Compare RingCentral Phone and Five9 - May 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / May 22, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - RingCentral Phone or Five9?

Five9 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than RingCentral Phone, and RingCentral Phone is rated higher (93/100) than Five9 (88/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right VoIP solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

RingCentral Vs. Five9

RingCentral: RingCentral provides cloud computing based phone systems, designed to help small businesses manage mobile, fax, and email communications.

Five9: Five9 offers an IVR with Speech Recognition that delivers robust speech application technology with the same easy-to-use graphical user interface for development that is provided in the Inbound Call Center. To optimize your staffing costs and improve agent productivity, Five9 provides an integrated Workforce Management solution.

Who is more expensive? RingCentral Phone or Five9 Virtual Call Center?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of VoIP software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for RingCentral Phone and Five9 Virtual Call Center.

RingCentral Phone price starts at $19.99 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 RingCentral Phone is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of VoIP software. Five9 Virtual Call Center price starts at $149 per month , When comparing Five9 Virtual Call Center to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average VoIP software cost.

Bottom line: Five9 Virtual Call Center is more expensive than RingCentral Phone.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared RingCentral Phone Vs. Five9 based on some of the most important and required VoIP features.

RingCentral Phone: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: 3-Way Calling, Call Blocking, Call Forwarding, Call Hunt, Call Return (*69), Call Transfer, Call Waiting, Caller ID.

Five9 Virtual Call Center: ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), ANI (Automatic Number Identification), Auto Dialer, Blended Call Center, Call Conferencing.

Target customer size

RingCentral Professional is specifically designed to help individuals who are always on-the-go. Five9 is ideal for small to large businesses that handle customer service (particularly outsourcers or BPOs), sales and marketing, finance and collections.

RingCentral Phone

ITQlick rating
(4.2/5)

starts at $19.99 per user/month

RingCentral Professional is a cloud-based phone & call management system designed to serve businesses on the go. The platform helps the users to get directory listings, local business phone numbers that are tol...

Categories: Internet Fax, VoIP, Conference Calling, Auto Attendant.

Five9

ITQlick rating
(4.2/5)

starts at $149 per month

Five9 software is a comprehensive cloud-hosted contact center solution designed to serve inbound, outbound, omnichannel, or blended contact centers globally. The software uses the power of practical AI to enabl...

Categories: Auto Attendant, Auto Dialer / Predictive Dialer, Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), Call Recording, Communications Workforce Scheduling.

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RingCentral Phone: 15 Features

3-Way Calling
Call Blocking
Call Forwarding
Call Hunt
Call Return (*69)
Call Transfer
Call Waiting
Caller ID
Caller ID with Name
Repeat Dialing
Simultaneous Rings
Speed-Dial
Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

Five9 Virtual Call Center: 15 Features

ACD (Automatic Call Distribution)
ANI (Automatic Number Identification)
Auto Dialer
Blended Call Center
Call Conferencing
Call Queue Management
Call Recording
CRM with Call Center
CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)
DTMF (Dial Tone Multi-Frequency)
Inbound Call Center
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
Outbound Call Center
Real Time Reporting
Virtual Call Center Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.