Bright Pattern Contact Center vs. Talkdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Bright Pattern provides an AI-powered omnichannel contact center software. With the purpose of making customer service, sales, and marketing brighter and faster, Bright Pattern offers an advanced omnichannel cloud platform with embedded AI. Bright Pattern’s platform can be…N/A
Talkdesk
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk is a cloud-based contact center platform with voice, digital channel, and workforce engagement management capabilities. Talkdesk’s key features are its customizable user interface, built-in AI automation, and its integration with numerous CRM and helpdesk applications.
$85
per month per user
Pricing
Bright Pattern Contact CenterTalkdesk
Editions & Modules
Omnichannel CX
-
per month per seat
Call Center Standard
-
per month per seat
Digital CX
-
per month per seat
CX Cloud Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Elevate
$115
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bright Pattern Contact CenterTalkdesk
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsOne-time set-up fee includes 45 hours of services for workflow implementation and training: Discovery and Design Workshop; Configuration and Customization to customer requirements; Testing and Evaluation; Agent and Supervisor Training; Administration Mentoring & Knowledge TransferPricing is based on a 3 year commitment to these editions.
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Features
Bright Pattern Contact CenterTalkdesk
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Bright Pattern Contact Center
8.5
32 Ratings
2% above category average
Talkdesk
7.8
474 Ratings
6% below category average
Agent dashboard8.631 Ratings7.9454 Ratings
Validate callers8.528 Ratings8.1399 Ratings
Outbound response8.628 Ratings7.8417 Ratings
Call forwarding8.727 Ratings7.8407 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.424 Ratings8.6378 Ratings
Warm transfer7.331 Ratings8.9429 Ratings
Predictive dialing9.325 Ratings8.3221 Ratings
Interactive voice response9.128 Ratings7.9303 Ratings
REST APIs8.828 Ratings7.7239 Ratings
Call scripts9.124 Ratings6.8215 Ratings
Call tracking8.526 Ratings8.5422 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.027 Ratings7.3309 Ratings
CRM software integration7.628 Ratings6.5365 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Bright Pattern Contact Center
8.4
29 Ratings
3% above category average
Talkdesk
8.5
460 Ratings
4% above category average
Inbound call routing9.128 Ratings8.4420 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.427 Ratings8.3303 Ratings
Recording8.929 Ratings9.2444 Ratings
Quality management7.727 Ratings9.1403 Ratings
Call analytics8.424 Ratings8.5418 Ratings
Historical reporting8.429 Ratings8.3425 Ratings
Live reporting8.027 Ratings8.6417 Ratings
Customer surveys8.426 Ratings7.6232 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.921 Ratings8.5267 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Bright Pattern Contact CenterTalkdesk
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.4 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.4 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 7.2 out of 10
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Bright Pattern Contact CenterTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(32 ratings)
7.7
(487 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.5
(37 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(32 ratings)
8.2
(303 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(7 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(32 ratings)
7.4
(130 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.8
(5 ratings)
7.2
(220 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bright Pattern Contact CenterTalkdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
Bright Pattern, Inc.
Bright Pattern has been fantastic in allowing us to automate voice and chat contacts, and we're currently building out scenarios that will allow us to automate even more. It's super simple to collect data from customers, and using some API calls provides the answers they're looking for without a human needing to get involved. There is less functionality currently for emails. Emails can be routed to queues based on keywords, and auto-replies can be sent, but it's pretty basic functionality. We'd love to see some of the enhanced capabilities offered in voice and chat scenarios for email.
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
  • 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
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Talkdesk
  • I appreciate the level of detail for reporting in Explore.
  • The interface is easy to use, both for admin and our agents
  • Even though we have not yet utilized Studio, I appreciate the level of complexity we can put into our IVR
  • The feedback mechanism enables the collection of customer responses across various inquiries.
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Cons
Bright Pattern, Inc.
