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PolyAI vs Sierra

Compare documented workflows and implementation requirements using attributed public sources. Facts last checked , the earlier of the two records. Machine-readable record.

Start with your setup

These are documented product differences and requirements. A feature list or a single customer report does not establish which agent will perform better for your team.

Deployment model

PolyAI

PolyAI states its service is hosted on AWS, that the company is ISO 27001-certified and aligned with National Cyber Security Centre guidelines; it publishes Sandbox, Staging and Live environments with API-driven publishing, and no self-hosted option is documented.Vendor-reported
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Sierra

Sierra documents configuration through Agent Studio and custom integrations for proprietary systems. Deployment work includes defining journeys and connecting the systems those journeys use.Vendor-reported
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Actions in backend systems

PolyAI

PolyAI states its agents perform account management, authentication, call routing, billing and payments, booking and reservations, order management, troubleshooting and FAQ against integrated systems, with custom connectors documented alongside telephony, CRM and payments integrations.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Integrations
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Sierra

The SDK lists subscription updates and warranty submissions as examples of actions through connected systems. Required permissions and workflow configuration depend on the implementation.Vendor-reported
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Human handoff

PolyAI

PolyAI documents that the agent "runs autonomously by default and escalates to a human only when needed", transferring calls via SIP REFER, SIP INVITE or SIP BYE and passing customer ID, verification status, escalation reason and transcript through SIP headers and the Handoff and Conversations APIs.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Voice channel: Handoffs
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Sierra

The SDK documents routing to a team member with an automatic conversation summary.Vendor-reported
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Side by side

Product attributes first, then what the sources establish for each customer workflow, then the industries they place each agent in. Open any claim to see its source, the date it was checked, and how to request a correction. Two agents are rarely documented to the same depth, so read a difference between the two columns as a difference in the public record before reading it as a difference in the products.

What this agent was judged by

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What this agent was judged by

No independent source has been found for any fit area, so every state here rests on vendor material or nothing.States rest on 0 independent sources. This is not the same yardstick for every agent, and that asymmetry is a known limitation.

Side-by-side comparison of PolyAI and Sierra
AttributePolyAISierra
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Deployment model
PolyAI states its service is hosted on AWS, that the company is ISO 27001-certified and aligned with National Cyber Security Centre guidelines; it publishes Sandbox, Staging and Live environments with API-driven publishing, and no self-hosted option is documented.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Security
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Sierra documents configuration through Agent Studio and custom integrations for proprietary systems. Deployment work includes defining journeys and connecting the systems those journeys use.Vendor-reported
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Agent Studio (Sierra)
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Channels
PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.Vendor-reported
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Channels (Sierra)
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Languages
PolyAI's languages page claims "75+ languages with native fluency" and lists 42 by name, while its developer documentation homepage states 24+ languages.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Languages
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The current Channels page describes voice models tuned for 60+ locales. A locale is not the same as a language; verify the exact language, accent and channel required for your deployment.Vendor-reported
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Channels (Sierra)
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Help desk and CRM integrations
PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Agent Studio lists 40+ prebuilt integrations for knowledge, systems of record and contact centers, but this page does not identify the help-desk connectors. Confirm your help desk and required handoff behavior with Sierra.Vendor-reported
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Agent Studio (Sierra)
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Knowledge sources
PolyAI combines curated FAQ topics with RAG over external sources — scraped URLs, uploaded files (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, CSV, JSON, XML, MD, HTML, EML, EPUB and more) and beta syncs from Zendesk Help Center and Gladly — chunked at 2000 characters with 500-character overlap.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Knowledge sources introduction
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The SDK documents ingestion of company FAQs, policies and documentation into its knowledge engine.Vendor-reported
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Actions in backend systems
PolyAI states its agents perform account management, authentication, call routing, billing and payments, booking and reservations, order management, troubleshooting and FAQ against integrated systems, with custom connectors documented alongside telephony, CRM and payments integrations.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Integrations
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The SDK lists subscription updates and warranty submissions as examples of actions through connected systems. Required permissions and workflow configuration depend on the implementation.Vendor-reported
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Agent SDK (Sierra)
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Human handoff
PolyAI documents that the agent "runs autonomously by default and escalates to a human only when needed", transferring calls via SIP REFER, SIP INVITE or SIP BYE and passing customer ID, verification status, escalation reason and transcript through SIP headers and the Handoff and Conversations APIs.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Voice channel: Handoffs
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The SDK documents routing to a team member with an automatic conversation summary.Vendor-reported
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Agent SDK (Sierra)
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Target customer size
PolyAI targets enterprise contact centres across nine industries and sells via demo request, with ongoing use "priced on a per-minute basis, which includes proactive performance improvements, maintenance and 24/7 support" and no published price points or free tier.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Pricing
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Sierra’s public customer examples include AOL, Minted and Ramp. These show deployments in established businesses; they do not define a minimum viable team size.Vendor-reported
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Customer examples (Sierra)
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Vendor-reported performance claimsUnknown
Sierra reports 90% case resolution at Ramp. This is a vendor-published customer result with no common benchmark population supplied here; it should not be compared directly with another vendor’s deflection or resolution figure.Vendor-reported
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Ramp customer story (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceBilling

Illustrative scenario

I was charged twice for the same order. Can you refund the extra payment?

