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    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

    Pendula

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APendula drives the shift from broadcast to conversation by enabling two-way messaging and workflow at scale, allowing users to create, manage, and optimise digital customer experiences across every channel. With no coding knowledge required and built on Zuora & Salesforce, Pendula supports automated two-way communication across SMS, email, social messaging and fax. It also enables outbound posts. Customers can see and take action on messages, whenever and wherever they…N/A
    Pricing
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Pendula
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Contact Pendula.com to discuss pricing
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    Community Pulse
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Pendula
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Pendula
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Pendula
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) and Pendula
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    9.2
    118 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pendula
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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 Pendula
    Feature
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    8.5
    107 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pendula
    -
    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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    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Pendula
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Pendula
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (147 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)Pendula
    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
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
    We used Pendula as part of our re-engagement program. This was valuable, as we were able to connect with 40,000 or more names. Knowing that either a significant telesales team effort--too expensive and not enough people--would be implausible. We designed an interactive SMS journey that allowed us to begin the process of taking the 40.000 and discovering those who were willing to shop with us again automatically. We also found that promotions and blasts worked really well, were very easy to set up and run, and then the automation on the back to create the Salesforce opportunity. We have also engaged with custom objects and were able to trigger events on internal activities and sales status, such as shipping notifications.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
    • EOFY campaigns that drove limited time, limited release offers. We could segment our targets and engage those most likely to respond well.
    • Limited release wine offers, again targeting the right buyers, and then designing a series of interactions with them. This enabled sales reps to speak to those most warm.
    • Customer re-engagement. We have very many historical customers. We were able to reach 30,000 or so people and then lead them through several steps towards re-engagement.
    • Targeting smaller customer segments was made easy due to the deep integration with Salesforce. We could create campaigns to account owners of contacts that met criteria--which provided a deeply personal experience.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
    • Navigating a variety of journeys can get tricky. They have been steadily improving the interface here.
    • Managing launch times and turning campaigns on and off can be cumbersome.
    • Naming, tagging, and cross-journey reporting would be great.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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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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    Pendula
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    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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    Pendula
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Pendula
    We found the user interface, the customer service, and the feature sets worked very well for us. Pricing was also affordable.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Pendula
    • We were able to activate a large number of old customers
    • We generated significant revenues and fast sales
    • We have been able to run multichannel campaigns to great effect
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    ScreenShots

    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued) Screenshots

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    Pendula Screenshots

    Screenshot of Trigger Actions in Zuora & Salesforce based on customer responseScreenshot of Create stronger experiences with customers through Subscriber Engagement