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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Twilio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ATwilio offers a CPaaS and CCaaS solution, with the combination of its programmable Voice, Video, and Messaging APIs, as well as the Twilio Flex cloud contact center. Additional capabilities include Twilio's Elastic SIP Trunking, as well as API for WhatsApp.

    $0

    per min per participant

    Verint Workforce Management

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AVerint Workforce Management is a solution that forecasts customer demand, analyzes and predicts the number of employees needed, and optimizes employee schedules to align with demand across contact center and back-office operations, to help organizations to meet CX and efficiency goals. Verint WFM is part of Verint Open Platform, which helps organizations' customer service operations to lower costs and elevate EX and CX with AI-powered bots that automate CX workflows. The…N/A
    Pricing
    TwilioVerint Workforce Management
    Editions & Modules
    Programmable Video
    $0.0015
    per min per participant
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.0042
    Per WhatsApp Template message sent
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.005
    Per WhatsApp session message
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.007
    Per min for termination
    Programmable Messaging
    $0.0075
    per message sent or received
    Programmable Voice
    $0.0085
    per minute to receive a call
    Programmable Voice
    $0.013
    per min to make a call
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.045
    Per min for origination
    Twilio Conversations
    $0.05
    per active user per month
    Twilio Authy
    $0.09
    per authentication
    Programmable Wireless
    $0.1
    per MB
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $1
    per active user hour (5000 hours free)
    Programmable Wireless
    $2.00
    per SIM card
    Twilio SendGrid Email API
    $14.95
    per month up to 100k emails. (Up to 40k emails free for 30 days)
    Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns
    $15
    per month for 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails. Your first 2,000 contacts are free
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $150
    per named user per month (5000 hours free)
    WFM Enterprise
    -
    per month per user
    WFM Enterprise SaaS
    -
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TwilioVerint Workforce Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details1. Pay-as-you-go pricing: Simple usage-based pricing without contracts. 2. Volume discounts: Discounts trigger as usage grows. 3. Free trial credit that includes full API access.Verint offers a named user pricing model with SaaS and on-premise delivery methods.
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    Community Pulse
    TwilioVerint Workforce Management
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    226 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    159 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    221 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    119 Answers
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TwilioVerint Workforce Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    8.3
    (246 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    7.3
    (165 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (16 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TwilioVerint Workforce Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Twilio
    I have tried other competitors. But I always end up going back to Twilio because I feel like it is dependable, easy to use, and, has competitive pricing. The only time I wouldn't recommend Twilio to someone as if they are completely inexperienced about using webhooks or APIs. Because you can't really just sign up and start using Twilio without connecting it to another platform first.
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    Verint
    I think Verint Workforce Managementi s well suited for all scenarios. No system is perfect, but understanding the gaps allow you to be effective considering those gaps. The one scenario I can think of is if you don't need to forecast. We have some departments where volume is controlled (example Outbound). Because of the business model we have staffing on a given day or hour isn't important. Only agents are working 40 hours a week.
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    Pros
    Twilio
    • Easy to see my team in one place, when they log in and out and what call status they are in.
    • Twilio is a simple, user friendly way to log in and out of work activities.
    • Excellent services and support.
    • The omnichannel feature which allows agents to get request from all channels.
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    Verint
    • I love the color ribbons that can be set up universally for all our business lines.
    • The mobile application is easy to use and our agents love it.
    • I love the security within the application- customizing who gets what access is great!
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    Cons
    Twilio
    • Control panel. Often, navigating through lists is challenging. I want endless scrolling, not pagination.
    • Conversational intelligence service require a Language. I would like it to detect it.
    • We would like to have some credit on clients that chose to use their own Twilio account.
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    Verint
    • Usability from the end user. Our leaders in particular struggle with navigation and getting the information they need
    • Forecasting solutions outside of the basic call center. We do forecasting for back office groups and need to use different models than what is offered today, This requires us to do forecasting outside of Verint Workforce Management.
    • Improved Schedule Change request. Our business has a more flexible model for SCR. While we use the shift bid for other purposes, we need more flexible way to allow reps to submit for SCR
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Twilio
    Unless we can get this handled quickly -- less than 1 week -- we will likely switch to another provider who, in my opinion, we'll have to spend close to $3,000 in development time to build a new integration for texting. Our clients need texting and I feel Twilio has failed us miserably.
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    Verint
