Nectar Desk vs. RingCentral Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Nectar Desk
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Nectar Desk is call center software for a variety of industries. It includes a suite of call center software features such as call recording, IVRs and call transfers. Additionally, it integrates with CRM platforms in order to ensure that agents can work efficiently between Nectar Desk and their CRM. It also has advanced agent analytics which allow users to analyze their agents’ performance and make staffing adjustments as necessary.N/A
RingCentral Contact Center
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
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
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Nectar Desk
9.2
Ratings
10% above category average
RingCentral Contact Center
8.6
Ratings
4% above category average
Agent dashboard9.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Validate callers10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Outbound response9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Call forwarding10.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Warm transfer10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Predictive dialing9.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Interactive voice response10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
REST APIs9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Call scripts9.00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Call tracking9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
CRM software integration8.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Nectar Desk
8.6
Ratings
5% above category average
RingCentral Contact Center
8.4
Ratings
2% above category average
Inbound call routing9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Recording9.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Quality management9.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Call analytics8.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Historical reporting8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Live reporting9.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics9.00 Ratings2.40 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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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
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend Nectar Desk if you are going to launch it across an entire organization. By launching for only one department, it has been extremely difficult to not have the connectivity we want across the entire company.
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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
  • Customizing Multiple Ring Groups: Allows for different call routing options depending on what phone number is dialed by a caller
  • Agent Login Tracking & Analytics: I can see minute by minute details of my team's login status and better understand how they're using their time
  • IVR Set Up: I can set up and edit/change IVR settings with the click of a few buttons, it's super easy!
  • Call History Tracking: I can easily filter and view all calls for the day to see what was inbound vs outbound, how many calls were handled by each agent, how many calls were missed, how many were outside of business hours, what the dispositions for each call were, and MORE. The Call History analytics are GREAT.
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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
  • When a caller becomes assigned to an agent, SMS notifications are only sent to that agent. This is difficult for our call center manager to monitor if the team is handling all SMS replies efficiently and effectively.
  • Because Nectar Desk is a chrome-based calling software, we are limited in accessing the platform. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this presented a challenge in making sure that all agents' at-home computers were capable of running the software.
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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
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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
  • As the marketing agency that implemented this software for a client, we have 100% insight into call performance. Our client previously throughout random numbers, was always guessing on his team's performance, and now we have actual insight into how the intake team is truly performing—we know 100% of the inbound calls they make, how many outbound calls are made in a day, and how much time is spent 'idle'. This has allowed our client to hire the appropriate number of call center staff based on actual data and has allowed us to shift our marketing budget to focus on driving the right callers.
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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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