TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Plone

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlone is a free and open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone can be used for any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops, and internal websites.N/A

    Zoom Contact Center

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AZoom Contact Center helps businesses deliver prompt, accurate, and highly personalized customer experiences that drive loyalty. It includes intelligent self-service and routing, a unified communications and contact center, and video optimized high-touch engagements.

    $828

    per year per user

    Pricing
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $69
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Premium
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Elite
    $149
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Considered Both Products
    Plone
    No answer on this topic
    Zoom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Would buy again
    44 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    42 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
    Features
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Plone and Zoom Contact Center
    Feature
    Plone
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Zoom Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Plone and Zoom Contact Center
    Feature
    Plone
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Zoom Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    API10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Plone and Zoom Contact Center
    Feature
    Plone
    9.4
    6 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoom Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Plone and Zoom Contact Center
    Feature
    Plone
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Zoom Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Plone and Zoom Contact Center
    Feature
    Plone
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Contact Center
    8.2
    31 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.331 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings7.928 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings7.827 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.431 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings8.523 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Plone and Zoom Contact Center
    Feature
    Plone
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Contact Center
    8.3
    30 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.427 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings8.528 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings8.428 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.328 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.428 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings8.128 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings7.825 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Zendesk Talk
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.7
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PloneZoom Contact Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Plone
    The larger your organization, the more appropriate Plone will be. This is not to say that Plone is a worse choice for small websites, only that the minimum investment for a Plone site is certainly higher than for other platforms. If you already use Plone for your site and are looking for a redesign or an overhaul, I would only advise switching to a different platform such as WordPress or Drupal if your organization is downsizing. For any other situation, Plone is the natural choice for your growth.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    At our company, we launch a new property project and receive many customer inquiries in a single day. Zoom contact center helped our team manage all calls and follow-ups properly without missing leads. It is very useful for handling customer communication. During peak hours, some agents face call delays, making it a bit difficult to track reports quickly.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Plone
    • Plone is a folder-based system, organising content in a similar way desktop-users are doing for the last two decades. No need to teach non-tech customers some relational-database like paradigm for content management.
    • Plone is secure. It is the most secure CMS you can get your hands on.
    • Plone is flexible, and makes fast development easy.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    • AI-powered self-service - customers can interact with our virtual agents and get answers to common inquiries, which ensures fast resolutions.
    • Better omnichannel support ensures our agents have an easy time managing customer interactions across chat, voice, and SMS.
    • With Zoom Contact Center in place, we have realized increased agent productivity thanks to its AI features and its ability to integrate with our CRM tool.
    • The advanced routing and insights ensure that customer issues head to the right customer agent depending on skills.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Plone
    • Not everything is configurable or editable by Plone, and when you need to adjust or add custom pieces in, you need to deal with Zope. Zope has an ugly, confusing and difficult UI and structure as a backend.
    • Using 3rd party products is difficult to do - there are a few different ways to get them installed, all of which take a bit of luck to get right.
    • Building custom products for Plone is not fun. You've got to deal with an archaic framework to tie in that is not well documented (there is documentation about many things, but not great documentation and there are a lot of holes in the documentation).
    Read full review
    Zoom
    • The integration with Zoom Phone is still ongoing, so it initially required some tricky configuration and additional phone numbers, but that's no longer a requirement now.
    • I would love a way to use physical handsets with the Contact Centre. Currently, it's all softphone integration on a PC or Mac. But it's a great experience and very similar to using Zoom Meetings, so there's minimal training for staff needed.
    • The Admin Settings on the backend can be tricky to navigate. Still, you have much more customization and constant feature upgrades than I've ever seen with any other Contact Centre service.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Plone
    We have critical systems running on Plone so will need it in the future.
    Free to use since its Open source, so we don't have to worry about licence costs.
    We know how to use and develop Plone and it has no limits.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    We are very likely to renew Zoom Contact Center because it has been a stable and reliable solution for our organization. It fits well within the broader Zoom ecosystem that we already use, including Zoom Meetings, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Chat, which creates a more seamless experience for users and reduces complexity.
