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    Aspect Unified IP

    Score3.7 out of 10
    N/AAspect Software headquartered in Massachusetts offers Aspect Unified UP, a call center solution for enterprise contact centers. It supports an omnichannel customer experience across voice, email, chat, SMS, IM, and social channels.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
    Pricing
    Aspect Unified IPZendesk Talk
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    Aspect Unified IPZendesk 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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    Aspect Unified IPZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    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
    Aspect Unified IPZendesk Talk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Aspect Unified IP and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Aspect Unified IP
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Agent dashboard7.03 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers9.03 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response8.03 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding6.03 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.62 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.03 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.03 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response5.03 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs8.03 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts4.03 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking6.03 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.22 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.03 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Aspect Unified IP and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Aspect Unified IP
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Inbound call routing9.02 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.12 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording9.62 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management9.12 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics8.62 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting7.42 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting7.42 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.62 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.12 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Aspect Unified IPZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
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    10.0
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    Support Rating
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    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    Aspect Unified IPZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    Aspect Unified IP is perfect to handle multiple outbound dialing campaigns, with tools that allow you to configure how customers must be reached, call them at different phone numbers by the time of the day, set priorities when dialing, or gather information about all running campaigns in dashboards in real-time.
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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)
    • Integrates inbound and outbound call routing in one platform, allowing agents to work in a seamless blend mode between all call types (inbound, predictive, manual).
    • Allows you to associate an account number with every agent phone call, the call type, and the reccording ID giving you the critical datapoints necessary to research, put together a customers experience from a telephony perspective, etc.
    • Create agent templates to streamline agent setup reducing the potential for admins to configure an agent incorrectly, placing them in services they aren't skilled for and vice versa.
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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 reports are very basic.
    • There may be a broader reporting line, perhaps with more detailed records.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Alvaria, Inc (Aspect Software + Noble Systems)
    Aspect Unified IP is very competent to handle most customers' needs in the contact center and it delivers what is promised. The only negative aspect is the costs of services, maintenance and professional services, too expensive.
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    Zendesk
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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)
    No answers on this topic
    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)
    We had evaluated Avaya. It was pretty good as well. However, we wanted a more software driven solution. Aspect also was able to give better results in our Proof of Concept.
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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)
    • As stated before, we have been using UIP for over a decade now. Prior to this tool we had agents logging into Avaya for inbound, and using CTI fuctionality to bounce the agent back and forth between inbound and any predictive campaigns. By moving to Aspect it allowed us to streamline that process, reduce agent downtime, lost efficiency, while at the same time consolidationg all of our call center telephony data into one central location allowing us to easily track a customers telephony experience over any period of time.
    • The only negative impact is due to the upgrade schedule that has made for some interesting challenges forcing us to utilize IT resources that could have been used on more critical corporate projects. These upgrades might not be as big of a deal for any company out there that does not have a lot of integration with Aspect such as custom reporting, data loads, API hooks, etc.
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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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