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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alvaria

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AMaintaining contact center compliance with industry regulations and protecting sensitive customer data are mission critical to outbound call center operations. Alvaria's Compliant Outreach suite of solutions, part of the larger Alvaria CX Suite, can help. The solution is based on software from the former Noble Systems, which merged with Aspect Software in 2021 to become Alvaria. Noble Systems' technology forms the basis of the Alvaria compliant outbound call center solution.N/A

    Zendesk Talk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
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    AlvariaZendesk Talk
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    AlvariaZendesk Talk
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AlvariaZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
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    Key User Insights
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AlvariaZendesk Talk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Alvaria and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Alvaria
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Agent dashboard7.04 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers9.11 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response8.21 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.11 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.11 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.11 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.11 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.11 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs9.11 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts9.11 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking9.11 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration9.11 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration7.02 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Alvaria and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Alvaria
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Inbound call routing9.11 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing9.11 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording9.11 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management6.02 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics9.11 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting9.11 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting9.11 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer surveys9.11 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.11 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlvariaZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlvariaZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    Alvaria is well suited for implementing and tracking schedules for employees where strict schedules and timely staffing is important (Call center, retail, etc). Positions that are directly customer-facing are benefitted from an accurate and consistent schedule tracking as there is an hourly workflow to handle. It is less likely to help for positions that have flexible schedules - such as creator work.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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    Pros
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    • Noble uses the same code for either Premise or Cloud, making the decision for us to go 100% Cloud simple. Our industry, like so many others, is looking to migrate to Cloud wherever possible. Deployments in a Cloud environment are much faster, from adding Agent Licenses to implementing additional products in the Noble suite. Noble monitors all servers, and adjusts as necessary, automatically, with courtesy communication to end-user as to what action was taken to prevent any production impacting event.
    • Noble's Enterprise Support is WORLD CLASS, providing 24/7 support. First call resolution is superb, with a "No Hassle" escalation process, all the way to CEO, if necessary. Dedicated Account Management with a tenured group of Level II technicians, assures quick resolution. Enterprise Support comes weekly/bi-weekly meetings to discuss open tickets and opportunities to upgrade to new versions of the product.
    • Customer inspired Road Maps to ensure needs and requirements are met, in a timely manner. Enhancements and product adds are often as a result of customer requests. Noble will tackle one-off requirements for a fee, too.
    • Noble Product Suite is extremely robust, resulting in minimal-to-zero additional vendor requirements, stacking on top of the product. Our IT requirement has been review and consolidates vendors where possible, and bringing Noble into the organization did just that. From Quality Assurance and Compliance to Multi-Session opportunity, Noble reduced the need to engage multiple vendors.
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    Zendesk
    • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
    • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
    • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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    Cons
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    • The system is a little confusing to use because of the segments and packages.
    • The system seems a little outdated compared to workday and is less easy to use.
    • The system doesn't tell you what went wrong in a way that is easy to translate when time off is rejected.
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    Zendesk
    • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
    • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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    Usability
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    We utilize Noble's Enterprise Support, offering us 24/7 access. Additionally, with Enterprise Support we engage with Level II Support Technicians and no-hassle escalation. With Enterprise Support, we also have a dedicated Account Manager who conducts weekly/bi-weekly support calls to discuss open tickets and upgrade opportunities. With Enterprise Support, we have the ability to select our window for upgrades, to include weekends.
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    Zendesk
    In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    Noble offered a lot of functions for the lowest price. The QA component alone was a big selling point, along with the PCI compliance of their remote server locations. CCX was premise-based and was bulletproof. It never went down, its UI never had problems, and we never dropped calls because of it. Verint is a better QA program and has many more bells and whistles, but is very expensive compared to Noble.
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    Zendesk
    Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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    Return on Investment
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    • Creates a trackable performance for employees to receive direct feedback on ways to improve.
    • Increases time spent by coordinators by creating an additional system along with the payroll scheduling system.
    • Provides easy dispositioning for employees to switch tasks.
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    Zendesk
    • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
    • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
    • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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