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Calabrio ONE vs Five9 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Calabrio ONE
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
AI Customer Experience Personalization (11th), AI Scheduling & Coordination (4th)
Five9
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (4th), Contact Center Infrastructure (1st), Sales Force Automation (6th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Workforce Engagement Management category, the mindshare of Calabrio ONE is 5.7%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 5.6%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workforce Engagement Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five95.6%
Calabrio ONE5.7%
Other88.7%
Workforce Engagement Management
 

Featured Reviews

GS
Customer Service Analyst/Scheduler at Tucson Electric Power
The Copy Schedule Activities reduces time spent for changing activities. Agents are not able to cancel an approved request in the Time Off Request area.
I cannot speak about the difference for the QM software. My main use is of the WFM software. A few of the features were "nice to have" features, but version 9.3 had some "deficiencies". The main problem was not being able to run scenarios in a pseudo scheduling area, so the way Calabrio is now, agents can possibly see test scenarios. Another problem is the Time Off Request area. Agents are not able to cancel an approved request through this area. The sorting/filtering could be improved upon greatly. We are scheduled to upgrade to version 10.0, which will resolve many of the issues we do not like about the current version that we are using. Update: We are still on version 9.3 and looking forward to upgrading.
reviewer2788932 - PeerSpot reviewer
CX Intelligence Analytics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Advanced call routing has enabled complex CRM-driven workflows but reporting still needs improvement
The complex call routing capabilities were valuable. I was able to set up fairly complex call routing, capturing data via internal IVR for potential customers' geography and then conducting lookups to determine which skill to route calls to. I also set up complex rollover, so if the first person could not answer, callers would wait a specified number of seconds hoping they would become available, and if they did not, the call would roll over to the next person. I was able to set up fairly complex integrations between our CRM and leverage that data for complex call routing, and it worked well. The integration and call routing both performed well.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Overall I feel this is a great product with a fantastic support network with an exciting features roadmap ahead."
"Calabrio ONE is a great product, is user friendly, and has great customer service."
"We are able to address compliance issues more quickly."
"The ability to customize evaluation forms to organizational needs has been tremendous."
"The feature which is the most valuable at this time is the support from all aspects of Calabrio, starting from the Sales team, to the implementation team, to the trainers, as they are all willing to support us through the entire process."
"Calabrio's learning curve is very short, the user interface is extremely easy to use, and I could not be happier with this product."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to reach out to Calabrio with questions and suggestions."
"The customer service has been excellent, and we have received excellent remote and on site support."
"The reporting is good, and we're testing AI summaries now. Also, the workflow automation feature, so far, has been good."
"Five9's most critical feature is a common user interface that delivers consistent customer service across various channels."
"Five9 has a lot of AI tools, which I find valuable. It offers transcription services and a power dialer for outbound dialing. I like that Five9 is built for outbound and suitable for that purpose."
"I like the capability of call and screen recording. It has helped us to hold our agents accountable to the expectations for the role. It creates a clearer picture than giving feedback that is just based on calls that we may have listened to, but we do not have anything to show the agents themselves."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of making scripts within the contact center solution itself."
"The tool enables easier management."
"Queue callback, agent skill-based routing, call reporting, and the flexibility to log in from anywhere are some of the most valuable features for our organization."
"Five9 has made our contact center more flexible by taking it to the cloud. The user experience for agents is great because everything is on one dashboard, from the dialer to the workflows for transferring calls and creating tickets."
 

Cons

"Reporting and email notifications to agent when they have received evaluations of their call recordings."
"Not needing to reboot every day when recordings are an issue."
"The only area of improvement, in my opinion, would be faster loading times and faster search results."
"The biggest issue that we have come across is the messaging where we receive Time Off Requests."
"It sometimes needs quite clunky work arounds for certain things, e.g. If I add exceptions into agent schedules such as holidays or long term sickness, it's not easy to just delete them."
"There is a need for a lunch and break auto optimization."
"15 minute intervals across the solution would be of great value."
"Multi-skill scheduling and forecast is not available."
"Sometimes, there are some call quality issue complaints from our users."
"Five9 Omnichannel’s UI could be improved."
"Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins."
"Integration with third-party solutions can be difficult and has room for improvement."
"For Five9, I would like a feature where reports such as AHT or workforce-related reports can be generated automatically without starting from scratch"
"I would like to see more of the functions from the original Five9 adapter included in the Salesforce Plus adapter, as they do not automatically update when Five9 releases new features."
"There are some minor issues with some of their filtering that I'd like them to handle on their back end. The only limitation I can think of is that I'm always looking backward and can't look forward. I can't see how many calls are scheduled for tomorrow based on our system."
"What would make Five9 better is a partnership with an SMS AI solution, which would make Five9 pretty powerful."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Five9 is reasonable."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
"The pricing seems reasonable. I had anticipated that whatever solution we went with would be more expensive. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the features that we had in Evolve IP, one-to-one, did not cost significantly more in Five9."
"Five9 is a little expensive because of our company's size. That said, it scales pretty well. The daily usage costs and monthly fees seem about right. It's not out of line with what we'd expect from other companies. However, they seem to have a one-size-fits-all implementation fee. Most of their clients have hundreds if not thousands of seats in the call centers, so $5,000 or $10,000 is not a huge cost. It would be nice if they had a sliding scale for smaller companies."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"The cost is not at the lower end of the market, but it's worth it."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Insurance Company
7%
Religious Institution
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Five9?
The reporting suite needed improvement. I saw recently that Five9 released a new platform for reporting, as the reporting was not great previously.
What is your primary use case for Five9?
I was using Five9 in the senior living space.
What advice do you have for others considering Five9?
I was a Workforce Management Director in that role at that time. I would note that I have no experience with CXone, only IEX. As a telephony platform, Five9 served my needs. My overall review ratin...
 

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Sample Customers

Polaris, Equifax, Fedex, Rabo, Paychex, Virteva, VITAS Healthcare Corp, Keurig Green Mountain, AT&T, Esurance, Subaru, Boeing, Tiffany & Co., Thomson Reuters.
Agilysys, BISSELL, From You Flowers, SumUp, Kyndryl, PING, Alaska Airlines, Omaha Steaks International, NextRep, AdventHealth
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