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    SpiceCSM

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASpiceCSM is a call center optimization suite from the New York company of the same name, featuring a Unified Desktop, a Data and Application Connector, analytics and process automation, and more.N/A

    Vantage Point

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AVantage Point is a call center workforce management application from Pipkins in Chesterfield, Missouri.N/A
    Pricing
    SpiceCSMVantage Point
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    SpiceCSMVantage Point
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    SpiceCSMVantage Point
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SpiceCSMVantage Point
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SpiceCSM
    SpiceCSM does an excellent job at allowing agents to view customer information, access customer contact documentation history, and create cases to send to other departments or to have the account managed beyond an agent's capabilities. It is a great tool for tracking individual account activity such as returns, contact history, contact disposition history, and general account information. The analytics of SpiceCSM could be improved. The reports are not easily customizable, which leaves users frequently having to manually process data in Microsoft Excel.
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    Pipkins
    It's great if you have a small contact center and are very comfortable with Vantage Point's coding, and you don't use Macs. Outside of that it can be a pretty tough platform to use. If you are running a large contact center or anything that will change much, I wouldn't recommend Vantage Point
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    Pros
    SpiceCSM
    • Personalization
    • Segment Skills/Campaigns
    • Support for issues
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    Pipkins
    • Cheap - Vantage point is a very economic solution.
    • Strong WFM models - Modified Erlang is great.
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    Cons
    SpiceCSM
    • Reporting - Not very customizable
    • Managing Contact Dispositions (topics)
    • Analytics user interface
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    Pipkins
    • Predications are not accurate, much less than 80% they advertise
    • Price point is high
    • Try to charge you for indicators [that] would be free on literally any platform, MACD for example
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    Usability
    SpiceCSM
    SpiceCSM is user friendly and ties in nicely to our NICE inContact platform
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    Pipkins
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    Support Rating
    SpiceCSM
    Someone is always available to assist or answer questions.
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    Pipkins
    We didn't have a clear operating agreement, and whenever we would call or email them they would tell us they were working on something, then we wouldn't hear back. We could have solved the problems ourselves if we had known we needed to - poor communication
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    Alternatives Considered
    SpiceCSM
    Salesforce and Zendesk. I like SpiceCSM better.
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    Pipkins
    We picked Vantage Point based on functionality and price. We wanted something that was purely wfm and not anything else. Vantage Point has an a la carte solution and is very economical. In some ways, the failure of Vantage Point for our application wasn't Vantage Point's fault. We didn't dedicate as many resources as needed. That said, we didn't feel we got any support from their team
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    Return on Investment
    SpiceCSM
    • Ability to analyze customer contact topic trends.
    • Ability to sort callers and filter them to certain phone lines based on customer account information.
    • Large data was lost after 90 days (contact level/call notes and details), so we have to save and backup the data ourselves. This takes up a bit of storage space.
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    Pipkins
    • Not much impact.
    • Learned we needed to dedicate a full FTE to just program/manage Vantage Point.
    • We eventually built our own scheduling tool since it was not intuitive.
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