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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Genesys Cloud CX

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGenesys Cloud CX 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

    Magento Open Source

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMagento Open Source is an ecommerce content management solution originally developed by Varien Inc and presently supported by Adobe. The Open Source product is for developers and merchants that is available as a free download, and supported with free upgrades from the Magento Community.N/A
    Pricing
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing plans can also be billed hourly.Pricing for Magento will vary greatly depending on outsourcing support and maintenance services.
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    Community Pulse
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Considered Both Products
    Genesys
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    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    409 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    341 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    408 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    252 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    313 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Genesys Cloud CX and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    7.4
    29 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.329 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings6.727 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings4.029 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings9.327 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings5.728 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Genesys Cloud CX and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    7.0
    29 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.424 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.729 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Genesys Cloud CX and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    8.6
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.627 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Genesys Cloud CX and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    6.4
    29 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.329 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings2.022 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings7.925 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Genesys Cloud CX and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    9.6
    29 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings10.026 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings9.328 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings9.325 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings10.027 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Small Businesses
    MindTouch
    Score7 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Sogolytics
    Score9 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Medallia
    Score8.9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (512 ratings)
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (44 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (74 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.3
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (108 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.6
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.8
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.5
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.8
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys Cloud CXMagento Open Source
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Genesys
    Genesys Cloud CX is particularly well suited for organizations looking to consolidate customer interactions across multiple channels into a single platform. In our experience, it works very well for omnichannel customer service, especially when voice, digital channels, routing, reporting, and customer experience need to be managed together. The flexibility of its routing capabilities and the ability to integrate with other business systems are especially valuable for more complex customer journeys.
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    Adobe
    Magento Open Source is an excellent choice for businesses that need a highly customizable and scalable solution and (most of all) have the technical resources to support it. It's ideal for mid-to-large-sized businesses with complex product catalogs that require complete ownership and control, particularly those with complexities such as multi-country/multi-currency stores.
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    Pros
    Genesys
    • From an administrator point of view Genesys Cloud CX provides a drag & drop omni channel flow building option using Genesys Architect tool. The interface is very intuitive and provides flexible options to design call flows
    • Genesys Cloud CX has deep integration with Salesforce & ServiceNow
    • Genesys Cloud CX provides native Workforce Engagement Management. This reduces the dependency to unnecessarily procure products from other vendors for quality assurance auditing, screen recording or agent scheduling
    • We can also deploy BYOC (Brin Your Own Carrier) for telecom SIP trunk deployment. This is a big bonus when we want to reuse our existing DID's with our SIP trunk providers
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    Adobe
    • It is very good when it comes to search engine optimization as it makes a good use of keywords and tags to improve the SEO score. It increases the chances of ranking up of the eCommerce store in the search engine rankings.
    • It makes the store in a very optimized way and despite being a very advanced system it is still very lightweight when it comes to website speed. The pages have a comparatively low loading time and a good speed.
    • It provides a lot more advance reporting features which are very helpful for businesses to do their planning.
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    Cons
    Genesys
    • Reporting - the removal of the basic reporting tab, which was available earlier. We can bring something like that back to Genesys CloudCX. Just have a standard out of box reports.
    • Log analysis: Difficulties sometimes arise when an issue cannot be resolved with the basic information available. We can enable a log analysis tool that collects data from multiple components over time and can be reviewed in case of issues or failures. Similar to logs available in Genesys Engage.
    • Last Routed Agent - We can bring back the LRA to Genesys cloud cx for voice as an option or a function that can be enabled at the Architect or Queue level. Which will help many customers as they have used it previously.
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    Adobe
    • Magento is not easy for a layman who is not tech-savvy to manage the website.
    • Magento is one of the only modern shopping carts in which one must manually clear the cache and "reindex".
    • Magneto has a lot of technical glitches - more than most of the other shopping carts we work with. Most are minor.
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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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    Adobe
    It's the dominant force in the SMB open source market. With the continued support of eBay/PayPal, Magento will continue to evolve and should be a market leader for some time.
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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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    Adobe
    Magento has a relly step learning curve. This means that you need to find experienced developers who can lead junior ones, otherwise the overall development process can be a disaster. However, once you are comfortable in developing on the platform, the customization capability are basically limitless and you can adapt the platform to any use case you can imagine. Also, there are many alredy developed marketplace modules that can solve, out of the box, many problems you may face.
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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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    Adobe
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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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    Adobe
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    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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    Adobe
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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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    Adobe
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    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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    Adobe
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    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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    Adobe
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    Alternatives Considered
    Genesys
    Genesys Cloud CX is much easier to manage than PureConnect - all from one system rather than needing separate components to install and validate. The ease of use when utilising all of the functionality really brings us to present day technology. Where it falls down is in its Outbound systems, currently we are still using pureconnect as an outbound platform and shortfalls in the Cloud CX system has meant we must look elsewhere for our future operations.
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    Adobe
    In looking at a different platform to migrate to from Magento 1, we looked primarily at Big Commerce, Shopify and Shopify Plus. Our host was very negative about Magento 2, but we determined after a couple years it was due to the fact it had even more complexity (and very different) than Magento 1. Shopify Plus was attractive, but the cost factor for two sites led us back to Magento 2.
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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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    Adobe
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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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    Adobe
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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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    Adobe
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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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    Adobe
    • Better Total Cost of Ownership than bespoke e-commerce solutions due to being open source and the wide range of free/commercial extensions available to extend the platform.
    • Often more extensive to set up and maintain than other open source alternatives, such as WooCommerce.
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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.