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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Chime

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Chime is a communications service from Amazon Web Services with a built-in VoIP solution. Amazon Chime can be used for online meetings, video conferencing, and business calling, and features pay-as-you-go pricing.

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    Amazon Connect

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ALaunched in 2017 and available on AWS, Amazon Connect is a cloud-based omnichannel contact center designed to provide a seamless experience across voice and website live chat, featuring skills-based routing, task tracking, and analytic tools to track customer interactions, or evaluate agent activity. It can support office-based or virtual contact centers. The service is pay-per-usage, per feature.

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    per profile/per month

    Pricing
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Editions & Modules
    Business Calling - Inbound
    $0.002216
    per minute
    Business Calling - Phone Numbers
    $1
    per number per month, US Only
    Meetings - Pro
    $3
    *per user per day
    Meetings - Basic
    Free
    Business Calling - Outbound
    Country Dependent
    per minute
    Business Calling - Receive Text
    Free
    US Only
    Business Calling - Send Text
    Country Dependent
    Customer Profiles
    $0.0025
    per profile/per month
    Chat
    $0
    per message
    Contact Lens (5 million+ monthly minutes)
    $0.0125
    per minute
    Contact Lens (first 5 million monthly minutes)
    $0.015
    per minute
    Voice
    $0.02
    per minute
    Voice ID
    $0.025
    per transaction
    Tasks
    $0.04
    per task
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*up to $15.00 per user per month—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    Amazon AWS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio10.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video10.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    9.2
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing10.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards8.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    9.7
    25 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Amazon Connect
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video screen sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant messaging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon Connect
    7.1
    4 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Amazon Chime and Amazon Connect
    Feature
    Amazon Chime
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon Connect
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Nextiva Contact Center
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score10 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (27 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon ChimeAmazon Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Chime is well suited for online video and audio meetings, IMs, and conducting training sessions using a whiteboard. It can be integrated well with Google Calendar and Microsoft outlook. With Amazon Chime mobile app you can attend meetings on the go as well. Meetings can be locked so that only legitimate participants can join the meeting. Amazon Chime is less suited in case you want meeting transcripts as well for your meetings. Given that Amazon Chime is not used by a larger audience so your client or customer may face some difficulties in join the meeting or accessing some of the features of the Chime.
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    Amazon AWS
    Our company is a startup that is just starting to get wholesale customers. When we realized our customers needed support using our products, we set up a Contact Center via Amazon Connect. It has been very useful in allowing us to scale up very quickly, and provide services to our company as if we were a large corporation.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Chat tools, video calls, on spot meeting invite[s] easy to create and use.
    • Ability to record any meeting and automatically downloads the meeting recording after ending the meeting.
    • UI is clean and easy to navigate around Amazon Chime.
    • Ability to invite outside guests easily using Amazon Chime without any issues.
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    Amazon AWS
    • It helps us connect with ServiceNow as a direct integration.
    • It allows us to document everything from the chat with ticket documentation in real time.
    • It allows us to track agent and case activities.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • More simplified dial-in numbers. The PIN for our conference line is long and easy to mistype.
    • You do not have to download the Chime app in order to join a conference, but if you want to do anything beyond join (schedule a conference, participate in a group chat, control participants), you have to have the app downloaded and installed. The app that you have to download in order to launch a conference is a memory hog, and slows down a computer's boot up time.
    • The add-in for Microsoft Outlook is particularly clunky. It helps you add scheduled conference calls/video conferences to your Outlook calendar, but it can cause Outlook to crash, and creates a really slow open time for Outlook. If you can avoid downloading the Outlook Add-In, I would.
    • No built-in screen sharing capabilities.
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    Amazon AWS
    • Support for large contact center with more than 1000s of agents.
    • Enterprise level solution.
    • More supported regions.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Amazon AWS
    It is very easy to use for any access level and has greatly facilitated users' ability to properly document tickets without getting lost in short or vague comments. Each case is fully tracked through this transcription of information. This made it easier for us to decide whether to implement, use, and maintain it as our contact tool in our customer service center.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    They were very supportive in answering all of our questions when we had problems. Their in-person calls but their support site also had a full set of information that can answer a good portion of your questions before you have to pick up the phone. But when you, you will get good service.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Better than Skype for Business in terms of loading the application onto your device. Skype had crashing issues always and those are comparatively low when using Amazon Chime. Amazon chime is fast and easy to work with while collaborating and setting up meetings. The audio and video quality are better than Skype for Business.
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    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Connect introduced an analytical and reporting feature, which evaluates the details and the concerns of clients. Besides, Amazon Connect clearly records all the calls, which captures the exact information which we use it in the future. The product is also as important in conducting research, as it maximizes the information that clients issue to us, for successful planning, and business budgeting.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • The positive ROI is Amazon Chime helps make our sales reps more professional in their calls leading to an increase in closed/won deals.
    • Amazon Chime has increased overall morale across our sales team because it has greatly improved our call processes when compared to other tools we've used in the past.
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    Amazon AWS
    • 1 year ROI
    • 60% of voice and whatsapp contacts automated
    • CSAT, CES and NPS achieved
    • Overall call center cost reduced
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