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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Playvox

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/APlayvox, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, offers their call center agent monitoring, coaching and QA platform, designed to motivate and improve the performance of call center agents and reps.N/A

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

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    Pricing
    PlayvoxSlack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PlayvoxSlack
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    PlayvoxSlack
    Considered Both Products
    Playvox
    Chose Playvox
    smart sheet, Slack, and identituiQ. Playvox is easy and smooth to use and explains errors easily. I have used Playvox because it explains errors in detail and clarifies the problems facing workers and ease of clarifying the problem to avoid it again and the ease of sending the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Playvox stacks up against them because Google Calendar shows the meetings, Slack shows the messages and the Contacts for Gmail help the communication of the organization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Playvox stands in front of many obstacles, but it is working to develop it and there are not many problems in it unlike other things and applications, and I chose Playvox because it is useful and easy to use for small companies and works on developing the service provided in it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Playvox is more convenient for users as well as for Performance Analysts to analyze the overall performance and goals, Easy to get access and implement without hurdles.
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Ease of analysis and use is one of the first reasons for choosing Playvox, as Playvox analyzed my performance very skillfully, which brought me great benefit in developing my performance and then increasing my financial return, and from my experience Playvox is one of the most …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    I chose it because it raises the profile of my company and makes investors resent me because I am a small company, but it started big and the investment prices in it are few, but its profit is very big and it works to improve the quality of selecting people and the client for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    as Playvox is more simple and had ease of use and implementation. and I would say being able to troubleshoot. Like calling your own line from any other product. so Playvox also has no bugs or issues it just has only issues on multiple requests as you have to refresh much time …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Reducing errors and raising the level of Agents in the company. Working to raise the efficiency of the people who work through me my company and improve their breathing, our breathing for profits. They work day and night to seek positions in the company, so they use Playvox. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Playvox is one of the easiest programs to use in terms of ease of use within the Playvox site and ease of navigation between the sections of the site, which makes it easier among peers from similar sites, as well as easy access to the mistakes made by individuals through the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    I chose the Playvox because it helps the team leaders to [coach] the agents and helps the team to improve their skills and know what the team [does] mistakes chose the Playvox because it is easy to use and navigate on it and so comfortable to use it and it helps the company to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Because Playvox is the best customer service program according to my work, and as I explained previously, my dealings with it motivate me, teaches me from my mistakes, guides me, and trains me to become the best and I used another program Zendesk according to my work, but I was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    it is easier and the usage of it is more comfortable and we could use it in different ways and different fields in our work.it makes [our] commitment in our work and it helps us to raise with our company to the highest top of success which leads us to the top in the commercial …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Despite being different applications, in terms of usage and recommendation, I prefer Playvox. Despite the aforementioned defects, when comparing them with those of other applications, Playvox has an advantage in almost every aspect. Overall, Playvox is the first recommendation …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Ease of use and the quality space to evaluate agents more complete. The easier way to get in touch with agents in the comment integrated area is a much better and concentrate good information of the process to be used by leaders when needed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Before Playvox, we used spreadsheets. We spent about 2 months testing another product on the market before even looking at Playvox. It was clunky, and in two months of "testing" we were still unable to implement it fully in the way that we wanted. We contacted Playvox for a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    It’s so easy to use!
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    I only used this platform and did not use any other. However, I only see positive points and no criticism to be made.
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    I have always worked with Playvox and there is no intention to change since their advantages are what we need and they have helped us improve the quality of the agents in management, carrying out a timely monthly, weekly or daily follow-up as required at the time to take the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Playvox
    Playvox is one of the leaders in the industry. It has lots of good reviews on different sources. Playvox is nearly the first tool that appears on the first page when you Google "tool for service quality assurance". We needed a tool that would be easy to use and not only for the …
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    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    177 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    144 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    175 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    122 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    PlayvoxSlack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Playvox and Slack
    Feature
    Playvox
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Playvox and Slack
    Feature
    Playvox
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Playvox and Slack
    Feature
    Playvox
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PlayvoxSlack
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Eleveo
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Calabrio WFM
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PlayvoxSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (187 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.8
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PlayvoxSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Playvox
    Playvox is well suited to rate and track process adherence and work quality percentual. It is also great to document coaching and track advisors' development, as well as to do knowledge checks through quizzes. It is not so appropriate if you need to see the previous coachings made, since those cannot be opened when they finished.
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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    Pros
    Playvox
    • It's easy to start evaluating since it pulls up all the data automatically.
    • It is easy to generate reports as all the data is stored in its servers and we just download it.
    • Filters make it easy to see our Associates' areas of opportunity and strengths.
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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    Cons
    Playvox
    • The speed of loading the chat that I am evaluating for the customer service representative because sometimes it shows that there is an error in the load.
    • Keep a lot of information
    • It should have more languages for ease of control
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Playvox
    I do not think my organization has and 2nd thought of changing the Playvox because I am sure they cannot find another option that is as easy and smooth. There is no other option at all. Playvox is being used here in every department and the company cannot run without this. Now it is a basic need of this business
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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    Usability
    Playvox
    Playvox is an easy-to-use platform, all features are intuitive, which makes navigation easy. I never found navigation problems, I was always able to find all the items I needed, all the information is well separated, what could improve is the possibility of moving some items, putting the ones that I use the most in evidence.
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Playvox
    I don't think I've encountered software problems before
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    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Performance
    Playvox
    do pages load quickly? yes / Do reports complete in a reasonable time frame, given their complexity? yes i think / If Playvox integrates with any other software or systems, does it tend to slow them down? i don't know
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    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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    Support Rating
    Playvox
    We have had multiple live trainings (Zoom). The training at the beginning of the set up was top notch. We had some additional questions about coaching and they jumped on the opportunity to help us. We have a designated trainer and account manager.
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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    Implementation Rating
    Playvox
    From the day first, we were active on Playvox and happy with the features. It does not take much time to understand its features and its performance. A few training sessions with 'How to use' and we are experts using Playvox.
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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Playvox
    I selected Playvox as it is the platform my organization uses. I've never worked with another platform like this. In other companies I worked, procedures, communications, and training were not saved, they were only communicated verbally and sometimes a document with what should be done, but nothing compared to the ease of using a Playvox.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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    Scalability
    Playvox
    I think it is the best rating based on my experience
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Playvox
    • Playvox directly impacts our Happiness ratings. From an average of 85% great ratings to 90% great ratings in a matter of 3-6 months.
    • Playvox impacts the number of responses our team has to send in order to find a solution for the customer. Dropping average replies to solution from 3 to 2.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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    ScreenShots

