Shlomi Lavi /
Apr 03, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - ShoreTel or Five9 Cloud Contact Center?
Five9 Cloud Contact Center is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ShoreTel, and ShoreTel is rated higher (92/100) than Five9 Cloud Contact Center (89/100). Five9 Cloud Contact Center offers users more features (5) than ShoreTel (0).
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:
ShoreTel, Inc. Vs. Five9
ShoreTel, Inc.: ShoreTel Sky is a service of ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR), a leading provider of IP PBX, unified communications and business phone system solutions.
Founded in 1996, ShoreTel believes that technology should enhance communications, making them transparent and natural. ShoreTel’s innovative approach to UC system delivery platforms includes both o...
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? ShoreTel or Five9 Cloud Contact 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 ShoreTel and Five9 Cloud Contact Center.
ShoreTel price starts at $19.99 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 ShoreTel is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of VoIP software. Five9 Cloud Contact Center price starts at $100 per feature/month , When comparing Five9 Cloud Contact Center to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average VoIP software cost.
Bottom line: Five9 Cloud Contact Center is more expensive than ShoreTel.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared ShoreTel Vs. Five9 Cloud Contact Center based on some of the most important and required VoIP features.
ShoreTel: We are still working to collect the list of features for ShoreTel.
Five9 Cloud Contact Center: Chat, Blended Call Center, Call Queue Management, Call Recording, Inbound Call Center.
Target customer size
ShoreTel's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, The common customers of Five9 Cloud Contact Center are entrepreneurs operating small (with 10 – 100 employees) to medium-sized (with 100 to 1,000 employees) and even large enterprises that make use of the services offered by the industry of IT, data hosting and other related information services, particularly in the field of VoIP, business phone systems and contact centers.