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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forescout Vistaro Platform

    Score6.6 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Forescout Technologies headquartered in San Jose actively defends the Enterprise of Things by identifying, segmenting and enforcing compliance of every connected thing. Forescout boasts a widely deployed, enterprise-class platform at scale across IT, IoT, and OT managed and unmanaged devices. Forescout arms customers with device intelligence, in order to allow organizations across every industry to classify risk, detect anomalies and quickly remediate cyberthreats without disruption of critical…N/A

    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGenesys PureConnect was an omnichannel contact center platform that offered cloud-based or on-premise deployments. It featured a SIP-based architecture with VoIP capabilities, allowing companies to connect legacy voice systems and use existing phones. A legacy product, new users are encouraged to investigate Genesys Cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Forescout Technologies
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    60%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Forescout Vistaro Platform and Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Feature
    Forescout Vistaro Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    7.9
    64 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings6.755 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings8.541 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings7.756 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.357 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.045 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings7.037 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings8.539 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings7.755 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.044 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Forescout Vistaro Platform and Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Feature
    Forescout Vistaro Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    5.5
    54 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings6.551 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings6.539 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings4.552 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings4.546 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings3.043 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings5.052 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings6.548 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings5.030 Ratings
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    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
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    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Zscaler Internet Access
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    5.3
    (116 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forescout Vistaro PlatformGenesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forescout Technologies
    I strongly recommend using it in networks where many machines enter, it is essential to have a capture of all ids, mac etc to prevent and detect unauthorized machines.We are in the technological era and there is a lot of technological robotization looking for weak systems to enter.Invest in greater security and that does not happen to you.
    Incentivized
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    CIC is best suited for business models that rely on heavily leverage Data Integration especially one like ours that require real-time and high-speed data access for billing and customer integration. CIC is not well suited for small organizations < 50 where they are only answering phones in the course of doing business VS. the business is the phone.
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    Pros
    Forescout Technologies
    • Network Access Control does a great job of identifying unmanaged devices on the network and "quarantining" them.
    • The inventory feature of CounterAct is a handy place to see what version of applications are running on which machines on our network.
    • Policies can be very intricate.
    Incentivized
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    • Purely Software Based System: On Microsoft OS. It is an all software-based system making it easy to manage, integrate and interface with other systems
    • One Vendor: All modules, IVR, ACD, Dialer, WFM are from one vendor. So, no compatibility and latency issues at all.
    • Superb Notifier Service: You don't have to restart any process or service for a change to take effect.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Forescout Technologies
    • They should have more training for the versions of applications they update.
    • It would be great if the GUI would be more aesthetic in appearance.
    • Nothing else as the application is amazing.
    Incentivized
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    • Licensing can be challenging and very expensive.
    • Client templates are hard to administer and are built very different than the rest of the functionality.
    • Web desktop has been slow to come along and include all the features.
    • Optimizer is very sub-par product.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forescout Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We are so embedded on Pure Connect that we like to progress with it. For instance, we are looking into ways to provide different solutions to our customers, help our business to succeed, and work in a better CX.
    One of the biggest advantages is that all is in one platform.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Forescout Technologies
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    Discontinued Products
    The interface is only semi user-friendly on almost every front. Agent experience is lacking and we have found many limitations within the system. Workforce forecasting is not as robust as expected. Quality continues to be a struggle. Interaction searches are not robust.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Forescout Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The application itself uses a hub and spoke model that can help isolate errors in one section of the application from the rest, creating a much more stable overall program. Of all of the outages that we've had with our contact center platform, I can count on one hand how often it was truly a Genesys issue rather than a network issue, server issue or issue with a platform relied upon for an integration (web services, db calls).
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    Performance
    Forescout Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Some of the client applications take a bit of time on initial load, but with the move towards web based applications that issue is alleviated. You can tell that effort really isn't putting into the desktop apps any longer and that the client development effort is being put into bringing Interaction Connect closer to feature parity with the desktop (and bringing wholly new features to Connect). As far as IVR operations, web service calls, database operations: they all operate reasonably.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Forescout Technologies
    They are prompt in their response with a complete resolution once they have identified the problem. Other OEM's generally give stop-gap arrangements and then later come with new upgrade versions. This gives downtime tasks to customers often, which isn't appreciated. Given the criticality of this software, their support is prompt.
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    Some cases are resolved quickly others are taking longer and the reseller sometimes has to chase support several times and explain the issue seen several times. While being a direct customer before, I recognise this and it seems that when a case moves to another engineer they don’t read the previous case notes or don’t understand what has been done. This, from a customers perspective, slows down resolution times.
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    In-Person Training
    Forescout Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I liked the setup of the whole class. The instructor knew the topic well enough to answer questions from entry level to a more advanced one.
    Instructor encouraged participation of the whole class and was able to engage every one. Also provided "real live" examples so everyone can relate to it.
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    Online Training
    Forescout Technologies
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    Discontinued Products
    The online training itself is good. You are provided resources and can self study to a certain point, but the pacing always felt off. Either snails pace or like trying to drink from a fire hose. I think this easily could have had to do with course material and my personal preparations, though. I would say my main gripe is that since the acquisition the team responsible for actually booking training is very unresponsive and often not knowledgeable about the courses they offer. Booking my last training was a real chore.
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    Implementation Rating
    Forescout Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Don't try to go the perfect solution as a first target. Work on answer the more needs with a simple solution. Then analyse and try again to answer the most needs with adding a bit if complexity only if require. No needs to customise straight from the beginning or deployment takes too long.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forescout Technologies
    Better intergration with patch management tools. Forescount Platfform (CounterAct) is easily compatible with diverse network infrastructure to offer better service and efficiently ensure seamless operations. Its automation capabilities have also enabled us to depend less on the operations teams hence saving time as it's faster and also saving the operational cost of having people around in case of threats.
    Incentivized
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    Call Manager, you had to buy all the components that are out of the box for PureConnect. The licensing model is more expensive on the Cisco side vs the Genesys PureConnect side. Lastly was on the Cisco side since you have to connect/integrate all the components on the cisco side you have to have so many vendors to install those parts. This drives the cost up even more so it was not worth going that route for our organization.
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    Scalability
    Forescout Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Genesys PureConnect's core and adjunct model allows for fairly easy growth in satellite locations via off site session managers, remote located media servers, remote content servers, etc to allow you to spread the infrastructure out while not pushing as much network traffic to your core data centers.
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    Return on Investment
    Forescout Technologies
    • We've managed to automate our cybersecurity to impressive extents, now the IT security team puts focus on more important things.
    • We've attained successful assets risk mitigation for our clients.
    Incentivized
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    • We're improving our CX by optimizing our call centers, using additional attributes and keys to identify the best rep for the job.
    • We are also streamlining the journey of each individual customer by using PureConnect as the central interface for omnichannel interactions, allowing us to pick up the conversation where we left off.
    • Using additional attributes that start with the contact center interaction, we're able to track a student journey and proactively step in - increasing our individualized support to focus on the student outcome.
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