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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Genesys Cloud CX

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AGenesys Cloud CX (formerly PureCloud, Genesys Cloud) is a contact center application optimized for automatic call distribution, interactive voice response, email, social media, chat, and text/SMS. It is also a VoIP interconnect service provider.

    $75

    per month (billed annually) per user

    Salesforce Service Cloud

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Genesys Cloud CX 1 - Voice
    $75
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Genesys Cloud CX 2 - Digital
    $95
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Genesys Cloud CX 2 - Digital + Voice
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Genesys Cloud CX 3 - Digital + WEM
    $135
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Genesys Cloud CX 3 Digital + WEM + Voice
    $155
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing plans can also be billed hourly.—
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    Community Pulse
    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Genesys
    Chose Genesys Cloud CX
    Genesys Cloud was more Contact Center Process focused and was a better fit as we did not need a CRM solution. We needed to route, manage and report on customer transactions across many channels and brands. The Genesys Cloud interface is much easier than Salesforce which was a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Genesys Cloud CX
    They work well together.
    Incentivized
    Chose Genesys Cloud CX
    Genesys Cloud CX stacks up reasonably well against Talkdesk as it integrates with Salesforce Service Cloud. We chose it because of a pre-existing vendor relationship with our parent company.
    Incentivized
    Chose Genesys Cloud CX
    We were after an enterprise solution that was easy to migrate from Genesys Connect.
    Moving to Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) was the most cost effective for us. Additionally we investigated transactional-based solutions, and Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) gave us an …
    Incentivized
    Chose Genesys Cloud CX
    Genesys is leading the customer experience market by providing an omnichannel platform to achieve all your complex business goals within it. Sometimes tasks might be duplicated in other solutions but in Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud), tasks are done once and it can be …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    We were after a robust and very scalable solution, which could be rapidly implemented. Salesforce Service Cloud not only fitted the bill, but it was much easier to source skills and find on-line learning to help achieve our goals. Although the other technologies could have …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    A CRM should be simple to set up and stable enough to develop with your business. Since they aren't designed to fit across all areas of your business or address more nuanced business needs, some CRM solutions that claim to be easy can actually trigger problems as you scale. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    This product integrates other products to work alongside and inside it. We choose to go with Salesforce Service Cloud to work with our adapter of choice. This worked out so well, that when we eventually used a different adapter we already had Salesforce Service Cloud to …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    Features
    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Genesys Cloud CX and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    8.7
    412 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard8.6394 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers9.0346 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response9.0308 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding8.6334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.8269 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.2381 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.8226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response9.0327 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs7.9275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts8.0305 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking8.8371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.4300 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.5290 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Genesys Cloud CX and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    8.7
    391 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing8.6366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.9283 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording9.2371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management9.0340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics8.9350 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.2365 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.7360 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys7.7221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics9.0265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Genesys Cloud CX and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.8
    77 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.475 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.663 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.260 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.375 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.174 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Genesys Cloud CX and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    72 Ratings
    10% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.463 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.970 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Genesys Cloud CX and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Genesys Cloud CX
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    77 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.954 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.834 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.947 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.276 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.866 Ratings
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    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Nextiva Contact Center
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (434 ratings)
    8.3
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (69 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.5
    (28 ratings)
    Performance
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.2
    (100 ratings)
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.9
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Genesys Cloud CXSalesforce Service Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Genesys
    Great for large centers with multiple sites, particularly if you are leveraging Genesys Cloud Voice and let them "be the carrier". Handles queues and campaigns well. Powerful when fully optimised but can be built over time. If you want to be able to build a third-party application to suit your business requirements, Genesys has a lot of API endpoints to allow this. Less suited to smaller orgs or orgs that only need simple flows - as the per agent cost can be expensive, and some features require additional licenses (and expense) on top.
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    Salesforce
    It is a helpful tool, but it can be a bit cumbersome to manage. It is also a bit expensive, but we already use CRM for Salesforce and it is convenient to be able to immediately tag contacts and accounts when the tickets come into the system and tie them directly to the account. I do know an integration with Jira is possible (we use Jira internally for our engineering team to escalate issues) but it is not configured right now so managing the connection between support tickets and Jira tickets is manual and hard to keep up with
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    Pros
    Genesys
    • Handle inbound customer call.
    • Make outbound campaign call.
    • It can handle inbound/outbound web messaging.
    • It has a support for both inbound/outbound email.
    • They have call recording & post conversation analysis in the interaction section.
    • It has its own app foundry where you can integrate your custom solution & make it a premium app installer.
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    Salesforce
    • Allows us to make changes quickly and with relative ease
    • Can be flexible enough to use among several teams who do very different work
    • Salesforce in general provides SO much training that anyone on the team can skill up and help maintain the system
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    Cons
    Genesys
    • Updates can come quickly and release notes can be missed
    • We use a large number of queues. It's hard to keep track as reporting seems to be limited to around 500 at a time
    • Dashboards aren't as adaptable as they could be
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    Salesforce
