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Calabrio ONE vs NICE CXone comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Calabrio ONE
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
3rd
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
AI Scheduling & Coordination (2nd)
NICE CXone
Ranking in Workforce Engagement Management
2nd
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
IVR Systems (1st), Live Chat (1st), Knowledge Management Software (4th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Workforce Engagement Management category, the mindshare of Calabrio ONE is 5.8%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NICE CXone is 9.7%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workforce Engagement Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NICE CXone9.7%
Calabrio ONE5.8%
Other84.5%
Workforce Engagement Management
 

Featured Reviews

Jaleelakadheer Mohideen - PeerSpot reviewer
Operation Planning Associate at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Improved agent adherence and scheduling have boosted satisfaction but reporting still needs real time
In terms of improvements for Calabrio ONE, since I do not work with forecasting, I think we could collaborate AWS with Calabrio ONE to get live data fed into Calabrio ONE, which would be even greater for forecasting. We pull the majority of our reports through Calabrio ONE, and something I have noticed is that for the intraday report, if we want to pull data at 12:30, we have to wait until 12:45. It is a 15-minute refresher window, which is lagging behind. This delay is the same for any report being pulled. I do not have a grand overview of forecasting, but it generally takes a long time, and my agents have not been able to collaborate AWS with Calabrio ONE in the forecasting aspect. Apart from that, everything else is working great on Calabrio ONE. I would love it if it was more real-time and if I could download the data almost immediately without waiting for that 15-minute buffer. I rate Calabrio ONE a seven because I feel it could be improved. As I mentioned, the 15-minute buffer is an issue, and the real-time feeding into forecasting could be better. If we could control Shift Bags within Calabrio ONE instead of using another application like Teleopti to manage Shift Bags or control overall shifts, that would be even better. Right now, we use a combination of Teleopti and Calabrio ONE to decide the Shift Bags. The quantity and quality of results provided by Calabrio ONE are accurate 95 percent of the time. The forecasting feature in the application might not be the most accurate, which is an area where we do have issues, especially when scheduling breaks at intervals where calls might be at a higher volume. Those are rigged. Apart from that, since breaks and other meetings get allotted automatically, we do have to manually move them around because that forecasting is not accurate. If that could be improved, it would be great.
reviewer2884692 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Crowdsourced knowledge has grown into a trusted customer hub and now supports richer adoption journeys
One inconvenience is that because we are crowdsourced, we have hundreds of contributors every year, with most people only submitting one article, maybe two, so it does not make sense to pay for licenses for all of those people. This leads to some intermediary manual copy-paste processes because we just cannot have everybody working in the system itself, making it a little bit problematic for maintaining a source of truth. The main issues with NICE CXone are the lack of ability to integrate with some internal things that we want to do; it has to do with the way the system is designed, which is complex. We wanted to integrate with our internal system for instant translations, and we were not able to do that, along with a couple of other things that illustrate that it is kind of an isolated system to itself, making it pretty hard to tap into and grow even further. There are a couple of little issues with reporting that have not been very good, but really, the system is very functional.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Customer Service: The customer service is always very good."
"Calabrio ONE has increased agent satisfaction to a great extent."
"Easier for RT and TM's to view current adherence."
"I have used many tools such as Verint, IEX, and Avaya, but I saw that Calabrio ONE was far better than other tools."
"Calabrio ONE is a great tool to use with multiple features that allow me to add schedules very easily and onboard users in bulk."
"The ability to customize evaluation forms to organizational needs has been tremendous."
"I have found the forecasting model to be very valuable."
"MindTouch provides an easy way to create HTML using an MS Word-like interface."
"The copilot feature in NICE CXone has reduced a great deal of after-call work substantially through summarization."
"Some of the best features with NICE CXone are the real-time visibility that you have, which empowers you to make adjustments on the fly, such as turning on and off your queues and adjusting how we route calls to our agents."
"We are able to see the calls in queue and able to see if someone is available or not."
"The technical support for NICE CXone is outstanding."
"Converting our PDFs to MindTouch is like adding a huge new feature to our software product line and it has, so far, had a great approval rate amongst our clients."
"After introducing NICE CXone to our workflows, we are seeing faster resolution of all open cases and shorter resolution time and shorter waiting time, which we had problems with previously."
"NICE CXone has positively impacted the organization as the website was built from scratch; I was hired to build this website six years ago, and it has grown phenomenally."
 

Cons

"I was told they are looking into adding chat evaluations as a feature in Calabrio. Right now, I can create an evaluation to grade chat interactions, but I have to view the actual interaction in a different system."
"Some of the Cisco features have not fully migrated to the Avaya platform."
"Try and correct bugs prior to release."
"I rate Calabrio ONE a seven because I feel it could be improved."
"Calabrio ONE can be improved in the area of predictive workforce planning."
"Give agents the ability to cancel approved requests for time off. Vacation plans do actually change in the real world."
"The only issue I have found with Calabrio is the WFM side."
"We would like to see the backend SQL server improved for High Availability."
"Some of the platform enhancements could be improved, as it takes a very long time to get features added into the platform."
"One of the biggest missing pieces is a link checker."
"Compared to challengers such as Zoom, which seem more cost-effective, NICE CXone's suite of products is very modular, so as they provide new services, you have to add to your existing package and this balloons your costs since there's an additional license needed to use the new tools."
"However, as far as the authoring experience goes, it is really bad, and it would be very cost-prohibitive to have the number of licenses needed to smooth out and make the authoring processes more efficient."
"MindTouch would greatly benefit by providing a GitHub pull request functionality to foster draft mode and open contribution writing."
"I think that there is a bit of a delay in the accuracy and reliability of the output I see in NICE CXone, as I mentioned before."
"The audio quality in NICE CXone has room for improvement, as I experience issues like diffused calls and crackling audio."
"My advice to others looking into using NICE CXone is that it is an expensive product with a lot of guardrails on it."
 

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Outsourcing Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise38
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Calabrio ONE?
I do not know about that because my company provided it to me. I do not know about the costing of Calabrio ONE, the licensing, or the setup costs because my organization provided it. I did not hand...
What needs improvement with Calabrio ONE?
Calabrio ONE can be improved because the biggest challenge is that it is unnecessarily complicated, as the reporting and data exploration tools are somewhat complex for new users. The user interfac...
What is your primary use case for Calabrio ONE?
My main use case for Calabrio ONE is for schedule management in our dynamic environment, as it helps us manage our shifts effectively. It helps us strategize on shifts, plan, and ensure that every ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NICE CXone?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is somewhat irrelevant because we are sold through Verizon rather than directly from NICE.
What needs improvement with NICE CXone?
The development tools in NICE CXone could be better, as there are some pain points. I would like to see a more JavaScript or C# native language interface in NICE CXone where you can do more program...
What is your primary use case for NICE CXone?
NICE CXone is used for contact center, call distribution, chat, email, and SMS messaging. There may be a business requirement to add a new chat channel for a new client that's coming up under a spe...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Calabrio
NICE inContact, NICE CXone Workforce Optimization Pro, NICE CXOne WFO Pro, CXone Workforce Optimization, inContact Workforce Optimization, CallCopy, Discover, VPI Empower, Brand Embassy, goMoxie
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Polaris, Equifax, Fedex, Rabo, Paychex, Virteva, VITAS Healthcare Corp, Keurig Green Mountain, AT&T, Esurance, Subaru, Boeing, Tiffany & Co., Thomson Reuters.
MoneyGram, Honeywell, Radisson Hotel Group, AAA, New Balance, MattressFIRM, Teleflora, Best Buy
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