    Whilst Verint Workforce Management is doing much of the work we were hoping it would do, there are some limitations that cause hesitancy when deciding if it is the tool for the future. No further exploration has taken place to seek alternatives to date. It is good for the Contact element of our business but not for the rest of the business, meaning we have to use two planning tools currently.
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    Usability
    Twilio
    Twilio has well documented APIs and examples. There are several tutorials, videos and Q&As regarding their services. So, usability is very good. I must say that advanced knowledge of telephony, API/Programming and error-handling is essential to make good use of Twilio. It's not just plug-and-play unless you are integrated with a system that has all of the programming built for it.
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    Verint
    As someone who was new to the WFM world just over 2 years ago but very tech savvy I found it very not user friendly. The interface is not intuitive from a rep perspective or an administrator perspective. While Verint Workforce Management could benefit many organizations at our company the user interface is holding back other organizations from wanting to implement it.
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    Performance
    Twilio
    Twilio executes what it is designed to do: send SMS messages at scale while providing very good deliverability. I believe that Twilio is very good at what we use for adding SMS messages to our comms strategy. We can see those messages get opened and replied to, which is exactly what we are looking to achieve.
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    Verint
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Twilio
    I have not had to communicate with Twilio support in the last 3 years but my past experience with them has been very positive. They replied to my previous requests promptly and kept me well informed to resolve my inquiries. With their documentation that's available, I hardly imagine why anyone would need to contact support since it's all there in a concise and easy to understand format. It would probably take you longer to type out a support ticket than to just open their doc websites.
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    Verint
    The team always work diligently to provide answers to my questions and fixes to my issues. The support team has remained consistent and is familiar with our business needs and that is something that is very beneficial as we grow and change
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    In-Person Training
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Verint
    Training was covered in full day sessions that went very fast with no way of recording the information for later review. This made it hard to capture & retain all the details of information.
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    Online Training
    Twilio
    No answers on this topic
    Verint
    Training is more broad on specific use cases. It would be good to have training based on our current situations as we deal with so many unique setups & client needs.
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    Implementation Rating
    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    Verint
    The team helping us did a great job training our WFM leaders on how to use the tool from forecasting, to schedule updates to maintenance. They allowed us to be involved in implementation but also did a lot of the initial heavy lifting allowing us to stay focussed on the tasks at hand. It was a great experience and one I would hope occurs again should we ever need to implement a new tool again.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Twilio
    We evaluated many fundraising-based text-to-give programs and found the subscriptions prohibitively expensive for our small scale and uncertain first few years of development. While we may be willing to invest that kind of money after discovering how things work, we're happy with Twilio now and have no desire to start over.
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    Verint
    I find that Verint wants to give you a lot of customisation options, but this can potentially lead to a lot of work, but is also offers us something that we didn't have before, the opportunity to give benefits back to our employees with tools like request leave, shift swap, shift bidding, timeflex, etc. This is why we chose Verint Workforce Management.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    Verint
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Twilio
    • We found that associates who had the opportunity to respond to a survey about their assigned job were 37% more likely to return to a job site
    • We were able to reduce the number of resources required to manually respond to associates using Twilio Studio, so those resources could have more time to complete other tasks
    • We were able to scale the number of associates who received survey messages at least by a factor of 8 without increasing our resource demand
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    Verint
    • Staffing optimization - With the Verint tool, we have been able to optimize our workforce, reduce our staff and centralize our processes.
    • Employee Engagement - Our employees always know where their performance stands so they can take ownership in their performance.
    • We have implemented WFM in several areas of the company and have been able to improve those departments which have never had a tool to help in back office operations.
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    ScreenShots

    Twilio Screenshots

    Screenshot of the “Explore Products” section, which is where to build products.Screenshot of the optional drag-and-drop visual editor and code editor.Screenshot of Flex, which is a programmable Contact Center that puts you in control.

    Verint Workforce Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of a comparison of forecasted volumes for all channels by week, day of week and time of day.Screenshot of the interface to build and analyze capacity models for multi-channel, multi-site and multi-skilled environments.Screenshot of employee schedules showing breaks, lunches, task/work types assigned, and adherence to schedule.Screenshot of intraday volumes against forecasted and actual by queue.Screenshot of the app that provides employee access to schedules, request management, and performance data via the MyVerint mobile app.Screenshot of an example of shrinkage analysis in real-time, AI-driven dashboards with natural language insights and anomaly detection.