Genesys Cloud CX vs. Pega Platform

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
Pega Platform
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Pega Platform is a combined business process management and robotic process automation (RPA) platform with advanced workforce analytics from Pegasystems.
$35
per month per user* (or $0.45 per case**)
Pricing
Genesys Cloud CXPega Platform
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
Low-code Factory Edition
$35
per month per user* (or $0.45 per case**)
Standard Edition
$90
per month per user* (or $0.80 per case**)
Enterprise Edition
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Genesys Cloud CXPega Platform
Free Trial
YesYes
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.*500 named user minimum. Additional users available in blocks of 100. Billed annually. Based on a 3-year term. **350,000 cases / year minimum. Additional cases available in blocks of 150,000.
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Community Pulse
Genesys Cloud CXPega Platform
Features
Genesys Cloud CXPega Platform
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.4
434 Ratings
1% above category average
Pega Platform
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard8.5416 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers8.4367 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response8.7331 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding8.4354 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.4287 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.7402 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing8.3242 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.3347 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs8.0293 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts7.6323 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.6391 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.8318 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration8.7307 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.6
412 Ratings
4% above category average
Pega Platform
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.3385 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.7299 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording9.2391 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.7361 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics8.9370 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting8.5385 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting8.6381 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys7.8238 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics8.7283 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
8.8
62 Ratings
11% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings9.061 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.661 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.660 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
7.8
65 Ratings
6% below category average
Process designer00 Ratings8.064 Ratings
Process simulation00 Ratings6.056 Ratings
Business rules engine00 Ratings9.064 Ratings
SOA support00 Ratings9.050 Ratings
Process player00 Ratings9.447 Ratings
Support for modeling languages00 Ratings5.46 Ratings
Form builder00 Ratings9.658 Ratings
Model execution00 Ratings6.055 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
9.0
50 Ratings
7% above category average
Social collaboration tools00 Ratings9.050 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
4.4
9 Ratings
59% below category average
Content management00 Ratings4.49 Ratings
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User Ratings
Genesys Cloud CXPega Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(456 ratings)
5.9
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(40 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(71 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(103 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(13 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(22 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
8.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.6
(16 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.4
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.7
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
6.0
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.9
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Genesys Cloud CXPega Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Genesys
Great for large centers with multiple sites, particularly if you are leveraging Genesys Cloud Voice and let them "be the carrier". Handles queues and campaigns well. Powerful when fully optimised but can be built over time. If you want to be able to build a third-party application to suit your business requirements, Genesys has a lot of API endpoints to allow this. Less suited to smaller orgs or orgs that only need simple flows - as the per agent cost can be expensive, and some features require additional licenses (and expense) on top.
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Pegasystems
Pega Platform has introduced the low code feature, using app studio seasonal and professional developer can develop application easily and quickly. The initial application can be build by Business analyst and product owner who has less knowledge of Pega Platform, further application can be enhanced/extended by professional developer. We can develop end to end application and promote to higher environment. Easily we can perform parallel development using branch.
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Pros
Genesys
  • Handle inbound customer call.
  • Make outbound campaign call.
  • It can handle inbound/outbound web messaging.
  • It has a support for both inbound/outbound email.
  • They have call recording & post conversation analysis in the interaction section.
  • It has its own app foundry where you can integrate your custom solution & make it a premium app installer.
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Pegasystems
  • Quick development time. Much of the Pega "rules" are easy to configure and implement.
  • Visually friendly and modern. Much of the UI/UX elements in the system are continuously supported and updated, giving a nice feel to the apps.
  • Many of the configurations and rules Pega gives to the developers can also be delegated to business users. The organization and structure of the client's business can easily be adapted in the Pega platform.
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Cons
Genesys
  • Updates can come quickly and release notes can be missed
  • We use a large number of queues. It's hard to keep track as reporting seems to be limited to around 500 at a time
  • Dashboards aren't as adaptable as they could be
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Pegasystems
  • Need more learning materials. For Beginners who have previous programming experience with another language takes more time to learn.
  • If the developer is met with an issue in pega platform , they have to rely on Pega supporting team to fix it.
  • Customization is available but is not encouraged. Pega does not support faults that occur in customized solutions.
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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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Pegasystems
Pegasystems has continued to demonstrate a strong partnership with our organization and investment in their product that aligns with our overall vision and need. Pegasystems has engaged us at every level, with the assistance of minor defects to the overall roadmap planning and alignment of our goals
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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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Pegasystems
Pega Platform is enhancing its product and launching new features day by day which help to achieve customers needs. If I talk about the earlier version of Pega Platform (i.e. pega v5 and 6.3) there were many numbers of limitations in Pega Platform and if we need to do some customization then needed to write custom java and jave scripts to achieve the functionally. Now I can say Pega Platform is running with market trends and demand. Pega Platform is giving all the options which support the current technologies like decisioning capabilities, real time processing, mashup, process fabrics etc..
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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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Pegasystems
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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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Pegasystems
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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Pegasystems
It’s very slow sometimes, but that may be our servers. Also the Knowledge Library needs some work - again, not sure if it’s our setup or what- but I’m unable to search the body of an article for content, so I have to be very intentional with tagging, but it’s not ideal.
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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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Pegasystems
No answers on this topic
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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Pegasystems
The online training is an excellent one, but still it is missing hands on development.
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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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Pegasystems
Implementation is totally depend up on the requirement
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Alternatives Considered
Genesys
We previously utilized Genesys Engage. The analytics and reporting in Genesys Engage cannot even compare to what we are seeing in Genesys Cloud CX. Genesys Cloud CX provides a very "hands on" experience for supervisors as well as analytics teams. Call recordings and analytics in Genesys Cloud CX provided a full view of the conversation and allow for a better understanding of the customer journey.
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Pegasystems
We did evaluate multiple products offerings with Pega Platform capabilities and observed that Pega PRPC rules engine and case management capabilities are better over so many BPM Tools. We also conducted a detailed study with developers to identify the best products out of Suite of BPM products. It's observed that Rules engines integration is very streamlined with forms in Pega whereas other tools multiple have powerful data model capabilities but lacks the ease of creating business rules.
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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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Pegasystems
No answers on this topic
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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Pegasystems
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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Pegasystems
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Genesys
  • Savings in OpEX - Genesys Cloud CX has streamlined processes, automation & optimal WFM. hence, increases overall efficiency.
  • Engagement - Both, Agent & Customer engagement has improved productivity as Genesys Cloud CX features are all utilized to decrease their efforts.
  • Overall Revenue growth - We have improved customer interactions & completed SLAs & positive reviews & feedbacks.
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Pegasystems
  • For one of the applications we worked on, we were able to reduce the processing time on a case from 2 days to 20 minutes by utilizing Pega
  • We were able to resolve the issue of the routing of cases to users based on a specific algorithm by use of Pega
  • Pega case management feature was extensively used in one of the application to establish a parent-child relationship which was very helpful for all the business users
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ScreenShots

Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

Screenshot of ConversationsScreenshot of Real-Time AdherenceScreenshot of Queue Performance