Genesys Cloud CX vs. Medallia Agent Connect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Genesys Cloud CX
Score 8.5 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
Medallia Agent Connect
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Medallia Agent Connect (based on the former Stella Connect) is a CX suite of applications, performing customer feedback collection and service quality measurement, customer agent motivation tools, and employee engagement tools such as agent reward tools and performance tracking. Stella Connect was acquired by Medallia September 2020.N/A
Pricing
Genesys Cloud CXMedallia Agent Connect
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Genesys Cloud CXMedallia Agent Connect
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.
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Community Pulse
Genesys Cloud CXMedallia Agent Connect
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Genesys Cloud CXMedallia Agent Connect
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.1
384 Ratings
3% below category average
Medallia Agent Connect
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard7.9367 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers7.9320 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response7.7285 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding8.3309 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.4247 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.5354 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing7.8210 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.3301 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs8.2253 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts8.3282 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.5345 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.3277 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration7.8267 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
7.8
366 Ratings
6% below category average
Medallia Agent Connect
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.5341 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.1259 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording8.5346 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.0316 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics7.9327 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting7.6340 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting7.8335 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys6.6200 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.6242 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Genesys Cloud CXMedallia Agent Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(408 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.2
(37 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(68 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.3
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(97 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.6
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.6
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
7.6
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Genesys Cloud CXMedallia Agent Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
Genesys
As I said, I really like the platform because you consolidate everything in the same place. But for Brazil, it still has to adapt. For example, the time zone, the dialing rules. Dialing control is still not clear, it is not transparent. It still needs to evolve.
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Medallia
The survey sent is customer-friendly, vibrant, simple, and easy to understand. The survey itself is comprised of simple question(s) with straightforward answer options for customers to make their selections. Creating the survey is a straightforward process for us to prepare and implement. Making updates or changes is just as easy.
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Pros
Genesys
  • One thing that we really love is the bot capabilities. On our inbound calls for our contact center, we've got a voice spot, and that routes all of our calls for us. We've managed to move away from a traditional IBR and move to a single question for the majority of cases and the customers go through so much faster. So at the moment, the time it takes for a customer to get to our queue is about 27 seconds. Previously that was well over a minute. We've seen huge improvements with it.
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Medallia
  • The fundamental tool for customer satisfaction is exactly right. The way they allow us as agents to share details about ourselves, and humanize the process, has made a huge impact on the customer experience we provide. Our customers feel more inclined to leave us feedback and it allows us to get a real understanding of each of their individual expectations.
  • Customer Journey. From the beginning through the Sales process, through procurement, through trial and through now being users for over a year, the Stella Connect team has been incredibly helpful, informative and has provided us with the exact amount of interaction we need. They are very good at respecting your time while making sure they get in touch when necessary. New features that are relevant to our use case are sent my way. It's one of the only product update emails I actually read. They're incredibly responsive and very helpful.
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Cons
Genesys
  • Mostly just little things I'd like to see. I know that, obviously, moving from one platform to another one, there's going to be bumps where we're used to doing something one way we have to learn the new way. So that hasn't been too much of a problem, but there are little quirks I think could be better.
  • I think searching through the menus could be a little easier instead of always having to go back to the main menu so then go to the next menu. That could be a little easier. And mostly just other little tweaks like with gamification on some of the scorekeeping would be a good thing.
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Medallia
  • Ability to create and send out different surveys triggered by different customer touchpoints
  • Ability to create surveys that aren't focused solely on agent performance
  • Ability to break down and search the data based on different customer attributes, such as profession or state
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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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Medallia
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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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Medallia
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Reliability and Availability
Genesys
We had a couple of times where there were application issues or unplanned outages, but they were resolved very quickly. We were never in the position where it was a total outage, which is very important.
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Medallia
No answers on this topic
Performance
Genesys
The pages are loading quickly but not every time. There is a delay sometimes. About the integrations, everything is working as expected, there is no slow down.
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Medallia
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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Medallia
They are the absolute best. My Sales guy Corey D. and my CSM Tim P. are totally a part of the team. They have been incredibly helpful through the process pre and post-sales and have become good friends. I appreciate that I feel like our team's success is always at the forefront of their minds.
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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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Medallia
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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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Medallia
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Implementation Rating
Genesys
The support engineer that I partnered with during the implementation was exceptional. Every element of the process was done together and the end result of the efforts to grow the knowledge to be able to hand over at the end enabled a pretty smooth transition.
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Medallia
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Alternatives Considered
Genesys
We actually evaluated quite a few products before we moved to Genesys Cloud CX. We had a vendor selection process which went for about six months, and it was pretty rigorous. Five9 was one of them. I think we didn't check out Topdesk so that they were out of the picture, but I think Nice inContact was also there as part of that. So those were the two top contenders. We like Genesys for their workforce management. Five9 - I think they were using some age-old software, to be honest, that was not as automated as Genesys, so we liked it.
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Medallia
We do not currently use any other products like Stella Connect, by Medallia. We have recently begun evaluating platforms that would allow us to collect feedback at different touchpoints throughout our customers' journeys, as well as through additional channels such as during our application process, quote and purchase experience, website experience, etc. We have looked at companies such as Survey Monkey, Medallia, and Qualtrics to help us better understand CSAT.
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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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Medallia
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Scalability
Genesys
We were able to successfully implement Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) to multiple departments successfully with a range from low call volumes to very high.
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Medallia
No answers on this topic
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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Medallia
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Return on Investment
Genesys
  • That's a good question. I've been with the company for seven months. I don't know if there's been a huge impact on ROI or finances.
  • Now, in Genesys, I need a carrier that fits directly into Genesys. So, for us, that's going to cut the costs of having a traditional SBC with a traditional Telco. Genesys offers us that. You can't do that with another traditional telephone system. So one of the advantages, I think, for the dollar, is that I can bring my own carrier that fits directly into Genesys and eliminate the physical layer, so I can also play with my channels on that side. I can manage my telephone according to the times of year when the call centers are busier or less busy. From a financial point of view, that can be a positive thing.
  • In terms of return on investment, the company I work for had already been on Genesys PureConnect for years. So moving to PureCloud was a logical one because PureConnect was disappearing. I'm not sure if I have the answer, whether we've made savings or huge savings. One thing's for sure: ease of use, the whole customer experience aspect, the fact that we can chat and interact by email, these are things that weren't possible with the old versions. That's a positive thing.
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Medallia
  • Implementing Stella Connect was such an easy decision. Before, we were working with "yes, I'm satisfied" or "no, I'm not satisfied" and felt it was an incredibly unclear and polarizing experience, as our users were forced to pick one or the other. Most often, we'd get a negative rating with a comment saying that the experience was fine, but some feature in the product was missing. This left it very difficult for us to really gauge the experience we were providing and how to improve. In addition, agent motivation was incredibly low and impossible to improve because they were left feeling like their scores were not matching their experience. Needless to say, implementing Stella Connect improved all of these issues 10-fold. The ROI has been incredibly substantial. We've been able to improve CSAT scores and properly measure the rate of first attempt resolutions. Team morale is at an all-time high, and our customers even love the experience.
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ScreenShots

Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

Screenshot of Genesys Cloud directories, used to find the right person in an organizationScreenshot of a dashboard where agents can see the activities in their queueScreenshot of a dashboard where contact center managers are shown key metricsScreenshot of the built-in Call Center Co-browsing capability