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Interactive Intelligence vs Microsoft Dynamics CRM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Interactive Intelligence
Ranking in CRM
46th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Ranking in CRM
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (1st), Local Government CRM (1st), Marketing Management (2nd), Sales Force Automation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Interactive Intelligence is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is 2.8%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM2.8%
Interactive Intelligence0.6%
Other96.6%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

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CX Team Lead
A customizable solution that can be integrated with almost anything
The best thing about this solution is the customizability because it can be integrated with pretty much anything. There are many solutions that are black boxes and we're unable to make any modifications to the call flows. With Interactive Intelligence, we can utilize APIs and variables. With the REST call, you can send a request and response. Elements can be incorporated into the workflow based on the response. This is the go-to thing with Interactive Intelligence. The Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly. And Avaya, in that case, is not that great solution, on user friendliness. Basically, yeah, the same purpose I've used, but you need more expertise to manage the product. And Interactive Intelligence is one box. It contains a lot of features and we don't need to have much resources. But Avaya and others have many servers to be maintained with a single solution. It has a CN. You have to go for session manager and lots of other product servers. So, for a single solution, you need to maintain a lot of servers. This is more or less an easy environment to manage, but Avaya is very complex on the architectural level.
NavinJacob - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
Has enabled seamless integration across platforms while supporting advanced analytics for customer insights
Microsoft Dynamics CRM doesn't provide solutions that allow you to transform easily if you have a heterogeneous mix of technologies or if your contact center is on analog and you try to digitize it. A lot of custom work is needed if you have to integrate heterogeneous technologies with the Microsoft suite, but if you are using the Microsoft suite, then it's quite seamless. Microsoft Dynamics CRM should add commercial models that allow smaller companies to use it because it can get pretty expensive. Better commercial options for smaller implementations may be helpful. There should be commercial options for smaller companies, as the overheads and costs of Dynamics can be quite high.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
"The stability is really good and it's a really powerful platform that is more powerful than Avaya or other kinds of vendors for contact centers."
"The social media integration is excellent."
"Being able to automate aspects such as outbound confirmation calls has saved us a lot of time and money."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a stable solution; we never had any problems, it was always running well."
"The most valuable thing about Microsoft Dynamics CRM is the integration and the applicability."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM has plenty of valuable features."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are the accessibility of the service because we can access it either in the office or when we're out in the field."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM is easy to use, the UI is very good, and it has many capabilities."
"The solution is stable."
"The control that we have of a process and the ability to have everything recorded from the beginning to the end of the process have been the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is the campaign feature."
 

Cons

"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"We are not happy with the technical support. They take too long to answer."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"There is room for improvement in handling nonlinear sales processes and complex quoting."
"There are more people using Salesforce. Therefore, there are more partners, and applications for it, and is easier to use."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM's customer support could be improved as tickets usually take a long time to resolve."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM can improve the integration with the other system. If they have more flexibility to connect with another system it will be more effective."
"Once there was an issue where our whole database was corrupted."
"Out of the box, the solution doesn't really have a desirable user experience. We have to set it up and customize it to meet our needs."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM's price is too high."
"Enhancing mobile usage of the CRM to other vertical would be good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We have a three-year ELA with all our Microsoft solutions and often we had to do a true-up which was approximately $1,000,000. Additionally, we pay approximately $2,500 a month for support."
"I'm not aware of any licensing costs for Microsoft Dynamics CRM."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"The customers that have Microsoft Office 365, the license price is competitive. It is competitive because the next solution above it is Salesforce, which is licensed quite high. The price annually was approximately $55 per user but we did a combination of users with some of them having the higher range of approximately $85."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM is slightly cheaper than Salesforce today. Pricing for the solution is pretty aggressive in the market."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM is very affordable if you use the yearly subscription."
"On a scale from one to ten with one being expensive and ten being of great value, I would rate Microsoft Dynamics CRM at six on pricing."
"The solution is not expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise21
 

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Dynamics CRM, MS Dynamics CRM
 

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Sample Customers

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