Compare Parakeet and inContact Hosted Call Center - Dec 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Dec 13, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Parakeet or inContact Hosted Call Center?

inContact Hosted Call Center is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Parakeet, and Parakeet is rated higher (84/100) than inContact Hosted Call Center (80/100). inContact Hosted Call Center offers users more features (8) than Parakeet (5).

Looking for the right Call Center 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:

Parakeet Communications Vs. inContact

Parakeet Communications: Get started with a phone system designed from the ground up for modern teams, running across all of your existing devices, and seamlessly integrated with your favorite apps.

inContact: inContact helps call centers around the globe create profitable customer experiences through its powerful portfolio of cloud-based call center call routing, self service and agent optimization solutions.

Who is more expensive? Parakeet or inContact Hosted Call Center Software?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Call Center 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 Parakeet and inContact Hosted Call Center Software.

Parakeet price starts at $15 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Parakeet is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Call Center software. inContact Hosted Call Center Software price starts at $100 per user/month , When comparing inContact Hosted Call Center Software to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Call Center software cost.

Bottom line: Parakeet cost is around the same cost of inContact Hosted Call Center Software.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Parakeet Vs. inContact Hosted Call Center based on some of the most important and required Call Center features.

Parakeet: ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), Blended Call Center, Inbound Call Center, Outbound Call Center, Call Center.

inContact Hosted Call Center Software: Call Queue Management, CRM with Call Center, DTMF (Dial Tone Multi-Frequency), IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Real Time Reporting.

Target customer size

Parakeet's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, inContact offers scalable solutions to companies of any size.

Parakeet

ITQlick rating
(2.8/5)

starts at $15 per user/month

Parakeet is an award-winning cloud-based Call Center software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size call centers. Parakeet received a rating of 2.5 from ITQlick team. The software cost is cons...

Categories: Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), Call Monitoring, Call Recording, Conference Calling.

inContact Hosted Call Center

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $100 per user/month

inContact Hosted Call Centre Software is a hosted and SaaS based system that provides the call centres with innovative technologies. With its cloud based system, it helps companies in reducing cost of every cli...

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Parakeet: 5 Features

ACD (Automatic Call Distribution)
Blended Call Center
Inbound Call Center
Outbound Call Center
Call Center

inContact Hosted Call Center Software: 8 Features

Call Queue Management
CRM with Call Center
DTMF (Dial Tone Multi-Frequency)
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
Real Time Reporting
Social Analytics
Social Customer Care
WYSIWYG App Builder
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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Parakeet
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
84/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
13
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inContac...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
3.2/10
License pricing
$100 per user/month
Functionality
8
nextiva ...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
3.6/10
License pricing
$11.95 per user/month
Functionality
20
8x8 Cont...
ITQlick rating
3.9/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
43
CenterWa...
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
9

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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.