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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGenesys Multicloud CX (formerly Genesys Engage, or PureEngage) is the Genesys customer engagement platform for enterprises. It is designed to be flexible for enterprises, who often have multiple and multi-national locations (including outsourcing) and large peak volumes and populations.N/A

    IBM watsonx Orchestrate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate® leverages AI to automate complex workflows. The solution helps build, deploy, and manage AI assistants and agents. It offers a catalogue of pre-built agents and tools, low-code agent builder, multi-agent collaboration capabilities, and integrations with enterprise apps.

    $530

    per month

    Pricing
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $500
    per month per subscription
    Essentials
    $500
    per month Per subscription
    Standard
    Enterprise
    Standard
    Enterprise
    per month Per subscription
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—IBM watsonx Orchestrate can be deployed and run on IBM Cloud, AWS, or on-premises. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    138 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    125 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    140 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    111 Answers
    Features
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    9.2
    118 Ratings
    8% above category average
    IBM watsonx Orchestrate
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    Ratings
    Agent dashboard10.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers10.096 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response9.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding8.089 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.083 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer10.0105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.281 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response10.0106 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs10.099 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts9.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking10.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration9.9105 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration5.199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    8.5
    107 Ratings
    2% above category average
    IBM watsonx Orchestrate
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    Ratings
    Inbound call routing9.0100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing10.092 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording8.980 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management8.080 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics8.088 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting10.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting9.0100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys6.864 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics7.073 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (147 ratings)
    7.8
    (133 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (18 ratings)
    7.3
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.8
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)IBM watsonx Orchestrate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Solution is extremely agile and flexible. The new generation of containerized solution would be a game changer since it brings the ease of deployment and ability to get the innovations to a new total different place. I believe it is really hard to find in the competition who would have something similar or even close
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    IBM
    For starters, most enterprise-grade organizations and Customers struggle to align their current IT estate and landscape with fast-moving, agile, AI-driven automation and development initiatives. All tooling, governance, structure, and frameworks available to support and facilitate the incorporation of this new but still cross-system technology layer are essential to minimize the risks of data leaks, unauthorized access, unbridled token consumption, and other issues. For some businesses and organizations with a handful of systems or a smaller footprint, the platform could be a bit too complex.
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    Pros
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    • VHT as a stand alone model can be easily plugged into to the current call routing with minimal changes and it works like charm.
    • Platform SDKs are a powerful tool that help integrate with other third party solutions or to build custom made applications.
    • The whole routing solution is amazing . With user friendly composer, you have the option of building both VRUs and routing strategies. And, they are very easy to deploy.
    • The level of details for report customization is another strong point.
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    IBM
    • New and improved natural language processing yielding better results helps the assistants understand the intention behind the query.
    • Preserves context of communication, allowing the customers to establish inquiries on the website and continue on the mobile app without having extra informational input.
    • Intelligent conversations mean that complex paths that are branched based on the user's inputs allow for a much more natural flow of the conversation than fixed scripts.
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    Cons
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    • Genesys needs to pick up the pace with application upgrades. We see more and more issues with Genesys applications falling behind the operating systems versions. We need more apps to be ready for the latest server OC models. There is a lag.
    • There seems to be constant unrest with the management application platform, CME, SCI, Genesys administrator, GAX, then GAX plugins, then a move away from plugins. We would like one stable management platform that encompasses ALL aspects of management within the contact center.
    • Real-time reporting deficiencies with Genesys pulse web. this application cannot live up to CCPulse with respect to flexibility of views. Pulse web was a plugin now it's not a plugin any longer. constant movement, we finally get pulse web plugin onto production, 6 months later these something supposedly better.
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    IBM
    • I think that it needs to be able to integrate better with the knowledge catalogs. It currently provides a default database, which isn't quite large enough for enterprise use. We can connect that then to an external source, but it'd be nice if we could able just to instantiate one straight away.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Genesys Engage is instrumental in us meeting our service obligations to our customers. Engage enables our organization to deliver interactions to the right staff and helps us minimize service and coverage gaps through historical and real-time reporting. Additionally, we feel that only Genesys Engage can meet and exceed our business needs and requirements.
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    IBM
