Gainsight CS vs. NiCE CXone

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gainsight CS
Score 8.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Gainsight Customer Success (CS) is presented as a growth engine for modern post-sale teams. Built for CROs, CS leaders, and operations pros, it provides visibility into customer health, expansion potential, and revenue risk. With automation, AI, and health scoring, Gainsight helps scale outcomes without scaling headcount. With its playbooks and success plans to CSQL tracking and journey orchestration, Gainsight CS helps teams to take the right action at the right time, every time. Access to…
$2,500
Per Company Per Month
NiCE CXone
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
Gainsight CSNiCE CXone
Editions & Modules
Subscription
$2,500
Per Company Per Month
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
Gainsight CSNiCE CXone
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Gainsight CSNiCE CXone
Features
Gainsight CSNiCE CXone
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
8.2
283 Ratings
6% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.2283 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
8.1
331 Ratings
7% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
API7.9222 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com8.5325 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Marketo7.977 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Eloqua8.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Data Extraction / Integration
Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
7.7
350 Ratings
13% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Product usage7.8335 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk / support tickets7.5267 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Success Management
Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
8.1
353 Ratings
6% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
NPS surveys8.6284 Ratings00 Ratings
Sponsor tracking7.4229 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer profiles8.5305 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated workflow8.2334 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal collaboration7.6320 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer health scoring8.5343 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer segmentation8.0293 Ratings00 Ratings
CSM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
7.9
347 Ratings
7% below category average
NiCE CXone
-
Ratings
Customer health trends8.3326 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement analytics8.2293 Ratings00 Ratings
Revenue forecasting6.7191 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboards8.3344 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
-
Ratings
NiCE CXone
9.4
581 Ratings
11% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.3559 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.6471 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.5490 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings9.4443 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.1403 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.8531 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.7317 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings9.6376 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings9.3301 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.2322 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.5510 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.4364 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.0365 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Gainsight CS
-
Ratings
NiCE CXone
9.4
556 Ratings
13% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.5511 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings9.2373 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.6495 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.2480 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings9.1486 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.4479 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings9.4465 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings9.6299 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.7319 Ratings
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User Ratings
Gainsight CSNiCE CXone
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(349 ratings)
9.6
(613 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(20 ratings)
10.0
(28 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(138 ratings)
9.3
(587 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(2 ratings)
7.7
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(134 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(3 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(6 ratings)
7.6
(11 ratings)
Configurability
6.4
(1 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.4
(2 ratings)
7.3
(9 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.4
(1 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Gainsight CSNiCE CXone
Likelihood to Recommend
Gainsight
I love using Gainsight CS for global collaboration, monitoring account health, digging into potential churn risks, summarizing account activity, logging account activity and having an overall historic record of account activity across multiple account teams, especially in my segment on a global account team.
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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
Gainsight
  • Ability to capture all customer information in one spot
  • Gantt charts for overall success plans to map out TAM deliverables
  • Automatically integrate feeds from sources to build reports as needed
  • Ability to capture customer follow-up tasks so I'm not trying to capture the list of actions too repetitively (e.g. using the "Tasks" section of an entry)
  • Ability to use the plugin to automatically add emails to timeline; ability to use calendar integration to automatically add meeting minutes that will sync up to Gong notes
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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
Gainsight
  • Outlook integration could be better as within Outlook we do not get much insight of the account. While contacting a contact from Outlook, it will be great if the Outlook -Gainsight CS tool can show certain important information, like any pending CTAs, the latest billing amount, and pending certifications, etc. This will improve the communications and make it more aligned with the company and account perspectives.
