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Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise vs Five9 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Unified Contact Cent...
Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Five9
Ranking in Contact Center Infrastructure
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (3rd), Workforce Engagement Management (4th), Sales Force Automation (7th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Contact Center Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise is 21.1%, down from 23.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Five9 is 13.0%, up from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Contact Center Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five913.0%
Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise21.1%
Other65.9%
Contact Center Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

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Sr. Cisco Collaboration Presales Engineer at IST Networks
The ease of integration and documentation are valuable features.
Usability Ease of integration Security Perfection Documentation Some usability issues need to be improved. I've used it for three years. There were no issues with the deployment. This is the stand-out point with Cisco CC. It's very stable. Cisco provides cost effective options for migration…
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

"This is the stand-out point with Cisco CC."
"The admin platform is easy to use and navigate. That has been incredibly useful for us because it has given us the ability to self-provision in a lot of situations. The ability to create and track data elements has also been a valuable addition."
"When it comes to drop calls, we don't have a problem. They are performing to our satisfaction."
"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."
"I like the fact that I can customize the cadencing. I can drill in and create custom contact point cadencing for all of our different categories of leads. We attack some people more aggressively, but others much more softly. I have much more confidence that things aren't slipping through the cracks. It continues to bring customers up for us until they've either moved through the cycle or we've removed them from the cycle. It gives us greater peace of mind. The ability to get in quickly and customize many of those pieces easily was appealing to us."
"Overall, Five9 has made my job easier compared to before, and I do not struggle with it."
"The tool enables easier management."
"I really appreciate Five9 because I do not have to do much creatively, as everything is automated."
"I like the ease with which we can make changes if necessary. Currently, we are using it for phone and email distribution, but we're talking about adding chat and delving into the omnichannel features more."
 

Cons

"Some usability issues need to be improved."
"Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins."
"What would make Five9 better is a partnership with an SMS AI solution, which would make Five9 pretty powerful."
"Integration with third-party solutions can be difficult and has room for improvement."
"The knowledge base of their support is not as strong as the IVR build."
"There are certain issues around features that Chrome has deployed that we have to figure out. When we bring them to Five9's attention, they are usually able to help us navigate them. It seems that sometimes they already know about an issue, so it would be helpful if they more proactively engaged with us first..."
"There have also been some challenges in being able to keep the format of an original email. The solution acts as a proxy, but it's not bringing over the full format that the email came in with... Five9's email channel isn't as good as some other vendors' email channels that I've seen. But there is an upgrade coming..."
"I would like to have a Five9 supervisor app that can be used on a smart phone, so I can have more accessibility while in transit."
"It would be ideal if they could combine the tools into one suite."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Their license structure, out of the box, is better than that of other providers and their pricing is much less than other vendors we've looked at."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"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 expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"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
Insurance Company
43%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

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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

Cimpress, Energisa, Raiffeisen Bank
Agilysys, BISSELL, From You Flowers, SumUp, Kyndryl, PING, Alaska Airlines, Omaha Steaks International, NextRep, AdventHealth
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