Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued) vs. NiCE CXone Mpower

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
NiCE CXone Mpower
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 VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE CXone Mpower
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 VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE 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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Community Pulse
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE CXone Mpower
Features
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE CXone Mpower
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
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Ratings
NiCE CXone Mpower
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 Ratings8.9403 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.8531 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.6317 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings9.6376 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings9.2301 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.1322 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.5510 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.5364 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.0365 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)
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Ratings
NiCE CXone Mpower
9.4
556 Ratings
13% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.4511 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings9.2373 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.6495 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.2480 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.9486 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.4479 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings9.4465 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings9.5299 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.8319 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE CXone Mpower
Small Businesses
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.5 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Sangoma Asterisk
Sangoma Asterisk
Score 8.5 out of 10
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE CXone Mpower
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(8 ratings)
9.6
(613 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(28 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(587 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 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 VoIP PBX (discontinued)NiCE CXone Mpower
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
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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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
Discontinued Products
  • 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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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
Discontinued Products
  • 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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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
Discontinued Products
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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
Discontinued Products
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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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
Discontinued Products
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
Discontinued Products
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
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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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
Discontinued Products
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
Discontinued Products
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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
Discontinued Products
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
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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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
Discontinued Products
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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
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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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 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 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.