Cisco Headsets vs. NICE CXone Mpower

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Headsets
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Headsets are designed to help users stay connected wherever they work. Whether working at home, at the office, or on the go, the headset helps users stay focused on what's important. The professional headsets are built to deliver exceptional audio and are integrated with the Webex platform for seamless collaboration and simple management. Bluetooth wireless, DECT, or wired headsets are available.N/A
NICE CXone Mpower
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
NICE CXone Mpower is a cloud-based contact center platform that manages customer interactions across multiple communication channels. It includes features such as automatic call distribution (ACD), interactive voice response (IVR), omnichannel routing, workforce optimization, feedback management, and interaction analytics.
$71
per month per user
Pricing
Cisco HeadsetsNICE CXone Mpower
Editions & Modules
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CXone Mpower Digital Agent
$71
per month per user
CXone Mpower Voice Agent
$94
per month per user
CXone Mpower Omnichannel Agent
$110
per month per user
CXone Mpower Essential Suite
$135
per month per user
Cxone Mpower Core Suite
$169
per month per user
CXone Mpower Complete Suite
$209
per month per user
CXone Mpower Ultimate Suite
$249
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco HeadsetsNICE CXone Mpower
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Headsets
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Ratings
NICE CXone Mpower
9.1
577 Ratings
9% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.5556 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.3468 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.6487 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings9.1441 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.9401 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.5528 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.1317 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings9.6375 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings8.2301 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings8.2322 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.2508 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.2363 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.1363 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Headsets
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Ratings
NICE CXone Mpower
8.9
553 Ratings
8% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.8510 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.5372 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.3492 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.7478 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.5484 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.2477 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings9.1463 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.2296 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.4317 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Zoom Workplace
Zoom Workplace
Score 8.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
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Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Room Series
Cisco Room Series
Score 9.3 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Room Series
Cisco Room Series
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco HeadsetsNICE CXone Mpower
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(70 ratings)
9.3
(609 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(2 ratings)
9.9
(28 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.9
(583 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(3 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(6 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(12 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(10 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(9 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco HeadsetsNICE CXone Mpower
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
Being able to type and/or write while on the phone or listening to your PC on the headset is great! Also, they make single ear or dual ear. Dual ear headsets are great for the places where it is a bit louder you can hear what is coming across the headset.
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NICE Systems
NICE CXone Mpower offers a great suite of products and tools appropriate for contact centers. It is a one stop shop for all of the monitoring, scheduling, reporting, and quality tools a large or small contact center may need. It is very feature rich and has many components, some of which we haven't even grown to adopt yet but may in the near future.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Cancel the noise side of things. You can't hear anything in the background. I quite often talk really loud because I can't hear myself talking and it's comfortable. They are really comfortable. We've got the wireless ones and they just sit so comfortably on your head. Amazing.
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NICE Systems
  • Organizes everyone's interactions within the platform
  • Shows interactions real time with productivity stats
  • Makes Chat/Call quality a breeze with customizable quality forms
  • Easy to share an interaction within the company for others to review
  • Keeps everyone on track with scheduled lunches/breaks/meetings so you don't have to remember yourself and never miss another event again!
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Cons
Cisco
  • I am not sure why, but when I move my head sometimes it seems to pause whatever I am listening to. I cannot figure out why.
  • Easy Visible battery life.
  • My ears sometimes get really hot after using for over an hour straight.
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NICE Systems
  • There can be changes in interface of the app, however it's still very good
  • I would appreciete detailed web page with all necessary information, but when I need anything, the customer support is very quick and provide all the information
  • Hardly to find any other :)
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
Way easier to set up and manage. no fiddling with knobs, dials, and silly things like a physical receiver lifter that breaks easily. sound and call quality is great, no issues using day to day. only thing is that the price is a premium, but for us its worth it for the advantages that come with the ecosystem.
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NICE Systems
1. NICE provides responsive, knowledgeable support, ensuring any issues are quickly resolved and minimizing downtime. 2. NICE continuously updates and expands capabilities, ensuring we stay ahead of the curve in customer experience and contact center technology. 3. CXone's cloud-based architecture (Script) and modular design allow us to easily scale and adapt to changing business needs.
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Usability
Cisco
I have yet to find a use case where the 730 is not appropriate. The audio quality and active noise cancellation capabilities are excellent, and the portability puts it above many alternatives.
