Genesys Cloud CX vs. LiveAgent

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Genesys Cloud CX
Score 8.4 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.
$75
per month (billed annually) per user
LiveAgent
Score 8.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
LiveAgent is a help desk software designed to help users bring personalization to customer interactions. LiveAgent presents an omnichannel universal inbox, real-time live chat, built-in call center, and a customer service portal. It offers customer segmentation, automation, built-in CRM, and an analytics package, as well as gamification features, ultimately containing are over 180+ help desk features, and 200+ integrations. The solution boasts users among companies like BMW, Yamaha,…
$9
per month
Pricing
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Editions & Modules
Genesys Cloud CX 1 - Voice
$75
per month (billed annually) per user
Genesys Cloud CX 2 - Digital
$95
per month (billed annually) per user
Genesys Cloud CX 2 - Digital + Voice
$115
per month (billed annually) per user
Genesys Cloud CX 3 - Digital + WEM
$135
per month (billed annually) per user
Genesys Cloud CX 3 Digital + WEM + Voice
$155
per month (billed annually) per user
Free
$0
per month
Small
$9
per month per seat
Medium
$29
per month per seat
Large
$49
per month per seat
Enterprise
$69
per month per seat
Downloadable licence
11,950
20 agents
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Free Trial
YesYes
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.
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Community Pulse
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.2
412 Ratings
2% below category average
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard7.9394 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers8.0346 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response7.9308 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding8.3334 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.4269 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.6381 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing7.9226 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.4327 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs8.0275 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts8.2305 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.5371 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.4300 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration7.9290 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.0
391 Ratings
2% below category average
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.4366 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.3283 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording8.6371 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.2340 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics8.1350 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting7.6365 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting7.9360 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys6.8221 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.9265 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
7.8
59 Ratings
3% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.056 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.042 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.838 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.559 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
10.0
52 Ratings
25% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings10.049 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
8.5
58 Ratings
9% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings10.053 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings6.928 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.150 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings7.554 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.6 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 9.6 out of 10
Front
Front
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(436 ratings)
8.0
(117 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(38 ratings)
9.3
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(69 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(100 ratings)
9.3
(24 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(20 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.9
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.9
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
7.7
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Genesys Cloud CXLiveAgent
Likelihood to Recommend
Genesys
With telephony, I believe that Genesys Cloud CX is ahead of its class and can provide a streamlined approach to call routing and efficiency. I believe that the platform is more than capable in handling telephony services for operations. The reporting and line of sight to real time reporting is also impressive. Having that type of availability to supervisors can be game changing. However, the email and workitems use cases are very far behind. If your business relies on email then it will need to come up with out of the box solutions for everyday use.
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QualityUnit, LLC
LiveAgent is great for companies that want to help customers with their issues. It is also great for getting sales for our company. During our chats, if a customer is interested, we like to ask for the sale. It is too easy for the customers to say no. So it is nice that with LiveAgent, they have an automatic process where the customer can enter their item and address information and it is easy for our agents to get the sale.
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Pros
Genesys
  • Standard omnichannel routing - multiple-media interactions are handled well.
  • WFM - agent scheduled, workload balancing, forecasting, etc.
  • 3rd Party Integrations - Easy integration with CRMs, DBs. ADs etc.
  • We are exploring Predictive Routing & finding is useful so far.
  • Reporting is also very useful & informative.
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QualityUnit, LLC
  • Having the ability to transfer tickets or chats has proven useful when we are working with a customer who has a specific type of inquiry - perhaps a sales question or an employment request. We’ve found it helpful to have the ability to transfer the chat to the online agent best equipped to answer the inquiry so we are able to serve our customers to the highest standard and with an immediate response.
