Five9 vs. Webex Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Five9
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Five9 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
Webex Contact Center
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Webex Contact Center is a cloud-based omni-channel (e.g. voice, email, and chat) contact center solution providing customer / agent matching, customer service self-service agent, and built-in chat and voice for collaboration between agents.N/A
Pricing
Five9Webex Contact Center
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Core
$119
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$119
per month
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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
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Community Pulse
Five9Webex Contact Center
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, …
Chose Five9
Five9 has a much better integration with salesforce and allows contact center agents to be separate from back office staff that do not use the Five9 phone. Five9 allows us to route digital activity such as emails and texts just like we route calls. Five9 also had a …
Chose Five9
With Avaya Call Center Elite - Muti Channel is was competitor to Five9 which tried to push their on-prem omni channel approach. The reason it coudl not compete against Five9 was because it was not cloud based, was not flexible and added addional channels as an add on the CC …
Chose Five9
Five9 has a great learning curve, whether you're an admin, agent, or supervisor. Each role can be easily learned and mastered.
Cost was a major factor back when Five9 was the only stable and reliable contact center solution. But now they tend to be overpriced compared to Genesys …
Chose Five9
Five9 has way better features than RingCentral - Five9 has way better features including the Call script, software integration, and ability to manage outbound campaigns while RingCentral doesn't allow these features
Chose Five9
Five9 allows to call automatically to the leads in Hubspot, this wasn’t possible with Justcall.
Chose 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.
Chose Five9
I currently use Gong.io at my current company, I really like the dashboard of Gong.
Chose Five9
We started evaluating Zendesk Talk when Five9 lost integration with Zendesk, as we use Zendesk as our primary CS database and issue tracker. However, Five9 offers better ROI than Zendesk Talk given we require unlimited minutes for our requirements, thus we continue with our …
Chose Five9
While we use Invoca and Leadspedia for more granular tracking and data, Five9 has always sort of been the end all be all. If it's in Five9, it's pretty concrete that the info in Five9 is the correct information. It doesn't matter which campaign a call came through, if it came …
Chose Five9
We recommend Five9, with 2 major reasons: Its flexibility on contract terms and base contacts are less restrictive.
Chose Five9
I have not used another dialer system other than Five9. Before Five9, we dialed our clients with lists and standard phone systems.
Chose Five9
We felt that Five9 was superior to Genesys PureCloud because of Five9's ability to better manage outbound dialing campaigns. Genesys PureCloud required automation rules to reset/refresh the list position which meant that it was impossible to keep up with our aggressive dialing …
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 …
Chose Five9
We started with InContact and were very disappointed that you could not make changes without incurring costs for each program or project. Five9 allows us to adjust to any new clients needs without incurring costs.
Chose Five9
I've used RingCentral, LiveOps, and Sendbloom Contact in my sales career so far.

