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Telecommunications · head to head

Five9 vs Rocket.Chat

Five9 logo

Five9

Telecommunications

Intelligent cloud contact center

From
$149/month
Rated
-
Rocket.Chat logo

Rocket.Chat

Communication & Collaboration

Deployment flexibility and compliance across regulatory frameworks

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Five9 a 50 seat minimum applies to the published rates, so the entry cost on the $119 Digital plan is $5,950 a month; Rocket.Chat no prices, tier names with numbers, or minimum seats are published anywhere on the pricing page; all three paid editions (Commercial, Government, Defense) route to Contact sales or Contact us

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Five9 and Rocket.Chat actually diverge.

Attributes where Five9 and Rocket.Chat differ
AttributeFive9Rocket.Chat
Starting price$149/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, DesktopWeb
CategoryTelecommunicationsCommunication & Collaboration
Founded2001Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Five9

  • Intelligent routing
  • IVR
  • ACD
  • Dialer
  • WFM
  • Quality management
  • Analytics
  • Salesforce

Only in Rocket.Chat

Nothing recorded that Five9 does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Five9

  • Cloud contact centre across voice, chat, email and social messagingnot Rocket.Chat
  • Routing and managing high volume customer interactionsnot Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat

No use cases recorded yet. See the Rocket.Chat review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Five9

  • A 50 seat minimum applies to the published rates, so the entry cost on the $119 Digital plan is $5,950 a month
  • Prices are per concurrent user rather than per named agent, which changes what a seat means when shifts overlap
  • Voice is excluded from the Digital plan and requires a quote
  • Usage based charges apply on top of the per seat rate
  • Three of the five tiers publish no price at all

Rocket.Chat

  • No prices, tier names with numbers, or minimum seats are published anywhere on the pricing page; all three paid editions (Commercial, Government, Defense) route to Contact sales or Contact us
  • The free community edition is not represented on the pricing page at all, which lists only the three quote-only enterprise tiers

Pricing, plan by plan

Five9

$149/month
  • Core$149/month
    • Inbound/outbound
    • IVR
    • Basic CTI
  • Premium$169/month
    • Core + Chat/email
    • Quality management
  • Optimum$199/month
    • Premium + WFM
    • Proactive chat
  • Ultimate$229/month
    • Full suite
    • Advanced analytics

Rocket.Chat

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Rocket.Chat review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Five9 if

  • You need intelligent routing.
  • You work on Web, Desktop.
  • You also want ivr.

Choose Rocket.Chat if

Nothing in the data separates Rocket.Chat from Five9 on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Questions people ask

Is Five9 or Rocket.Chat better?
Neither clearly leads. Five9 starts at $149/month and Rocket.Chat at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Five9 or Rocket.Chat?
Five9 starts at $149/month and Rocket.Chat at On request.
Does Five9 or Rocket.Chat run on more platforms?
Five9 runs on Web, Desktop. Rocket.Chat runs on Web.
What is Five9 best used for?
Five9 is most often used for cloud contact centre across voice, chat, email and social messaging, routing and managing high volume customer interactions. Of those, cloud contact centre across voice, chat, email and social messaging and routing and managing high volume customer interactions are not what Rocket.Chat is typically brought in for.
What can Five9 do that Rocket.Chat cannot?
Five9 covers Intelligent routing, IVR, ACD, Dialer.

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