Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Genesys Cloud CX
Score 8.6 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
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce Service Cloud provides companies with a call center-like view that enables them to create and track cases coming in, and automatically route and escalate what’s important. The Salesforce CRM-powered customer portal provides customers the ability to track their own cases, includes a social networking plug-in that enables the user to join the conversation about their company on social networking websites, provides analytical tools and other services including email, chat, Google…
$65
per month
Pricing
Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
Editions & Modules
Genesys Cloud CX 1
$75.00
Per User Per Month
Genesys Cloud CX 2
$110.00
Per User Per Month
Genesys Cloud CX 3
$140.00
Per User Per Month
Genesys Choice
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
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 CXSalesforce Service Cloud
Considered Both Products
Genesys Cloud CX
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
We were after an enterprise solution that was easy to migrate from Genesys Connect.
Moving to Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) was the most cost effective for us. Additionally we investigated transactional-based solutions, and Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) gave us an …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
Genesys is leading the customer experience market by providing an omnichannel platform to achieve all your complex business goals within it. Sometimes tasks might be duplicated in other solutions but in Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud), tasks are done once and it can be …
Salesforce Service Cloud
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
We were after a robust and very scalable solution, which could be rapidly implemented. Salesforce Service Cloud not only fitted the bill, but it was much easier to source skills and find on-line learning to help achieve our goals. Although the other technologies could have …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
A CRM should be simple to set up and stable enough to develop with your business. Since they aren't designed to fit across all areas of your business or address more nuanced business needs, some CRM solutions that claim to be easy can actually trigger problems as you scale. …
Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
This product integrates other products to work alongside and inside it. We choose to go with Salesforce Service Cloud to work with our adapter of choice. This worked out so well, that when we eventually used a different adapter we already had Salesforce Service Cloud to …
Top Pros
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Features
Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.7
307 Ratings
3% above category average
Salesforce Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard8.8295 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers8.5266 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response8.5237 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding9.3262 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.9209 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer9.1286 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing9.1175 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.7240 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs8.6209 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts8.9228 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.6282 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.2224 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration8.5217 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
8.4
293 Ratings
1% below category average
Salesforce Service Cloud
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing9.2276 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing7.7216 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording9.2277 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.8258 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics8.6265 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting8.1276 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting8.0270 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys7.1164 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics8.4198 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.2
57 Ratings
1% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.055 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.740 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.547 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.942 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.556 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.655 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.2
53 Ratings
3% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings7.946 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.7
57 Ratings
8% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.839 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.925 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.834 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.156 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.949 Ratings
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Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(319 ratings)
9.1
(62 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
(30 ratings)
9.6
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(64 ratings)
8.5
(11 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(7 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
Performance
7.7
(7 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(123 ratings)
7.5
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(23 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
7.6
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.6
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
7.6
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.8
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.8
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Genesys
Overall, the platform is good and provides different channels and collaborative functionalities. The interface is modern and intuitive the users tend to like it. Regarding the technical part, it's overall good support and has great training, however, as with any tool, there's always room for improvement.
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Salesforce
- Heavy volumes of tickets/ support workload - Audit trail of all dispute resolutions and customer history - Can be easily configured as per business requirements - Integration agnostic with 3rd party systems like CTI, ERP, other external systems Service CLoud can help increase your CSAT / NPS score by giving customers a better support experience and helping increase the efficiency of your service organization. It is priced more than some good competitors in the market but is more scalable and configurable compared to other solutions
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Pros
Genesys