    Currently we are using to develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. Action flow and dialog flow we are currently in chatbot.
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    Usability
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    Overall, from a customer perspective and also an agent perspective, it is very easy to use Genesys Engage's platform. The Agent Desktop and Genesys WDE are good. Usability is high and I would consider it an easy to use product and easy to adopt from this perspective.
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    IBM
    With the growing use of AI and chatbots, it's very easy to use, and the conversational language makes it easier than keyword searches in a document. The contextual language processing is impressive. It's easy to integrate into our internal portal. The use of this tool would depend on each company's security and data sensitivity.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    There are occasional failures, but distributed and High Availability features work well when architected, installed, and configured properly. Thoroughly reading and understanding system documentation is a must.
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    IBM
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    Performance
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    Never being disappointed in my 11 plus years of utilizing the various aspects of the system. No matter what we throw at it, the systems continue to perform as expected.
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    IBM
    To develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. IBM Watson library anyone can easily learn and develop chatbots.
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    Support Rating
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    There's definitely room for improvement. I would have love to see the chat functionality work more frequently. The level of expertise has diminished over the years. I understand that this in part has to do with the number of new products that has been introduced, but should not be an excuse for the lack of readiness.
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    IBM
    We've rarely had to engage support, but they've always been prompt in responding and very attentive. Support experiences have been extremely positive (but we're mostly happy that we just don't have any cause to routinely need support in the first place!).
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    In-Person Training
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    Good training, but on limited locations. You can almost only follow trainings in europ in the UK and in Germany. Uk location is relatively difficult to get to and on a exppensive location. The content of the training is good, supplied training material is okay, but sometimes a bit outdated. When you follow a training it is most likely because of a recent purchase which is uasually the latest version.
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    IBM
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    Online Training
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    Interesting webinars on relevant topic are being provided regularly. Th e webinars a often provided by Genesys and hosted by a very experienced product owner. In many occasions a customer is invited to share his / her experiences and best practices. Webinars can be watched at a later time for your convenience.
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    IBM
    Excellent course material.
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    Implementation Rating
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    It was a death march. We finally learned enough about the product to know that our vendor knew nothing and had done it wrong. We hired voice engineers and took over the project. We should have fired our vendor much earlier
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    IBM
    Overall the implementation was simple.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    For a similar contact center structure, I find Genesys products are faster to produce outcomes, and fast to respond (loading, changing screens...). However, in terms of user interface, I do prefer the way NICE did things there. Coming from an agent background, I find that the NICE agent interface is more visually appealing and offers more flexibility (parameters for agent exceptions).
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    IBM
    Strong ITSM and HR workflow automation with governance, ServiceNow excels in IT/HR but lacks flexibility for cross-departmental use cases such as demand planning, finance close, or procurement analytics. Orchestrate supports a broader set of enterprise functions beyond IT service automation. So, watsonx is a better approach than any other available tool in the market as of now, based on the use cases I've encountered and my efforts to understand the essence of the service.
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    Scalability
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    The Interactive Intelligence SIP based contact center platform has broken through the barriers of "board based" technology to processor based limits on scalability. This means their CIC premise or cloud platform can be engineered to support agent counts into the thousands.
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    IBM
    From past 3+ years I am using IBM Watson in our current project easily can implement and manage and monitor user how their using. Is there and update also just update dialog is just enough to change no need to touch any other templates. Multiple language will support, and action and dialog speak recognize chatbot we can create as per client requirement. Overall, as of now good experience with IBM Watson.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Utilizing Genesys Contact Center Portfolio has added increased employee efficiency, providing better availability to customer demands which in turn has increased customer satisfaction.
    • Utilizing Genesys Contact Center Portfolio has added increased management efficiency, automating resource planning and scheduling and providing management more time to focus on other important tasks.
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    IBM
    • As a very small team WxO give us more time back and handles manual tasks.
    • WxO helps us reduce manual errors (and the time it takes to find and resolve.)
    • WxO, as a task scheduler and reminder system, helps us not forget certain key events with time-dependent requirements.
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    ScreenShots

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    IBM watsonx Orchestrate Screenshots

    Screenshot of IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® homepage UI when you enter into the product.Screenshot of Catalog of AI agents and tools in different domains from multiple partnersScreenshot of Creating agents - from scratch or using a pre-built templateScreenshot of Multi Agent Collaboration - Employee Support Manager AgentScreenshot of IT domain agents from IBM and other partnersScreenshot of Integrations from multiple common applications