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Comparevs Five9

Your Five9 alternative, one bill, one stack.

The Five9 alternative that bundles UC + CC + AI on one bill — phone, video, dialers, and contact center in one license at UCaaS-tier per-seat pricing, instead of paying $149+ per agent for CC plus a separate UCaaS contract for everyone else.

Refreshed Q2 2026Sourced from five9.com/pricing24/7 support
Monthly bill · 50 agentsmay 2026
AcepeakInvoice
INV-2026-05
  • Enterprise plan · 50 seats50 × $25.99
  • Phone + Video + AIincluded
  • Predictive dialer + CCincluded
Total$1,299.50
One bill
vs
Five9 + UCaaSInvoice
INV-2026-05
  • Five9 Premium · 50 agents50 × $169
  • UCaaS for non-agents50 × $25
  • IVA / AI add-on+ $750
Total$10,450
~8× lower TCO at the same scale+ $9,150 / mo
The verdict

Tied on CC. Way ahead on UC and per-seat cost.

Five9 is mature and proven on contact center. Acepeak matches it on dialers and routing, then adds UCaaS phone, video, and team chat in the same license — at a fraction of the per-seat cost.

Dimension
Acepeak
Five9
/ 10
Edge
Phone (UCaaS)
9.0
6.0
diff +3.0
Us
Video
8.0
5.0
diff +3.0
Us
AI
9.0
8.0
diff +1.0
Us
Contact center
9.0
9.0
diff +0.0
Tie
CRM
9.0
8.0
diff +1.0
Us
Omnichannel
8.0
8.0
diff +0.0
Tie
Analytics
8.0
9.0
diff -1.0
Them
Admin / security
9.0
9.0
diff +0.0
Tie
Pricing tiers

~85% lower per agent — and includes UCaaS.

Five9 is priced as a CC point solution. Acepeak Enterprise is priced as UCaaS — phone + video + chat are bundled before the dialers even kick in.

Entry tier
Acepeak — Starter
$9.99
Phone + AI Assistant — UC + light CC
Five9 — Digital
$119
Digital channels only, no voice
Mid tier
Acepeak — Professional
$15.99
Omnichannel + dialer + 100 AI min
Five9 — Core
$149
Voice CC, no UCaaS phone system
Top tier
Acepeak — Enterprise
$25.99
Predictive dialer + voice cloning + UC + CC
Five9 — Premium
$169
Adds predictive dialer, still CC-only
Per agent / month, annual billing. Five9 pricing from five9.com/pricing (Q2 2026).
Feature by feature

The complete side-by-side.

Feature
Acepeak
Five9
Built-in UCaaS phone (no separate vendor)
HD video meetings
Direct routing for non-agent staff
Add-on / 3rd party
Internal team chat
One bill for UC + CC
Auto Dialer — Preview
Auto Dialer — Progressive, Predictive, Agentless
Premium tier+
Local Presence Dialing
Add-on
Campaign Builder (Advanced)
Skills + attribute + AI routing
Real-time wallboard
AI Receptionist — included minutes
25 / 100 / 300
IVA add-on
AI Chatbot — included conversations
200 / 1,000 / 3,000
IVA add-on
Real-time transcription + sentiment
AI Writer (SMS + chat compose)
Co-pilot add-on
Custom AI training (RAG knowledge bases)
1 / 5 / Unlimited
Pro services
Voice cloning for receptionist
Multi-domain (independent branding, CRM, AI per domain)
Native CRM integrations
13
8
Country coverage
60+
40+
Time to first deployment
< 5 min
8–12 weeks
Self-serve sign-up (no sales call required)
Where Acepeak wins outright

What Five9 won't bundle.

UCaaS phone in the same license

Five9 is CC-only — non-agent staff still need a UCaaS subscription elsewhere. Acepeak Enterprise ships phone, video, and team chat for everyone in your company under one $25.99 line item, no second contract.

AI on every plan, no add-ons

Five9 IVA, Co-pilot, and AI Insights are paid add-ons or pro-services projects. Acepeak ships an AI receptionist, AI chatbot, transcription, sentiment, AI Writer, and RAG training in the standard plans.

Days, not quarters, to deploy

Five9 averages 8–12 weeks for a full enterprise rollout. Acepeak self-serves in under 5 minutes — a 50-agent team is typically taking live calls within the same business day.

Buyer-first honesty

When to choose which.

Pick Acepeak when
  • Your CC sits inside a wider company that also needs UC phone, video, and chat
  • Per-agent economics matter — $25.99 vs $169 compounds at 50+ agents
  • You want one bill, one vendor, and one admin console
  • AI is core to your roadmap — not a $20–30/agent add-on
  • You run multiple brands or business units from one team
  • Time-to-live in days, not quarters, is non-negotiable
Pick Five9 when
  • You're a 1,000+ agent pure CC operation with no UC needs at all
  • Genesys-class workforce optimization (WFM, QA, gamification) is the deciding criterion
  • Specific Five9 IVA workflows are already in production and would cost more to migrate than to keep
  • Five9 has unique carrier or geography certifications you depend on

For mid-market and most enterprise CC teams that also have UC needs, the ~85% per-agent saving plus single-vendor admin tends to win the bake-off.

Migration
~14 days
Number port + queue migration

Switching from Five9 takes ~2 weeks. Calls and queues never drop.

Free port. Dual-routing during cutover. We map your existing Five9 IVR trees, queue logic, dispositions, and CRM hooks so reporting continuity is unbroken from day one.

Plan my migrationNo early-termination charge
FAQ

Common questions, answered.

Five9 charges $149+ per agent and you still need a separate UCaaS for non-agents. Acepeak Enterprise bundles UC + CC + AI on one bill at $25.99 per user — same dialer suite, dramatically lower TCO, deployed in days not quarters.

Switch to the Five9 alternative. In your own pilot.

24/7 support included. Numbers ported from any carrier worldwide.

Free port from any carrier·Live in 2 weeks·~85% lower per agent·24/7 support·UC + CC, one bill
Last updated: May 2026

Shortlist

Other Five9 alternatives compared

Weighing more than one Five9 alternative? Here is how the platforms we compare side by side line up on focus and entry price, with a full comparison for each.

Five9 alternatives: focus, entry plan and full comparison
PlatformKnown forEntry plan (per seat / month)Details
AcepeakPhone system, contact center and AI on one license, same-day go-liveEnterprise · $25.99 (predictive dialer included)See AceCX
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VonageAPI and CPaaS; contact center needs a separate license plus API workMobile · $19.99 (phone plan)Acepeak vs Vonage

Prices are each vendor's published entry tier as tracked on our side-by-side comparison pages. Confirm current pricing on the vendor's own site before you buy.