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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NiCE CXone

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ANICE CXone is a cloud-based contact center platform that manages customer interactions across multiple communication channels. It includes features such as automatic call distribution (ACD), interactive voice response (IVR), omnichannel routing, workforce optimization, feedback management, and interaction analytics.

    $110

    per month per user

    Arena PLM and QMS

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AArena by PTC is a cloud-based PLM and QMS platform. Arena helps product companies that rely on distributed teams and global supply chains to develop products, ensure regulatory compliance, and respond to customer demands.N/A
    Pricing
    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Editions & Modules
    CXone Omnichannel Agent
    $110
    per month per user
    CXone Essential Suite
    $135
    per month per user
    Cxone Core Suite
    $169
    per month per user
    CXone Complete Suite
    $209
    per month per user
    CXone Ultimate Suite
    $249
    per month per user
    CXone Mpower Ultimate Suite
    $249
    per month per user
    Arena PLM Launch
    Contact Sales
    Arena PLM Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Arena QMS
    Contact Sales
    Arena QMS Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Arena's cloud-based PLM and QMS solutions include role-based subscriptions to meet diverse team needs. Their fixed-fee QuickStart™ implementations supports rapid deployment.
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    Community Pulse
    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Considered Both Products
    NICE Systems
    No answer on this topic
    Arena by PTC
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    276 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    65 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    193 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    48 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    284 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    64 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    128 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    155 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of NiCE CXone and Arena PLM and QMS
    Feature
    NiCE CXone
    9.4
    581 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Arena PLM and QMS
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard9.2559 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers9.6471 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response9.5490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.3443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.2403 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.8531 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.6317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.5376 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs9.3301 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts9.2322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking9.5510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration9.3364 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.0365 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of NiCE CXone and Arena PLM and QMS
    Feature
    NiCE CXone
    9.4
    556 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Arena PLM and QMS
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing9.5511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing9.1373 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording9.6495 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management9.0480 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics9.3486 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting9.4479 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting9.4465 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys9.5299 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.6319 Ratings00 Ratings
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    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Small Businesses
    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Teamcenter
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    SAP Integrated Product Development
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (613 ratings)
    8.2
    (220 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (587 ratings)
    5.6
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.9
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.5
    (11 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.5
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NiCE CXoneArena PLM and QMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NICE Systems
    NICE CXone Mpower offers a great suite of products and tools appropriate for contact centers. It is a one stop shop for all of the monitoring, scheduling, reporting, and quality tools a large or small contact center may need. It is very feature rich and has many components, some of which we haven't even grown to adopt yet but may in the near future.
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    Arena by PTC
    Arena PLM is well suited for part number, BOM and file management. Processing changes (ECNs, ACOs, DCO's, etc.) in Arena is very easy to do and provides great visibility on the status of submitted requests. The ability to communicate with Suppliers and grant them access to files in Arena is extremely helpful. Arena does not appear to be the best suited system for managing software
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    Pros
    NICE Systems
    • Organizes everyone's interactions within the platform
    • Shows interactions real time with productivity stats
    • Makes Chat/Call quality a breeze with customizable quality forms
    • Easy to share an interaction within the company for others to review
    • Keeps everyone on track with scheduled lunches/breaks/meetings so you don't have to remember yourself and never miss another event again!
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    Arena by PTC
    • It provides easy, 'login-anywhere' internet cloud-based access to fundamental PLM functions.
    • It provides secure access control for employees & vendors (but you pay per person for access licenses).
    • Data is effectively 'always backed up' in the internet-cloud.
    • There is an option to attach thumbnail graphics representative of each item and create a Bill of Materials view that also displays the graphics to help provide item recognition for BOM readers.
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    Cons
    NICE Systems
    • There can be changes in interface of the app, however it's still very good
    • I would appreciete detailed web page with all necessary information, but when I need anything, the customer support is very quick and provide all the information
    • Hardly to find any other :)
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    Arena by PTC
    • In my opinion, the Help Pages clearly do not realize that a picture is worth a 1,000 words; need illustrations and screenshots!
    • I think the 'Save' button when editing Quality Processes needs to "float" on the active page, not lurking at the bottom.
    • In my experience, the Arena PLM and QMS Training programs need to be revamped to include "real-world" examples and working through examples, not simply reading through a training manual.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NICE Systems
    Nice made it possible for employees to work from anywhere with access to the internet, it made it possible to extract data from contacts in a very thorough way. In addition, the meticaes can be fully customized and the day-to-day monitoring of the operation is more visible.With nice, contacts with clients abroad became easier.
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    Arena by PTC
    We have so much time and effort invested into Arena. The history of approvals, revisions, etc. are necessary for many of our customers. We also have entire device histories recorded. Having to re-create that on another platform would be a feat requiring years of effort. But mostly, Arena just works. It's transformed our business into a much more streamlined system, resulting in a massive cost and time savings.
