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The AI-native platform that owns the outcome — in any industry, not just retail

Gladly built a strong, people-centered CX AI for retail and DTC brands. Crescendo CXP brings AI-native customer experience to every industry — with managed quality and a team that stays accountable for the result.

Built for Retail. Not for Scale.

Gladly's people-not-tickets model is genuinely good — for the retail and consumer brands it's built for. It's software your team configures and runs, tuned to retail relationships and LTV. Crescendo CXP is the operating model underneath: horizontal across industries, with managed quality and one partner accountable after go-live.

The platform behind high-growth teams
We've been building AI-native since day one. Not retrofitted. Not a layer. Not to play catch-up.
Faster

Live in 30 days on one AI-native platform — across every channel and every industry, not a retail-tuned rollout your team configures and maintains. Knowledge updates ship in minutes, on one system.

Simpler

One data model, one source of truth, one partner accountable for the outcome — instead of writing and refining the AI's behavior yourself and owning quality, staffing, and delivery on your own.

More value

One platform runs the whole operation — resolution, quality, workforce, and insights on one data model and one learning system — with managed operations included, not sold back to you as your own configuration work.

Legacy CCaaS + Bolted-on AI vs. AI-native

Feature
INDUSTRY FIT
Gladly
Purpose-built for retail and DTC; the people-not-tickets model is optimized for retail relationships and LTV.
Crescendo
Horizontal. One AI-native platform across retail, SaaS, financial services, connected devices, and more.
Feature
OPERATIONAL OWNERSHIP
Gladly
Business users write Guides and refine AI behavior themselves — software you configure and run.
Crescendo
AI plus managed CX operations. We deploy the team and keep it calibrated to your business.
Feature
QUALITY OPERATIONS
Gladly
Conversation review and CSAT measurement are yours to run and verify.
Gladly
Auto QA grades every resolution; predictive CSAT on 100% of interactions, feeding fixes back automatically.
Feature
AGENT CONTROL
Gladly
Guides and business-user configuration; validate testing and change control in evaluation.
Crescendo
Documented deployment lifecycle with managed, continuous optimization.
Feature
HUMAN LAYER
Gladly
AI resolves or brings in a human when needed; staffing and delivery are the customer's.
Crescendo
Humans embedded in the operation by design — accountable end to end, not a fallback.
Feature
ACCOUNTABILITY
Gladly
Quote-led platform; the outcome stays with the customer and implementation team.
Crescendo
Outcome-guarantee positioning — one partner accountable for the result, subject to terms.

Replace the retrofit

Feature
ARCHITECTURE
AGENTFORCE
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Separate products wired together — each with its own data model.
CRESCENDO
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One platform, one data model. Built as a system.
CRESCENDO
Feature
TIME TO VALUE
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Heavyweight config + integration project; the Fin/Agentforce path doesn't even close until FY2027.
CRESCENDO
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Live in 30 days. 5× faster time to value — 18+ weeks down to 3.5.
IMPROVEMENT
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Manual tuning and vendor professional-services engagements.
CRESCENDO
SALESFORCE / FIN
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Autonomous evaluation loop — improves every cycle, no PS ticket.
INTEGRATION
CRESCENDO
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API connectors + iPaaS middleware to move data between the pieces.
SALESFORCE / FIN
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MCP-native. The AI reads live backend data directly.
HUMAN LAYER
CRESCENDO
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Software only. Staffing QA and ops is your problem.
SALESFORCE / FIN
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Expert team included. AI and humans run as one operation.
ACCOUNTABILITY
CRESCENDO
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Multiple vendors; finger-pointing when CX breaks.
SALESFORCE / FIN
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Expert team included. AI and humans run as one operation.
Why CX leaders choose Crescendo
5× faster time to value

Real resolution across production accounts — in any industry, not tuned to a single retail vertical.

~70% AI resolution. Not just routing.

Every interaction scored natively, with fixes fed back automatically. Managed quality is included — not a workflow you run and verify yourself.

100% QA coverage

One platform, one team, one contract — with managed operations from day one, not a configuration project handed to your team.

Live in under 30 days

AI plus managed CX operations on one data model and one learning system, with one partner accountable for the outcome — subject to terms.

INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Awarded for outcomes, not features

Validated by independent analysts. Recognized on the industry’s top stages
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Enterprise connect
2026 winner
Overall best of show
Beat Genesys, Zoom AI, Companion 3.0 and audiocodes for the top prize in enterprise CX
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Newsweek AI impact
2026 winner
Best outcomes AI customer service
Named alongside AWS, Intuit, Salesforce, and Zoom as a top AI performer
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