Genesys Cloud CX vs. Microsoft 365 Copilot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Genesys Cloud CX
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Genesys Cloud CX (formerly PureCloud, Genesys Cloud) is a contact center application optimized for automatic call distribution, interactive voice response, email, social media, chat, and text/SMS. It is also a VoIP interconnect service provider.N/A
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
For enterprises, Microsoft 365 Copilot (or just Microsoft Copilot) is a generative AI operating as an intelligent virtual assistant for work. Through a chat interface, business users can use it to solve a variety of complex tasks.
$31.50
per month per user
Pricing
Genesys Cloud CXMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Editions & Modules
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Microsoft Copilot
$31.50
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Genesys Cloud CXMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing plans can also be billed hourly.Pricing shown is based on an annual commitment. Discount available for annual payment.
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Community Pulse
Genesys Cloud CXMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Considered Both Products
Genesys Cloud CX
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
it is a more complete omnichannel solutions for UC and CC than any of these other providers
Microsoft 365 Copilot

No answer on this topic

User Ratings
Genesys Cloud CXMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(491 ratings)
8.3
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(43 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(73 ratings)
8.0
(15 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(107 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.7
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.6
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.8
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.3
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
5.0
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.7
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.4
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Genesys Cloud CXMicrosoft 365 Copilot
Likelihood to Recommend
Genesys
For any size business there is a subscription model to suit, and functions that your company would benefit from. Depending on the scale you can design your flows and processes to provide real value and empower both frontline agents and administrators with functionality and reporting that will enable you to make key improvements and choices.
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Microsoft
I highly recommend its usage in Teams meetings to prepare a session transcript, meeting minutes,
next steps and recognize speech by person. Also within the meeting recording, there is separation between the people talking at the time. The Copilot image creation is very accurate and useful to
customize my PowerPoint presentations and other documents
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Pros
Genesys
  • Ease of call flow design - Architect tool is wonderful and easy to use.
  • Ease of API usage: Using native Genesys Cloud APIs, we can develop our own custom logic/solution.
  • The Archy tool - which help us to maintain CI/CD across our organization.
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Microsoft
  • Good analysis of the ticket system at the service desk, so that this can be anticipated properly
  • For the management of IT environments, quick examples of scripting for desired solutions
  • For consultants and managers, they co-pilot a technical report into language understandable to a non-technical client, including a visual summary.
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Cons
Genesys
  • Improve the speed of implementation of the most popular ideas on the Ideas portal
  • Support teams can be slow and some issues can take a long time to resolve
  • Although documentation is generally good, new features are often under-documented or don't include real world examples.
  • Arbitrary limits on some components can make things an unnecessary hassle
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Microsoft
  • The quality of image generation in Microsoft Copilot could be improved. Compared to other AI platforms, Copilot's images often fall short in quality and frequently contain typos.
  • When generating agents and chatbots, Microsoft Copilot currently doesn't appear to support file download functionality.
  • The email reply function is useful, but the responses can sometimes be overly elaborate. It would be helpful to have more options for adjusting the tone.
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Likelihood to Renew
Genesys
The upcoming upgrades working with Genesys Cloud and Salesforce are very exciting. Even though we don't use Genesys Cloud to the fullest extent it can be used (we just migrated a year ago), when these upgrades roll out, I am very excited to see what it can do to for our agents. I think they are going to be very impressed
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Microsoft
Absolutely!!! I have a high regard for the product and will use it for years to come.
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Usability
Genesys
Everything is very good. It is very useful, friendly to users and it makes our work easier than what we expected. I think that I don't need any help from someone on how to use Genesys coz basically they will directly feed it to you without any hassle on using it.
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Microsoft
I give this rating because of the utilization I do with the product and the level security it provides which is very good. In our organization it is best suited as we have all other Microsoft tools with us. The offering made by Microsoft is great, I gave 9 out of 10 as sometimes it hallucinates as well.
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Reliability and Availability
Genesys
The platform is highly reliable, with minimal downtime or outages, and is generally available when needed. Over the course of using it, unplanned outages or application errors have been rare, and any issues that did arise were quickly resolved. Genesys provides robust support and maintenance, ensuring the system remains operational during critical business hours. However, like any cloud-based platform, there have been occasional disruptions, though these were infrequent and quickly addressed. Overall, its availability has been excellent, supporting smooth daily operations.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Performance
