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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Five9

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AFive9 is cloud contact center software for inbound, outbound, blended, or multi-channel operations. This solution includes management capabilities such as campaign management, quality monitoring, real-time and historical reporting, and call recording.

    $119

    per month

    Talkdesk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATalkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.

    $85

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Five9Talkdesk
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    $119
    per month
    Digital
    $119
    per month
    Premium
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Optimum
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Ultimate
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    CX Cloud Digital Essentials
    $85
    per month per user
    CX Cloud Voice Essentials
    $105
    per month per user
    CX Cloud Elite
    $145
    per month per user
    CX Cloud Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Industry Experience Clouds
    $225
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Five9Talkdesk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsFive9 offers pricing options to suit your business needs: Monthly On-Demand —Companies looking to quickly scale their operations with minimum costs Per-Minute Fees — Products such as voice message broadcasting or IVR with Speech recognition Annual Contracts — Reduced fee compared to monthly on-demand pricing*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.
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    Community Pulse
    Five9Talkdesk
    Considered Both Products
    Five9
    Chose Five9
    As we have Salesforce for our agent's member support platform, Five9 has a very good integration with Salesforce compared to Talkdesk. With the iVR customization for our order placement and scripting for agents, we preferred Five9 over Talkdesk.
    Also, for our enrollments, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Five9
    We recommend Five9, with 2 major reasons: Its flexibility on contract terms and base contacts are less restrictive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Five9
    Five9 has some of the same features as competitors but offers other features that help users better complete their tasks. This could be tasks such as putting calls on hold, logging calls and reports, and multitasking on the system platform. Overall, Five9 feels very easy to use …
    Incentivized
    Chose Five9
    I would use Five9 verses another application because it is user friendly. You can add users and manage them as your business grows, and have your stats easily accessible. The ability to use it remotely is a huge factor as well.
    Incentivized
    Talkdesk
    Chose Talkdesk
    Our contract with Five9 was finishing and we found a modern alternative which is much easier to use, which has a nice and easy interface, and which automatically connects with Salesforce. These differences were ones of the most important in the decision of changing the product …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk seems to be much easier to use than Five9 even though Five9 is rated higher in Gartner's Magic Quadrant.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is more customizable and all around better than Zendesk voice. For me Zendesk voice is an early choice great for small call centers, but then they need to quickly consider a more robust solution.