    • There is a slight scope for error, but sometimes it has a heavy impact. So this can be improved.
    • Costing is high.
    • Maintenance is more.
    • Expertise is required for implementation.
    • The number of communication messages have some limit per organisation account.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Genesys
    The upcoming upgrades working with Genesys Cloud and Salesforce are very exciting. Even though we don't use Genesys Cloud to the fullest extent it can be used (we just migrated a year ago), when these upgrades roll out, I am very excited to see what it can do to for our agents. I think they are going to be very impressed
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    Salesforce
    Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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    Usability
    Genesys
    Everything is very good. It is very useful, friendly to users and it makes our work easier than what we expected. I think that I don't need any help from someone on how to use Genesys coz basically they will directly feed it to you without any hassle on using it.
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    Salesforce
    I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Genesys
    The platform is highly reliable, with minimal downtime or outages, and is generally available when needed. Over the course of using it, unplanned outages or application errors have been rare, and any issues that did arise were quickly resolved. Genesys provides robust support and maintenance, ensuring the system remains operational during critical business hours. However, like any cloud-based platform, there have been occasional disruptions, though these were infrequent and quickly addressed. Overall, its availability has been excellent, supporting smooth daily operations.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce's Trust Center clearly communicates occasional issues to anyone who subscribes, down to an organization's cloud instance. Bundled sandboxes ease updates, and seasonal upgrades are seamless, scheduled well in advance with plenty of information about what's coming. Support agents have noticed intermittent Omni-Channel disconnects due to internet connections, and these are clearly notified.
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    Performance
    Genesys
    Overall, the platform performs well, with pages loading quickly and reports typically completing in a reasonable time, even with complex data. The interface is responsive, and most day-to-day tasks are executed efficiently. However, in some instances, especially during peak usage times or when running very detailed, large-scale reports, there can be slight delays. While these are rare, they occasionally affect workflow. Additionally, the platform generally integrates smoothly with other systems, though some integrations can slow down slightly, particularly when pulling large datasets or interacting with older, legacy systems. Nonetheless, the performance is strong and reliable for most use cases.
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    Salesforce
    The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
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    Support Rating
    Genesys
    Support does indeed resolve the issue but they seem to be really slow and I have to stay on them to get my ticket handled. Everyone I have interacted with is very professional and pleasant. Other than being slow its been a good experience
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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    In-Person Training
    Genesys
    Genesys team that provide trainings are friendly and professional. They helped us to understand well the product and the functionalities. The training was detailed with use cases. At the end, we got a task to develop that ended with success and we got some Genesys rewards. It was amazing experience
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    Salesforce
    Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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    Online Training
    Genesys
    In general, it gives a description and can help to understand what to do and how. but: Sometimes, it does not keep up with changes in the system (for example, in the GUI changes, additional features and so on). Sometimes, much easier and helpful to read the documentation (https://help.mypurecloud.com/) that gives the "better" explanations and takes less time.
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    Salesforce
    Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Genesys
    My Team was involved in the discussion before implementing the application. We had a whole walkthrough of this product and during the demo itself we were very impressed with type of service we were getting. The integration of the product into our system was very quick and seamless.
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    Salesforce
    I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
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    Alternatives Considered
    Genesys
    We previously utilized Genesys Engage. The analytics and reporting in Genesys Engage cannot even compare to what we are seeing in Genesys Cloud CX. Genesys Cloud CX provides a very "hands on" experience for supervisors as well as analytics teams. Call recordings and analytics in Genesys Cloud CX provided a full view of the conversation and allow for a better understanding of the customer journey.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce service cloud is more configurable than Zendesk and Freshdesk. It has its own inbuilt AI chatbot also which further improves service agent efficiency. Salesforce is more integration agnostic and has pre-built connectors with multiple 3rd party systems. However, in terms of pricing it is priced at a premium compared to the other solutions
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Genesys
    Genesys provides Licensing in 3 tier subscription types of licenses on top based on any business requirements then any sort of feature/functionality inclusion (or removal) is discussed openly. There are 2 types of billing models available which are "Named" and "Concurrent" based on the type of roles users will perform in Genesys Cloud CX environment (eg. Agent, Supervisor, Administrator, and Business Users) Also, the billing period/frequency starts on the actual day the platform is delivered.
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    Salesforce
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    Scalability
    Genesys
    I give Genesys a rating of 10 for scalability because of its ability to adapt seamlessly to growing business needs, whether expanding across multiple departments, locations, or regions. Its cloud-based infrastructure allows for easy scaling without the need for costly hardware upgrades or lengthy implementation times. As our organisation grew, we were able to add new agents, channels, and features without disrupting operations, which significantly enhanced our flexibility. The platform's design supports both small-scale and enterprise-level operations, making it ideal for evolving businesses. Additionally, its capacity to handle increased interaction volumes without compromising performance ensures that customer service quality remains high, even during peak times. This flexibility and ease of scaling, combined with real-time analytics and automation capabilities, make it highly effective for growing organisations.
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    Salesforce
    The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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    Professional Services
    Genesys
    Professional services are definitely much more experienced than the support teams, and the price for their services is very fair. I wish that the support team could help answer simple questions about work that the PSS team does, however, so that we do not have to use our SOW for simple Q&A emails.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Genesys
    • Savings in OpEX - Genesys Cloud CX has streamlined processes, automation & optimal WFM. hence, increases overall efficiency.
    • Engagement - Both, Agent & Customer engagement has improved productivity as Genesys Cloud CX features are all utilized to decrease their efforts.
    • Overall Revenue growth - We have improved customer interactions & completed SLAs & positive reviews & feedbacks.
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    Salesforce
    • Because this is a cloud service, the security, implementation framework and feature list is very mature and you don't have to develop these during implementation.
    • The larger the implementation programme the better the licensing arrangements
    • Free developer toolkit for proof of concepts or showcasing features
    • Limited to annual subscription model
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    ScreenShots

    Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

    Screenshot of ConversationsScreenshot of Real-Time AdherenceScreenshot of Queue Performance

    Salesforce Service Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workflows and OrchestrationScreenshot of Service CatalogScreenshot of Contact Center