Frontline HCM (Aesop Online) vs. NICE CXone

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
NICE CXone
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
NICE CXone is a cloud-based contact center platform that manages customer interactions across multiple communication channels. It includes features such as omnichannel routing, workforce optimization, automatic call distribution (ACD), interactive voice response (IVR) system, feedback management, and interaction analytics.
$71
per month per user
Pricing
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Digital Agent
$71
per month per user
Voice Agent
$94
per month per user
Omnichannel Agent
$110
per month per user
Essential Suite
$135
per month per user
Core Suite
$169
per month per user
Complete Suite
$209
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
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
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
7.0
5 Ratings
12% below category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
9.5
5 Ratings
16% above category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
6.9
3 Ratings
16% below category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
Update personal information7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
8.0
4 Ratings
5% above category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
Report builder7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
8.0
1 Ratings
0% below category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
7.0
1 Ratings
13% below category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
NICE CXone
-
Ratings
Candidate search10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
-
Ratings
NICE CXone
8.1
547 Ratings
3% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.7527 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings8.2444 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.1464 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings7.8420 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.2382 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.5500 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.1302 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.9352 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings5.8285 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings6.1303 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.4481 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.3343 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.3342 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)
-
Ratings
NICE CXone
7.8
525 Ratings
6% below category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings7.9485 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings7.8354 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings8.3467 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings7.4452 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.2460 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.5451 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.3437 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings5.5281 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.1299 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
Small Businesses
Patriot Software
Patriot Software
Score 9.0 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.5 out of 10
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.3 out of 10
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(16 ratings)
8.4
(578 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(24 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.3
(552 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(1 ratings)
3.7
(7 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
7.8
(5 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
3.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
4.4
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
4.4
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Frontline HCM (Aesop Online)NICE CXone
Likelihood to Recommend
Frontline Education
Frontline is well suited for an organization such as a school district where teachers sometimes need to put in for a substitute at the last minute or especially early in the morning. The system also helps with substitutes in picking up the jobs when a teacher puts in an absence.
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NICE Systems
NICE CXone offers a comprehensive range of tools that cover every aspect of customer interaction, from omnichannel communication to analytics and workforce optimization. It makes it very simple for us administrators to provide everything the customer needs. At the moment, I cannot think of a scenario where CXone is less appropriate, at least when comparing it to its competitors.
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Pros
Frontline Education
  • Easily submission process. Select the day you need to schedule on the listed calendar, mark the type of request, and submit.
  • Works on different digital devices including phones, tablets, and computers.
  • Easily track your balances by looking at your account history.
  • Delete requests you have already submitted.
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NICE Systems
  • We can restrict the access for agents in this so that easily restrict them to avoid from the mistakes
  • The managers can easily setup a schedule via HOO for Holidays and during emergency which is more helpful.
  • The studio is more friendly with action items instead of coding, also the help option is very handy and easy to understand.
  • The call trace is more helpful and exact view of how the call process and it's very helpful for troubleshooting
  • Reporting is very easy and helpful.
  • Dashboard is awesome, no word to describe it
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Cons
Frontline Education
  • Teachers cannot cancel their own absence. We have to ask the office staff to do so. This is irritating when an absence must be canceled (Due to a canceled professional development, for example).
  • Sometimes absences go unfilled. It would be great if AESOP could have a roster of qualified substitutes to cover absences.
  • You cannot assign your absence to a particular substitute if you know he or she is available and a good fit for your absence.
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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
Frontline Education
Long time customer with Frontline Absence Management. Product support has been excellent, integrations easy to work with, & suite of products mesh together well.
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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
Frontline Education
While we have had minor issues logging in as our organization has its own login page, the site and its application are very easy to use. So long as members of a group log in through the appropriate page, navigating and using this site is quite easy. With the transition from Aesop to Frontline, the page also seems to have worked through any glitches found with the previous page and its app.
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NICE Systems
Things could be improved, such as call history and a user-friendly UI. Besides that, it was a great way to track and manage our team remotely, which changed the game for us post-covid. Everything else was pretty simple to use whether it was answering calls, dialing a customer, or leaving a voicemail. Overall, everything is very straightforward.
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Reliability and Availability
Frontline Education
There have been several times the system was unavailable. When there has been an issue, Frontline HAS NOT notified us....which has been disappointing.
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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
Frontline Education
No issues reported by end users of slow or not loading pages.
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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
Frontline Education
Internal support is provided by EDU Staff based out of Grand Rapids. Whenever I have had an issue they are very responsive to my needs. For instance, there may be conflicts in the amount of money that was listed for the contract. There may be questions about the length of an assignment such as 1/2 day, full day, or early dismissal. The school will sometimes enter the wrong information. Very good IT support, but sometimes you are on hold for 5 to 10 minutes because they do not have enough workers in their Call Center
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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
Frontline Education
Our Implementer/Trainer was a product line expert. He (Connor) walked us through every step with confidence and explained everything in detail. Frontline provided written documentation, cut-n-paste emails to staff, and a test environment for us to play in. We were able to test unique scenarios without actually sending emails, notifications, alerts to staff. This was very useful.
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NICE Systems
We did not have face-to-face training and I believe that there was no mistake by nice, as the system was acquired amidst the pandemic and social restrictions.
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Online Training
Frontline Education
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
Frontline Education
Our Frontline implementer was an expert in the field & knew the product in & out. We had very little issues going live.
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NICE Systems
In spite of not having a relevant participation in the implementation process, I understand that the main insights are, internal tests before presenting to the final customer, this avoids the highest delay in the acquisition process, such as more frequent errors, tests that may mitigate the errors at the time of implementation.
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Alternatives Considered
Frontline Education
Frontline seems to be the industry standard for this software in the education industry. I am not familiar with any competitors or what was evaluated prior to implementing Frontline. For it to be the industry standard, I would assume that its cost is fair in relation to competitors and that the onboarding process is simple.
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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
Frontline Education
Our district has approximately 300 substitutes & 1,800 employees. Size has never been an issue with Absence Management. There are other districts much larger using Absence Management with no problems
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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
Frontline Education
  • It's given staff direct access to inputting their absences and secure coverage quicker, whereas before they had to make a call to a person. That person had to secure coverage for the entire district at different levels. Sometimes that person was absent or unable to provide coverage.
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NICE Systems
  • CXone's omnichannel capabilities and advanced analytics tools enable streamlined processes, increasing agent productivity and reducing handling times. This efficiency translates into cost savings by minimizing operational expenses and maximizing resource utilization.
  • With comprehensive insights into customer interactions and preferences, companies can deliver personalized experiences, leading to higher customer satisfaction and loyalty. With the Voice of the Customer tool, we are able to measure customer satisfaction and provide these statistics to potential future clients.
  • The cloud-based platform is very scalable, allowing us to quickly make adjustments to existing contact delivery as well as stand up new products in a more timely fashion.
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ScreenShots

NICE CXone Screenshots

Screenshot of CXone DashboardScreenshot of the Enlighten Copilot, which gives agents smarter interactions, personalized coaching, and automation opportunities.Screenshot of CXone Workforce Management, the omnichannel forecasting and scheduling engine.Screenshot of CXone Studio, a visual 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 Interaction Analytics, which is used to get actionable insights from every voice, digital, and self-service customer interaction.Screenshot of CXone Performance Management, used to align employee performance, contact center goals, and customer expectations with continuous improvement.