    Talkdesk is significantly better than Five9. For being called Five9, they …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    It is easier to find reports or create them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk has trouble stacking up against these other major players when it comes to a traditional cloud contact center. The other platforms are more mature and loaded with out of the box features and integrations. However, Talkdesk has something that the others cannot provide …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is definitely more qualitative and provides much more option than other similar software. Also, customer support is a plus. Comparing to the last software we were using, Talkdesk is much more professional and has plenty of functionality that other tools didn't develop …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    There call quality was very bad and our overall experience with them was terrible. Support was always super slow and our requests for improvements seem to not have been taken into account.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Compared to the other contact center options, Talkdesk was affordable and was easy to setup. What set Talkdesk apart was easy integration with other software. Including Slack, Zendesk, and Salesforce. The new enterprise app center should make some great add-ons available. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    I prefer using TalkDesk verses any other similar service types due to TalkDesk being so easy to setup and use. The training time to get an agent up to speed using TalkDesk is really fast—that is where other similar services fail. I find that TalkDesk's features are far more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is much easier to implement and less costly than their competitors. That's why I decided to move forward with them. Their service and reliability are what has kept me on for three years now.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    84%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    323 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    253 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    84%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    324 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    180 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    201 Answers
    Features
    Five9Talkdesk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Five9 and Talkdesk
    Feature
    Five9
    8.0
    14 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Talkdesk
    7.7
    470 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Agent dashboard7.514 Ratings7.5450 Ratings
    Validate callers6.213 Ratings8.7397 Ratings
    Outbound response7.112 Ratings7.0413 Ratings
    Call forwarding8.110 Ratings7.0403 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.910 Ratings8.6375 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.012 Ratings8.8425 Ratings
    Predictive dialing10.011 Ratings8.3219 Ratings
    Interactive voice response10.010 Ratings8.2300 Ratings
    REST APIs8.09 Ratings8.1236 Ratings
    Call scripts5.111 Ratings7.1213 Ratings
    Call tracking8.514 Ratings8.3418 Ratings
    Multichannel integration6.513 Ratings7.6305 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.513 Ratings5.8361 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Five9 and Talkdesk
    Feature
    Five9
    8.6
    23 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Talkdesk
    8.5
    456 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Inbound call routing8.512 Ratings8.2416 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing6.610 Ratings8.2299 Ratings
    Recording9.013 Ratings9.0440 Ratings
    Quality management8.023 Ratings9.0400 Ratings
    Call analytics10.013 Ratings8.2414 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.514 Ratings9.2421 Ratings
    Live reporting8.012 Ratings8.3413 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics10.011 Ratings8.2265 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings7.9230 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Five9Talkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (38 ratings)
    8.4
    (483 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (299 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    6.6
    (130 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (217 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Five9Talkdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Five9
    We use Five9 as a tool to make and receive calls from various departments such as Customer Service, Underwriting, Claims, and others. It's a tool that has helped us complete various tasks to contact our customers. It has also allowed us to replace Zoom Phone, as it makes it easier to assign new contact numbers to agents, while Zoom Phone only allows reusing numbers. It's a good tool with an easy-to-use interface for new users.
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    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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    Pros
    Five9
    • Inbound and outbound calls it process is so well.
    • The service is so good and they give very efficient support in customer need.
    • The calls we can do in Five9 include incoming, outgoing, voicemails and we can also send a note to a specific person. It's a very reliable mode of communication.
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    Talkdesk
    • Receives calls immediately and connects well.
    • Making outbound calls and having Talkdesk display the name associated with the number.
    • Aux on break, lunch, or meeting, and it stays as it is and does not change status on its own.
    • Being able to check on colleagues on whether they are available.
    • Able to track your work for the day, the amount of calls you made and received.
    • Being able to check your Daily and monthly score from QA.
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    Cons
    Five9
    • Text. Texting is incredibly difficult on Five9. We've had issues with only some texts logging to Salesforce, issues with threading of text conversations, and issues with having Salesforce contact information appear on the text widget (knowing who you are texting, not just their phone number).
    • The interface to "pause" is challenging. There are not good reminders to our reps to remember to pause or log out of Five9. If you forget to log out, this can affect stats about who worked the longest hours that day - and it's hard to know who actually was active on the phones.
    • Inbound voicemails are too-easily hidden. It's challenging for a lot of our reps to remember to check their inbound voicemails because it is hard to access them in the Five9 widget.
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    Talkdesk
    • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
    • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
    • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
    • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
    • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Five9
    Robust product, great reliability and support.
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    Talkdesk
    Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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    Usability
    Five9
    overall usability is very great. User friendly interface for agents within the Salesforce with the engage button. Easy to go offline and online. Very good Integrations with Salesforce helps lot of clients that implemented Salesforce. As it is cloud based, agents can access it from anywhere. While the agent experience is goof, as a technical person it is hard to manage with the Five9 VCC and also the reporting User Interface is bad and slow when there are large amount of records.
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    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Five9
    We have had minimal downtime due to system outages since it was implemented.
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    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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    Performance
    Five9
    The system's performance is great. Page loads quickly. Reports are generated quickly and sent to our email or FTP. The integration did not impact the performance of our other applications. We have not seen any drop in the performance of either applications since we performed the integration.
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    Talkdesk
    I give this system a full 10/10 once you refresh or troubleshoot you do not wait for too long to use it . It easy like ABC . I honestly recommend this system, even when you check the QA score card, you do not have to wait that long; you just click on the notification bell and view your score card.
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    Support Rating
    Five9
    Five9's Customer Support team is also based in Manila Philippines, thus turnaround email response times for our reported issues are great for our requirements. Their CS agents also facilitate mobile calls to followup on outstanding issues and operate on a 24/7 schedule. We've also had experience working with the senior tech agents to investigate recurring issues to completion.
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    Talkdesk
    If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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    In-Person Training
    Five9
    No answers on this topic
    Talkdesk
    The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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    Online Training
    Five9
    I took the certification course for administrator and also received some tips while working with the developer during implementation. The UI was very intuitive, so I was able to figure out how things worked when I configured the users, skills, campaigns, IVR scripts. I worked with the Five9 AI team to beta test Agent Assist.
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    Talkdesk
    Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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    Implementation Rating
    Five9
    The implementation team that was assigned to us was great. The project manager was very helpful and managed the timeline very efficiently. The developer was very helpful and provided insights while helping us configure the system.
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    Talkdesk
    Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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    Alternatives Considered
    Five9
    Initially selected Five9 but have since switched to RingCentral which has given us what we needed. Better CRM integration, simpler and in my opinion more robust reporting capabilities and the same omnichannel solution at a fraction of the cost
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    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Five9
    We do annual renewals and it's concurrent licensing which is great.
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    Talkdesk
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Five9
    It was very easy to add additional licenses. Once we placed the order, it was activated the following day. Since it's web-based, it's very quick to deploy across multiple sites.
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    Talkdesk
    We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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    Professional Services
    Five9
    Five9 Professional Services team is very knowledgeable and efficient. I worked with them during implementation and during beta testing for Five9 Agent Assist and Ai Insights.
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    Talkdesk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Five9
    • Cost savings: Five9 replaced a premise-based outbound dialer and a different virtual call center solution for inbound.
    • Cost savings: Five9's voice over IP is less expensive than the land lines we were using.
    • Cost savings: Five9 requires significantly less management than our previous solutions.
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    Talkdesk
    • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
    • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
    • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
    • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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    Talkdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.