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Contact center platforms · October 2026 Edition

Dialpad Ai Contact Center vs NICE CXone

Four of fourteen models named Dialpad Ai Contact Center first on the direct prompt; zero named NICE CXone. Dialpad Ai Contact Center was named by ten of the fourteen models and NICE CXone by fourteen and Dialpad Ai Contact Center carries 29 labels and NICE CXone 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Dialpad Ai Contact Center

accepted challenger

By Dialpad, United States, founded 2014. Named in one category this edition.

NICE CXone

criticized challenger

By Nice Ltd, Ra'anana, Israel, founded 1986. Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share9%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%26%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2934A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Dialpad Ai Contact Center reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Five9 was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Five9 vs Dialpad Ai Contact Center · Five9 vs NICE CXone · Talkdesk vs Dialpad Ai Contact Center

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the contact center platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Dialpad Ai Contact CenterFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNICE CXone
Direct40
Paraphrase022 against NICE CXone
Comparative05
Budget-constrained101 against Dialpad Ai Contact Center · 1 against NICE CXone
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Dialpad Ai Contact Center · 6 against NICE CXone
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Dialpad Ai Contact Center and NICE CXone were named in the same answer twenty-three times, of the 83 answers naming Dialpad Ai Contact Center and the 147 naming NICE CXone. In those answers NICE CXone took the first choice six times and Dialpad Ai Contact Center five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Dialpad Ai Contact Center and NICE CXone stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Dialpad Ai Contact Center NICE CXone first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Dialpad Ai Contact Center on the left and NICE CXone on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Dialpad Ai Contact Center and NICE CXone stood in it.

Dialpad Ai Contact Center first, NICE CXone not the choice

4 of 14 modelsNICE CXone was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDialpad Ai Contact Center alternatives: Aircall, Five9, Talkdesk, Zoom Contact Center
Qwen 3.7 FlashDialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX
Kimi K2Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX, Nextiva
GLM 4.7 FlashXDialpad Ai Contact Center, Talkdesk alternatives: Five9, Freshdesk Contact Center, Zendesk Contact Center

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniGenesys Cloud CX alternatives: Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9, RingCentral Events, Zoom Contact Center
Grok 4.1 FastAircall, Talkdesk alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9
Mistral SmallFive9 alternatives: Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Nextiva Contact Center, Talkdesk
DeepSeek V4 FlashFive9 alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Genesys Cloud CX, Talkdesk
MiniMax M2.5Five9 alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Talkdesk
Muse Glimmer 30BCloudTalk alternatives: Aloware, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9, Nextiva, Talkdesk

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5CloudTalk alternatives: Five9, Genesys Cloud CX, Talkdesk
Perplexity SonarCloudTalk alternatives: Nextiva, RingCentral Contact Center, Talkdesk
Llama 4 MaverickCloudTalk alternatives: RingCX, Talkdesk
GPT-6 LunaFive9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX, Salesforce Voice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Dialpad Ai Contact Center leads by twelve points.
Dialpad Ai Contact Center12%#3 of 15
NICE CXone0%#– of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Dialpad Ai Contact Center leads by five points.
Dialpad Ai Contact Center9%#4 of 13
NICE CXone4%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: NICE CXone leads at enterprise.
NICE CXone15%#2 of 9
Dialpad Ai Contact Center0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Dialpad Ai Contact Center

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Missed inbound notifications/calls slipping through... Popular but inconsistent for high-stakes contact centers.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“limited outbound dialing control and occasional connectivity issues during high-volume campaigns” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“While its Pro plan is $69/user/month... may be worth the investment for growing teams” Mistral Small · budget prompt · soft negative
“or Dialpad ($15/user/month) if you're primarily phone-focused and want AI features without the premium price tag” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Dialpad and Talkdesk are the top contenders” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Dialpad Ai Contact Center represents the most future-proof and practical choice” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about NICE CXone

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“avoiding the high-ticket enterprise suites like NICE CXone or Genesys (which can easily run $100–$200+ per agent monthly)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“experienced professionals have warned others to "avoid NICE CXone like the plague."” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid or Be Cautious About ... Multiple outages ... Poor support” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“NICE is widely regarded as the market heavyweight, often scoring highest in both "ability to execute" and "completeness of vision."” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you need complex omnichannel enterprise routing → Genesys is the incumbent leader.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you are a large enterprise with complex needs... Choose Genesys or NICE.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.