Nextiva
nextiva.comBuild Difficulty: 4/5
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Unified Customer Experience Management Platform
How to Replace NextivaOverview
Features
94 features across 8 categories
AI Capabilities(9)
AI-powered service that answers customer inquiries automatically
Automatically classify customer interactions and issues
Automatically capture voice conversation content in real time and create post-call summaries
Protect sensitive customer data from being shared or exposed
Detect customer language and provide translation capabilities
Analyze customer sentiment and emotions from interactions
Convert spoken words to text automatically
Convert text to natural-sounding speech
24/7 AI receptionist that answers calls, texts, and chats to capture leads and ensure no customer interactions are missed
Agent Tooling(5)
Automatically assign disposition codes to interactions
AI-powered knowledge base for agent assistance and self-service
Detect language spoken by customer automatically
Automatically redact sensitive information from digital workitems
AI-assisted secure payment processing for agents
Analytics(6)
Comprehensive reporting with data insights from voice analytics
Analyze conversations across all channels for insights and sentiment
Customizable real-time dashboards for agents and supervisors to track key metrics
Create reports with flexible query options
Analyze voice interactions for insights and optimization
Customize dashboard widgets for personalized views
Architecture(8)
Extremely high platform reliability with military-grade security
API for syncing notes and data with CRM systems
Geo-redundant disaster recovery to ensure system availability during outages
Cloud-native platform deployable in hybrid and private environments
Integrations with 73+ platform capabilities and applications
Platform operates without scheduled maintenance downtime
RESTful APIs for seamless integration and customization
Compliant with TCPA, DNC, STIR/SHAKEN, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and other regulations
Automation & Productivity(16)
Seamless handoff between bots and agents with context preservation
Enable team collaboration with chat and messaging within the platform
Mobile application for business phone, SMS, and contacts management
Monitor agent performance and provide coaching
Unified app for business voice, texts, video meetings, and contacts
Automate workflows by connecting tools and building smart, seamless processes across systems
Conduct surveys to monitor service quality
See who is available to receive calls and chat messages
Team collaboration features for internal communication
Chat with team on one system with video and screen sharing
Tools to increase team productivity and reduce idle time
Single unified interface for all agent communication and customer interaction tools
Automate business workflows across systems and processes
Drag-and-drop workflow builder for automating business processes
Tools for managing agent schedules, performance, and engagement
Automated workforce scheduling powered by API
Customer Experience(24)
Offer callers ability to keep place in line without waiting on hold with automatic callback
Greet callers instantly and direct them to right person
Handle calls when team is busy with callers waiting in line for next agent
Professional call routing with virtual receptionist
Maintain complete view of each customer with sync to CRM or built-in contact database
Enable customers to purchase through conversational channels
Orchestrate and automate customer journeys across multiple channels with real-time actionable insights
Display customer information and context while they wait in queue
Manage high-volume inbound calls with touch tone prompts and intelligent routing
Route customer interactions based on skills, language, expertise, demographics, and other attributes
AI-powered virtual assistant for customer self-service
Design and optimize customer journey workflows
Keep every interaction connected with stitched conversations that follow customers across channels
Route callers to best-fit agents based on demographics, language, affinity, and hard skills
Advanced automatic call distribution algorithms for optimal call handling
Route based on customer situation and agent skill set combination
Direct customers to agents with specific skills and expertise
Ensure all calls are professionally answered and properly routed using virtual receptionist
Supervisors can proactively reach out to website visitors
Maintain complete unified conversation history with native contact database
Keep encrypted record of voice conversations
Listen to voicemails or read AI transcriptions within the Nextiva app
Get voicemail messages delivered to inbox and respond through email
Allow customers to request a call from agent directly in chat window
Engagement Channels(19)
Send and receive SMS text messages from business phone number using desktop and mobile app
Reliable voice conversations within the U.S. and Canada with inbound and outbound calling capabilities
Dedicated conference line for meetings with up to nine participants with recording in HD
Enable customers to reach team via shared SMS inbox allowing multiple team member access
Send and receive faxes using Nextiva vFAX Portal, email, or traditional fax machine with Fax Bridge device
Route incoming emails to single group inbox with automatic ticketing and prioritization
Superior sounding phone calls engineered to eliminate static
Real-time chat interaction with website visitors with automated prompts and live agent transfer
Support for social messaging platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more
Connect with customers across voice, chat, SMS, email, social, messaging, and webforms
Send and receive unlimited faxes like email without hardware or wires
Share screen during video call or exchange key files
Answer business calls on the go from smartphone
Grow and protect brand on key review sites and social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google Business profile
Universal non-local toll-free number for business
Offer universal non-local toll-free number with included minutes
Call any phone in United States and Canada as much as wanted without tracking minutes
Face-to-face video collaboration with screen sharing, sidebar chat, and recording capabilities
Offer 24/7 support with web chatbot automation and option for live agent transfer
Outbound Dialing(7)
Allow agents to handle both incoming and outgoing calls in a single interface
Manage Direct Inward Dial numbers for your organization
Filter and prioritize leads for outbound campaigns
Manage outbound calling lists and campaigns
Enable agents to place outbound calls for sales and follow-ups
Advanced outbound dialing with predictive capabilities to maximize agent productivity
Ensure compliance with Telephone Consumer Protection Act regulations
Pricing
Core
- ✓Inbound & Outbound Voice
- ✓Business SMS
- ✓Video meetings
- ✓Screenshare & file share
- ✓Call routing with virtual receptionist
- ✓Team chat & collaboration
- ✓Mobile app
Engage
- ✓All Core features
- ✓Customer-to-team SMS messaging
- ✓Toll-free number & minutes
- ✓Advanced reporting from voice analytics
- ✓Inbound sales and service call center
- ✓Web chat: Live & bot
Power Suite CX
Popular- ✓Voice & web chat
- ✓Blended inbound & outbound calling
- ✓AI transcription & summarization
- ✓Customizable intelligent and skills-based routing
- ✓Omnichannel engagement
- ✓Process automation
- ✓Real-time dashboards and reporting
- ✓Team collaboration
- ✓Workflow builder
- ✓Smart call routing
- ✓Voice recording (up to 5)
- ✓Omnichannel conversation history
- ✓Contact management
- ✓Web call back
- ✓ACD call back
- ✓Geographic disaster recovery
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Buying Nextiva saves ~$105,480 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 94 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
12 known integrations