Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager) vs. NiCE CXone

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Call Manager is a unified call control center from Cisco that supports enterprise collaboration functions across the spectrum of IP telephony, video & web conferencing, and messaging. Features include call forwarding, call back, call transfer, ad hoc conferencing, and call park.N/A
NiCE CXone
Score 8.6 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 Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)NiCE CXone
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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 Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)NiCE CXone
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)NiCE CXone
Features
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)NiCE CXone
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
7.6
43 Ratings
5% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX9.422 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)5.131 Ratings00 Ratings
User templates6.441 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports7.940 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names9.141 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
8.0
46 Ratings
5% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Answering rules9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording5.428 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park9.440 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening8.837 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts7.140 Ratings00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
9.1
42 Ratings
13% above category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Video conferencing9.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio conferencing9.142 Ratings00 Ratings
Video screen sharing8.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant messaging9.520 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
7.1
26 Ratings
12% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS6.926 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.224 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
-
Ratings
NiCE CXone
9.4
581 Ratings
12% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.4559 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.6471 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.5490 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings9.5443 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.0403 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.8531 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.7317 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings9.6376 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings9.3301 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.2322 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.5510 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.4364 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.0365 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
-
Ratings
NiCE CXone
9.4
556 Ratings
13% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.5511 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings9.2373 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.6495 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.2480 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings9.0486 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.4479 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings9.4465 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings9.6299 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.7319 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)NiCE CXone
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(47 ratings)
9.6
(613 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(28 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(7 ratings)
9.3
(587 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(14 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.6
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)NiCE CXone
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
Cisco Unified Communications Manager is suited for medium to large customers who are in search for a solid call control platform with added security in mind. Cisco Unified Communications Manager also supports receptions, small groups and also a mini contact center type of set up with its Hunt Group, Pick up Group and call queuing facilities and also with set up of music on hold function while calls queuing.
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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
  • This solution is extremely stable and has been running in our environment for several years without (unscheduled) downtime.
  • The ability to have voicemails automatically sent as an email message is extremely helpful in helping us to keep in touch while away from the desk.
  • The Call Manager provides us very granular settings to route our calls as we want.
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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
  • Administration web page is little bit hard to understand at the beginning specially if you are not familiar with naming convention and GU Interfaces.
  • Call Detail Record interface is fine but would be desirable to include more options that fit organization needs in terms of reporting purposes.
  • Self Care Portal interface could be more useful to the end user if it includes options to manage some features without administrators involving.
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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
We have been using this product for 20+ years and will continue too. This is a great product and new features are always coming out.
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NICE Systems
Nice made it possible for employees to work from anywhere with access to the internet, it made it possible to extract data from contacts in a very thorough way. In addition, the meticaes can be fully customized and the day-to-day monitoring of the operation is more visible.With nice, contacts with clients abroad became easier.
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Usability
Cisco
The usability part of Cisco Unified Communications Manager is very much simple from a usability point of view. Day-to-day Move Add Change Delete (MACD) can be performed by the administrators very easily with simple training. From the initial deployment point of view, some of the thing can be improved to simplify the process.
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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
NICE inContact CXone performs very well even on old computers that are limited in resources. I use a older computer with limited memory and it seems to handle NICE inContact CXone very well in most cases. There will be times when it acts up for whatever reason bust over ninety percent of the time.
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Support Rating
Cisco
CUCM is supported by most third-party vendors for related products, so it makes finding solutions to specific needs easy. Also Cisco TAC is very knowledgeable, and we have never run into a problem they have not been able to resolve. Usually they are resolved without the need to escalate tickers either.
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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
The In-person training was fine for a general overview. I think it would have been really helpful to have a review of pre-built reports and how to use them as tools.
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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
This was the first phone system we implemented that could span multiple locations. We were very satisfied once fully implemented
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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
We have been a Cisco based shop and have looked at other cloud voice options such as MS Teams pbx, and others, but ultimately, the features, endpoints, and reliability of Cisco has been the common factor in staying with them as our voice provider. Their integrations, room systems, and hybrid design allows for us to be flexible and keep a high up time vs reliance on 100% cloud.
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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
  • Communication and collaboration - Our offices are able to communicate both internally and externally due to this system.
  • Down time - Struggles with CUCM has caused a lot of down time due to the instability of the system.
  • High Costs - the cost of both the license and the maintenance was much higher than other systems.
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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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ScreenShots

NiCE CXone 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 for Agent, which empowers agents with smarter interactions, personalized coaching, and automation opportunities.Screenshot of the CXone Mpower AgentScreenshot of CXone Mpower Orchestrator, 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.