Avaya Unified Communications vs. Genesys Cloud CX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avaya Unified Communications
Score 6.8 out of 10
N/A
Avaya UCaaS is a business communications platform. Avaya UCaaS aims to set employees up for success with unified internal communication, supporting voice, chat, email, video, file sharing, and task management. The software enables users to create collaboration in real-time using any device or system through one platform.N/A
Genesys Cloud CX
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Genesys Cloud CX (formerly PureCloud, Genesys Cloud) is a contact center application optimized for automatic call distribution, interactive voice response, email, social media, chat, and text/SMS. It is also a VoIP interconnect service provider.N/A
Pricing
Avaya Unified CommunicationsGenesys Cloud CX
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avaya Unified CommunicationsGenesys Cloud CX
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing plans can also be billed hourly.
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Community Pulse
Avaya Unified CommunicationsGenesys Cloud CX
Considered Both Products
Avaya Unified Communications
Chose Avaya Unified Communications
Apart from Cisco Webex Calling/app no other vendor offers their own phones hardware, gateways. We need to add other vendors like yealink, Poly, Audiocodes to complete the solution. This makes things very difficult from management perspective. As you have to hire a person who …
Genesys Cloud CX
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
There really is no comparison between Genesys Cloud CX and other vendors we considered. We worked with two other products and neither came close to offering the sophistication, end-user interface or reliability that Genesys offers.
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
We get the good omnichannel experience and fast implementation, Webex phone features and also cost effective solution.Genesys WEM/WFO is very good and its helps business for the forcasting and enabling the shift plans as well.
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
The major advantage Genesys has over these platforms is in its code nocode user interface. It empowers the end user to deliver most of the functionalities on their end without the dependency on the vendor. The app foundry is also vast with lots of reliable tools which can be …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
Lets be honest Genesys Cloud CX is the only call center solution that offers all features in one package. Every other call center solution you will need to buy a third party add-on for a feature you want. Examples I have seen would be Analytics, Recordings, WFM not included …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
All the companies we reviewed were similar. We felt Genesys had the best model to get us where we wanted to go.
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
We were after an enterprise solution that was easy to migrate from Genesys Connect.
Moving to Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) was the most cost effective for us. Additionally we investigated transactional-based solutions, and Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) gave us an …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
Genesys is leading the customer experience market by providing an omnichannel platform to achieve all your complex business goals within it. Sometimes tasks might be duplicated in other solutions but in Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud), tasks are done once and it can be …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
All it had was a simple dialer, but it didn't have anywhere near all of the details that Genesys Cloud has. [It] didn't allow me to see how many calls I was receiving or making throughout the day. [Also, it] didn't notify me about any voicemails that were left in my inbox or …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
Unlike a few other solutions considered, Genesys Cloud provides a one-stop-shop package for all the Cloud Contact Center and associated workforce management needs.
It provides an effective and efficient control of the customers' end-to-end experience with our bank's contact …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
For the money and ease of use, Genesys is top notch. I think they lack in integrations against some others. From a metrics perceptive, Genesys Cloud provides a very easy to use system for non-technical leaders. You can generate the reports you need quickly, and with little need …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
I have used many other phone systems, and the majority of them have codes you need to enter to do a particular function. In Genesys you don't need to enter any codes, the UI is very well designed and easy to learn. You don't have to memorize codes when you can just simply look …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
Genesys is way better and has more features. We can just hear the voicemails straight from the cloud. We can do a consult transfer with the other agent prior to transferring the client to their end. It shows me my metrics so that I can compare them to the prior day and get …
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
I have used AVAYA IP Office/Communicator and it wasn't as smooth as Genesys. Also, I didn't really know how to look at my total calls for the day. I find this tool very friendly.
Chose Genesys Cloud CX
I worked with Avaya products some years ago. I find that Genesys Cloud (formerly PureCloud) is easier to implement and maintain.