  • That they had a text and voice analysis module Que tuvieran un modulo de analisis de texto y voz
  • Customized agent interface with company logos. Interfaz de agente personalizada con logos de la empresa
  • The softphone, when entering multiple interactions, causes the advisors to become confused when they have several. It should be less complex and more adaptable.
  • El softphone al momento de ingresar varias interacciones, los asesores se pierden cuando tienen varios. que sea menos complejo y mas adaptable
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Talkdesk
  • Reporting is not easy to manipulate
  • Workforce management is not available in a simplified view
  • Creation of the Quality management process is not easy
  • Call quality is not great in Africa
  • Some features do not yet come with a full list of reporting capabilities
  • Connectivity causes delays in responses in all communication as they have no tower in Africa
  • It is significantly more expensive than local providers
  • Lack of integration to in-house systems caused a barrier
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Likelihood to Renew
Bright Pattern, Inc.
Es una plataforma confiable, en la que ya tengo bastante tiempo utilizando y conociendola. Entonces me siento confiada en volver a utilizarla dentro de la empresa e igual que al ofrecer a mis clientes internos y externos, además con el roadmap que nos brindan estoy segura que seguirá innovando cada vez
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
It's pretty simple for agents to pick up quickly, it takes a bit longer for supervisors to get familiar with. QA tools are pretty barebones but functional enough. It can be as simple or complex as you need it to be, if you spend some time configuring the settings or working with Bright Pattern's support team to build out what you need.
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
It is always on. The only outage to date that I have experienced was with an upstream telco provider a few years ago. 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. We have had a few minor carrier issues with call quality, or a handful of brief drops, but Bright Pattern is quick to identify these and change carriers when it starts to happen.
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Talkdesk
I have never had a problem making a phone call or an issue getting a line out. More times than not it is the customer that will have a bad connection or have a lot of noise on their end. I have had experience w/ dropped calls, but never not being able to access a line
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Performance
Bright Pattern, Inc.
All pages load when expected, and reports render either in the web browser or as a download. I never really have issues with accessing the admin or agent desktop sites. It just works.
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Talkdesk
We have never had a Talkdesk performance issue. As long as you follow the system requirements, which are MINIMAL, neither will you.
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Support Rating
Bright Pattern, Inc.
Although we have only had 1 very short outage in our 4 years of service. Bright Pattern support was easy to contact and solved our sisue very quickly as well as provided more than adequate information on an RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for our clients
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Talkdesk
We've had five account execs in 18 months, three of which were apparently downsized. That makes me question the stability to Talkdesk as a company. We continue to struggle getting timely, effective support when we have questions or issues. Usually, we email the support team, get the initial 'somebody will contact you' message, and then it can be days or in some cases over a week before we get a response.
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In-Person Training
Bright Pattern, Inc.
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.
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Talkdesk
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Online Training
Bright Pattern, Inc.
Online training is documentation based only. It is thorough and step by step, but no videos. It would also be helpful to have more information within the help docs on custom reporting. I find that many of the Bright Pattern specific configurations for the Jasper Reporting Server have to be "stumbled" across through existing report templates and they are not clearly listed out somewhere. In person training will not generally go into great depth on report customizations.
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
As an implementor, I have found the Bright Pattern Contact Center very easy to work with. The platform operates in the manner which I think. Therefore, everything I do seems logical and works exactly as expected. Many solutions are much more difficult to work with and make implementations difficult
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
As a contact centre technology vendor we have experience of many different contact centre platforms. We chose Bright Pattern Contact Center because its the best omni-channel contact centre we've ever seen, it's incredibly reliable, its hosted in-country, it has the Microsoft integrations many of our customers want, we can integrate with virtually any CRM or ITSM system and the platform offers a vast feature set.
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
Very flexible and will scale without any intervention from my team. Scaling at the carrier/telco layer is handled by Bright Pattern, if you use their offered telecom
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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
Bright Pattern, Inc.
  • We saved customers between 30% - 40% of the cost of their current omnichannel contact center solutions when we implemented Bright Pattern Contact Center
  • Very quick to implement so we are able to service more customers with same number of staff
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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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