Cisco Finesse vs. RingCentral Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Finesse
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Cisco Finesse is a product designed to improve customer support delivered via contact centers. Described by Cisco as a next-generation agent and supervisor desktop, Cisco Finesse provides a collaborative experience for communities that interact with your customer service organization. Finesse's user-centric design is stated to enhance satisfaction for your customer-care representatives.N/A
RingCentral Contact Center
Score 7.9 out of 10
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RingCentral Contact Center is an AI-first contact center offers a set of cloud-based software plans with basic features including support for inbound and outbound call centers and IVR and ACD capabilities. Advanced features include analytics, real-time call reporting, workforce optimization analytics, and omni-channel integration with SMS, email, and social media platforms.N/A
Pricing
Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Considered Both Products
Cisco Finesse

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RingCentral Contact Center
Chose RingCentral Contact Center
The cost was much lower than Cisco, but functionality and usability were the same. The cost was the deciding factor for our business.
8x8 is cheaper and has much more fucntionality
Top Pros
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Features
Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Finesse
8.4
6 Ratings
1% above category average
RingCentral Contact Center
7.7
19 Ratings
8% below category average
Agent dashboard8.06 Ratings7.615 Ratings
Validate callers8.75 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Outbound response8.16 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Call forwarding9.15 Ratings8.817 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.93 Ratings8.29 Ratings
Warm transfer8.94 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Predictive dialing8.04 Ratings6.95 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.03 Ratings8.59 Ratings
REST APIs8.02 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Call scripts8.03 Ratings6.810 Ratings
Call tracking8.36 Ratings8.710 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.93 Ratings6.710 Ratings
CRM software integration8.13 Ratings6.410 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Finesse
8.3
6 Ratings
1% above category average
RingCentral Contact Center
6.8
18 Ratings
19% below category average
Inbound call routing8.16 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing7.63 Ratings7.710 Ratings
Recording7.95 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Quality management9.04 Ratings7.114 Ratings
Call analytics8.35 Ratings7.115 Ratings
Historical reporting8.95 Ratings6.115 Ratings
Live reporting8.55 Ratings7.113 Ratings
Customer surveys8.74 Ratings5.27 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.43 Ratings4.36 Ratings
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Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
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Score 9.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 10.0 out of 10
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 8.9 out of 10
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(6 ratings)
8.3
(19 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.3
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
I didn't personally hate working with Finesse as an end-user, but the frequent bugs and crashes were troublesome. While the frequency wasn't daily or weekly, it was enough to be memorable and difficult to work through. At times the software would crash across the board and take 15 minutes to recover, which pending call volumes, could be highly problematic. When it was working I had few issues or complaints.
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RingCentral
The ease of use and file retention/retrieval is key. The adjustment from an e-mail-focused workflow to the RingCentral Contact Center was easier with the organization. Recall and search features mimic Outlook and allow me to quickly find what I’m looking for. RingCentral Contact Center is not ideal for communication with external partners, so we still have to rely on Outlook e-mails for that.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Keep detail record of the agent and supervisor activity.
  • Help to create agent and give them access to different teams and different skill groups.
  • Allows the supervisor to keep a track record of the agent different states like ready, not ready, in call, [etc...]
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RingCentral
  • Reliability: Our previous service was prone to outages, RingCentral Contact Center has been rock solid as long as we've used it.
  • Integration: Our IT team was able to build a custom RingCentral Contact Center dashboard on our website for our salespeople to manage inbound/ outbound calling. From there we were able to send call data directly into activities in our ERP (Acumatica).
  • Ease of use: It works well whether in the office or WFH (which many employees do regularly.
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Cons
Cisco
  • While adding skill group to the agent a direct find and assign button should be there.
  • In [the] case of multiple skill groups to be added there is a chance of ambiguity [and] different colour code can be used to distinguish.
  • User interface can be improvised.
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RingCentral
  • 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
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
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RingCentral
We have no intention of renewing our contract with Ring Central. We have had multiple outages in the past 2 years. We have been without an account manager for the past 4 months and the resolution of open issues takes 2-3 months. We were being misbilled for cancelled services for almost 12 months. We are not satisfied with the quality, support, or price of the service
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Usability
Cisco
No answers on this topic
RingCentral
RingCentral Contact Center is not just only an app or platform which allows the company to manage the telephone calls, messaging functions, social media and emails, but also allows advanced features like the possibility of easy integration with other industrial systems, and customer/call analysis functions as well. It also supports and included with AI technology as well into some extent.
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Support Rating
Cisco
We have hardly had any problems, but the attention provided when we need support has been very fast and effective
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RingCentral
We honestly did not need much support but whatever we wanted was resolved via email and that experience was nice but took a bit of time
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Implementation Rating
Cisco
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RingCentral
As I recall it was not a very cumbersome implementation and we were up and running as promised
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
We used to use Dialpad and it was a great tool. Since switching to Cisco Finesse, we have had no issues with call forwarding, call transfers, or holding. We no longer experience any issues with our callers in the queue or any issues with call playback for quality assurance. Cisco Finesse has made things much easier around the office.
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RingCentral
RingCentral Contact Center's application is much more intuitive than Nextiva's application. It's also easier to configure. It also has a lot of functionality that Nextiva does not. For example, RingCentral will transcribe Voice mail messages for us, whereas Nextiva does not. RingCentral also sends us notifications when a customer sends us a text message, whereas Nextiva does not.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Cisco Finesse is a pivotal piece of HubSpot's world renowned Customer Support team, seamlessly integrating with our product to deliver our customers the highest level of support.
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RingCentral
  • With RingCentral Contact Center we were able to connect with our customers. The feature that allows the call to be sent to the first available rep ensured that this happened.
  • Also, my favorite feature is the call recording and transcription feature. This allowed me to get the customer's emails without asking them to repeat if I missed them the first time. Hence, happier customers and more meetings.
  • RingCentral Contact Center also made it very easy to set up a mailbox for customers to leave messages and reassure them that they've connected with the right person.
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