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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    RingEX

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ARingEx is a cloud-based VoIP solution available via computer mobile application. It features video and audio conferencing, desktop phone rentals, collaboration tools, and integrations with other business applications. Plans are available on a monthly, per user subscription basis.

    $20

    per month

    Talkdesk

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATalkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.

    $85

    per month per user

    Pricing
    RingEXTalkdesk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Digital Essentials
    $85
    per month per user
    Voice Essentials
    $105
    per month per user
    Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Industry Experience Clouds
    $225
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RingEXTalkdesk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPricing is /user/month paid annually. Pricing increases when paid monthly. Core - $20/month (paid monthly) Advanced - $25/month (paid monthly) Ultra - $35/month (paid monthly) Customer Engagement Bundle - contact us for pricing*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.
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    Community Pulse
    RingEXTalkdesk
    Considered Both Products
    RingCentral
    Chose RingEX
    So far, RingEX has been very reliable and always exceeds our expectations. It creates a very secure environment wherein even our customers and clients can rely upon it. With the advanced features of this tool, we were able to deliver the expectations back to our customers. User …
    Incentivized
    Talkdesk
    Chose Talkdesk
    No comparison in my opinion. The user interface, support, and integration capabilities of Talkdesk are superior to RingCentral.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Prior to using Talkdesk, we used RC, and it was far worse than Talkdesk. The reporting was almost non-existent, but it did take a lot less maintenance. Five9 was evaluated after we moved to Talkdesk as a potential solution, but we felt they didn't fix many of the issues we were …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    inContact has all the functionality but it's clunky and support is not as great. Five9 is a great price but the UI is not as strong. We chose Talkdesk because we wanted something we could use as we grow. We also thought Talkdesk had the most potential for being a leader in the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk

    We needed to be able to move to a cloud base solution for home working on a global scale and our current infrastructure would not allow for this growth.

    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk was a less expensive option and provided more reporting and data. Talkdesk's customer support is way more helpful and responsive than RingCentral's.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    RingCentral was very glitchy and their customer service was abysmal. We constantly needed to reach out to RC with issues, and all the support we got was a new person each time "escalating" us to another tier. Very frustrating. We appreciate Talkdesk and their customer support, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Should've switched over to Talkdesk sooner! Compared to RingCentral, the sound quality of the calls and the functionality of the Talkdesk app overall are much better and reliable. Talkdesk has made our job easier and in turn, made our team more effective.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    In the prospecting phase of research, Talkdesk was much much more responsive and didn't miss any meetings.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Customer Support and Quality! the providers mentioned above always had issues when customers networks were flawless, their support would often blame the ISP provider when we would have fiber networks connected to the company and verified network uptime would surpass any VoIP …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Compared to the other contact center options, Talkdesk was affordable and was easy to setup. What set Talkdesk apart was easy integration with other software. Including Slack, Zendesk, and Salesforce. The new enterprise app center should make some great add-ons available. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    We evaluated Ring Central at the same time we evaluated Talkdesk. The Ring Central product looks like a good product but ultimately we chose to go with Talkdesk because of the attention we got from Talkdesk during the sales cycle. Talkdesk was very responsive to our questions. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    We used a local system for a bit. Great people, but had dropped calls left and right.