  • Documentation is stellar, and I am able to search Beyond training or the knowledge base for anything I need.
  • Call flows and IVR is stupid easy to build and work in.
  • End users (CSRs) like the interface and seem to be able to navigate easily in the system.
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Salesforce
  • Super fast set-up of the service from design through to production.
  • Robust method of release management from sandbox, to test, to production.
  • User access controls can be fine grain, which is great for GDPR requirements, limiting access to only necessary data.
  • Simple api integrations with other third party systems
  • Broad range of features and functionality
  • Einstein search features provides faster information mining for our agents as they help to resolve customer requests.
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Cons
Genesys
  • Client customization
  • Help articles are lacking in detail, sometimes contain broken links or have out dated and/or are lacking information
  • Features are missing that were in PureConnect, e.g. Drag-and-drop to transfer
  • "Too many clicks" is often a complaint, e.g. to transfer a call.
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Salesforce
  • Incredibly complex to set up and configure.
  • Multiple points of potential failure.
  • Things Desk.com did out-of-the-box require customized code and components in Service Cloud.
  • Front-facing community is extremely difficult to configure and comes with many limitations.
  • No help is provided by Salesforce without expensive Premiere Support plans.
  • Expensive! Hidden costs and development costs are going to make Service Cloud far more expensive than almost any other Help Desk provider out there.
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Likelihood to Renew
Genesys
Genesys Cloud CX is a solid product and deserves to be in the upper right quadrant in Gartner. They are true innovators in the customer experience space and based on the innovation taking place monthly, they will likely stay in this spot. The product gains new features every time you blink your eyes.
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Salesforce
Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real 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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Salesforce
I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
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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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Salesforce
Salesforce has a more than 99% uptime rate and Salesforce Service Cloud is no exception. I have never had any issues experiencing outages or service degradation when it comes to using the Service Cloud product (that I can remember). Always reliable and easy to use, I would recommend this product as your go-to for helpdesk, service desk, incident management, call center, and other business process needs.
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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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Salesforce
There are issues with page load performance and database performance for sure, but we are a very complex setup with a lot of automation and processing for 2000+ users so this is not surprising. We are also global, so the issue with distance from the regional servers is a problem.
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Support Rating
Genesys
There seem to be so many pages and options for support - but none of them are very seamless and some are very hard to maneuver or manage. I would like to learn more about the product features and tutorials etc. - but have had a hard time finding appropriate content.
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Salesforce
It depends on what support package you buy from Salesforce. That can be good or bad. It's highly flexible to your needs pricing wise. If you have devs on staff then don't buy support. If you don't, then sfdc offers support for a cost.
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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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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
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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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
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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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Genesys
I worked in a much larger company when I used TotalView and it had been heavily customized for them (over 10 000 employees) so the comparison is a bit lopsided. I found TotalView quite intuitive but the features of Genesys Cloud CX certainly outweigh that one thing.
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Salesforce
I have used Microsoft Dynamics in the past and I feel that Salesforce compares positively to it. While both software offers cloud based service and a mobile app, Microsoft Dynamics doesn't support integration with Gmail. One of the reasons we like Salesforce so much is that it can integrate with your email.
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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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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
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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Salesforce
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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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Genesys
  • SLA improvement (thanks to better overview during real-time scheduling).
  • Better/easier work with multiskilled users which offers more possibilities to work with FTEs (less FTE needed).
  • One time big investment was needed for hardware (laptops, headphones) as we used to work on desktops previously.
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Salesforce
  • Probably negative due to the cost of Salesforce. We haven't seen a return on the sales side yet to really justify the costs.
  • On the positive side, it's nice to manage opportunities from cases and cases from opportunities.
  • Our data has never been more organized and in better shape, though it's a constant battle!
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ScreenShots

Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

Screenshot of Genesys Cloud directories make it easy to find the right person in your organizationScreenshot of Agents can see the activities in their queue in this easy to use dashboardScreenshot of Contact center managers are able to quickly get a view on key metrics in this dashboardScreenshot of Call Center Co-browsing capabilities built-in

Salesforce Service Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Salesforce Service Cloud OverviewScreenshot of Salesforce Service Cloud - Customer CommunitiesScreenshot of Salesforce Service Cloud - Agent ConsoleScreenshot of Salesforce Service Cloud - Live AgentScreenshot of Salesforce Service Cloud - Wave AnalyticsScreenshot of Salesforce Service Cloud - Social Customer Support