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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Verint Workforce Management

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AVerint Workforce Management is a solution that forecasts customer demand, analyzes and predicts the number of employees needed, and optimizes employee schedules to align with demand across contact center and back-office operations, to help organizations to meet CX and efficiency goals. Verint WFM is part of Verint Open Platform, which helps organizations' customer service operations to lower costs and elevate EX and CX with AI-powered bots that automate CX workflows. The…N/A
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    Microsoft Dynamics 365Verint Workforce Management
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Verint Workforce Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Verint offers a named user pricing model with SaaS and on-premise delivery methods.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Verint Workforce Management
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    91%
    Would buy again
    226 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    159 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    221 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
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    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    119 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Verint Workforce Management
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    84 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Customer data management / contact management7.981 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.980 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management7.160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management7.672 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.879 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management7.961 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.258 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.362 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.0
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Case management7.863 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management7.950 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management8.557 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.9
    78 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Lead management7.672 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing8.171 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.0
    76 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Task management8.171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.054 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.6
    77 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Forecasting7.667 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization7.873 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.476 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    80 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Custom fields7.678 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects7.572 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment7.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration7.861 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.8
    75 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Single sign-on capability8.869 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.770 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    44 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Social data7.843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement7.643 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.2
    65 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Marketing automation7.665 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management6.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Verint Workforce Management
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.8
    56 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Verint Workforce Management
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    Mobile access6.856 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Playvox
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Verint Workforce Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (104 ratings)
    8.3
    (246 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    9.1
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (34 ratings)
    7.3
    (165 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    3.8
    (3 ratings)
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    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Verint Workforce Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Verint
    I think Verint Workforce Managementi s well suited for all scenarios. No system is perfect, but understanding the gaps allow you to be effective considering those gaps. The one scenario I can think of is if you don't need to forecast. We have some departments where volume is controlled (example Outbound). Because of the business model we have staffing on a given day or hour isn't important. Only agents are working 40 hours a week.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • 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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    Verint
    • I love the color ribbons that can be set up universally for all our business lines.
    • The mobile application is easy to use and our agents love it.
    • I love the security within the application- customizing who gets what access is great!
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • 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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    Verint
    • Usability from the end user. Our leaders in particular struggle with navigation and getting the information they need
    • Forecasting solutions outside of the basic call center. We do forecasting for back office groups and need to use different models than what is offered today, This requires us to do forecasting outside of Verint Workforce Management.
    • Improved Schedule Change request. Our business has a more flexible model for SCR. While we use the shift bid for other purposes, we need more flexible way to allow reps to submit for SCR
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Verint
    Whilst Verint Workforce Management is doing much of the work we were hoping it would do, there are some limitations that cause hesitancy when deciding if it is the tool for the future. No further exploration has taken place to seek alternatives to date. It is good for the Contact element of our business but not for the rest of the business, meaning we have to use two planning tools currently.
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    Usability
    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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    Verint
    As someone who was new to the WFM world just over 2 years ago but very tech savvy I found it very not user friendly. The interface is not intuitive from a rep perspective or an administrator perspective. While Verint Workforce Management could benefit many organizations at our company the user interface is holding back other organizations from wanting to implement it.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Verint
    The team always work diligently to provide answers to my questions and fixes to my issues. The support team has remained consistent and is familiar with our business needs and that is something that is very beneficial as we grow and change
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Verint
    Training was covered in full day sessions that went very fast with no way of recording the information for later review. This made it hard to capture & retain all the details of information.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Verint
    Training is more broad on specific use cases. It would be good to have training based on our current situations as we deal with so many unique setups & client needs.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    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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    Verint
    The team helping us did a great job training our WFM leaders on how to use the tool from forecasting, to schedule updates to maintenance. They allowed us to be involved in implementation but also did a lot of the initial heavy lifting allowing us to stay focussed on the tasks at hand. It was a great experience and one I would hope occurs again should we ever need to implement a new tool again.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Verint
    I find that Verint wants to give you a lot of customisation options, but this can potentially lead to a lot of work, but is also offers us something that we didn't have before, the opportunity to give benefits back to our employees with tools like request leave, shift swap, shift bidding, timeflex, etc. This is why we chose Verint Workforce Management.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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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    Verint
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    Professional Services
    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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    Verint
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Verint
    • Staffing optimization - With the Verint tool, we have been able to optimize our workforce, reduce our staff and centralize our processes.
    • Employee Engagement - Our employees always know where their performance stands so they can take ownership in their performance.
    • We have implemented WFM in several areas of the company and have been able to improve those departments which have never had a tool to help in back office operations.
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    Verint Workforce Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of a comparison of forecasted volumes for all channels by week, day of week and time of day.Screenshot of the interface to build and analyze capacity models for multi-channel, multi-site and multi-skilled environments.Screenshot of employee schedules showing breaks, lunches, task/work types assigned, and adherence to schedule.Screenshot of intraday volumes against forecasted and actual by queue.Screenshot of the app that provides employee access to schedules, request management, and performance data via the MyVerint mobile app.Screenshot of an example of shrinkage analysis in real-time, AI-driven dashboards with natural language insights and anomaly detection.