Five9 is more sophisticated and offers more customizable features than all the above products. Only RingCentral and Five9 have texting ability, but neither solution is perfect at threading …
Chose Five9
Used solutions from Cisco, VICI, SkySwitch in the past. Comparing cost, resources, and deployment time, Five9 wins for sure.
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.
Chose Five9
Five9 blows Serenova out of the water. Serenova is an immature platform compared to Five9. Five9 provides many features that Serenova does not and is a much more stable platform, which is absolutely critical in our 24/7/365 environment.
Chose Five9
Better than the old ShoreTel Director we had prior to deploying Five9. But could be better!
Chose Five9
When we chose Five9, it was largely due to the research of features and functionality, plus hearing good things about it from other contact centers in our area.
One huge edge that Five9 has compared with other dialers...is that you don't pay per minute of talk time (unless it's …
Chose Five9
We looked at the differences and though it looked like a great piece of software, it was very expensive, and had a lot of features that we didn't need at the time. We may look back at them in the future, but right now Five9 suits our needs and we save a little money in the …
Chose Five9
I looked at 10 solutions and for the price along with the functionality, ease of use, ease of integration and new features such as agent desktop. I believe this solution provided the biggest bang for your buck.
Webex Contact Center
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center works great in conjunction with the above product to produce a better system from businesses and more options to reach the maximum number of clients to make the business thrive. It makes it easier to reach all generations and remove any limitation or …
Chose Webex Contact Center
We use Webex Calling, but we chose to add Cisco Webex Contact Center to help direct calls to their intended destinations, depending on the time of day or night. So, not a direct competitor, but rather a helper. I would consider looking at Webex Contact Center if you need more …
Chose Webex Contact Center
In my opinion, Webex Contact Center can compete with Five9 Contact Center for small, less complex CX environments. Issue is when you are looking for a more complex, cloud base cx application, Five9 is more a better fit becuase of its maturity in the industry and how it can …
Chose Webex Contact Center
I think in general, they're all great products, I can't really say one is better than the other. I think building flows is somewhat easier in Webex Contact Center compared to the other two. Webex Contact Center was lacking some advanced features mainly in the AI and agent …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Due to the Cisco Ecosystem Integration we have migration step to transitioning from legacy Cisco contact center solutions (UCCX and this process was more easier to make with the Webex Contact Center. It is a Scalable Cloud Solution that help with the features that it have to …
Chose Webex Contact Center
The Webex Contact Center is somewhat on par with the feature set provided by Genesis Cloud. These are enterprise grade business solutions and provides rich end to end features. The Cisco solution works very in well within native Cisco environments and with the Cisco ecosystem. …
Chose Webex Contact Center
We trialed a fair few starting from anywhere, Microsoft 365 Call Center, the Genesys, 8x8 Contact Center. Some of the on-premise stuff. I think when it comes to the licensing model and just the flexibility of things, WebEx Center was a standout.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Still need some improvements with integration.
Chose Webex Contact Center
I'll say Webex suite is a complete All-in one collaboration solution, that helps our company to succeed in what we do.
Chose Webex Contact Center
It's an application where you can perform calls and chat as well. Additionally, support availability and admin control for the support staff.
Chose Webex Contact Center
I do really like Team Viewer for the remote assistance but Webex Contact Center is a pretty close second.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center feels the most modern of the solutions we evaluated. It is an all in one package which required no capital expenditure up front. Webex Contact Center was able to integrate with the AI packages which our IT team investigating for future use. Webex Contact …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Calabrio and Webex Contact Center are both valuable for me working in tandem. They both provide their own information and processes that have become essential in delivering an efficient and effective working environment. They have allowed us to automate processes that were …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Connect is a powerful tool to add digital channels and enrich the user experience.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Have not performed any Five9 deployments so I am not 100% sure how they differ but the Webex Contact Center solution is very robust and well thawed out.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Customers will benefit a great deal from webRTC, out-of-the-box VoiceBot integration, easy management of all services using a single web-based portal, and better-expected stability using newer cloud server strategies compared to former redundant servers using the A and B sides.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center is a more stable company and more equipped with what we need in terms of the contact center.
Chose Webex Contact Center
They all have the niche, but I feel Webex is the most well rounded complete suite. It provides exactly what a business would need, from an onboarding, training, security, updates, road mapping all the way to great user experience and beyond.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Cisco is a core networking solutions provider that's why we have trust on Cisco
Chose Webex Contact Center
WxCC accelerates contact center solution deployment.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center has good customer support and the operators are happy. The operators initially had difficulties using the platform but the Webex team has guided multiple times to help the operators get used to the platform. Lead time to reply to students is also less on …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Genesys Cloud CX (formerly Genesys Cloud), Amazon Connect and NICE CXone (formerly NICE inContact)
Chose Webex Contact Center
Amazon Connect appears to be a very complete system. But we still prefer to stick with Webex, as it is more accessible and cheaper in many ways. In our region, it is difficult to acquire Amazon Connect as well, and that is why we stayed with Webex. But since we're already …
Features
Five9Webex Contact Center
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Five9
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
Webex Contact Center
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
Agent dashboard7.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Validate callers6.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Outbound response7.10 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Call forwarding8.10 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)9.90 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Warm transfer8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Predictive dialing10.00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Interactive voice response10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
REST APIs8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Call scripts5.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Call tracking8.50 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Multichannel integration6.60 Ratings7.30 Ratings
