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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Finesse

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Finesse is a product designed to improve customer support delivered via contact centers. Described by Cisco as a next-generation agent and supervisor desktop, Cisco Finesse provides a collaborative experience for communities that interact with your customer service organization. Finesse's user-centric design is stated to enhance satisfaction for your customer-care representatives.N/A

    RingCentral Contact Center

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Contact Center is an AI-first contact center offers a set of cloud-based software plans with basic features including support for inbound and outbound call centers and IVR and ACD capabilities. Advanced features include analytics, real-time call reporting, workforce optimization analytics, and omni-channel integration with SMS, email, and social media platforms.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
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    Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
    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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    Community Pulse
    Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
    Chose RingCentral Contact Center
    The cost was much lower than Cisco, but functionality and usability were the same. The cost was the deciding factor for our business.
    8x8 is cheaper and has much more fucntionality
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Cisco Finesse and RingCentral Contact Center
    Feature
    Cisco Finesse
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    RingCentral Contact Center
    8.6
    22 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Agent dashboard8.06 Ratings9.518 Ratings
    Validate callers8.75 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Outbound response5.07 Ratings9.619 Ratings
    Call forwarding5.06 Ratings9.720 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.93 Ratings9.611 Ratings
    Warm transfer5.05 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.04 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.03 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    REST APIs8.02 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Call scripts8.03 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call tracking8.36 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.93 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.13 Ratings6.310 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Cisco Finesse and RingCentral Contact Center
    Feature
    Cisco Finesse
    6.1
    7 Ratings
    30% below category average
    RingCentral Contact Center
    8.5
    21 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Inbound call routing6.07 Ratings9.619 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing7.73 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Recording7.95 Ratings9.719 Ratings
    Quality management5.05 Ratings9.517 Ratings
    Call analytics6.06 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Historical reporting4.06 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Live reporting2.06 Ratings9.516 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.74 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics7.33 Ratings2.46 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.7
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco FinesseRingCentral Contact Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I didn't personally hate working with Finesse as an end-user, but the frequent bugs and crashes were troublesome. While the frequency wasn't daily or weekly, it was enough to be memorable and difficult to work through. At times the software would crash across the board and take 15 minutes to recover, which pending call volumes, could be highly problematic. When it was working I had few issues or complaints.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    The ease of use and file retention/retrieval is key. The adjustment from an e-mail-focused workflow to the RingCentral Contact Center was easier with the organization. Recall and search features mimic Outlook and allow me to quickly find what I’m looking for. RingCentral Contact Center is not ideal for communication with external partners, so we still have to rely on Outlook e-mails for that.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Keep detail record of the agent and supervisor activity.
    • Help to create agent and give them access to different teams and different skill groups.
    • Allows the supervisor to keep a track record of the agent different states like ready, not ready, in call, [etc...]
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    RingCentral
    • Reliability: Our previous service was prone to outages, RingCentral Contact Center has been rock solid as long as we've used it.
    • Integration: Our IT team was able to build a custom RingCentral Contact Center dashboard on our website for our salespeople to manage inbound/ outbound calling. From there we were able to send call data directly into activities in our ERP (Acumatica).
    • Ease of use: It works well whether in the office or WFH (which many employees do regularly.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • There were too many outages
    • There were a number of times I would get kicked out of the system without reason
    • Reports were difficult to read
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    • I would like to be able to text from our main office line rather than only my office direct line, so I can keep my direct line private
    • I wish it was easier for all users to be able to toggle between calls ringing at their desk phone and cell phone
    • It would be nice if the process to add other team member's numbers to our desk phone screen was easier
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    We have no intention of renewing our contract with Ring Central. We have had multiple outages in the past 2 years. We have been without an account manager for the past 4 months and the resolution of open issues takes 2-3 months. We were being misbilled for cancelled services for almost 12 months. We are not satisfied with the quality, support, or price of the service
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Cisco
    It is easy to use, but there are outages that affect the overall customer satisfaction. There were many times when we were unable to enter the call queues or even our direct lines because the system was not functioning properly. It was extremely easy to transfer people and that was a great function of the program.
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    RingCentral
    RingCentral Contact Center is not just only an app or platform which allows the company to manage the telephone calls, messaging functions, social media and emails, but also allows advanced features like the possibility of easy integration with other industrial systems, and customer/call analysis functions as well. It also supports and included with AI technology as well into some extent.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    We have hardly had any problems, but the attention provided when we need support has been very fast and effective
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    RingCentral
    We honestly did not need much support but whatever we wanted was resolved via email and that experience was nice but took a bit of time
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    RingCentral
    As I recall it was not a very cumbersome implementation and we were up and running as promised
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    We used to use Dialpad and it was a great tool. Since switching to Cisco Finesse, we have had no issues with call forwarding, call transfers, or holding. We no longer experience any issues with our callers in the queue or any issues with call playback for quality assurance. Cisco Finesse has made things much easier around the office.
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    RingCentral
    RingCentral Contact Center's application is much more intuitive than Nextiva's application. It's also easier to configure. It also has a lot of functionality that Nextiva does not. For example, RingCentral will transcribe Voice mail messages for us, whereas Nextiva does not. RingCentral also sends us notifications when a customer sends us a text message, whereas Nextiva does not.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Cisco Finesse is a pivotal piece of HubSpot's world renowned Customer Support team, seamlessly integrating with our product to deliver our customers the highest level of support.
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    RingCentral
    • With RingCentral Contact Center we were able to connect with our customers. The feature that allows the call to be sent to the first available rep ensured that this happened.
    • Also, my favorite feature is the call recording and transcription feature. This allowed me to get the customer's emails without asking them to repeat if I missed them the first time. Hence, happier customers and more meetings.
    • RingCentral Contact Center also made it very easy to set up a mailbox for customers to leave messages and reassure them that they've connected with the right person.
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