Features
Avaya Unified CommunicationsGenesys Cloud CX
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
5.9
22 Ratings
32% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
High quality audio7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video6.718 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.3
14 Ratings
1% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Desktop sharing8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.8
17 Ratings
5% above category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Calendar integration9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
Record meetings / events8.113 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.5
16 Ratings
4% above category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Live chat8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.6
20 Ratings
1% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
User authentication7.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.8
27 Ratings
7% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX8.219 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)7.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
8.4
26 Ratings
0% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Answering rules7.724 Ratings00 Ratings
Call recording8.320 Ratings00 Ratings
Call park9.321 Ratings00 Ratings
Call screening9.320 Ratings00 Ratings
Message alerts8.323 Ratings00 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging8.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Fax8.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription7.920 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.9
23 Ratings
7% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS8.518 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.220 Ratings00 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Avaya Unified Communications
7.9
18 Ratings
5% below category average
Genesys Cloud CX
-
Ratings
Centralized communications management7.216 Ratings00 Ratings
Team messaging7.815 Ratings00 Ratings
Team document sharing8.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics8.316 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Avaya Unified CommunicationsGenesys Cloud CX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(101 ratings)
9.2
(491 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.7
(7 ratings)
8.7
(43 ratings)
Usability
7.6
(7 ratings)
8.7
(73 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.6
(10 ratings)
Performance
7.8
(5 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
5.1
(84 ratings)
8.0
(107 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.8
(2 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.7
(14 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(6 ratings)
7.6
(24 ratings)
Configurability
6.2
(3 ratings)
8.7
(8 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.5
(2 ratings)
6.8
(17 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.6
(2 ratings)
8.3
(9 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.3
(3 ratings)
8.9
(11 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(13 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.7
(3 ratings)
7.7
(11 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(3 ratings)
8.4
(11 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avaya Unified CommunicationsGenesys Cloud CX
Likelihood to Recommend
Avaya
Call centers where lots of calls come in per day are better suited for Cloud office. Small businesses or companies that don’t really make outgoing calls or receive a lot of incoming calls other than within the company would not really be suited for Avaya Cloud Office.
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Genesys
For any size business there is a subscription model to suit, and functions that your company would benefit from. Depending on the scale you can design your flows and processes to provide real value and empower both frontline agents and administrators with functionality and reporting that will enable you to make key improvements and choices.
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Pros
Avaya
  • User-friendly GUI management interface with the possibility to create different rooms, notebooks, calendars, and chats.
  • The management interface for recordings is made in the rooms with the possibility of downloading them to the location.
  • Link and file sharing with other participants.
  • Chat with all participants and individual.
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Genesys
  • Ease of call flow design - Architect tool is wonderful and easy to use.
  • Ease of API usage: Using native Genesys Cloud APIs, we can develop our own custom logic/solution.
  • The Archy tool - which help us to maintain CI/CD across our organization.
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Cons
Avaya
  • Avaya has very strong contact center offerings and more contact with our salesperson would be helpful, so we can explore the latest offerings
  • Although it's adequate a slightly more intuitive UI would be helpful
  • More integrated reporting at the end-user level.
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Genesys
  • Improve the speed of implementation of the most popular ideas on the Ideas portal
  • Support teams can be slow and some issues can take a long time to resolve
  • Although documentation is generally good, new features are often under-documented or don't include real world examples.
  • Arbitrary limits on some components can make things an unnecessary hassle
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Likelihood to Renew
Avaya
Things change, business requirements change so when we come to renew we may explore other options, we might go all in on Teams or look at something different - we need something that allows us to increase and importantly decrease our licence count more flexably which Avaya / Ring Central don't allow.
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Genesys
The upcoming upgrades working with Genesys Cloud and Salesforce are very exciting. Even though we don't use Genesys Cloud to the fullest extent it can be used (we just migrated a year ago), when these upgrades roll out, I am very excited to see what it can do to for our agents. I think they are going to be very impressed
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Usability
Avaya
There are few times that we have not been able to take advantage of the tool, but those moments are related to the bandwidth of each person in [their] home. Those who have low signal cannot access meetings on the platform smoothly.
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Genesys
Everything is very good. It is very useful, friendly to users and it makes our work easier than what we expected. I think that I don't need any help from someone on how to use Genesys coz basically they will directly feed it to you without any hassle on using it.
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Reliability and Availability
Avaya
Throughout a year and and a half of remote learning, we only experience two minor technology issues that were resolved within an hour
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Genesys
The platform is highly reliable, with minimal downtime or outages, and is generally available when needed. Over the course of using it, unplanned outages or application errors have been rare, and any issues that did arise were quickly resolved. Genesys provides robust support and maintenance, ensuring the system remains operational during critical business hours. However, like any cloud-based platform, there have been occasional disruptions, though these were infrequent and quickly addressed. Overall, its availability has been excellent, supporting smooth daily operations.
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Performance
Avaya
We have not been faced to any performance issue.
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Genesys
Overall, the platform performs well, with pages loading quickly and reports typically completing in a reasonable time, even with complex data. The interface is responsive, and most day-to-day tasks are executed efficiently. However, in some instances, especially during peak usage times or when running very detailed, large-scale reports, there can be slight delays. While these are rare, they occasionally affect workflow. Additionally, the platform generally integrates smoothly with other systems, though some integrations can slow down slightly, particularly when pulling large datasets or interacting with older, legacy systems. Nonetheless, the performance is strong and reliable for most use cases.
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Support Rating
Avaya
I have never contacted support directly. However, my rep with Enterprise Systems is excellent. Since joining Avaya, all inquiries and/or concerns have always been resolved within a reasonable amount of time. If it's a less complex issue, it is resolved in real time. I receive a response within 30 minutes or less. When he is out of the office, he always has a backup.