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NICE Systems
The lack of written SOPs makes some features (WFM / Performance management) very difficult to use. The training provided by NICE is extensive, but it's hard to remember everything shared in the hour. We spend so much time on the platform just trying to figure out how to use the features; it would be much easier with written instructions and screenshots.
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Reliability and Availability
Cisco
No answers on this topic
NICE Systems
NICE inContact CXone is available when you need it. I have been using it for about a year and I have never suffered any issues that caused my not to have access to the product. If there are updates, they must be downloaded and install in the background because I do not see them
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Performance
Cisco
No answers on this topic
NICE Systems
I never had any problems with performance at nice. None of my systems or computer are heavy with nice, I can work perfectly with it open and I never worried about it making my desktop heavy. The pages are changed very quickly, a single point that presents an error is when I make a call and the page doesn't move, showing the options that appear when I'm in contact. As a result, I can't disconnect the connection and I often need to close the application and reopen it.
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Support Rating
Cisco
Too expensive and too heavy and too uncomfortable. It just didn't deliver the experience that we thought we would get based on the price. I can get the same features, for cheaper, with a more comfortable headset from another vendor. So overall this one just never got put on the final list.
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NICE Systems
inContact only allows specific users to contact them for support. Even though I use the product daily and it accounts for a large amount of my workload, I still have to contact an authorized user to create an incident. These users are managers and their schedules are very busy. This can result in delays in incidents being opened and resolved.
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In-Person Training
Cisco
No answers on this topic
NICE Systems
I'd rate the in-person training a 9 out of 10! The trainers were fantastic, conveying complex ideas in an engaging and easy-to-understand way. The hands-on exercises and real-world examples were incredibly helpful. We left feeling empowered and confident in our ability to use NICE CXone Mpower to its full potential.
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Online Training
Cisco
No answers on this topic
NICE Systems
I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.
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Implementation Rating
Cisco
No answers on this topic
NICE Systems
We love the use of our new tools. However, NICE staff turnover was frustrating. We lost ground each time a new team took over. Some people were good some were not as much. Some people did great training while others were not as helpful
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
I usually use community apps and websites. I operate multiple channels and audio rooms and that's where Cisco Headsets helps me out w.r.t the hardware part. My audio-rooms have become more engaging and my webinars are clear when I pre-record them. Even when live, everything seems to work fine. Earlier I was using another vendor's headsets but I had problem with the mic however with Cisco Headsets, my modulation part is going on quite well and I think that I'll also give a positive review about the product in my IT teams internal survey.
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NICE Systems
When it comes to this specific situation (cell centers) NICE definitely has an ADP beat. The analytics, scheduling, and forecasts are extremely well-tailored for this situation. ADP has a more comprehensive solution in my opinion - I feel their UI and mobile app are also more user-friendly. But in terms of performance management functionality, NICE has a more robust system and is able to create additional metrics if we need them When I used ADP there were no custom options available.
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Scalability
Cisco
No answers on this topic
NICE Systems
I rated 10, because Nice CX one is very much functional. You can simply acess it by website Nice, in any navigator, desktop, notebook or mobile, so you can in a fast way run on every departament of the company.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Clear audio quality has been a big positive with more employees engaging in meetings & conference calls.
  • Unidirectional [microphones] are designed to hone in on the user's voice & simultaneously minimize background noise.
  • Lightweight comfort is really ideal for long calls.
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NICE Systems
  • NICE CXone has allowed us the ability to, on specific teams, not have to back fill positions due to attrition.
  • NICE CXone has provided us insight into data metrics that we did not have before.
  • NICE CXone provides us with visibility into the productivity of our offshore agents which we did NOT have prior to our partnership.
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NICE CXone Mpower Screenshots

Screenshot of a holistic view of omnichannel call center metrics, with insights for everyone in the contact center. The CXone Mpower Dashboard aggregates both real-time and historical cross-domain data.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Copilot, which empowers agents with smarter interactions, personalized coaching, and automation opportunities.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Workforce Management, used to anticipate business demands and optimize workforces, is an omnichannel forecasting and scheduling engine.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Studio, a tool that does not require programming skills, but instead empowers everyone—from business user to routing flow programmer—to build and manage routing flows for all channels.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Interaction Analytics, used to get actionable insights from every voice, digital, and self-service customer interaction.Screenshot of CXone Mpower Performance Management, which aligns employee performance, contact center goals, and customer expectations with continuous improvement.