SpiceCSM vs. Verint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SpiceCSM
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
SpiceCSM 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
Verint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Verint Workforce Engagement (formerly Workforce Optimization) was a suite of software, combines workforce management capabilities and analytics. The suite included Verint Knowledge Management, Verint Automated Quality Management (for agent improvement), and speech analytics capabilities. The product is discontinued.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SpiceCSMVerint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
SpiceCSMVerint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
SpiceCSMVerint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)
Small Businesses
8x8 Contact Center
8x8 Contact Center
Score 7.7 out of 10
8x8 Contact Center
8x8 Contact Center
Score 7.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Eleveo
Eleveo
Score 9.2 out of 10
Eleveo
Eleveo
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Calabrio Teleopti WFM
Calabrio Teleopti WFM
Score 7.9 out of 10
Calabrio Teleopti WFM
Calabrio Teleopti WFM
Score 7.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
SpiceCSMVerint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
8.5
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(8 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SpiceCSMVerint Workforce Engagement (discontinued)
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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Verint
On a whole Verint WFO is well suited to our business, it provides exactly what we need for forecasting & scheduling along with an very intuitive holiday booking system, throw in the adherence piece and score cards that are available all in all the system is very robust. It is easy to use once you've received the proper training provided by Verint and they are always on hand to support when issues arise, but in the last 5 years I have had roughly 4 issues and 1 of those was my own mistake and not the system so I think that is a strong point for them.
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Pros
SpiceCSM
  • Personalization
  • Segment Skills/Campaigns
  • Support for issues
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Verint
  • Blended forecasting – shift variety.
  • Verint Workforce Optimization has the ability to schedule blended shifts, e.g. agents could theoretically be on chats in the morning, phones for an hour after lunch, then back on chats in the afternoon.
  • Automated task scheduling - educated planning.
  • We'll be able to automate the scheduling of meetings, training, or coaching without impacting service levels. For team leaders, this will alleviate the need to guess the most appropriate timings.
  • Scorecard reporting –Visibility over performance.
  • Scorecards are a ‘one-stop-shop’ to view individual performance. They allow for performance-based data capture and reporting, giving greater transparency and access to data on performance at an agent level.
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Cons
SpiceCSM
  • Reporting - Not very customizable
  • Managing Contact Dispositions (topics)
  • Analytics user interface
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Verint
  • I think the system needs better documentation, hard to find all the features and where to configure things
  • I think the system should come with all the plugs in upgrades they change you extra for, a little to much nickel and dimeing on getting all the needed features
  • Email notifications for out of adherence were sometimes inconsistent, and this was not fixed with all the different upgrades and patches on WFM version 10.1
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Likelihood to Renew
SpiceCSM
No answers on this topic
Verint
Honestly, from what I hear from other industry experts, other WFO systems have the same support issues we have with Verint. We know the product and the system is maturing and becoming more stable. The business has no issue with the Verint product and is seeking to grow not only what we have in place today, but are very interested in other products, such as BackOffice Analytics, that Verint has to offer. I would just love to see a stronger partnership with Avaya.
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Usability
SpiceCSM
SpiceCSM is user friendly and ties in nicely to our NICE inContact platform
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Verint
Because its great
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Support Rating
SpiceCSM
Someone is always available to assist or answer questions.
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Verint
Because its excellent tool
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Implementation Rating
SpiceCSM
No answers on this topic
Verint
I do not have any key insights regarding implementation of Verint
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Alternatives Considered
SpiceCSM
Salesforce and Zendesk. I like SpiceCSM better.
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Verint
Nice - a little more costly than Verint. Qfiniti - no comparison - Verint is so much more!! Automony Aspect We selected Verint because of the options that were well suited for our organization. There are several providers that do not compare against these top providers so remember...you get what you pay for. You have to think of it in terms of the value in addition to the "need at hand" that this system can bring to you.
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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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Verint
  • The system require constant manual oversight to keep it running. The Monitoring tool provided is very unstable and cannot be relied upon.
  • User Administration is cumbersome and time-consuming. There is a lot of redundant effort required to set up new users.
  • The integration between WFM and the Recording platform is shaky, and will often stop syncing for now apparent reason.
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