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Genesys
Support does indeed resolve the issue but they seem to be really slow and I have to stay on them to get my ticket handled. Everyone I have interacted with is very professional and pleasant. Other than being slow its been a good experience
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In-Person Training
Avaya
whilst on site it was delivered by teams to the desks , not the fault of the trainer
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Genesys
Genesys team that provide trainings are friendly and professional. They helped us to understand well the product and the functionalities. The training was detailed with use cases. At the end, we got a task to develop that ended with success and we got some Genesys rewards. It was amazing experience
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Online Training
Avaya
The online training was clear and effective.
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Genesys
In general, it gives a description and can help to understand what to do and how. but: Sometimes, it does not keep up with changes in the system (for example, in the GUI changes, additional features and so on). Sometimes, much easier and helpful to read the documentation (https://help.mypurecloud.com/) that gives the "better" explanations and takes less time.
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Implementation Rating
Avaya
Thank to the help of Avaya implementation team, the migration was done with minimal impact. All activities were well defined and done in time.
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Genesys
My Team was involved in the discussion before implementing the application. We had a whole walkthrough of this product and during the demo itself we were very impressed with type of service we were getting. The integration of the product into our system was very quick and seamless.
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Alternatives Considered
Avaya
Apart from Cisco Webex Calling/app no other vendor offers their own phones hardware, gateways. We need to add other vendors like yealink, Poly, Audiocodes to complete the solution. This makes things very difficult from management perspective. As you have to hire a person who can manage a multivendor environment. Also, in case of outage, multiple bridge open and every vendor blame others. Cisco is costly so we gave a chance to Avaya UCaaS based on its history and reputation in Calling market.
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Genesys
Before fully migrating to Genesys Cloud CX, we relied on Zendesk Talk and Chat as our primary contact for our customers to manage interactions. While we used Zendesk in our early stages and it goes well for us, but it did outgrew some capabilities. Unlike Genesys Cloud, we struggled for sometime as a business who handled multi-brand and omnichannels. It came to a point where we needed separate routing rules and inboxes but we couldn't to that with Zendesk so we had to provide a manual workaround until we switched to Genesys Cloud CX
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Avaya
No answers on this topic
Genesys
Genesys provides Licensing in 3 tier subscription types of licenses on top based on any business requirements then any sort of feature/functionality inclusion (or removal) is discussed openly. There are 2 types of billing models available which are "Named" and "Concurrent" based on the type of roles users will perform in Genesys Cloud CX environment (eg. Agent, Supervisor, Administrator, and Business Users) Also, the billing period/frequency starts on the actual day the platform is delivered.
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Scalability
Avaya
It fits us well being in multiple geographic areas and we can purchase local numbers or do a BYOD SBC setup
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Genesys
I give Genesys a rating of 10 for scalability because of its ability to adapt seamlessly to growing business needs, whether expanding across multiple departments, locations, or regions. Its cloud-based infrastructure allows for easy scaling without the need for costly hardware upgrades or lengthy implementation times. As our organisation grew, we were able to add new agents, channels, and features without disrupting operations, which significantly enhanced our flexibility. The platform's design supports both small-scale and enterprise-level operations, making it ideal for evolving businesses. Additionally, its capacity to handle increased interaction volumes without compromising performance ensures that customer service quality remains high, even during peak times. This flexibility and ease of scaling, combined with real-time analytics and automation capabilities, make it highly effective for growing organisations.
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Professional Services
Avaya
No answers on this topic
Genesys
Professional services are definitely much more experienced than the support teams, and the price for their services is very fair. I wish that the support team could help answer simple questions about work that the PSS team does, however, so that we do not have to use our SOW for simple Q&A emails.
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Return on Investment
Avaya
  • This made working from home possible, allowing me to take calls that I wouldn't be able to without having them forwarded by our communications department
  • It works with Teams, realizing when I'm on a conf call and automatically sets a status of away, preventing my phone from ringing, but allowing me to see the voicemail via text so that I can respond
  • If I step out of the office for a little bit, I can have my calls go directly to my cellphone to make sure I'm still available if needed
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Genesys
  • For a product-based company like ours, we have existing Genesys customers who can use our product, as we have already integrated our product & solution into Genesys.
  • By viewing Genesys as a contact center, we generate numerous ideas about what features need to be implemented.
  • Genesys is the best choice for big, enterprise-level businesses as it can handle multiple calls simultaneously seamlessly.
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ScreenShots

Genesys Cloud CX Screenshots

Screenshot of analytics to track performance and balance workloads in real time.Screenshot of the dashboard to manage workflows, settings and operations.Screenshot of AI tools that help to resolve customer issues.