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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

    Nectar Desk

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Nectar Desk is call center software for a variety of industries. It includes a suite of call center software features such as call recording, IVRs and call transfers. Additionally, it integrates with CRM platforms in order to ensure that agents can work efficiently between Nectar Desk and their CRM. It also has advanced agent analytics which allow users to analyze their agents’ performance and make staffing adjustments as necessary.

    $50

    per month 1 agent

    Pricing
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterNectar Desk
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterNectar Desk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterNectar Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    NectarDesk Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
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    Features
    Cisco Unified Contact CenterNectar Desk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Nectar Desk
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Nectar Desk
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Agent dashboard8.640 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Validate callers8.536 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Outbound response8.936 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.037 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.730 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.235 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.627 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.034 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    REST APIs8.430 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call scripts9.335 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call tracking8.838 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.530 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    CRM software integration9.030 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Cisco Unified Contact Center and Nectar Desk
    Feature
    Cisco Unified Contact Center
    8.6
    41 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Nectar Desk
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Inbound call routing8.738 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing9.030 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Recording8.734 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Quality management9.635 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Call analytics9.536 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.839 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Live reporting8.839 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customer surveys7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics6.929 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8 out of 10
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    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 Unified Contact CenterNectar Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (49 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 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 CenterNectar Desk
    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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    NectarDesk Inc.
    I would recommend Nectar Desk if you are going to launch it across an entire organization. By launching for only one department, it has been extremely difficult to not have the connectivity we want across the entire 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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    NectarDesk Inc.
    • Customizing Multiple Ring Groups: Allows for different call routing options depending on what phone number is dialed by a caller
    • Agent Login Tracking & Analytics: I can see minute by minute details of my team's login status and better understand how they're using their time
    • IVR Set Up: I can set up and edit/change IVR settings with the click of a few buttons, it's super easy!
    • Call History Tracking: I can easily filter and view all calls for the day to see what was inbound vs outbound, how many calls were handled by each agent, how many calls were missed, how many were outside of business hours, what the dispositions for each call were, and MORE. The Call History analytics are GREAT.
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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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    NectarDesk Inc.
    • When a caller becomes assigned to an agent, SMS notifications are only sent to that agent. This is difficult for our call center manager to monitor if the team is handling all SMS replies efficiently and effectively.
    • Because Nectar Desk is a chrome-based calling software, we are limited in accessing the platform. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this presented a challenge in making sure that all agents' at-home computers were capable of running the software.
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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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    NectarDesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    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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    NectarDesk Inc.
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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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    NectarDesk Inc.
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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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    NectarDesk Inc.
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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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    NectarDesk Inc.
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    Professional Services
    Cisco
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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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    NectarDesk Inc.
    • As the marketing agency that implemented this software for a client, we have 100% insight into call performance. Our client previously throughout random numbers, was always guessing on his team's performance, and now we have actual insight into how the intake team is truly performing—we know 100% of the inbound calls they make, how many outbound calls are made in a day, and how much time is spent 'idle'. This has allowed our client to hire the appropriate number of call center staff based on actual data and has allowed us to shift our marketing budget to focus on driving the right callers.
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