CRM software integration8.50 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Five9
8.6
Ratings
5% above category average
Webex Contact Center
7.9
Ratings
4% below category average
Inbound call routing8.50 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing6.60 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Recording9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Quality management8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Call analytics10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Historical reporting8.50 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Live reporting8.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics10.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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Score 7.2 out of 10
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Score 7.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.2 out of 10
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Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Five9Webex Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
6.5
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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8.2
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Usability
9.0
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8.6
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Availability
9.0
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Performance
8.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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Online Training
10.0
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-
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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-
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Configurability
9.0
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Ease of integration
9.0
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Product Scalability
9.0
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Vendor post-sale
8.0
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User Testimonials
Five9Webex Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
very well suited for large number of enrollments, registrations by insurance companies. Also we recently implemented it for automating a order placement. Maybe not very well suited for live agent chat experience as there are limitations on texting, laggy performance in this area. I think its also hard to incorporate a payment system within the five9- Salesforce automation.
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It depends on your needs. If you only need simple call flows, consider using Cisco Webex Calling Auto-Attendant. If you require more complex call flows and time-of-day routing, you can utilize Cisco Webex Contact Center. You only have to purchase 1 Agent to use the Call Flow Designer.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Things that it does particularly well include a really good UX or UI so that our agents as well as our administrators, can easily provide remote access from agents, new agents, and old agents, manage interactions with customers, and have a good call experience from start to finish.
  • The uptime is a big selling point of Cisco.
  • I feel supposed by Cisco in terms of new features/functionality coming down the line.
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Cons
  • 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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  • Better integration with Webex Calling.
  • More on premise features integrated into the cloud solution.
  • Better documentation for pebble templates.
  • Better information for changes and when new features are available. Instead of having to look on the what’s coming webpage alerts or a pop-up inside Webex control hub would be nice.
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Likelihood to Renew
Robust product, great reliability and support.
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We are happy with the product, with Cisco as a partner and the roadmap looks mightily impressive. Webex Contact Center is one of our growth areas so we're keen to get more agents on the platform, we want to get more customers on it and we want to make use of all the features and functionalities it offers, so that we can help our customers do what they do best.
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Usability
I wish it was a 10. For the sake of a call center, it allows me to keep it simple for newer sales reps and just focus on basic KPI's. This is not an advanced CRM used for digital approaches. It is strictly a churn and burn call center CRM for me. It is a dialer.
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It is great to use Webex Contact Center as it delivers the call routing and workflow for agent and call routing. In addition to this the noise reduction helps to focus attention on the call and with the client. The notes feature and the ability for the transcription really helps with translation and language barriers.
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Reliability and Availability
We have had minimal downtime due to system outages since it was implemented.
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Performance
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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Support Rating
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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Online Training
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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Implementation Rating
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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Alternatives Considered
We use Five9 as a tool to make and receive calls from various departments such as Customer Care, Underwriting, Claims, and others. These departments have experienced issues primarily from supervisor consoles because they sometimes lose access without making significant changes to the admin console. Although 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.

A good tool with an easy interface for new users.

They need a more minimalist look.

They need to improve the supervisor console because it's very basic.

New agents aren't receiving calls from previous agents because they don't reuse numbers.

The user group license is cheaper than the Zoom Phone license, which allows for a better ROI.
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Webex Contact Center works great in conjunction with the above product to produce a better system from businesses and more options to reach the maximum number of clients to make the business thrive. It makes it easier to reach all generations and remove any limitation or obstetrical and makes the business have a better chance of success.
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Scalability
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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Return on Investment
  • ROI was not as anticipated due to lacking reporting functionality - Negative
  • Allowed us to develop a geographically dispersed call center workforce in response to the pandemic - Positive
  • Provided true omnichannel capability that we lacked in the past (Voice/Voicemail/Chat). Positive
  • CRM integration (with Salesforce) was not as expected. Negative
  • Bang for the Buck just was not where it needed to be. High cost solution. Negative.
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  • No Capex required for this solution (which makes our CFO very happy)
  • Digital channels are builtin and therefore very easy to deploy
  • The built in CRM integration was missing features so we had to install a thirdparty connector which we had to pay for (and wasn't in our budget) in order to get the features which our business demanded
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