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Genesys Cloud CX vs Pega CRM comparison

 

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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

Genesys Cloud CX
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (2nd), Workforce Engagement Management (1st), Customer Experience Management (3rd), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (2nd)
Pega CRM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (6th), CRM (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Contact Center solutions, they serve different purposes. Genesys Cloud CX is designed for Contact Center Platforms and holds a mindshare of 13.6%, down 24.2% compared to last year.
Pega CRM, on the other hand, focuses on CRM Customer Engagement Centers, holds 5.5% mindshare, down 8.2% since last year.
Contact Center Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Genesys Cloud CX13.6%
Amazon Connect13.7%
Five98.4%
Other64.30000000000001%
Contact Center Platforms
CRM Customer Engagement Centers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Pega CRM5.5%
Microsoft Dynamics CRM14.1%
Salesforce Service Cloud11.1%
Other69.3%
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
 

Featured Reviews

MP
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Unified omnichannel platform has boosted agent efficiency and improved AI‑driven customer journeys
In terms of improvements for Genesys Cloud CX, I see technical limitations such as the lack of a clear mechanism to access multiple organizations effectively. If I have over 100 organizations in Genesys Cloud CX, my support team struggles with access management, and there's no single pane of glass to manage the entire set of tenants. Currently, if we have multiple organizations, we must log into each one to troubleshoot, which presents a challenge. Additionally, while people are more flexible compared to other platforms, those are the main improvements I would like to see. Overall, we have excellent collaboration and get the most out of both this platform for our solutioning needs.
Srinivas Ganisetti - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP/Sr Analyst Apps at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Case management feature is valuable but the pricing is expensive
I would like to suggest the solution but it really depends on your specific requirements, your business use cases and future plans. There is a significant investment involved in this solution and therefore it is very crucial to reevaluate your future necessity including automation potential and modernization plans. I would suggest that you select any kind of solution and explore alternatives of similar functionalities at a lower cost. This might help you to achieve more with less. In my experience, I would rate it between seven to eight because it offers robust capabilities. But please be aware that other BPM tools are emerging with similar features at a lower cost. Pega CRM is perceived as bulk care compared to order tools, as many of its capabilities are potentially underutilized. I would rate it 7 out of 10.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Predictive engagement and gamification are valuable features with good inbound functionality."
"Genesys Cloud CX has very good training material and training – instructor-led training, self-paced training, and documentation – things are very organized and helpful."
"The most valuable feature for me is the WFM tool."
"The integration of CTI within the IT system is a particularly valuable feature."
"Genesys Cloud is an excellent platform."
"Genesys Cloud CX platform's unified interface has improved agent efficiency a lot; compared to other platforms, it contributes about 40 percent to agent efficiency since agents do not have to toggle between multiple screens, allowing them to focus on the solution and respond to customers effectively."
"The most valuable features include being an omnichannel solution with customer journey insights, full reporting, and continuous updates based on consumer feedback through their portal."
"Genesys is brilliant concerning stability."
"Great flexibility and its locking mechanism enable multiple users to work on the same case seamlessly."
"It also reduces the duration per call, and it ensures a first time resolution of the issue."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"Pega offers a clear parent-child case relationship that's easily created and maintained. Dependencies can be configured, where reaching a specific stage in a parent case automatically triggers a child task in a child case, while the parent case remains on hold until a certain condition is met before moving forward. This configuration allows multiple users to work on cases in parallel. Many of these settings are readily available within Pega case settings. Overall, Pega's case management is unparalleled compared to other options."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to pull information about the customer on-the-fly so they feel the interaction is more personal."
"We can effortlessly manage the data within it, and it offers ease of use and high flexibility to present the data across various vendors."
"The case management feature is really valuable."
 

Cons

"In terms of cost-effectiveness, I find Genesys Cloud CX provides overall ROI benefits; however, after the first year, customers usually expect lower pricing at the time of renewal."
"Their WFM product is still pretty immature."
"The whole process of creating an agent is quite long and automating quite a bit of that would be very helpful."
"Process automation in Genesys Cloud is an area for improvement. It's quite a new feature and still has room for improvement."
"The cost needs to be improved, and it should be easier to integrate."
"The tool's pricing could be more flexible, and there should be clearer indications of consumption and fair usage policies."
"Pricing is the biggest criterion for improvement. If I compare the pricing between Amazon Connect and Genesys Cloud CX, there is a huge difference."
"There is room for improvement in the solution's pricing structure, as it is perceived to be less flexible than other solutions."
"The UI should be improved."
"The solution has room for improvement around decisional and real-time data analysis."
"For many of the clients, they have a separate system or separate layer of UI and a separate layer of the business rules engine, which Pega has taken care of in the recent releases."
"It would be beneficial to enhance the pricing and support implementation options as they are currently quite expensive."
"The disadvantage of the tool stems from the fact that it does not allow users to make database-level modifications."
"Price is always a concern for many organizations. They often think Pega is expensive, and sometimes they don't fully understand the pricing model."
"There has been a common acknowledgment among customers that this solution is an expensive tool and they often opt for cheaper tools like Comodo"
"They should enable the data-driven streaming feature inside it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate Genesys Cloud CX's pricing a one out of ten."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"Genesys Cloud has pay-as-you-go pricing, so it's much cheaper than the on-premises solution. Apart from the standard fees, my company pays for Genesys support."
"The cost depends on the type of license based on your organization's requirements and can get expensive."
"We have numerous uses of the solution in our organisation. Almost 72 applications are integrated with Pega CRM, and some of them are shutting down for various reasons including the high licensing costs. There is a strong focus in the market and offices on cost reduction."
"The pricing is on the higher side."
"It is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Genesys Cloud or Amazon Connect contact center management software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Genesys Cloud. Ge...
What do you like most about Genesys Cloud?
Genesys Cloud CX has very good training material and training – instructor-led training, self-paced training, and documentation – things are very organized and helpful.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Genesys Cloud?
Genesys' licensing model is flexible, though not the cheapest. Customers have seen benefits with global operations, increased security, and seamless remote working.
What do you like most about Pega CRM?
The product's deployment phase was easy.
What needs improvement with Pega CRM?
The disadvantage of the tool stems from the fact that it does not allow users to make database-level modifications. In Siebel CRM, you have complete control over your database, you can do any datab...
What is your primary use case for Pega CRM?
Pega CRM uses a layer cake architecture. Basically, the tool is a convenient application to use even if you are not a technical person, like a business analyst. I use the solution for the CRM modul...
 

Also Known As

Genesys PureCloud, Genesys, Genesys Customer Interaction Management Platform, Interactive Intelligence PureCloud
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Sample Customers

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