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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

    Microsoft Dynamics 365

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 is a CRM providing sales, marketing, and service functionality. It is offered as SaaS and on-premise. Dynamics 365 is part of the larger Dynamics suite of business intelligence and ERP products.

    $44

    per month

    Pricing
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterMicrosoft Dynamics 365
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterMicrosoft Dynamics 365
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Cisco Unified Contact CenterMicrosoft Dynamics 365
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    Cisco
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterMicrosoft Dynamics 365
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers8.536 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response8.936 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.730 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.627 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs8.430 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts9.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking8.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    8.6
    41 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing8.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording8.734 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management9.635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics9.536 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics6.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.9
    70 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.067 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.063 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.066 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.048 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.060 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.7
    55 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings6.051 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.045 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings7.049 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.5
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.061 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.062 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.3
    64 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.059 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.053 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.0
    65 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.055 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings5.061 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.064 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.8
    67 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.165 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.060 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.048 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.052 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.5
    62 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings7.056 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings6.057 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.5
    37 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings7.037 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.5
    56 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings7.056 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings6.029 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Microsoft Dynamics 365
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.0
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.048 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterMicrosoft Dynamics 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (49 ratings)
    6.3
    (90 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    6.3
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    3.8
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterMicrosoft Dynamics 365
    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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    Microsoft
    Provides our company access to manage and customize the folds tailored to our needs. We needed to have certain paragraphs on certain paperwork per customer. MD 365 has those options to customize where needed and remove when not. The system is easy to navigate, and training can be done in a matter of days, even without prior knowledge of the system or similar systems.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Best to use for AP - like in our organization, there are plenty of AP bills, so with Dynamics, we can quickly enter the same into the Excel utility, which means CSV-based upload, and then we can easily upload the same to the software. It's a time saver.
    • Best for Bank reconciliation - MS Dynamics makes Bank reconciliation easy. Banks can easily sync with software and easily get reconciled.
    • Generating invoices to customers and directly sending them to their inbox is easy with this software.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Small learning curve, obviously. You won't figure this out in a day, a week, or even a month. But given time, you can learn to be an expert. Or you can always get a consultant or hire in somebody. But learning the tool isn't out of the questions by any means.
    • Licensing can be confusing at times and isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than Salesforce. Plus no additional fees for data calls to better integrate your D365 CE data with other systems.
    • The Classic user interface left a bit to be desired, but now with the much-improved Unified Interface, the web client and the mobile client look the same, much more modern, and have more flexibility and power behind them for customizers as well.
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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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    Microsoft
    CRM has allowed us to keep all of our data in one place that is easy for all users within the company to view. I came into the company after they had been using CRM for about 4 years. They have all said that since we have used this it has helped us control work processes better, it has allowed us to be able to track things so much better, and has been something that has helped unite many processes that used to be all over the place. We are currently using CRM 4.0 and are planning on upgrading in the next 18 months to the 2011 version. Support for 4.0 is almost all but dried up. Understandably so. Some of the customization we have done, and a plugins we use, are now contained within the 2011 version so we are looking forward to that upgrade. We use an email marketing company as well, and they primarily support the 2011 version, but their product connects and is integrated within CRM. This is a great benefit as well so that all of our marketing information can be contained in one location.
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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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    Microsoft
    The usability is easily adopted for users familiar with other Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 has several interfaces that cross over browsers and tablets. These multiple interfaces will be phased out and updated to a single unified interface eventually to provide the same usability across all devices. The backend configurations is slowly improving with the introduction of PowerApps compared to pre-D365 Online versions
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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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    Microsoft
    Our partner, Ledgeview Partners has been FANTASTIC to work with. They are always timely in their response and have taken time to understand our business and our specific needs. We've made a lot of advanced customizations and they have been a great help in making those updates.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    We used a data warehouse to house our data, and our IT team and implementation vendor worked diligently ahead of time to construct idea implementation plans. Out of millions of records- we had less than a dozen errors, which is remarkable. My major insight is simply having a group of completely devoted individuals working towards your goal who fully understand the desired outcome. Focused resources for implementation season are critical to success.
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    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Dynamics was part of a system overhaul for a local school, and we looked at many products. If we had used it for a company with low turnover, then it might have been more feasible. They needed something a new person could learn quickly, someone who might also be learning marketing terms at the same time - especially if there is nobody to train the individual now expected to know the system. Similar issues occurred with all of these programs (we called it being too big for their britches), and one of the bigger things we liked was that it is more compatible with MS Office products in both technical and visual appeal. If you have a steady employees who use a CRM consistently, low turnover, and those who are very familiar with Office products, Dynamics would be the smartest option for you. Unfortunately, this was just not true for the school environment
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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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    Microsoft
    On our purchase, I'd been interrogated about our usage. Our needs are met by Microsoft Dynamics 365, which is simple to use. With so much data and information available, we must ensure that it is presented correctly to managers. Due to a lack of use, we don't have to spend as much money on Salesforce.
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    Professional Services
    Cisco
    Scripting not supported
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    Microsoft
    My company's preferred program right now is Microsoft Dynamics 365. We use it to keep track of customers and important sales metrics in a streamlined manner. Anyone familiar with CRMs will find the tool extremely useful. Considering that we have a good turnover, this product will be used for its basic segments. As a result, there are few chances of error with Microsoft dynamics because it is so easy to use. Many options for recording data on these leads are available. It meets our needs and pays off.
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    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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    Microsoft
    • For those without a centralized, all in one solution for major HR, Finance and other departments, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has vastly improved employee time utilization and profit.
    • Migrating clients from on-premise to the cloud has reaped benefits including better security, no unscheduled downtime and frequent updates to functionality.
    • Those transferring from cheaper solutions have lost money in the aim to be better integrated with other Microsoft products and AI they don't really utilize.
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