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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Vonage Contact Center

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AVonage Contact Center (VCC) supports organizations with integrations for Salesforce, ServiceNow, or Microsoft Dynamics. VCC is cloud-based and integrates with CRMs to centralize customer data, and offers omnichannel features.N/A
    Pricing
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Priority
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Premium
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Vonage
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Salesforce Service Cloud and Vonage Contact Center
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.8
    77 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Vonage Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.475 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory8.553 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.663 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.375 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Salesforce Service Cloud and Vonage Contact Center
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    72 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Vonage Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Salesforce Service Cloud and Vonage Contact Center
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    77 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Vonage Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal7.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.866 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Salesforce Service Cloud and Vonage Contact Center
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Contact Center
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Call forwarding00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Interactive voice response00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    REST APIs00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Salesforce Service Cloud and Vonage Contact Center
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Vonage Contact Center
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Inbound call routing00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Recording00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Quality management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Nextiva Contact Center
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (83 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.2
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce Service CloudVonage Contact Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    If an organiziation was fully on Salesforce and rely on that type of routing, I would recommend Vonage to them. They would also need a good support system to be able to build/maintain and manage it as well. If they do not need this or have the bandwidth, I would not recommend this product at all. They also struggled with our billing and could not tell us what they were charging for
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    Pros
    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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    Vonage
    • The design of ContactWorld is wonderful, very easy to use and not too busy on the eyes.
    • ContactWorld also makes it easier to find specific clients for specific industries, the groupings of everything are nice and neat and easy to use.
    • ContactWorld has made it much easier for my company to stay on the same page regarding customer information and interest.
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    Cons
    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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    Vonage
    • Texting issue - I am experiencing a texting issue where a small number of messages are not being delivered. Out of every 100 texts I send, about 4 or 5 fail to deliver. I am not sure what the cause is, but overall, I am satisfied with the service.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Vonage
    I have used other similar tool in past but I feel Vonage Contact Center is the best one so far.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Vonage
    I have personally not used their support, but I hear from our admin that it is good.
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    In-Person Training
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Vonage
    Noble was the outgoing system. If you are in the UK, then you find that there is little support from the US function for any challenges you face. It feels like Noble is aware of Salesforce, however it doesn't really integrate with Salesforce. Natterbox also looked like a good product, however I feel they are a little while off being on the same level as New Voice Media. It's worth throwing them in the mix with any consideration though.
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    Scalability
    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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    Vonage
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Vonage
    • It really put a hold on our move off our PBX. Too many issues with the first group, we had to re-evaluate and pick another solution
    • A lot of lost time in employee productivity and not as efficient on their own
    • Did improve inbound calling to the toll free with optimal routing for customers
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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