Cisco Unified Contact Center vs. Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Unified Contact Center
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Unified Contact Center is a contact center platform that can support up to 24,000 agents. It supports call routing, omnichannel integrations, and a management portal for creating customer profiles, segmentation, and resource monitoring.N/A
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco's VoIP PBX product has reached its end-of-life, and is no longer available for sale.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
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 Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Features
Cisco Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Contact Center
4.5
42 Ratings
60% below category average
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
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Ratings
Agent dashboard5.142 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers5.138 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response5.138 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding5.139 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)4.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer4.137 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing4.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response4.035 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs5.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts4.137 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking4.140 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration4.132 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration5.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Unified Contact Center
4.7
43 Ratings
55% below category average
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
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Ratings
Inbound call routing5.140 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing4.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording4.036 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management5.037 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics5.138 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting5.141 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting4.141 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys5.029 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics5.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 8.6 out of 10
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(50 ratings)
7.5
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(16 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Unified Contact CenterCisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
I would recommend it to other people in my contact and business circle, but if I recommend it to someone who has certain difficulties in accessing some tools within Cisco, he may have great difficulty in getting help because of the support that is lacking in most of the times.
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The solution has almost everything I need to do my job, which is to keep in touch with my customers by phone calls and meetings. On the go, the softphone has room to improve user experience (Cisco Jabber), and as far as I know, Webex App should fill the gaps left by Jabber, but it depends to upgrade the system to the last version and that costs. Besides that, the solution is rock solid! Good audio quality in voice and video, integration with MSFT Teams and so reliable.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Provides you with a solid routing engine that was built to handle Service Provider level throughput - if you need stability and a work horse this is the platform for you.
  • The core features on the whole are good, but where UCCE is very good is the eco-system of Solutions Plus partner integrations that expand on the core capabilities with the market leaders in areas such as WFO, Campaign Management, Biometrics and Natural Language.
  • The investment Cisco makes in the CC space means they are always improving the platform features, scale and reliability.
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  • Local routing on remote branches
  • Telephony features flexibility
  • Different endpoint alternatives for all use cases
  • Real integration with other systems or platforms
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Cons
Cisco
  • After 25+ years, the product still requires experienced and highly skilled engineers to deploy the product properly per Cisco Best Practice guidelines.
  • Third-party integrations are also very cumbersome and require highly skilled and experienced engineers and significant time and financial investment to deploy.
  • Upgrading the product is cumbersome and requires Cisco ATP or Cisco AS which is time consuming and very expensive.
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  • The setup flow was limited, unclear, and was not working for a while, IT didn't manage to fix it.
  • The UI looks terribly old, not even a little bit looking like a hardphone.
  • More options during a call.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
if it is up to me I would maintain its use. I was not able to make those decisions previously.
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Usability
Cisco
It's a wellrounded solution that competes in a market with little on-premise competition. The benefits of being on-premise is great depending on the customers business case of course. But even when compared to other Cloud solution it holds up very well. Given the choice most customers want to be more secure, and it's an increasingly important factor for customers. And the customer does not want to compromise ease of use when choosing platform between a streamlined cloud solution. That's why I give this product an 8 because it's entirely up to us configurers of the platform who decides how well we make the user experience for the users.
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All main features is very easy to access and use, only pressing a button or two (when you need to page up or page down the features set!) in the desk phone or a click of the mouse to place a call, start a chat, video call or a meeting. Very straight forward.
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Support Rating
Cisco
Cisco Unified Contact center is a very smart & reliable solution to go for. Its active-active sight base architecture and [customizable] features really help to deliver efficient customer service, enhanced next-gen experience, and uninterrupted operations. I believe every [organization] should opt for it if required.
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Discontinued Products
Cisco offers online instruction on the use of the VoIP but it has to be sought out. Likely, the do offer additional support but this is managed by our IT department so it is difficult to determine just how accessible Cisco has been regarding the implementation and ongoing support for this product.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
Similar I guess, however, I feel like Avaya was more suited for a contact center and allowed for all information to be in one place. The QA Forms were more flexible and easy to review. Predicative analysis was available to assist with scheduling and staffing. It was easier to manipulate and implement- I didn't need to go through 3 different parties to make a simply modification.
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Discontinued Products
As we all know,Cisco is one of the best and trusted companies when it comes to networking,most of our materials were all Cisco,Cisco routers,Cisco IP phones..etc They're more handy and easy to use and don't require an IT experience,I used an IP phone to receive a call,and it was very easy to use and the sound was clear,here it comes the good configuration of a Cisco Voip PBx
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Cisco
Licenses are very expensive. The customer has to buy IP telephony or Unified Communication and Collaboration Licenses and for Contact Center Solution licenses separately. There must be a price tone down as the competition is really high. New customers are willing to go for cloud-based solutions [that] are cheaper and easy to deploy.
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Discontinued Products
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Professional Services
Cisco
Scripting not supported
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • A smoother route to helping end users with critical needs
  • With quick assist while on hold, less calls come into the pool while agents have the ability to assist more critical needs
  • The ability to work remotely during an extreme event assisting end users
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Discontinued Products
  • Positive impact is users are happy with service provided by Cisco VoIP PBX.
  • End-users are happy by using multiple functions like conferencing, transferring, call park, etc.
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