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Cisco Unified Contact Center Express vs NICE CXone comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 18, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Unified Contact Cente...
Ranking in IVR Systems
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Infrastructure (3rd)
NICE CXone
Ranking in IVR Systems
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Workforce Engagement Management (3rd), Live Chat (1st), Knowledge Management Software (6th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the IVR Systems category, the mindshare of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express is 10.9%, down from 11.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NICE CXone is 16.0%, down from 17.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

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Interactive voice response and automatic call distribution help to improve our customer service
Our primary use case is for customer service, in higher education and healthcare This solution provides uni-channel service support and is fully integrated with our DB. The new Cisco Finesse is really amazing. The most valuable features of this solution are the IVR (Interactive voice response)…
James Arvidson - PeerSpot reviewer
A software that enables centers to operate more efficiently, increase the quality of every customer interaction, create new pathways to profit, and ensure ongoing customer-centric business improvemen
One of the best aspects of CXone is its omnichannel experience. It treats all contacts, whether phone, chat, email, or SMS, through the same system, allowing for consistent reporting and a true omnichannel experience. The platform is very flexible. You can customize it to do almost anything as long as it's based on logic, which has been incredibly valuable. In terms of analytics, CXone offers consistent, accessible data across all channels. In the past, different systems like Avaya for phones or separate platforms for chat and email made it hard to compare performance across channels. With CXone, you get the same data points across all interactions, making decision-making much easier. It also allows for deeper reporting, like IVR reporting, where you can see what options people choose and create custom KPIs for better insight.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution provides uni-channel Service support and is fully integrated with our DB."
"inContact has helped our organization greatly by allowing us to see at a glance which agents are available to receive calls and those who are not, we are able to see why not."
"The technical support for NICE CXone is outstanding."
"We are able to see the calls in queue and able to see if someone is available or not."
"It is easy to look up and playback calls with this system as it categorizes the different types of calls that come through my call center. I like that inContact is always updating and continues to improve. The quality of its recorded calls is among the best that I have had experience with."
"Customer support is terrific. The team is personable, informed, and responsive."
"I have found the ease of use of the ACD to be most valuable along with the inView dashboard."
"It has the ability to edit the HTML, as well as the WYSIWYG."
"It's easier as a supervisor to do your job more efficiently. You can have multiple things open at once to watch everything, being able to take one look at a page and see everything you need rather then having to flip through multiple programs. This is such a time saver. I get a lot more done in my day due to being able to keep my opened programs down to a minimum."
 

Cons

"This solution could be improved with better support for higher education and healthcare."
"It is a hassle, if you are busy and caught up with something, that it will log you out."
"It could improve the quality of calls."
"I have noticed that occasionally the dashboard will freeze and some things may get stuck for a while. For example, if I have a dashboard open that shows how many calls are in queue and how many are currently being handled by agents, sometimes a call that an agent is handling will get stuck on the dashboard after the agent ends the call and the dashboard will show that the call is still a live call. Our tech team has explained this to us as a ghost call. After some time (or maybe many screen refreshes) the call will go away like it has just ended."
"MindTouch would greatly benefit by providing a GitHub pull request functionality to foster draft mode and open contribution writing."
"One of the biggest missing pieces is a link checker."
"There are times when the data does not load and you have to keep hitting refresh. More colors and different layouts should be included in the next release."
"If you have hundreds of books, the initial download is slow."
"inContact should offer a way to send faxes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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What needs improvement with NICE CXone?
The audio quality in NICE CXone has room for improvement, as I experience issues like diffused calls and crackling audio. Clearing cache and cookies from browsers often resolves these problems, but...
What is your primary use case for NICE CXone?
I use NICE CXone ( /products/nice-cxone-reviews ) for several purposes, such as addressing issues where calls are dropping or getting diffused. I also encounter situations where prompts are not pla...
What advice do you have for others considering NICE CXone?
Overall, I rate NICE CXone as an eight out of ten. I would recommend this tool to others in similar roles. There are areas for improvement, like the simplification of certain tools and the enhancem...
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

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