Genesys
Overall, the platform performs well, with pages loading quickly and reports typically completing in a reasonable time, even with complex data. The interface is responsive, and most day-to-day tasks are executed efficiently. However, in some instances, especially during peak usage times or when running very detailed, large-scale reports, there can be slight delays. While these are rare, they occasionally affect workflow. Additionally, the platform generally integrates smoothly with other systems, though some integrations can slow down slightly, particularly when pulling large datasets or interacting with older, legacy systems. Nonetheless, the performance is strong and reliable for most use cases.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Genesys
Support does indeed resolve the issue but they seem to be really slow and I have to stay on them to get my ticket handled. Everyone I have interacted with is very professional and pleasant. Other than being slow its been a good experience
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Microsoft
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In-Person Training
Genesys
Genesys team that provide trainings are friendly and professional. They helped us to understand well the product and the functionalities. The training was detailed with use cases. At the end, we got a task to develop that ended with success and we got some Genesys rewards. It was amazing experience
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Genesys
In general, it gives a description and can help to understand what to do and how. but: Sometimes, it does not keep up with changes in the system (for example, in the GUI changes, additional features and so on). Sometimes, much easier and helpful to read the documentation (https://help.mypurecloud.com/) that gives the "better" explanations and takes less time.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Genesys
My Team was involved in the discussion before implementing the application. We had a whole walkthrough of this product and during the demo itself we were very impressed with type of service we were getting. The integration of the product into our system was very quick and seamless.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Genesys
Before fully migrating to Genesys Cloud CX, we relied on Zendesk Talk and Chat as our primary contact for our customers to manage interactions. While we used Zendesk in our early stages and it goes well for us, but it did outgrew some capabilities. Unlike Genesys Cloud, we struggled for sometime as a business who handled multi-brand and omnichannels. It came to a point where we needed separate routing rules and inboxes but we couldn't to that with Zendesk so we had to provide a manual workaround until we switched to Genesys Cloud CX
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Microsoft
We needed a tool where secure data was not submitted to servers to process as we have some health care related data to keep private. We also needed to be able to test this tool without committing first to see if it is a fit and Microsoft provided this easily to us.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Genesys
Genesys provides Licensing in 3 tier subscription types of licenses on top based on any business requirements then any sort of feature/functionality inclusion (or removal) is discussed openly. There are 2 types of billing models available which are "Named" and "Concurrent" based on the type of roles users will perform in Genesys Cloud CX environment (eg. Agent, Supervisor, Administrator, and Business Users) Also, the billing period/frequency starts on the actual day the platform is delivered.
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Microsoft
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Scalability
Genesys
I give Genesys a rating of 10 for scalability because of its ability to adapt seamlessly to growing business needs, whether expanding across multiple departments, locations, or regions. Its cloud-based infrastructure allows for easy scaling without the need for costly hardware upgrades or lengthy implementation times. As our organisation grew, we were able to add new agents, channels, and features without disrupting operations, which significantly enhanced our flexibility. The platform's design supports both small-scale and enterprise-level operations, making it ideal for evolving businesses. Additionally, its capacity to handle increased interaction volumes without compromising performance ensures that customer service quality remains high, even during peak times. This flexibility and ease of scaling, combined with real-time analytics and automation capabilities, make it highly effective for growing organisations.
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Microsoft
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Professional Services
Genesys
Professional services are definitely much more experienced than the support teams, and the price for their services is very fair. I wish that the support team could help answer simple questions about work that the PSS team does, however, so that we do not have to use our SOW for simple Q&A emails.
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Microsoft
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Return on Investment
Genesys
  • For a product-based company like ours, we have existing Genesys customers who can use our product, as we have already integrated our product & solution into Genesys.
  • By viewing Genesys as a contact center, we generate numerous ideas about what features need to be implemented.
  • Genesys is the best choice for big, enterprise-level businesses as it can handle multiple calls simultaneously seamlessly.
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Microsoft
  • It is too early to tell at the moment but I can see it as a positive moving forward
  • The amount of time saved in creating content will be a huge asset for faculty
  • The same holds true for students as they to will be able to safe a lot of time
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ScreenShots

Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

Screenshot of analytics to track performance and balance workloads in real time.Screenshot of the dashboard to manage workflows, settings and operations.Screenshot of AI tools that help to resolve customer issues.