Avaya Communications API vs. ShoutOUT

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avaya Communications API
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Avaya Communications API (formerly Avaya CPaaS) supports the creation of communication apps providing IVR and automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech, SMS, or phone calls, or apply effects to communications (e.g. voice changer) as desired.N/A
ShoutOUT
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ShoutOUT is a business texting tool to send personalized SMS campaigns, with advanced personalization and segmentation features. Users can send: personalized alerts promotions reminders short links marketing / promotional campaigns customer feedback collection customer updates conversational messaging team communication in any SMEs including the…
$0.01
per SMS per SMS
Pricing
Avaya Communications APIShoutOUT
Editions & Modules
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Growth
$9.99
per month per SMS
Pro
$19.99
per month per SMS
Starter
Free subscription
per SMS
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avaya Communications APIShoutOUT
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Avaya Communications APIShoutOUT
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avaya Communications APIShoutOUT
Likelihood to Recommend
Avaya
The Avaya [One Cloud CPaaS (formerly Zang Cloud)] of course is very well suited for any business purpose where the automated sending or handing of SMS and voice conversations, but specifically being able to use the embedded "Voice Input" functionality allows you to combine Avaya CPaaS with Natural Language and AI with these multi channel inputs which brings the customer experience to another level!
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ShoutOUT Labs
If you are mainly using Instagram influencers to promote your business, ShoutOUT works excellent for that. Most of those influencers aren't very tech-savvy, so giving them a coupon code to track their sales and commission them off of that seems to work well. The mass payout feature is pretty simple to use as well, but I wish that you didn't have to do it on a 1-on-1 basis.
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Pros
Avaya
  • IVR
  • Text to speech
  • API Support
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ShoutOUT Labs
  • Great for simple, not very tech-savvy influencers or affiliates.
  • Ties in seamlessly to Shopify Plus, which is a must for our organization.
  • Simple dashboard, easy to manage affiliates.
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Cons
Avaya
  • Native high quality speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities.
  • WebRTC voice, video.
  • WhatsApp connectivity.
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ShoutOUT Labs
  • Not a vast network of affiliates to choose from if you need them to facilitate that side of your business.
  • Sometimes the tracking by coupon code doesn't seem to work correctly, and the numbers don't match up with what we see on the backend of our Shopify numbers.
  • Could make it easier to add creatives and deep linking for affiliates.
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Likelihood to Renew
Avaya
No answers on this topic
ShoutOUT Labs
It works perfectly for what we need it to do. It is very inexpensive, works well, and makes it easy for us to navigate and use. We can easily add new affiliates and create coupons for them to track their sales. For the influencers that are a little more inclined to post product links and go the more traditional affiliate approach, we can certainly provide that option for them and go that route as well. We like the ease and simplicity.
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Usability
Avaya
Avaya OneCloud CPaaS and Spaces Learning make it easy for learners, coaches, and teachers to connect with each other – providing an engaging and effective learning experience. The intuitive user experience, natural collaboration environment, and real-time communications tools empower virtual education that is simple, hybrid, and interactive. Imagine a day-in-the-life of Mark Rowland, a home-based customer service adviser at a large telecommunications company. Mark was recently scheduled for some customer support training, based on identified gaps in his job performance. Mark starts on the “My Classes” screen. The home page for each topic includes a live feed of announcements, learning-related posts, and other activity. The People panel displays a list of all participants and provides an indication of who is currently online. Mark clicks the ‘Join Virtual Classroom’ button to join the next Virtual Coaching Session. Mark meets with a coach and several peers in a live video collaboration environment. Next, Mark clicks the Chat tab and quickly says hi to the group. The coach shares his screen and begins walking the learners through the latest internet connection process for broadband routers. Afterwards, Mark notices that a recording of the session is now available in the Stream.
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ShoutOUT Labs
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Avaya
Avaya OneCloud CPaaS support has been excellent. Specifically:
  • Onboarding new users (licensing)
  • API integration support
  • Client platform support for learners
  • Seamless rollout of new features (and documentation)
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ShoutOUT Labs
We only had to use it once, but they got back to us very quickly and helped us solve the issue that we had. So, ShoutOUT support is batting 1000% in our book, but that is only 1 out of 1 and may not be enough of a sample size to verify that they are as good as we think.
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Alternatives Considered
Avaya
We have tried many other CPaaS platforms including Twilio, Telnyx, Nexmo, SignalWire and Bandwidth. The Avaya CPaaS has the richest set of available features combined with the most competitive pricing model!
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ShoutOUT Labs
We used Shareasale and Commission Junction in the, and they are awesome to manage your traditional affiliates that run blogs or email campaigns. We would still be using those if we did more of a traditional approach to influencers. But since we moved over to a more influencer based marketing approach, ShoutOut is fantastic and has made it simpler for us and our affiliates.
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Return on Investment
Avaya
  • Time to market
  • Improve customer service
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ShoutOUT Labs
  • Very positive right off the bat because we dropped our Commission Junction expenses and got most of our bigger affiliates to switch over to keep their sales.
  • Easy to use and much simpler for our affiliate manager to do her work.
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ScreenShots

ShoutOUT Screenshots

Screenshot of Dashboard

Main dashboard displaying the main menu on the left side, credit balance, campaign history, recent campaign analytics, contacts, and purchased sender IDs / mobile numbers, giving a holistic view of the user account with all important data at a glance.Screenshot of SMS compose box

Message compose box to edit the SMS content, add emojis and custom attributes, use saved templates or create new ones, and shorten link using the built-in URL shortener. The mobile phone screen displays how the SMS will look like in the recipient's phone.Screenshot of Campaign analytics

Campaign dashboard displaying all campaigns created to date, with the options to search previous campaigns by name, create new campaigns, and view in detail analytics for each campaign by clicking on them.Screenshot of Contact Segmentation

Group contacts based on their personal data, purchase behaviors, demographics etc. View all added contacts and relevant data as well as created contact groups, with the options to add new contacts, search contacts, download contacts, and filter contacts by  attributes (e.g., location, age, browser).