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    Usability
    NICE Systems
    The lack of written SOPs makes some features (WFM / Performance management) very difficult to use. The training provided by NICE is extensive, but it's hard to remember everything shared in the hour. We spend so much time on the platform just trying to figure out how to use the features; it would be much easier with written instructions and screenshots.
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    Arena by PTC
    Arena has improved their UI over the years that I've used it to make it more user friendly. Additionally, there is a lot of redundancy within Arena (multiple ways to achieve the same end), which makes it easier to learn.
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    Reliability and Availability
    NICE Systems
    NICE inContact CXone is available when you need it. I have been using it for about a year and I have never suffered any issues that caused my not to have access to the product. If there are updates, they must be downloaded and install in the background because I do not see them
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    Arena by PTC
    Seems like when I need to access our workspace for an emergency situation, this is when maintenance is scheduled, just the luck of the draw, I guess, and I just wait until the maintenance is complete, and then can proceed
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    Performance
    NICE Systems
    NICE inContact CXone performs very well even on old computers that are limited in resources. I use a older computer with limited memory and it seems to handle NICE inContact CXone very well in most cases. There will be times when it acts up for whatever reason bust over ninety percent of the time.
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    Arena by PTC
    We use a few other software or systems (Silicon expert) and it is seamless to us, pages load quickly and efficiently.
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    Support Rating
    NICE Systems
    inContact only allows specific users to contact them for support. Even though I use the product daily and it accounts for a large amount of my workload, I still have to contact an authorized user to create an incident. These users are managers and their schedules are very busy. This can result in delays in incidents being opened and resolved.
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    Arena by PTC
    Upon initial observation, Arena Solution appears to possess a rather intricate nature, yet this complexity was effectively navigated during the initial configuration phase with the invaluable assistance of an expert well-versed in Arena, a factor that greatly contributed to our comprehensive mastery and autonomous handling of Arena Solutions thereafter.
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    In-Person Training
    NICE Systems
    The In-person training was fine for a general overview. I think it would have been really helpful to have a review of pre-built reports and how to use them as tools.
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    Arena by PTC
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    NICE Systems
    I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.I would rate 10, since the explanations were far enough to catch all the usabilities.
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    Arena by PTC
    The On line training was easy to understand and was very efficient for most of our users. We used the training tools to make sure we use all of the features to their fullest and correctly! After a few weeks mos of our users were very proficient with ARENA PLM and were able to work on their own and use mos of the sections and PLM capablilities.
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    Implementation Rating
    NICE Systems
    We love the use of our new tools. However, NICE staff turnover was frustrating. We lost ground each time a new team took over. Some people were good some were not as much. Some people did great training while others were not as helpful
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    Arena by PTC
    Pretty straightforward, from OOB
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    Alternatives Considered
    NICE Systems
    When it comes to this specific situation (cell centers) NICE definitely has an ADP beat. The analytics, scheduling, and forecasts are extremely well-tailored for this situation. ADP has a more comprehensive solution in my opinion - I feel their UI and mobile app are also more user-friendly. But in terms of performance management functionality, NICE has a more robust system and is able to create additional metrics if we need them When I used ADP there were no custom options available.
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    Arena by PTC
    Arena is much better than QAD in terms of BOMs and ECOs and Revision Control. We use Arena concurrently with SAP and they integrate very well together, which is nice. The integration team was really helpful in making sure that the SAP to Arena functionality runs smoothly, and when there are any issues, they are very responsive to help make changes to fix the problem that might be there.
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    Scalability
    NICE Systems
    I rated 10, because Nice CX one is very much functional. You can simply acess it by website Nice, in any navigator, desktop, notebook or mobile, so you can in a fast way run on every departament of the company.
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    Arena by PTC
    Arena is easy to customize and therefore easy to scale. Different user groups with access restrictions can be easily created and new training plans can be created to support different user bases. Suppliers can also easily be added or items can be shared with them
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    Return on Investment
    NICE Systems
    • NICE CXone has allowed us the ability to, on specific teams, not have to back fill positions due to attrition.
    • NICE CXone has provided us insight into data metrics that we did not have before.
    • NICE CXone provides us with visibility into the productivity of our offshore agents which we did NOT have prior to our partnership.
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    Arena by PTC
    • Decreased the company's time to market for release of its second generation flagship product.
    • Decreased the turn around on non-conformance reports (NCRs), supplier corrective action reports (SCARs), and corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs).
    • Better organized the company's process maps, DHF, and other regulatory related information so that major audits are completed faster and with fewer findings.
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    ScreenShots

    NiCE CXone Screenshots

    Screenshot of CXone Copilot is a partner for every conversation — bringing knowledge, next steps, and smart suggestions before agents even have to ask.Screenshot of CXone Orchestrator is a visual yet tool that does not require programming skills, but instead empowers everyone—from business user to routing flow programmer—to build and manage routing flows for all channels.Screenshot of CXone Interaction Analytics, used to get actionable insights from every voice, digital, and self-service customer interaction.Screenshot of CXone Performance Management aligns employee performance, contact center goals, and customer expectations with continuous improvement.

    Arena PLM and QMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Arena Bill of Materials (BOM) Management. Indented BOM displaying "in production" item status.Screenshot of Arena Engineering Change Management.  Engineering Change Order (ECO) approval with redlines.Screenshot of Arena Projects. Project schedule with status and progress.Screenshot of Arena Quality. Quality process showing a Corrective Action Report (CAR) with the issue details, affected items, and resolution progress/status.Screenshot of Arena Requirements. Tracks requirements and related product development issues for a complete product picture.Screenshot of Arena Analytics, Arena's business intelligence (BI) tool