Lifesize CxEngage vs. Talkdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lifesize CxEngage
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
CxEngage is a cloud contact center solution designed to meet users' needs and work in their environment. Unlike monolithic architectures and on-premises solutions, CxEngage is a ‘born-in-the-cloud’ platform to deliver unified visibility across voice, video, and digital channels. CxEngage is designed to just work anywhere, and to be implemented in a few days or weeks.
$85
per month per user
Talkdesk
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk is a cloud-based contact center platform with voice, digital channel, and workforce engagement management capabilities. Talkdesk’s key features are its customizable user interface, built-in AI automation, and its integration with numerous CRM and helpdesk applications.
$85
per month per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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CX Cloud Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Elevate
$115
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsPricing is based on a 3 year commitment to these editions.
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
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Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Lifesize CxEngage
6.9
2 Ratings
19% below category average
Talkdesk
8.2
470 Ratings
1% below category average
Agent dashboard7.31 Ratings8.3450 Ratings
Outbound response7.31 Ratings8.3414 Ratings
Call forwarding6.41 Ratings8.4404 Ratings
Interactive voice response7.31 Ratings8.2299 Ratings
REST APIs6.41 Ratings7.5238 Ratings
Call tracking7.72 Ratings8.7417 Ratings
Multichannel integration6.42 Ratings7.9308 Ratings
CRM software integration6.41 Ratings7.5364 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings8.3399 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.8376 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.0425 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.7220 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings7.7214 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Lifesize CxEngage
7.0
2 Ratings
16% below category average
Talkdesk
8.7
455 Ratings
6% above category average
Inbound call routing7.32 Ratings8.7415 Ratings
Recording8.62 Ratings9.4439 Ratings
Call analytics6.82 Ratings8.8413 Ratings
Historical reporting5.92 Ratings8.5419 Ratings
Live reporting6.42 Ratings8.8413 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.31 Ratings8.6266 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.6300 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.2399 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings7.3233 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(2 ratings)
8.1
(483 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(39 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(299 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(131 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(2 ratings)
8.0
(218 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Lifesize
CxEngage can handle some more complex flow options that other vendors don't seem to be able to do. The integration for voice calls with Salesforce is a huge plus. The integration of email support with Salesforce is a BIG miss. After fighting with it for a year, we finally just turned it off and use Salesforce Omnichannel for email support. Chat using Salesforce Live Agent worked fine enough.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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Pros
Lifesize
  • Great flexibility working with flow creation and editing
  • Great support staff
  • Good overall package for workforce management and quality monitoring
  • Integrates well with our tools.
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Talkdesk
  • I appreciate the level of detail for reporting in Explore.
  • The interface is easy to use, both for admin and our agents
  • Even though we have not yet utilized Studio, I appreciate the level of complexity we can put into our IVR
  • The feedback mechanism enables the collection of customer responses across various inquiries.
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Cons
Lifesize
  • Stronger support and more reliable system for users not on a commercial network
  • Consumer friendly and intuitive reporting and dashboard tools. build canned reports
  • Reporting: Ability to get a combined SVL for all queues included on a report (now we manually calculate after exporting the report into excel). Same for all major data points (ASA, AHT, etc.)
  • Ability to include abandoned calls and an abandonment percentage which excludes short abandons on the Queue summary report. Now the report just shows total abandons and abandonment percentage so if we want to exclude short abandons we have to pull a separate report to find out how many calls abandoned in less than 10 seconds then calculate the "true abandoned number" (calls abandoned minus short abandons)
  • Ability to change what is considered a "short abandon" and then report on it. Right now the only option is the built in tracking of calls that abandoned in equal to or less than 10 seconds.
  • Ability to "save" an agents "default" skill profile so that any changes we make can be returned to "BAU" with a click of a button
  • quicker data/historical report retrieval
  • way to separate what we have listed as a queue name for reporting vs. what is used for the queue name in the "whisper" (the issue we had with WT queue naming conventions because we had to have the whisper be super precise)
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Talkdesk
  • Reporting is not easy to manipulate
  • Workforce management is not available in a simplified view
  • Creation of the Quality management process is not easy
  • Call quality is not great in Africa
  • Some features do not yet come with a full list of reporting capabilities
  • Connectivity causes delays in responses in all communication as they have no tower in Africa
  • It is significantly more expensive than local providers
  • Lack of integration to in-house systems caused a barrier
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Likelihood to Renew
Lifesize
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Talkdesk
Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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Usability
Lifesize
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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Reliability and Availability
Lifesize
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
I have never had a problem making a phone call or an issue getting a line out. More times than not it is the customer that will have a bad connection or have a lot of noise on their end. I have had experience w/ dropped calls, but never not being able to access a line
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Performance
Lifesize
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Talkdesk
We have never had a Talkdesk performance issue. As long as you follow the system requirements, which are MINIMAL, neither will you.
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Support Rating
Lifesize
No answers on this topic
Talkdesk
We've had five account execs in 18 months, three of which were apparently downsized. That makes me question the stability to Talkdesk as a company. We continue to struggle getting timely, effective support when we have questions or issues. Usually, we email the support team, get the initial 'somebody will contact you' message, and then it can be days or in some cases over a week before we get a response.
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Online Training
Lifesize
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Talkdesk
Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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Implementation Rating
Lifesize
We implemented in 2018 and were only given 8 weeks to do it...as per the direction of our parent company at the time. Serenova at the time responded well and we were able to go Live within 8-weeks...albeit the product overall was a big change and had gaps in features over our previous contact management solution.
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Talkdesk
Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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Alternatives Considered
Lifesize
It's been too many years...I don't remember. Except in 2021 we looked briefly at Amazon and Salesforce call center offerings. Both were too basic at the time that even if we got a great deal on licensing (we are a Salesforce house for other things), we couldn't easily (or at all) do things like Callbacks and some of the more robust flow buildouts that we have in place today with Lifesize.
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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Scalability
Lifesize
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Talkdesk
We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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Return on Investment
Lifesize
  • lower operational costs
  • improved agent productivity
  • improved flexibility in design and admin work
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Talkdesk
  • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
  • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
  • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
  • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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ScreenShots

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