio
    Unless we can get this handled quickly -- less than 1 week -- we will likely switch to another provider who, in my opinion, we'll have to spend close to $3,000 in development time to build a new integration for texting. Our clients need texting and I feel Twilio has failed us miserably.
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    Usability
    Avaya
    Avaya IP Office is a great system that is somewhat affordable for most SMB's. However, In our experience, Avaya IP Office has a tendency to shelve some of the license as you upgrade the software release on the PBX switch without giving back any comparable license to compensate. The Voicemail Pro license is quite expensive and most of the functionality that most business needs are not covered in the standard voicemail offering.
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    Five9
    overall usability is very great. User friendly interface for agents within the Salesforce with the engage button. Easy to go offline and online. Very good Integrations with Salesforce helps lot of clients that implemented Salesforce. As it is cloud based, agents can access it from anywhere. While the agent experience is goof, as a technical person it is hard to manage with the Five9 VCC and also the reporting User Interface is bad and slow when there are large amount of records.
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    Twilio
    Twilio has well documented APIs and examples. There are several tutorials, videos and Q&As regarding their services. So, usability is very good. I must say that advanced knowledge of telephony, API/Programming and error-handling is essential to make good use of Twilio. It's not just plug-and-play unless you are integrated with a system that has all of the programming built for it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    We have had minimal downtime due to system outages since it was implemented.
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    Twilio
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    Performance
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    The system's performance is great. Page loads quickly. Reports are generated quickly and sent to our email or FTP. The integration did not impact the performance of our other applications. We have not seen any drop in the performance of either applications since we performed the integration.
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    Twilio
    Twilio executes what it is designed to do: send SMS messages at scale while providing very good deliverability. I believe that Twilio is very good at what we use for adding SMS messages to our comms strategy. We can see those messages get opened and replied to, which is exactly what we are looking to achieve.
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    Support Rating
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    Five9's Customer Support team is also based in Manila Philippines, thus turnaround email response times for our reported issues are great for our requirements. Their CS agents also facilitate mobile calls to followup on outstanding issues and operate on a 24/7 schedule. We've also had experience working with the senior tech agents to investigate recurring issues to completion.
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    Twilio
    I have not had to communicate with Twilio support in the last 3 years but my past experience with them has been very positive. They replied to my previous requests promptly and kept me well informed to resolve my inquiries. With their documentation that's available, I hardly imagine why anyone would need to contact support since it's all there in a concise and easy to understand format. It would probably take you longer to type out a support ticket than to just open their doc websites.
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    Online Training
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    I took the certification course for administrator and also received some tips while working with the developer during implementation. The UI was very intuitive, so I was able to figure out how things worked when I configured the users, skills, campaigns, IVR scripts. I worked with the Five9 AI team to beta test Agent Assist.
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    The implementation team that was assigned to us was great. The project manager was very helpful and managed the timeline very efficiently. The developer was very helpful and provided insights while helping us configure the system.
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    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Avaya
    Much better feature set with Avaya IP Office, and I really feel you're getting feature-rich telephony for a well priced switch. The system is very adaptable and a much better fit than legacy key systems and cloud-based UCaaS solutions competing in the same market. With the Avaya brand behind the system, there is also a form of working with a Trusted partner with many years in the UC space.
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    Five9
    Initially selected Five9 but have since switched to RingCentral which has given us what we needed. Better CRM integration, simpler and in my opinion more robust reporting capabilities and the same omnichannel solution at a fraction of the cost
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    Twilio
    We evaluated many fundraising-based text-to-give programs and found the subscriptions prohibitively expensive for our small scale and uncertain first few years of development. While we may be willing to invest that kind of money after discovering how things work, we're happy with Twilio now and have no desire to start over.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    We do annual renewals and it's concurrent licensing which is great.
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    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    Scalability
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    It was very easy to add additional licenses. Once we placed the order, it was activated the following day. Since it's web-based, it's very quick to deploy across multiple sites.
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    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Avaya
    No answers on this topic
    Five9
    Five9 Professional Services team is very knowledgeable and efficient. I worked with them during implementation and during beta testing for Five9 Agent Assist and Ai Insights.
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    Twilio
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    Return on Investment
    Avaya
    • When selling to a prospective customer, I always do a 10 yr ROI to show the benefits of Avaya IP Office or ACO and which scenario would fit best.
    • CAPEX vs OPEX
    • Number of phones needed as well as other features need to be considered to determine if Avaya IP Office fits best.
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    Five9
    • Cost savings: Five9 replaced a premise-based outbound dialer and a different virtual call center solution for inbound.
    • Cost savings: Five9's voice over IP is less expensive than the land lines we were using.
    • Cost savings: Five9 requires significantly less management than our previous solutions.
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    Twilio
    • We found that associates who had the opportunity to respond to a survey about their assigned job were 37% more likely to return to a job site
    • We were able to reduce the number of resources required to manually respond to associates using Twilio Studio, so those resources could have more time to complete other tasks
    • We were able to scale the number of associates who received survey messages at least by a factor of 8 without increasing our resource demand
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    Screenshot of the “Explore Products” section, which is where to build products.Screenshot of the optional drag-and-drop visual editor and code editor.Screenshot of Flex, which is a programmable Contact Center that puts you in control.