    We also used Ring Central for a while, and while they were a solid platform, they did not have many integration options.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    95%
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    345 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    156 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    275 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    173 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    347 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    137 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    195 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    149 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    219 Answers
    Features
    RingEXTalkdesk
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.5
    24 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio9.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video9.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.9
    19 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing9.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation9.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.7
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.9
    22 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication8.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    8.5
    212 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.1119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.6162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names8.8197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.0
    221 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Answering rules8.9207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording8.6191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park8.7172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening8.7180 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts8.9208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging9.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Fax9.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription9.327 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.3
    195 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile app for iOS9.2171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android9.4152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    9.0
    22 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized communications management9.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team messaging9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team document sharing8.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Talkdesk
    8.2
    501 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings7.3480 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings8.3420 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings8.4440 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.5432 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.2398 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings8.8455 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.9231 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.5322 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings7.2256 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings8.2229 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings8.6448 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.0330 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings8.5381 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of RingEX and Talkdesk
    Feature
    RingEX
    -
    Ratings
    Talkdesk
    8.0
    485 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.0445 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings7.0323 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings9.0469 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings8.5427 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.5441 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.2449 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings7.8442 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings7.3249 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings6.8284 Ratings
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    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RingEXTalkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (229 ratings)
    8.3
    (515 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.5
    (40 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    8.6
    (331 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (159 ratings)
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.6
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (28 ratings)
    5.6
    (132 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    7.2
    (224 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    Professional Services
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    RingEXTalkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    RingCentral
    I love that RingEX lets you screen your call and take notes, then gives you a thorough review and summary that breaks down key points and flags what needs to be done. You get an email with the notes and summary, so you don't have to focus on anything but providing the customer with the summary and next steps. I think that helps with productivity.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    As a growing company, we did not have customer service contacts set up like a traditional contact center, even though we were trying to operate like one. Talkdesk made the transition simple to orchestrate the new setup, allowing customers to have their contacts answered quickly. As Talkdesk has continued to roll out new products such as Copilot and AI Autopilot, we are implementing and continuing to realize the benefits.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    RingCentral
    • RingEX abilities to do multiple things at once, hands-free, is a huge time saver for me.
    • RingEX can record each word from beginning to end that may be part of a legal or written contract.
    • The amount of storage space that this program provides to my system is incredible.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    • Talkdesk excels at reporting. It offers a wide range of reports, such as Aux, AHT, and productivity reports, which are great for monitoring performance.
    • Talkdesk has speech-to-text analytics. This is an AI transcript system. The AI detects speech and transcribes it.
    • Talkdesk is easy to integrate with other apps. Such as Calabrio and Zendesk.
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    Cons
    RingCentral
    • Reporting and analytics can be limiting. There is a solid baseline of reporting, but the customization is not what you would get with a call center product.
    • There is a platform API, but it is not as expansive as I would like. There is no easy way to build integrations with third-party tools, unlike Genesys Cloud, which has Data Actions.
    • The digital/messaging side is not present - we can't stick a widget on our website and allow people to live chat with us.
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    Talkdesk
    • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
    • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
    • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
    • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
    • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into our unlimited toll-free minutes plan. We are very unlikely to switch because of that. It has been the major factor saving us a lot of money compared to switching to other solutions. I don't know any other company that still offers these unlimited plans.
    Incentivized
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    Talkdesk
    One of the best tools our there to tackle alot of our needs or issues within the organisation's and is value for money as you find alot of the features already in bedded and the Ai features are user friendly no need for additional training and Talk desk support when any issues arise is amazing
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    Usability
    RingCentral
    They were working on updating a few of the modules while we were going live, so this made usability difficult to train on once they did go live with those changes. Now that the changes are in place, we have really enjoyed the usability of the platform
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    Talkdesk
    As a user, the Talkdesk system is pretty easy. However, as a leader or an admin, the system can be difficult to navigate. Talkdesk appeared to integrate different solutions into their environment. While the overall skin of the environment is pretty seamless, it's easy to see that some solutions are segregated off into their own area of the Talkdesk ecosystem. This is pretty evident with Identity, WFM, and System Analytics, where you have to navigate to their respective areas to pull reports and gather data. Where many other reports are available in Explore
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    Reliability and Availability
    RingCentral
    Because it works great. In case there's a Wi-Fi issue, communication does not stop because the mobile app can be use with regular cell phone data. During one year + 3 months I've have the service, there's been only one time when there were issues on RingEX's side; however, the time of resolution was on the same day.
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    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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    Performance
    RingCentral
    Occasional bandwith issues. In addition to this, I have one individual whose calls are blocked. We were not able to determine whether this was a RingEX or a carrier issue.
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    Talkdesk
    reports are good until a report is a big one in size then the wait is longer and some call reports delay by an hour or so which is not ideal as we pull these hourly and need them from Work force management perspective and Quality reports are perfectly fine
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    Support Rating
    RingCentral
    Call-in support is fantastic. I have never called in and had it taken more than 30 minutes to resolve our issue. Email support is terrible. You will likely go 24+ hours until you hear back and the response is likely a canned one. I personally prefer the email or chat support option, but find myself calling instead because the email support experience is so poor.
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    Talkdesk
    If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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    In-Person Training
    RingCentral
    I really didn't know all the capabilities
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    Talkdesk
    The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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    Online Training
    RingCentral
    No answers on this topic
    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
    RingCentral
    If someone has an existing system I tell them to keep that running initially and keep RingEX separate initially until the system is configured and tested to one's satisfaction. After testing and configuration is completed, then roll over the main phone numbers to the new RingEX system. I've seen one person who immediately flipped over to RingEX without properly configuring/testing the software and had many issues with missed customer calls until I helped him sort out his configuration.
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    Talkdesk
    We were very satisfied with the implementation of Talkdesk. The team was able to gather all the data and information about the system we had in place at the moment and delivered us a Talkdesk plan that suited our needs. We had a few calls after implementation where our questions were answered and gave us the confidence to continue using the system.
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    Alternatives Considered
    RingCentral
    We are using these products like (Skype, Voip, TextNow, and Second line), but comparatively these products the RingEX has a good performance, because while we were using the other platform, we didn't get proper communication, we couldn't reach out the candidate, we lags to much into spam number, we couldn't communicate properly and the textnow we couldn't sigin sometime. When we start to use RingEX, we get much better productivity and proper communication with our clients.
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    Talkdesk
    Call recordings, quality assessments, feedback, coaching, and monitoring, the call flow is effortless and painless, changing statuses from after-call work is updated to be qued so you cannot change after aftercall work is finished, shows you the company metrics, SLA, abandonment, number of calls taken and record occupancy for you and the team. Many more features make Talkdesk an innovative software compared to its competitors.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    RingCentral
    not to sign up for it or give them any money for a product that does not work
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    Talkdesk
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    RingCentral
    We have 75 users and 85 phones on the system and have yet to have any noticeable outages. The system just works all of the time without issues. Our old VOIP system on Voyant would go out all the time for multiple hours. RingEX is much more stable and reliable.
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    Talkdesk
    talk desk has helped us massively with flexibility of one system giving us all the relevant information we need to be able to drive improvement and also good service from work force management to quality improvement to the reporting of the work and inputs going in and assess outputs to determine the success of our work and remaining development areas
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    Return on Investment
    RingCentral
    • Enhanced patient accountability, we can track all calls - incoming and outgoing - patients tend to state that they called and left a message, but they either never called or did not leave a message. With RingEX, we can track whether they really did. It saves us quite a bit of time and aggravation.
    • Faxing is more accurate and usually very quick. Because it's accurate, it saves us time with phone calls about faxes we never received and having to refax items. Also, faxing via the system instead of printing and scanning is a time-saver.
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    Talkdesk
    • Reduced hold times with callback feature = better CX
    • Easy transfer option between teams where we can talk rep-rep first before bringing the caller in = less repeated information the customer has to provide = better CX
    • Modified call dispositions allows for better call management & organization = less work on our end!
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Talkdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.