Bright Pattern Contact Center vs. RingCentral Contact Center

Bright Pattern is an extremely powerful communication software that is simple to use, quick to deploy, and easy to manage. The strength of their voice connection is strong, not brittle like other providers. Bright Pattern has all the tools you need to provide remarkable customer service.

RingCentral Contact Center has been one of the best contact center software that I've used. The calling feature is probably one of the easiest to use. The recordings are very easy to access. Also, it is very easy to host meetings but I hardly ever used that feature because it is not something that is widely used by our prospects. However, it was great when we wanted to connect with fellow colleagues.

• AI platform integration - IBM Watson, Google Dialogflow, for example
• Quality Management - out of the box sentiment anlysis
• Unified agent desktop - ability to see all channels in one pane of glass
• Robust analytic widgets that can also drive wall boards

• They have an app so you do not miss any calls or messages from your customers or leads.
• RingCentral has everything you need especially if you're working remotely. Therefore, you do not need to use other software.
• They automatically transcribe the calls as well so if I miss something this normally helps.

• Over the past 5 to 6 months I have not had any issues with the contact center, and the staff are very pleasant.

• I would like to be able to text from our main office line rather than only my office direct line, so I can keep my direct line private
• I wish it was easier for all users to be able to toggle between calls ringing at their desk phone and cell phone
• It would be nice if the process to add other team member's numbers to our desk phone screen was easier

Most of Bright Pattern Contact Center's features are fairly straightforward. Anything my agents may need is set in categories that are easy to search through. Switching through different interactions is as simple as clicking on a new tab. I am able to organize my phone trees and the agent queues to allow calls and chats to route to the correct team and cut down on the need for our agents to act as triage.

It is always on. The only outage to date that I have experienced was with an upstream telco provider. The inbound leg telco was hit by a DDOS attack which led to delays in routing calls to the platform. This was not the fault of the Bright Pattern platform but the telco provider.

The support received from Bright Pattern is great, they are always willing to provide support assistance with queries and are very knowledgeable on the product, the back end developers always adding new features and functionality, and these are always explained in detail so end-users and partners are able to make full use of these developments.

In-person and virtual training was great, but Bright Pattern could use some online training videos similar to other platforms. I would welcome online training videos to keep the steady flow of new agents up to date. Admin training is one of the largest areas that need video. The static documentation is great. It is pretty easy to follow and configure your contact center as you progress through each step. The documentation is available online on an easy to use knowledgebase or wiki style site. You do not need a user account to access the help docs, meaning that users at any level can freely access the materials to learn about the platform.

Online training is documentation based only. It is thorough and step by step, but no videos.

I have done a few of these now for a multiple number of our contact centers. It has been really smooth. It is a fun platform to work with. I enjoy building new ideas within the scenario builder. Because I enjoy it, I am not afraid to try something new and innovative.

Bright Pattern prides itself on providing out-of-the-box functionality. Unlike many of the other platforms listed, there is no need to subscribe to additional options for increased feature functionality nor is there a need to implement additional plugins to get to a desired level of operability. Much of what is needed to build a world-class contact center platform is a part of the solution on day one.

The user interface of the Ring Central Contact Center is much better than others. Also, the price and cost of implementing, using, and maintaining the product are comparatively lower than others. So, a maximum set of features according to the cost and price. Other than that, the training required for the team and the support agents is also not much required.

• We were able to automate features such as information change requests and W-2 reprint requests which cut down up to 4,000 agent interactions a day during the W-2 season.
• With training features and the ability to specify skills, new agents are able to jump in quickly and build up their level of support gradually as they become ready to handle more interactions at once.

• The business is able to take on clients that need after hours assistance because we have a way to communicate
• We are able to offer multiple forms of communication, which may attract more clients to our office
• We don't have to purchase separate call recording technology as each user has a built in call recording system that all users can monitor for each other