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Contact center platforms · October 2026 Edition

Five9 vs Amazon Connect

Six of fourteen models named Five9 first on the direct prompt; zero named Amazon Connect. Five9 was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Amazon Connect by eleven and Five9 carries 50 labels and Amazon Connect 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Five9

accepted challenger

By Five9 Inc., San Ramon, United States, founded 2001. Named in three categories this edition.

Amazon Connect

accepted challenger

By Amazon, Seattle, United States, founded 1994. Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share18%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5019A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Five9 reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Talkdesk was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Five9 vs Talkdesk · Five9 vs CloudTalk · Five9 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.
Five9First choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon Connect
Direct60
Paraphrase301 against Amazon Connect
Comparative001 against Five9
Budget-constrained02
Scale-constrained10
Negative008 against Five9 · 2 against Amazon Connect
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, Five9 and Amazon Connect were named in the same answer fifty-two times, of the 213 answers naming Five9 and the 77 naming Amazon Connect. In those answers Amazon Connect took the first choice one time and Five9 two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Five9 and Amazon Connect 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
Five9 Amazon Connect first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Five9 on the left and Amazon Connect on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Five9 and Amazon Connect stood in it.

Five9 first, Amazon Connect not the choice

6 of 14 modelsAmazon Connect was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallFive9 alternatives: Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Nextiva Contact Center, Talkdesk
DeepSeek V4 FlashFive9 alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Genesys Cloud CX, Talkdesk
Qwen 3.7 FlashDialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX
Kimi K2Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX, Nextiva
MiniMax M2.5Five9 alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Talkdesk
GPT-6 LunaFive9 alternatives: Genesys Cloud CX, Salesforce Voice

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.
Claude Haiku 4.5CloudTalk alternatives: Five9, Genesys Cloud CX, Talkdesk
GPT-5.4 miniGenesys Cloud CX alternatives: Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9, RingCentral Events, Zoom Contact Center
Gemini 3.5 FlashDialpad Ai Contact Center alternatives: Aircall, Five9, Talkdesk, Zoom Contact Center
Grok 4.1 FastAircall, Talkdesk alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9
GLM 4.7 FlashXDialpad Ai Contact Center, Talkdesk alternatives: Five9, Freshdesk Contact Center, Zendesk Contact Center
Muse Glimmer 30BCloudTalk alternatives: Aloware, Dialpad Ai Contact Center, Five9, Nextiva, Talkdesk

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarCloudTalk alternatives: Nextiva, RingCentral Contact Center, Talkdesk
Llama 4 MaverickCloudTalk alternatives: RingCX, Talkdesk

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
Amazon Connect leads by two points.
Amazon Connect2%#– of 15
Five90%#15 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Five9 leads at mid-market.
Five918%#1 of 13
Amazon Connect4%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Amazon Connect leads at enterprise.
Amazon Connect4%#3 of 9
Five90%#7 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Five9

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

“has accumulated a significant volume of negative feedback in recent years regarding its transition to fully managed services” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Call issues: Frequent call drops and technical disruptions” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Five9 is a reputable CCaaS, but if you prioritize a modern UI, tighter cost control... its cons are worth investigating before committing.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“my default recommendation would be Five9 or Genesys Cloud, with Five9 as the best "safe" first pick” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Five9 is the top choice due to its comprehensive omnichannel capabilities and workforce management” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Genesys Cloud CX or Five9 as the primary contenders (proven mid-market to enterprise scale)” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Amazon Connect

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

“Avoid: NICE CXone and Amazon Connect for mid-sized B2B” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Some users report reliable performance, but others have experienced authentication outages affecting agent login.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Not a platform to avoid generally, but don’t assume it’s a plug-and-play call-center package.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best fit is usually Amazon Connect for a low-cost, pay-as-you-go contact center” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“My default pick for a tight budget is Amazon Connect” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“For an AWS-oriented team that wants flexibility and usage-based pricing, assess Amazon Connect Customer” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
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.