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Five9 vs Vonage

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

FFive9From $119/moVisit site
VVonageFree trialVisit site
VS
F

Choose Five9 if…

  • you're in its core audience: enterprise contact centres, customer service leaders
V

Choose Vonage if…

  • you need an API to build on
  • you want to trial it before paying
  • you work on iOS, Android
  • you're in its core audience: software developers, saas product teams

Side by side

Feature Five9 Vonage
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price$119/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, API, iOS, Android
CategoryCall center & dialersCPaaS & OTP APIs
CompanyFive9, Inc.Vonage
Full feature lists

F Five9

  • Omnichannel routing across voice, chat, SMS, email, WhatsApp, video
  • Agentic AI and intelligent virtual agents for self-service
  • Genius AI routing of interactions
  • GenAI quality scoring of all interactions
  • Workforce forecasting and scheduling
  • Outbound dialling and automated outreach
  • 300+ integrations including Salesforce and ServiceNow
  • 99.999% platform uptime SLA

V Vonage

  • Voice API with IVR, WebSockets and speech-to-text
  • Text-to-speech in over 50 languages
  • Video API and low-code Meetings API
  • Messages API for SMS, RCS and WhatsApp
  • Verify API with Silent Authentication
  • SIP trunking and in-app voice SDKs
  • AI Studio drag-and-drop conversational flow builder
  • CAMARA-based network APIs for identity and location

Their home pages

What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.

Five9 home page
F Five9 · five9.com
Vonage home page
V Vonage · vonage.com

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Team sizeFive9Vonage
1 person$5,950 Digitalno published plan
5 people$5,950 Digitalno published plan
20 people$5,950 Digitalno published plan
All plans and prices

Five9

Digital$119 Monthly/Seat USD
Core$159 Monthly/Seat USD
PlusContact Sales
ProContact Sales
EnterpriseContact Sales

Vonage

Free trial. Plan details aren't published.

Strengths and limitations

Five9

  • Covers voice, chat, SMS, email, WhatsApp and video on one platform
  • 300+ integrations with CRM and help desk tools
  • 99.999% uptime SLA
  • Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for CCaaS
  • Pricing available only through sales quotes
  • Aimed mainly at enterprises

Vonage

  • Covers voice, video, messaging and verification in one platform
  • Client and server SDKs for web and mobile
  • Migration guides from Twilio
  • Low-code AI Studio for conversational flows
  • Usage-based API pricing makes costs harder to predict
  • 10DLC registration needed for US SMS

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