Compare Talkdesk and Five9 - Dec 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Dec 12, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Talkdesk or Five9?

Five9 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Talkdesk, and Talkdesk is rated higher (88/100) than Five9 (87/100).

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:

Talkdesk Vs. Coordinated Systems

Talkdesk: Talkdesk is the world's leading browser-based call center software. Our easy-to-use out-of-the-box call center software solution helps growing businesses improve customer satisfaction, while simultaneously reducing customer support costs. Using Talkdesk, businesses can create an entire call center in the browser in 5 minutes. Unlike other outd...

Coordinated Systems: CSI is the provider of Virtual Observer, a call recording and workforce optimization solution for contact centers. Virtual Observer's robust features include a web-based user interface, Call Recording, Integrated Screen Capture, Call evaluation and scoring, Dashboard Analytics, Call Insight Speech Analytics, Agent Portal for E-learning and agent d...

Who is more expensive? Talkdesk or Virtual Observer?

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 Talkdesk and Virtual Observer.

Talkdesk price starts at $75 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Talkdesk is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Call Center software. Virtual Observer price starts at $20,000 per license , When comparing Virtual Observer to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Call Center software cost.

Bottom line: Talkdesk cost is around the same cost of Virtual Observer.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Talkdesk Vs. Five9 based on some of the most important and required Call Center features.

Talkdesk: We are still working to collect the list of features for Talkdesk.

Virtual Observer: We are still working to collect the list of features for Virtual Observer.

Target customer size

Talkdesk's typical customers include: SMBs, and Virtual Observer's target customer size include: SMBs.



Talkdesk

ITQlick rating
(3.7/5)

starts at $75 per user/month

Talkdesk software is a cloud-hosted enterprise call center solution modeled to help businesses enhance customer satisfaction while still reducing the cost of customer support. The platform uses interactive voic...

Categories: Communications, Call Recording, Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), IVR.

Five9

ITQlick rating
(3.1/5)

starts at $20,000 per license

Virtual Observer is a cloud-based and an on-premise call recording and call monitoring software. Virtual Observer is suitable for the cloud-based platform that offers various services, which include desktop ana...

Categories: Data Analysis Tools, Call Recording, IVR, Call Center, Workforce Management.

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Talkdesk: 0 Features

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Virtual Observer: 0 Features

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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
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Talkdesk
ITQlick rating
3.7/5
Score
88/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$75 per user/month
Functionality
9
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Five9
ITQlick rating
3.1/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
5.8/10
License pricing
$20,000 per license
Functionality
8
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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.