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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGenesys PureConnect was an omnichannel contact center platform that offered cloud-based or on-premise deployments. It featured a SIP-based architecture with VoIP capabilities, allowing companies to connect legacy voice systems and use existing phones. A legacy product, new users are encouraged to investigate Genesys Cloud.N/A

    Influ2

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Influ2 is a first person-based marketing platform, presenting a new approach to account-based marketing. The solution enables B2B marketers to target chosen decision-makers, capture their intent, and track engagement at the individual level. The company boasts 75+ enterprise and medium-sized clients globally, including Fortune 500 B2B enterprises such as NVIDIA, Capgemini, and Episerver. Influ2 runs offices in NY and CA, with 50+ employees on board. Influ2 platform allows users…N/A
    Pricing
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is based on the number of people targeted by a client.
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    Community Pulse
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Influ2
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    60%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Genesys PureConnect (discontinued) and Influ2
    Feature
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    7.9
    64 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Influ2
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard6.755 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers7.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response8.541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding7.756 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.043 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.357 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs7.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts8.539 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking7.755 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration9.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Genesys PureConnect (discontinued) and Influ2
    Feature
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    5.5
    54 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Influ2
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing6.551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing6.539 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording4.552 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management4.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics3.043 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting5.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting6.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics5.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Genesys PureConnect (discontinued) and Influ2
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Influ2
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Engagement data tracking00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Genesys PureConnect (discontinued) and Influ2
    Feature
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Influ2
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Ad reporting and analytics00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Genesys PureConnect (discontinued) and Influ2
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Influ2
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    34% above category average
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    ABM sales intelligence00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    ABM Integrations
    Comparison of ABM Integrations features of Genesys PureConnect (discontinued) and Influ2
    Feature
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Influ2
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Automated workflow & orchestration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Small Businesses
    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Terminus ABM Platform
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Terminus ABM Platform
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    6sense
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.3
    (116 ratings)
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys PureConnect (discontinued)Influ2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    CIC is best suited for business models that rely on heavily leverage Data Integration especially one like ours that require real-time and high-speed data access for billing and customer integration. CIC is not well suited for small organizations < 50 where they are only answering phones in the course of doing business VS. the business is the phone.
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    Influ2
    We’ve seen a huge engagement boost in our person-based campaigns, compared to traditional ABM campaigns.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Purely Software Based System: On Microsoft OS. It is an all software-based system making it easy to manage, integrate and interface with other systems
    • One Vendor: All modules, IVR, ACD, Dialer, WFM are from one vendor. So, no compatibility and latency issues at all.
    • Superb Notifier Service: You don't have to restart any process or service for a change to take effect.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    • We only spend money on targeting relevant people, our decision makers
    • We get to see who is engaging with our content and identify engaged prospects that our sales should go after
    • We had a noticeable drop of CPL under the guidance of Influ2 customer success
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Licensing can be challenging and very expensive.
    • Client templates are hard to administer and are built very different than the rest of the functionality.
    • Web desktop has been slow to come along and include all the features.
    • Optimizer is very sub-par product.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    • No integration with Mailchimp.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We are so embedded on Pure Connect that we like to progress with it. For instance, we are looking into ways to provide different solutions to our customers, help our business to succeed, and work in a better CX.
    One of the biggest advantages is that all is in one platform.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    The interface is only semi user-friendly on almost every front. Agent experience is lacking and we have found many limitations within the system. Workforce forecasting is not as robust as expected. Quality continues to be a struggle. Interaction searches are not robust.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    The application itself uses a hub and spoke model that can help isolate errors in one section of the application from the rest, creating a much more stable overall program. Of all of the outages that we've had with our contact center platform, I can count on one hand how often it was truly a Genesys issue rather than a network issue, server issue or issue with a platform relied upon for an integration (web services, db calls).
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Some of the client applications take a bit of time on initial load, but with the move towards web based applications that issue is alleviated. You can tell that effort really isn't putting into the desktop apps any longer and that the client development effort is being put into bringing Interaction Connect closer to feature parity with the desktop (and bringing wholly new features to Connect). As far as IVR operations, web service calls, database operations: they all operate reasonably.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Some cases are resolved quickly others are taking longer and the reseller sometimes has to chase support several times and explain the issue seen several times. While being a direct customer before, I recognise this and it seems that when a case moves to another engineer they don’t read the previous case notes or don’t understand what has been done. This, from a customers perspective, slows down resolution times.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    I liked the setup of the whole class. The instructor knew the topic well enough to answer questions from entry level to a more advanced one.
    Instructor encouraged participation of the whole class and was able to engage every one. Also provided "real live" examples so everyone can relate to it.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    The online training itself is good. You are provided resources and can self study to a certain point, but the pacing always felt off. Either snails pace or like trying to drink from a fire hose. I think this easily could have had to do with course material and my personal preparations, though. I would say my main gripe is that since the acquisition the team responsible for actually booking training is very unresponsive and often not knowledgeable about the courses they offer. Booking my last training was a real chore.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Don't try to go the perfect solution as a first target. Work on answer the more needs with a simple solution. Then analyse and try again to answer the most needs with adding a bit if complexity only if require. No needs to customise straight from the beginning or deployment takes too long.
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    Influ2
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Call Manager, you had to buy all the components that are out of the box for PureConnect. The licensing model is more expensive on the Cisco side vs the Genesys PureConnect side. Lastly was on the Cisco side since you have to connect/integrate all the components on the cisco side you have to have so many vendors to install those parts. This drives the cost up even more so it was not worth going that route for our organization.
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    Influ2
    When talking about specifically ABM INFLU2 ranks on first for me as it is easy to use and setup in accordance with other software. Also the leads generated are quality leads. Each campaign can be personalized and reports of each campaign give a detailed idea of how the campaign has performed.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    Genesys PureConnect's core and adjunct model allows for fairly easy growth in satellite locations via off site session managers, remote located media servers, remote content servers, etc to allow you to spread the infrastructure out while not pushing as much network traffic to your core data centers.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We're improving our CX by optimizing our call centers, using additional attributes and keys to identify the best rep for the job.
    • We are also streamlining the journey of each individual customer by using PureConnect as the central interface for omnichannel interactions, allowing us to pick up the conversation where we left off.
    • Using additional attributes that start with the contact center interaction, we're able to track a student journey and proactively step in - increasing our individualized support to focus on the student outcome.
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    Influ2
    • We are using Influ2 to generate demand, identify the most engaged contacts from the target audience and pass them to sales. Since we offer a variety of products, Influ2 also lets us identify buyer intent in a particular product and reach out to the prospect with the right value.
    Incentivized
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    Influ2 Screenshots

    Screenshot of Building a custom audience.
Audiences are created by criteria or by uploading a list as a file, or by simply connecting a CRM systemScreenshot of Reviewing the audience.
The list can be viewed and any edits can be applied as needed.Screenshot of Uploading banners.
Banners in required dimensions can be added, and will be placed across Google Ads, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, and other platforms.Screenshot of Uploading videos.
Videos in required dimensions can be added and will be shared across media platforms.Screenshot of Tracking engagement across all the campaigns.
Impressions, clicks, and visits of every person that has been reached across all the campaigns are tracked.Screenshot of Campaign performance.
Campaign engagements are monitored from a dashboard.