    Playvox Screenshots

    Screenshot of Give your team real-time feedback and allow them to discuss evaluation results with our built-in collaboration messaging. Generate advanced reports based on agent evaluations. Quickly identify areas of improvement and add personalized agent dashboards to give them visibility of their results. Conduct quality calibrations, to measure and identify areas for improvement. Help your team deliver consistency in their QA evaluation process.Screenshot of Provide your customer service team with all the educational information they need and allow them to take courses and paths in the learning topics they want to improve on. Identify areas in which your agents need to be trained on, send them targeted learning courses and easily track their results. Review your team’s progress and evaluate their knowledge by creating quizzes and comprehension checks.Screenshot of Connect data, measure and consolidate your agents’ KPIs such as NPS, CSAT, AHT, among many others. Detect problems when they occur. Track team progress. Give visibility. Easily measure where your team members stand and identify the KPIs they need to improve on. Create dashboards for your team to view, customize your objectives and keep track of your teams’ progress.Screenshot of Customize your online store with rewards and gift cards for team members to exchange based on their results. Reward your team with Karma Points and allow them to redeem their points in your customized online store. Publicly recognize peer with badges, based on their quality results and performance. Access our social community wall where your team can exchange ideas, ask questions and share relevant information.Screenshot of Coach agents based on the identified customer service problems, as quality is achieved by driving continuous improvement. Create coaching sessions based on your team’s quality and performance results. Based on recurring customer service problems. Tailor all sessions to your needs. Create interactive coaching cards with goals and dates of achievement to easily organize and keep track of all your sessions.