  • Limitations of report creation are user level - As a user I can not create report as per my wish on my set of accounts. Only the admin user has access to that, and also it's very intuitive compared to Salesforce.
  • Dashboard customization - as a user I have very much limited options to put in my dashboard. It's all about CTA all the time.
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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
Gainsight
Gainsight offers a level of support that I've not experience before. They will work with you to come up with a solution to a problem - or help match you with another client that has a similar setup as you to get their feedback. Also the functionality that we have built within the software works for us. It's 'easy' to use (once you get the hang of it) and our users rather enjoy working in the software.
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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
Gainsight
Gainsight CS earns a 10/10 usability rating for me by prioritizing strategic power and deep configurability over simplistic, rigid design. Instead of forcing users into a generic workflow, the platform allows us to build bespoke health scores and playbooks that align perfectly with our unique business model. This high degree of customization ensures that the tool acts as a tailored workspace that meets the needs of mature CS organization like ours. By leveraging the proactive CTA triggers, Gainsight CS reduces the manual burden on our CSMs, allowing them to focus on high-value customer interactions rather than administrative data hunting. It ultimately functions as a professional grade cockpit that empowers our team to manage complex revenue lifecycles with precision and repeatability.
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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
Gainsight
Rarely any issues with availability or outages. When they do occur, there is excellent communication and consistent updates. Bugs are usually addressed in a timely manner, and communication around those issues is also extremely good
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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
Gainsight
There are some times when it can take almost a minute to load some of our reports or the rules engine. Within a rule it can also take time to load the actions as they each load one at a time when scrolling. The ability to scroll without waiting would be ideal
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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
Gainsight
The CSMs are very hands-on and helpful, both Elaine and Lane have provided a lot of guidance and value over the years. Support is responsive and will jump on things as needed. The thought leadership and community is probably the most valuable part of our support from Gainsight.
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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
Gainsight
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
Gainsight
The online videos are very good for basic tasks in the platform, but it isn't very descriptive or helpful trying to make your own specific variables fit the simple example that is typically used. Typically, I'll watch a video, try on my own and still have to get help from support or Customer Success team
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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
Gainsight
I was not part of the implantation (I took over later). However, based on what was passed to me, the tool was not well implemented at our org. I think this had to do with complexity, wrong person assigned in our org, and org buy-in. I think it would have been very successful if we had a better assignment process internally.
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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
Gainsight
They're pretty neck and neck. Both are super similar. I love the icons for logging account activity in Totango. I also like the dropdown activity tab we have in Gainsight. We need to improve our auto forms for QBR notes and cancellation notes, but I do like that we can have details listed for the CSM to fill out without them having to think about it. Helps us improve our reporting efforts, too.
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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
Gainsight
It can lean a little heavily toward Customer Success, but the ability to customize many areas based on specific user or account characteristics allows you to make it work across many different roles. This also makes collaboration within the tool across teams possible. It a flexible tool if you have a skilled admin to help guide your process building.
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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
Gainsight
  • No metrics yet, but we have improved our at-risk customers by identifying risks earlier via our automated health score and with our Gainsight approved mitigation workflow, CSMs and leaders have better discipline with mitigation efforts and sharing at-risk customers across the org so other teams can step in and assist
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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

Gainsight CS Screenshots

Screenshot of the Journey Orchestrator, used to build personalized, scalable customer journeys with lifecycle-based emails, playbooks, and triggered workflows, so no customer slips through the cracks.Screenshot of an AI Cheat Sheet. These offer AI-generated summaries, suggestions, and insights tailored to each account—so CSMs spend less time analyzing, and more time acting.Screenshot of AI Scorecards. These are used to analyze renewal and churn data to recommend new measures, refine weights, and create high-impact scorecards (or refine existing ones), to forecast with more precision and act with confidence.Screenshot of Success Plans, where users can create clear, outcome-based plans with customers—then track progress, assign owners, and show stakeholders exactly how value is being driven.Screenshot of Gainsight Home, which provides one place for customer success teams to prioritize, act, and prove impact—powered by real-time insights, AI signals, and workflows designed to drive retention and expansion.Screenshot of Customer 360. This interface brings together usage data, health scores, playbooks, and account details into one unified view.

NiCE CXone 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.