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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

    Microsoft Dynamics 365

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 is a CRM providing sales, marketing, and service functionality. It is offered as SaaS and on-premise. Dynamics 365 is part of the larger Dynamics suite of business intelligence and ERP products.

    $44

    per month

    Pricing
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Agility of the solution (more into SW) and
    better adoption for omnichannel
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    9.2
    118 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
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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 Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    8.5
    107 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    -
    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
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    84 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.981 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.980 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.160 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.672 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.879 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.961 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.258 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.362 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.0
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.863 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.950 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.557 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.9
    78 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings7.672 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.0
    76 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.065 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.6
    77 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.667 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.873 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings7.476 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    80 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings7.678 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.572 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.956 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.861 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.8
    75 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.869 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.770 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    44 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings7.643 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.2
    65 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings7.665 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings6.834 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.8
    56 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings6.856 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (147 ratings)
    7.9
    (104 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (18 ratings)
    7.8
    (34 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.8
    (11 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.8
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Microsoft Dynamics 365
    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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    Microsoft
    Provides our company access to manage and customize the folds tailored to our needs. We needed to have certain paragraphs on certain paperwork per customer. MD 365 has those options to customize where needed and remove when not. The system is easy to navigate, and training can be done in a matter of days, even without prior knowledge of the system or similar systems.
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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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    • Best to use for AP - like in our organization, there are plenty of AP bills, so with Dynamics, we can quickly enter the same into the Excel utility, which means CSV-based upload, and then we can easily upload the same to the software. It's a time saver.
    • Best for Bank reconciliation - MS Dynamics makes Bank reconciliation easy. Banks can easily sync with software and easily get reconciled.
    • Generating invoices to customers and directly sending them to their inbox is easy with this software.
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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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    • Small learning curve, obviously. You won't figure this out in a day, a week, or even a month. But given time, you can learn to be an expert. Or you can always get a consultant or hire in somebody. But learning the tool isn't out of the questions by any means.
    • Licensing can be confusing at times and isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than Salesforce. Plus no additional fees for data calls to better integrate your D365 CE data with other systems.
    • The Classic user interface left a bit to be desired, but now with the much-improved Unified Interface, the web client and the mobile client look the same, much more modern, and have more flexibility and power behind them for customizers as well.
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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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    Microsoft
    CRM has allowed us to keep all of our data in one place that is easy for all users within the company to view. I came into the company after they had been using CRM for about 4 years. They have all said that since we have used this it has helped us control work processes better, it has allowed us to be able to track things so much better, and has been something that has helped unite many processes that used to be all over the place. We are currently using CRM 4.0 and are planning on upgrading in the next 18 months to the 2011 version. Support for 4.0 is almost all but dried up. Understandably so. Some of the customization we have done, and a plugins we use, are now contained within the 2011 version so we are looking forward to that upgrade. We use an email marketing company as well, and they primarily support the 2011 version, but their product connects and is integrated within CRM. This is a great benefit as well so that all of our marketing information can be contained in one location.
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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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    Microsoft
    The usability is easily adopted for users familiar with other Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 has several interfaces that cross over browsers and tablets. These multiple interfaces will be phased out and updated to a single unified interface eventually to provide the same usability across all devices. The backend configurations is slowly improving with the introduction of PowerApps compared to pre-D365 Online versions
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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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    Microsoft
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Microsoft
    Our partner, Ledgeview Partners has been FANTASTIC to work with. They are always timely in their response and have taken time to understand our business and our specific needs. We've made a lot of advanced customizations and they have been a great help in making those updates.
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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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    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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    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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    We used a data warehouse to house our data, and our IT team and implementation vendor worked diligently ahead of time to construct idea implementation plans. Out of millions of records- we had less than a dozen errors, which is remarkable. My major insight is simply having a group of completely devoted individuals working towards your goal who fully understand the desired outcome. Focused resources for implementation season are critical to success.
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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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Dynamics was part of a system overhaul for a local school, and we looked at many products. If we had used it for a company with low turnover, then it might have been more feasible. They needed something a new person could learn quickly, someone who might also be learning marketing terms at the same time - especially if there is nobody to train the individual now expected to know the system. Similar issues occurred with all of these programs (we called it being too big for their britches), and one of the bigger things we liked was that it is more compatible with MS Office products in both technical and visual appeal. If you have a steady employees who use a CRM consistently, low turnover, and those who are very familiar with Office products, Dynamics would be the smartest option for you. Unfortunately, this was just not true for the school environment
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    Microsoft
    On our purchase, I'd been interrogated about our usage. Our needs are met by Microsoft Dynamics 365, which is simple to use. With so much data and information available, we must ensure that it is presented correctly to managers. Due to a lack of use, we don't have to spend as much money on Salesforce.
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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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    Microsoft
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    Professional Services
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    Microsoft
    My company's preferred program right now is Microsoft Dynamics 365. We use it to keep track of customers and important sales metrics in a streamlined manner. Anyone familiar with CRMs will find the tool extremely useful. Considering that we have a good turnover, this product will be used for its basic segments. As a result, there are few chances of error with Microsoft dynamics because it is so easy to use. Many options for recording data on these leads are available. It meets our needs and pays off.
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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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    Microsoft
    • For those without a centralized, all in one solution for major HR, Finance and other departments, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has vastly improved employee time utilization and profit.
    • Migrating clients from on-premise to the cloud has reaped benefits including better security, no unscheduled downtime and frequent updates to functionality.
    • Those transferring from cheaper solutions have lost money in the aim to be better integrated with other Microsoft products and AI they don't really utilize.
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