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Selecting a contact center platform

Choose the platform around the journeys your agents handle.

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Define the requirement

Map why customers contact you, which channels they use and where agents retrieve information. Measure queue volumes and seasonal peaks. Identify supervisors, quality reviewers and administrators as distinct roles with different requirements.

Compare the operating models

Basic call queues may be enough for a small team. A dedicated contact center can address more complex routing, digital channels, workforce management and quality processes. Integration with a CRM or industry application must be evaluated as its own workflow.

Make the demonstration prove the fit

Give vendors a realistic demonstration script: identify a caller, retrieve a record, transfer the interaction and document the outcome. Ask what works natively, what needs a partner connector and what requires a custom project. A logo on an integration page is not the demonstration.

Compare the complete cost

Compare agent licensing, usage, digital channels, recording, storage, AI features and integrations. Include deployment and administrator training. Confirm how seasonal seats and minimum commitments affect cost when demand changes.

Plan deployment and ownership

Pilot a complete customer journey with trained agents. Test failure handling, queue reporting and the handoff to back-office teams. Keep an escalation and rollback plan during launch, and measure customer outcomes alongside agent productivity.

Questions to take to your shortlist

  1. Which journey must the demonstration complete?
  2. What is the connector and who supports it?
  3. How are seasonal demand and usage charged?

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Vendor research shortlist

This is a curated evidence set, not an exhaustive supplier ranking. Industry positioning does not establish a particular integration, certification or suitability for your deployment. Confirm the exact product, connector, licensing and support scope.

14 research matches

Documented integration

Zoom

Zoom Contact Center

Zoom publishes setup guidance for a voice-channel Epic integration.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm current prerequisites, supported Epic versions and licensing. Treat this separately from Zoom Phone and video visits.

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Read Zoom source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Vendor-described direct integration

Five9

Five9 Fusion for Epic

Five9 describes Fusion for Epic for connecting contact-center voice workflows with Epic, including Cheers and Cadence.

Confirm before selecting

Request a demonstration of the exact workflow, current availability, prerequisites and implementation scope.

Read Five9 source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Partner-mediated integration

8x8

8x8 Contact Center + SpinSci

8x8 announced an Epic integration through its SpinSci partnership and Patient Assist technology.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm current connector availability, separate licenses, data flow and support ownership. Do not assume this is included in a basic phone license.

Read 8x8 source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Partner-mediated integration

RingCentral

RingCentral healthcare solution + SpinSci

RingCentral announced EHR integrations including Epic through SpinSci.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm the current RingCentral product edition, connector package and supported workflow; the source is a 2024 announcement, not a current entitlement sheet.

Read RingCentral source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

RingCentral

RingCentral industry solutions

RingCentral publishes a financial-services communications and contact-center offering.

Confirm before selecting

Validate the exact product, retention controls and required integrations. Industry positioning is not evidence of a specific banking-system connector.

Read RingCentral source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

Five9

Five9 contact center

Five9 publishes contact-center solutions for financial-services customer experience.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm caller-verification workflows, integrations, recording controls and implementation scope.

Read Five9 source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

RingCentral

RingCentral retail solutions

RingCentral publishes retail communications and customer-service solutions.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm the store and central-service configuration. No particular POS or ecommerce connector is verified by this mapping.

Read RingCentral source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

8x8

8x8 manufacturing solutions

8x8 describes communications and customer-experience use cases for manufacturers.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm plant device, paging and integration requirements. This is not evidence of operational-technology or ERP integration.

Read 8x8 source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

RingCentral

RingCentral education solutions

RingCentral publishes communications solutions for education institutions.

Confirm before selecting

Validate shared-device needs, campus configuration and any student-information-system integration separately.

Read RingCentral source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

RingCentral

RingCentral state and local government solutions

RingCentral publishes a government communications offering with state and local use cases.

Confirm before selecting

Verify the exact offering and required authorization with your procurement team. This mapping does not establish federal eligibility, FedRAMP status or a contract vehicle.

Read RingCentral source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

Nextiva

Nextiva hospitality communications

Nextiva publishes phone and customer-experience solutions for hotel and hospitality teams.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm guest-room devices, emergency calling and the exact property-management integration. Hoteling as a phone feature is not proof of a hotel PMS integration.

Read Nextiva source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

8x8

8x8 logistics communications

8x8 publishes communications use cases for logistics companies.

Confirm before selecting

Validate dispatch and customer-service workflows. No specific TMS or warehouse-system connector is verified here.

Read 8x8 source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

RingCentral

RingCentral real estate communications

RingCentral publishes communications and contact-center use cases for real estate organizations.

Confirm before selecting

Validate lead routing and any CRM or property-management connector; no specific connector is verified in this record.

Read RingCentral source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Industry solution positioning

8x8

8x8 insurance communications

8x8 publishes customer-experience solutions for insurers, including claims and policyholder communication use cases.

Confirm before selecting

Confirm the actual agency or claims-system integration. Applied Epic insurance software is distinct from Epic healthcare EHR.

Read 8x8 source ↗

Reviewed 2026-09-30

Turn your requirements into a practical plan.

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