  • We find being able to add notes and labels to previous chats and tickets incredibly helpful in data collection and also in our ability to work as a dynamic team. By being able to sort our chats and tickets into an organized system that our company created, we can work cohesively to review old conversations for continuity, opportunities for growth, and with transparency between departments.
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Cons
Genesys
  • We can see the bot and the digital side is growing at the moment, but there are still a couple of gaps that we think about. So as I say, every customer comes through our bot, but we don't have an easy way of exporting what they're actually telling us. We can see a snippet throughout the day and we can retrieve, I believe, 250 of the most recent things, but we get about 3,000 calls a day. It's a snapshot of what we're actually getting. It's the analytics piece that we'd like to see enhanced a bit.
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QualityUnit, LLC
  • LA doesn't provide you SMS integration.
  • You cannot divert your phone call from your local carrier to LA agent directly. You need to get a third party number which is way much costly. Also, if you get a third party number to divert your calls from a local carrier to LA, then the callers have to wait more than the usual time in order to get them connected with the Customer Support Team.
  • WhatsApp Integration also unavailable.
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
I am giving this rating as Live Agent is a very good software that is essential to any small or big business that provides customer support services. It gives you the possibility to manage any of your clients issues, answer questions and keep a good relationship with them by providing quick solutions.
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
The initial setup, onboarding and training is easy. The system provides 2 graphic version of interfaces in black or white default colors. I would appreciate, if there were more. Some of the setup forms are not correctly resized. Overall, I'm always able to find what I am looking for in LiveAgent.
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
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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QualityUnit, LLC
The one time that I contacted the customer support at LiveAgent, they were very quick to help me out and the customer support representative walked me through every thing that I needed to know to set up what I needed. Over all, the support staff at LiveAgent were perfect.
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
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Online Training
Genesys
I have taken the preparatory course for Genesys Cloud Certification. I must say that it is a good training for administrators and analysts. The bibliography is very clear and is easy to identify the topics, which are conveniently separated. It is, in my opinion, mandatory for those who want to exercise the position of Genesys Cloud platform administrators.
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QualityUnit, LLC
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Implementation Rating
Genesys
We had a complicated implementation because of the requirements around our routing. I recommend that you allow plenty of time for design and testing if you have complicated requirements. We had to push our implementation out several times to make sure it was done properly and still I think some issues were missed, but since fixed
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QualityUnit, LLC
Implementation was quick and when not counting a bug on our website, it took a couple hours. It was mostly done on our end or with the assistance of LiveAgent's live chat support team. We recommend to check out LiveAgent's tutorial videos on their youtube channel or browsing their knowledge base - we've almost always found answers to our queries there.
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Alternatives Considered
Genesys
Genesys meets the necessary requirements for our organization. The platforms named above partially met the requirements but not in their entirety. The training provided by Genesys through live or self-study courses or the knowledge base in the resource center is far superior to its competitors.
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QualityUnit, LLC
Before making the decision, we evaluated many tools, but none of them met all of our needs or the costs we could bear for them, until we found LiveAgent. The implementation process was super simple and supported by the LiveAgent support team, who are excellent!
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
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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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QualityUnit, LLC
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Return on Investment
Genesys
  • Because the platform already has all the information on the customer, and every interaction within it, it already brings us a return on investment because we do not have to deploy other legacy systems. For example, for you to monitor calls or interactions, everything is already on the same platform. It would be an extra cost if you had to have another CRM behind Genesys. In this case, Genesys Cloud CX already embeds all the solutions in one.
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QualityUnit, LLC
  • Less expensive than having multiple individual email accounts.
  • LiveAgent has helped decrease our errors since it's more straightforward than sharing a traditional inbox with multiple team members.
  • Sometimes the emails sent from LiveAgent end up in our customer's spam/junk folder because the auto-generated alpha-numeric ticket looks suspicious.
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ScreenShots

Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

Screenshot of ConversationsScreenshot of Real-Time AdherenceScreenshot of Queue Performance

LiveAgent Screenshots

Screenshot of Inside of TicketsScreenshot of Chat - Support ViewScreenshot of Chat - Customer ViewScreenshot of Chat - Fully Customizable