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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Unified Contact Center

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Unified Contact Center is a contact center platform that can support up to 24,000 agents. It supports call routing, omnichannel integrations, and a management portal for creating customer profiles, segmentation, and resource monitoring.N/A

    Google Cloud Contact Center AI

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle has launched a cloud based contact center software which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the customer experience and provide real-time insights for agents. Announced in July 2018, this product adds three core AI functionalities to the contact center software tool belt with its Dialogflow feature: virtual agents, AI assistance for human agents, and contact center analytics. Google’s product streamlines inbound and outbound communications by…N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterGoogle Cloud Contact Center AI
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterGoogle Cloud Contact Center AI
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterGoogle Cloud Contact Center AI
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    8.4
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Agent dashboard8.640 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Validate callers8.536 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Outbound response8.936 Ratings8.211 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.037 Ratings8.611 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.730 Ratings8.911 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.235 Ratings8.810 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.627 Ratings8.39 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.034 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    REST APIs8.430 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Call scripts9.335 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Call tracking8.838 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.530 Ratings8.712 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.030 Ratings8.711 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    8.6
    41 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Google Cloud Contact Center AI
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Inbound call routing8.738 Ratings8.312 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing9.030 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Recording8.734 Ratings8.813 Ratings
    Quality management9.635 Ratings8.911 Ratings
    Call analytics9.536 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.839 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Live reporting8.839 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Customer surveys7.027 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics6.929 Ratings8.410 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterGoogle Cloud Contact Center AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (49 ratings)
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterGoogle Cloud Contact Center AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I would recommend it to other people in my contact and business circle, but if I recommend it to someone who has certain difficulties in accessing some tools within Cisco, he may have great difficulty in getting help because of the support that is lacking in most of the times.
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    Google
    Well suited for sites where the product is hardware because with those if there are any questions then the site could help eliminate having to contact the company directly and waiting for answers days later. This would be suited for products as the answer could be given and the more complex questions would be directed to the company.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Provides you with a solid routing engine that was built to handle Service Provider level throughput - if you need stability and a work horse this is the platform for you.
    • The core features on the whole are good, but where UCCE is very good is the eco-system of Solutions Plus partner integrations that expand on the core capabilities with the market leaders in areas such as WFO, Campaign Management, Biometrics and Natural Language.
    • The investment Cisco makes in the CC space means they are always improving the platform features, scale and reliability.
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    Google
    • Google Cloud Contact Center AI is based on the same foundation infrastructure and services as Google Assistant, therefore, it is robust and flexible. The APIs are very well built and documented as well. Any newbie can start using the service with a very little learning curve.
    • Seamless integrations are also a great add-on. Google makes sure that Contact Center AI service integrates well with leading customer service platforms which helps any user to use only the required functionalities from Contact Center AI and meanwhile use any other primary platform.
    • Robust documentation which is always alive and is updated within no time is of great help! Google makes sure its end customers know what to do where and when in clear plain text and any issues/ bugs are also documented.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • After 25+ years, the product still requires experienced and highly skilled engineers to deploy the product properly per Cisco Best Practice guidelines.
    • Third-party integrations are also very cumbersome and require highly skilled and experienced engineers and significant time and financial investment to deploy.
    • Upgrading the product is cumbersome and requires Cisco ATP or Cisco AS which is time consuming and very expensive.
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    Google
    • It's still in the beginning phase of sentimental Analysis and more data sets can really help during tough conversations.
    • Automation can be made a little simpler and basic for anyone to be able to work on it.
    • Each instance of the software can have its own AI learning for a wider range of real time issues.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    if it is up to me I would maintain its use. I was not able to make those decisions previously.
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    Google
    We are happy with the implementation and functionality of the software and associated systems. In general, unless something better can replace this system we intend on continuing. We think the ease of systems implementation and integration adds value and substantiates the use and excellent functionality of the product and associated services.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Cisco Unified Contact Center is a scalable product . Can be used in amy organizational units not only the contact center . Can be used for many IT Helpdesk setups and any internal or external CC . We can use it to automate the outbound dialing as well for marketting and invoices and other use cases
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    Google
    Generally intuitive and easy to learn. I would like more guides but the learning curve is rather quick and makes the software rather an easy study for the average user. Generally, the support and functionality of the software make for a generally good outcome and easy implementation of the software and user experience.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco Unified Contact center is a very smart & reliable solution to go for. Its active-active sight base architecture and [customizable] features really help to deliver efficient customer service, enhanced next-gen experience, and uninterrupted operations. I believe every [organization] should opt for it if required.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Similar I guess, however, I feel like Avaya was more suited for a contact center and allowed for all information to be in one place. The QA Forms were more flexible and easy to review. Predicative analysis was available to assist with scheduling and staffing. It was easier to manipulate and implement- I didn't need to go through 3 different parties to make a simply modification.
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    Google
    Only IBM Watson Assistant has been the one we have used in the company, in fact, it was the first to use it because currently in the market there are not many options to use, and if there are they are not receiving enough publicity, so we have limited ourselves to google cloud contact center AI.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    Licenses are very expensive. The customer has to buy IP telephony or Unified Communication and Collaboration Licenses and for Contact Center Solution licenses separately. There must be a price tone down as the competition is really high. New customers are willing to go for cloud-based solutions [that] are cheaper and easy to deploy.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Cisco
    Scripting not supported
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • A smoother route to helping end users with critical needs
    • With quick assist while on hold, less calls come into the pool while agents have the ability to assist more critical needs
    • The ability to work remotely during an extreme event assisting end users
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    Google
    • Reduced the number of minutes spent by live agents on trivial queries.
    • Our client saved thousands of dollars by using the AI contact center as now the agents spend most of their time solving real issues.
    • Customer satisfaction got increased exponentially.
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