Amazon Connect vs. Exotel

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Connect
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Launched in 2017 and available on AWS, Amazon Connect is a cloud-based omnichannel contact center designed to provide a seamless experience across voice and website live chat, featuring skills-based routing, task tracking, and analytic tools to track customer interactions, or evaluate agent activity. It can support office-based or virtual contact centers. The service is pay-per-usage, per feature.
$0
per profile/per month
Exotel
Score 6.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Exotel is an advanced customer engagement platform that combines CPaaS, omnichannel contact centers, and Conversational AI. The platform is designed to foster richer, AI-powered, and contextual interactions, offering businesses unparalleled speed and scale in their communications.
$200
5 months Validity
Pricing
Amazon ConnectExotel
Editions & Modules
Customer Profiles
$0.0025
per profile/per month
Chat
$0
per message
Contact Lens (5 million+ monthly minutes)
$0.0125
per minute
Contact Lens (first 5 million monthly minutes)
$0.015
per minute
Voice
$0.02
per minute
Voice ID
$0.025
per transaction
Tasks
$0.04
per task
Dabbler
$200
5 months Validity
Believer
$500
11 months Validity
Influencer
$1000
11 months Validity
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon ConnectExotel
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Amazon ConnectExotel
Considered Both Products
Amazon Connect
Chose Amazon Connect
We worked through a Request For Proposal to check different Contact Center platforms, we evaluated Talkdesk, Amazon Connect and Genesys PureConnect, all of them as a SaaS platforms, and trying to go to a pay per use model. The best option for us was Amazon Connect, with a pure …
Chose Amazon Connect
Amazon Connect has lots of free training available for partners and in general. So many demos are available to practice. It's free to test and gain more confidence before deploying in real world scenarios. You can use other AWS features to be integrated with Amazon cloud. …
Chose Amazon Connect
Amazon Connect introduced an analytical and reporting feature, which evaluates the details and the concerns of clients. Besides, Amazon Connect clearly records all the calls, which captures the exact information which we use it in the future. The product is also as important in …
Chose Amazon Connect
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Exotel
Chose Exotel
We are currently going to replace Exotel as our use cases have evolved over a period of time and it can no longer be satisfied by Exotel. Hence we have decided to move to a much advanced and customisable Cloud Telephony Solution - Intalk. We would still be using Exotel for …
Chose Exotel
Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons:
-Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers.
-Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away.
Features
Amazon ConnectExotel
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Connect
7.1
Ratings
16% below category average
Exotel
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Connect
5.7
Ratings
36% below category average
Exotel
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Amazon ConnectExotel
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 7.0 out of 10
Telegram
Telegram
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon ConnectExotel
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon ConnectExotel
Likelihood to Recommend
Our company is a startup that is just starting to get wholesale customers. When we realized our customers needed support using our products, we set up a Contact Center via Amazon Connect. It has been very useful in allowing us to scale up very quickly, and provide services to our company as if we were a large corporation.
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They are well suited in start up in the Central Asia market, would recommend them for that area. We would also recommend their Voice over internet protocol services for mainland as well. Either the text or VOIP was a good service. The experience overall was great with them. Highly recommended.
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Pros
  • The training and orientation from Amazon Connect is excellent, as there are documentations and online live training.
  • Further, Amazon Connect has a scalable call center, that supports voices, chats, and real time messaging.
  • The customer service is also intuitive, with flexible call hours, as the team of helpers is readily available.
  • Lastly, through Amazon Connect, there is a survey and feedback option.
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  • Affordable Solution: First and foremost the platform is very much affordable for a small start-up starting their business and want to connect with their leads and serve their clients economically.
  • Easy to Use: Anyone can start using the platform from the Day 1. No extensive training required for it. Just integrate your phone number with the platform and solve customer problems at godspeed!
  • IVR Set-up- Want to have different services on a single number for your Services. Set-up IVR and make your life easy.
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Cons
  • CCP (Contact Control Panel) Amazon Connect for agents very basic
  • Automated outgoing calls
  • Omnichannel to attend voice and text by the same agent
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  • Communication
  • Not for large companies
  • Volume of texts
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Likelihood to Renew
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As a company our goals have slightly surpassed the current Exotel features and would want some other software which has better capabilities
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Usability
It is very easy to use for any access level and has greatly facilitated users' ability to properly document tickets without getting lost in short or vague comments. Each case is fully tracked through this transcription of information. This made it easier for us to decide whether to implement, use, and maintain it as our contact tool in our customer service center.
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For cold calling and outbound callings, to a certain extend Exotel serves the purpose as mutliple DID numbers are available at our fingertips. For company which use outcalling as a form of passing information to users can benefit from the flexibility it provides. They have a recharge and use model which doesnt have certain expiry. Basic API documentation available and lesser support from their support team on this matter makes it difficult to check if the API thows any error
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
Initially they had chat support which was available faster. But now the chat support gets routed to a virtual agent and unable to get in touch with an actual agent. They also have no support with respect to the API's and other integrations.
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
It was pretty straight forward
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Alternatives Considered
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Exotel was selected by us because of the following reasons: -Low set-up and maintenance cost as compared to its peers. -Prompt customer service: You want to upgrade your plan or facing any issues around the platform, Exotel team is just a call away. -Call recording Quality was also better than the peers.
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Return on Investment
  • No CapEx, only pay as you go.
  • Scale up or down quickly.
  • Omni-channel setup.
  • Feature rich.
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  • Lead attack time reduced.
  • Turnaround time and addressing customer issues improved and directly effected our NPS (Net Promoter Score).
  • Training and identifying areas of improvement of call agents became very easy.
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