Five9 Interactive Voice Response

Name: Five9 Interactive Voice Response
Brand: Five9
Rating: 4.1 (2804 reviews)

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The New CX Starts Here. Transformed by AI, Powered by Five9.

Est 2001|Valuation $2.6B|Raised $204.3M

LinkedIn 126K|Website|Web traffic 5.0M|FTEs 2,910|HQ San Ramon, California, US

MarketsContact Center as a Service (CCaaS)Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

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01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

- Genesys Cloud CX: Genesys publishes list pricing for higher bundles and explicitly includes speech-enabled IVR in certain bundles. Pricing transparency can be advantageous in procurement, although usage-based elements and add-ons still require sales engagement. - Talkdesk: Talkdesk publishes entry pricing and edition breakdowns. Commitment terms and telephony/usage fees may still be excluded from list prices, so buyers must model total cost. - Zoom Contact Center / RingCentral / NICE: These vendors are often considered in community discussions and competitive evaluations. Anecdotal reports exist where practitioners prefer alternatives based on specific deployment experiences; such anecdotal signals should be weighed alongside formal evaluations.

When customers choose competitors instead (from the collected signals)

When voice reliability is a primary procurement risk
When the buyer prefers more transparent list pricing and packaging
When the organization prefers tighter integration with a broader unified communications or video ecosystem (a cited advantage for some buyers considering Zoom or RingCentral)

	Five9 IVR (Five9 Intelligent CX Platform)	Genesys Cloud CX	Talkdesk CX Cloud
Starting Price	Quote-based; vendor does not consistently publish list pricing (third-party references to "starting at" figures exist)	Published list pricing for tiered bundles and editions; detailed per-user and bundle pricing available from the vendor	Published entry and edition pricing; vendor publishes list prices for baseline editions but commitment terms and usage fees may apply
Most suitable for	Mid-market and enterprise teams seeking a packaged CCaaS with broad voice, routing, and reporting capabilities and optional automation add-ons	Enterprises standardizing on a broad omnichannel suite with WEM and AI features and relatively transparent packaging	Organizations seeking published entry pricing and a modern CCaaS suite with routing/studio and add-ons
Key Strength	Broad platform capabilities, including visual IVR concepts for mobile and multiple integrations	Transparent bundles and broad feature set including IVR, WEM, and AI packaging	Published entry pricing and clear edition structure with a modern CX suite
Key Weakness	Recurring reports of audio quality and reliability issues and reported administrative usability friction in IVR tooling; pricing opacity	Can be complex; AI/model and add-ons can complicate total cost of ownership	Public pricing may require minimum commitment and add-on/usage fees; real-world total cost of ownership varies

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Genesys Cloud CX: Genesys publishes list pricing for higher bundles and explicitly includes speech-enabled IVR in certain bundles. Pricing transparency can be advantageous in procurement, although usage-based elements and add-ons still require sales engagement.
Talkdesk: Talkdesk publishes entry pricing and edition breakdowns. Commitment terms and telephony/usage fees may still be excluded from list prices, so buyers must model total cost.
Zoom Contact Center / RingCentral / NICE: These vendors are often considered in community discussions and competitive evaluations. Anecdotal reports exist where practitioners prefer alternatives based on specific deployment experiences; such anecdotal signals should be weighed alongside formal evaluations.

When customers choose competitors instead (from the collected signals)

When voice reliability is a primary procurement risk
When the buyer prefers more transparent list pricing and packaging
When the organization prefers tighter integration with a broader unified communications or video ecosystem (a cited advantage for some buyers considering Zoom or RingCentral)

	Five9 IVR (Five9 Intelligent CX Platform)	Genesys Cloud CX	Talkdesk CX Cloud
Starting Price	Quote-based; vendor does not consistently publish list pricing (third-party references to "starting at" figures exist)	Published list pricing for tiered bundles and editions; detailed per-user and bundle pricing available from the vendor	Published entry and edition pricing; vendor publishes list prices for baseline editions but commitment terms and usage fees may apply
Most suitable for	Mid-market and enterprise teams seeking a packaged CCaaS with broad voice, routing, and reporting capabilities and optional automation add-ons	Enterprises standardizing on a broad omnichannel suite with WEM and AI features and relatively transparent packaging	Organizations seeking published entry pricing and a modern CCaaS suite with routing/studio and add-ons
Key Strength	Broad platform capabilities, including visual IVR concepts for mobile and multiple integrations	Transparent bundles and broad feature set including IVR, WEM, and AI packaging	Published entry pricing and clear edition structure with a modern CX suite
Key Weakness	Recurring reports of audio quality and reliability issues and reported administrative usability friction in IVR tooling; pricing opacity	Can be complex; AI/model and add-ons can complicate total cost of ownership	Public pricing may require minimum commitment and add-on/usage fees; real-world total cost of ownership varies