IFS Customer Engagement vs. RingCentral Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IFS Customer Engagement
Score 8.9 out of 10
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IFS Customer Engagement is based on the mplSystems Omni-Channel Contact Centre, now owned and supported by IFS since the August 2017 acquisition. It contains workforce optimization with messaging and email support emphasizing the needs of outbound call centers.N/A
RingCentral Contact Center
Score 8.1 out of 10
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RingCentral Contact Center is an AI-first contact center offers a set of cloud-based software plans with basic features including support for inbound and outbound call centers and IVR and ACD capabilities. Advanced features include analytics, real-time call reporting, workforce optimization analytics, and omni-channel integration with SMS, email, and social media platforms.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
IFS Customer Engagement
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Ratings
RingCentral Contact Center
8.6
Ratings
4% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
IFS Customer Engagement
-
Ratings
RingCentral Contact Center
8.4
Ratings
2% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings2.40 Ratings
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User Ratings
IFS Customer EngagementRingCentral Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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9.6
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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6.3
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Usability
-
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8.7
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Support Rating
-
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3.3
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Implementation Rating
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IFS Customer EngagementRingCentral Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
Most of the time, if any issues are faced, IFS representatives address those issue immediately as previous users have also faced them. But when we face a certain issue which is new to the IFS representative, and there is little help available on IFS community, it takes time to resolve.
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I think RingCentral Contact Center could be well suited to any workplace. I think it does well in the reliability and ease of use departments, and that covers 90% of what you need from a phone system. The added modern integration benefits are the cherry on top! I'm not sure how the pricing model works, so maybe that would be the only limiting factor as far as scenarios where RingCentral Contact Center would not be as well suited.
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Pros
  • Have given the flexibility to use different types of communication methods.
  • Easy to be able to integrate with other software, mostly it's needed to integrate with ERP products.
  • Easy and high capacity on application configuration and personalization to the customer's user's needs.
  • Available on cloud.
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  • Reliability: Our previous service was prone to outages, RingCentral Contact Center has been rock solid as long as we've used it.
  • Integration: Our IT team was able to build a custom RingCentral Contact Center dashboard on our website for our salespeople to manage inbound/ outbound calling. From there we were able to send call data directly into activities in our ERP (Acumatica).
  • Ease of use: It works well whether in the office or WFH (which many employees do regularly.
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Cons
  • Screens containing several information fields are hard to visualize because the fields do not have any surrounding borders.
  • Some of the reporting functionality could be maybe more modern, but one sees development within IFS Customer Engagement so it probably is a matter of time before any desired changes are made, or worked around.
  • IFS Customer Engagement reports are transferable to Excel as data only or with the format selected for pdf reports. Sometimes it becomes too slow.
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  • I would like to be able to text from our main office line rather than only my office direct line, so I can keep my direct line private
  • I wish it was easier for all users to be able to toggle between calls ringing at their desk phone and cell phone
  • It would be nice if the process to add other team member's numbers to our desk phone screen was easier
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Likelihood to Renew
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We have no intention of renewing our contract with Ring Central. We have had multiple outages in the past 2 years. We have been without an account manager for the past 4 months and the resolution of open issues takes 2-3 months. We were being misbilled for cancelled services for almost 12 months. We are not satisfied with the quality, support, or price of the service
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Usability
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RingCentral Contact Center is not just only an app or platform which allows the company to manage the telephone calls, messaging functions, social media and emails, but also allows advanced features like the possibility of easy integration with other industrial systems, and customer/call analysis functions as well. It also supports and included with AI technology as well into some extent.
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Support Rating
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We honestly did not need much support but whatever we wanted was resolved via email and that experience was nice but took a bit of time
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Implementation Rating
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As I recall it was not a very cumbersome implementation and we were up and running as promised
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Alternatives Considered
IFS Customer Engagement allows efficient manufacturing reporting for the business to select whether to use standard/default reporting or actual reporting or combined reporting. Since the system has business logic to look through the defined rules, there is minimum manual intervention. IFS Customer Engagement is working throughout the organization in different roles and it is being rolled out to additional countries as part of a replace and enhance strategy.
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RingCentral Contact Center is the easiest to use and understand. Its interface is more accessible and visually appealing than Microsoft Teams. It has the social/enjoyable aspect with the integration of emojis and gifs, but not to the seemingly comical level of Slack.
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Return on Investment
  • It's very optimistic for business when it comes to the satisfaction that support is with us for all the times and ultimately it increases the productivity altogether.
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  • With RingCentral Contact Center we were able to connect with our customers. The feature that allows the call to be sent to the first available rep ensured that this happened.
  • Also, my favorite feature is the call recording and transcription feature. This allowed me to get the customer's emails without asking them to repeat if I missed them the first time. Hence, happier customers and more meetings.
  • RingCentral Contact Center also made it very easy to set up a mailbox for customers to leave messages and reassure them that they've connected with the right person.
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