    The product quality has been strong overall, and we have also had positive experiences with Zoom’s customer service. While there are still areas where reporting and certain features could improve, the platform has delivered enough value in usability, stability, and integration to make renewal likely.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Plone
    Compared to the amount of Plone sites, users and customizations we have in our organization, the amount of support requests and training needed is really small.
    The new user interface in Plone 6 is even better, it is super fast, has lots of different blocks for enhancing the page, has flexible layout system and is easy to extend with more features.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    Usability is one of Zoom Contact Center's strongest selling points. It feels like a natural extension of the Zoom platform rather than a bolted-on contact center tool, which made adoption across our team noticeably smoother than previous system rollouts. Zoom Contact Center is clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate for both agents and administrators. For organizations already using Zoom, the learning curve is minimal.
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    Plone
    Our Plone sites are very robust. We have critical systems on Plone and we have been running sites on Plone for over 20 years with very little unexpected downtime.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    unless the network or internet is down - it has been there for us
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Performance
    Plone
    Plone is very intensive in its operations, and if not configured well it can be slow. However it is designed and built with speed in mind and with proper use of coding, templates and caching can perform extremely well under high loads. It is capable of scaling to very high load availability environments with no specific coding requirements.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    does not seem to slow down even on our busy days
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Plone
    There are not too many Plone companies in the world. But the ones who are, are high level professionals
    Read full review
    Zoom
    We have had a positive experience with Zoom Contact Center support overall. Support has generally been responsive and helpful, and our interactions have given us confidence in the product and platform.
    In addition to the support experience itself, the product has been stable and reliable in day-to-day use, which helps reduce the need for frequent support involvement. When support has been needed, the experience has been solid enough to reinforce our overall positive view of the platform.
    For those reasons, we would rate the overall support highly, while still recognizing there is always room for improvement.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    In-Person Training
    Plone
    I have been participating Plone training and the trainers have always been professional. Materials were good and the instructions clear
    Read full review
    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Plone
    Well organized, professional training with good materials and instructions
    Read full review
    Zoom
    it was mostly self service articles and looking up information on the zoom site and public forums
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    Plone
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    I implemented Zoom Contact Center myself, and overall the process was straightforward. The platform was relatively easy to configure, and it did not require an unusually large amount of internal support or complexity to get up and running.
    One of the advantages during implementation was how well it fit within the broader Zoom environment, which helped reduce friction and made the setup feel more familiar. In our experience, the implementation process was manageable and efficient overall.
    There is always some room for improvement, but the implementation was smooth enough that I would rate the experience highly.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Plone
    Drupal: Plone is cheaper, so with Drupal is more complex to reach the required ROI. However, Drupal has a lower learning curve WordPress: For our necessities it has a more expensive learning curve than plone. Joomla, is easier to use. However, it have some issues on security and web content where Plone is much better
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Zoom
    This tool has enabled us to identify each user's needs across our various communication channels. It has also facilitated a direct point of contact with Zoom’s technical support team, allowing us to document and escalate any situation requiring specialized assistance, which is the primary reason we chose Zoom. I would recommend it to any colleague or company, as it offers a wide variety of tools, and—now, with the integration of AI—the level of service has improved significantly.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Plone
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    pricing and billing is always a concern to us but have not had anything to complain about even after they introduced a change to there models
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Scalability
    Plone
    Plone has no limits. We have massive sites and can run them just fine
    Read full review
    Zoom
    we have not even scratch the surface of how big we can make this
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Professional Services
    Plone
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    some of teh pro services that we used was helpful and great to have as a resource
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Plone
    • The impact Plone has had at the University of Oshkosh is as follows: this software allows student workers to learn about IT departments and CMS's in a user-friendly way. It gives many students great jobs that look great on their resumes.
    • Since there are great training manuals for Plone, there is increased employee efficient in the workplace. Training doesn't take long, and if there's ever a question, the Plone manual is a great tool to refer to.
    • If an employee using Plone quits, its easy to find someone to replace them with quick training and great resources.
    Read full review
    Zoom
    • Intuitive, Easier and almost effortless to maintain.
    • Lesser Operational Expenses that the alternative we also have
    • We wish it has a better integration with Zoom Phone, in terms of channels integration (Voice and Chat) to quick identify callers.
    • It is missing "modular" programming to "reuse" Existing Flows and call them from other flows then return to the main flow.
    • It is missing the capability to compartmentalizing different teams/groups related to reporting, admin, and global parameters.
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Zoom Contact Center Screenshots

    Screenshot of the video-optimized CCaaSScreenshot of the Zoom Workspace video room experienceScreenshot of the analytics used to optimize contact center performance