What to verify: Verify identity, inspect payment records, apply the refund policy, and confirm the payment-system result. If no authorized refund action is connected, hand off with the evidence.

External report

PolyAI's own handoff documentation names billing disputes as an example of a conversation the agent escalates to a human rather than resolving.

2 cited claims for billing on PolyAI
PolyAI's integrations page lists "billing & payments" among the functions its agents perform against connected systems.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Integrations
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TechCrunch reported that PolyAI's voice assistants complete tasks including payment processing for contact-centre callers.Independent report
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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically
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Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: ask why a subscription charge increased, then request a card update. Verify identity checks, the source of the billing explanation and the permitted update path.

1 cited claim for billing on Sierra
Sierra’s AOL case study describes explanations of outstanding balances, billing history and payment-method updates. The example is AOL’s configured agent, not a guarantee that every Sierra deployment includes billing access.Vendor-reported
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AOL customer story (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceOrders

Illustrative scenario

My order has not arrived. Where is it?

What to verify: Retrieve the correct order and current carrier status. Distinguish a real tracking update from an estimate; do not invent a delivery date.

External report

PolyAI's integrations page lists "order management" and "booking & reservations" among the supported agent functions.

2 cited claims for orders on PolyAI
PolyAI's integrations page lists "order management" and "booking & reservations" among the supported agent functions.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI — Integrations
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TechCrunch reported that PolyAI's system handles order status updates and reservation management on inbound calls.Independent report
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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically
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Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: use a split shipment with one delayed item. Require the agent to distinguish production status from carrier status and avoid promising a delivery date that the connected system does not provide.

1 cited claim for orders on Sierra
Sierra’s Minted case study describes order updates across design approval, printing and shipping, plus priority-shipping changes for delayed orders. This supports an order-management use case in that deployment.Vendor-reported
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Minted customer story (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceReturns

Illustrative scenario

I bought this 12 days ago and opened the box. Can I return it?

What to verify: Check the actual return window, product exclusions, and order record. A policy answer and an executed return are different capabilities.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: request an exchange for an item outside the normal return window. Check the configured exception policy, approval requirement and final state in the order system.

1 cited claim for returns on Sierra
Sierra’s retail page lists refund requests and exchanges among supported workflows. It does not specify a universal return-policy configuration or prove that a particular refund reaches the payment processor.Vendor-reported
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Retail and consumer goods (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceProduct questions

Illustrative scenario

Does this adapter work with my exact laptop model?

What to verify: Use a current, approved compatibility source. Ask for the model when missing and distinguish documented compatibility from an assumption.

Vendor-documented

URL ingestion is documented as limited to one level below the starting URL and a maximum of ten embedded pages, and the Zendesk and Gladly knowledge syncs are marked beta. Those constrain one ingestion route rather than the capability itself, so they are recorded here rather than as a gap. No independent evidence of answer quality was found, so the verdict stays unknown.

1 cited claim for product questions on PolyAI
PolyAI documents curated FAQ topics, retrieval-augmented generation, and external knowledge sources ingested from URLs, files (PDF, Office, CSV, JSON, HTML and others) and helpdesk knowledge bases.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Knowledge sources introduction
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Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: ask whether an accessory works with an older product model. Supply an approved compatibility source and check that missing information leads to clarification rather than an invented answer.

1 cited claim for product questions on Sierra
Sierra describes grounding answers in company knowledge, policies and brand guidance. That provides a route to product answers based on supplied content; it does not establish accuracy for a buyer’s catalog.Vendor-reported
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Meet your agent (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceAccount issues

Illustrative scenario

I lost access to my email. Change the address on my account.

What to verify: Follow the approved identity-recovery process before accessing or changing account data. Escalate when identity cannot be verified.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: an authenticated cardholder requests a replacement card and address change. Check permissions, address confirmation and the resulting card state before considering the journey complete.

1 cited claim for account issues on Sierra
Sierra’s Ramp case study describes card locking and replacement, address validation and transaction explanations. These are account actions in Ramp’s configured implementation; password recovery and other account workflows require their own evidence.Vendor-reported
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Ramp customer story (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceComplaints

Illustrative scenario

I have contacted you three times and the problem is still unresolved.

What to verify: Recognize the repeat complaint, retain relevant history, and route it to the right team. Do not promise compensation outside the policy.

Caveat documented

PolyAI's handoff documentation names complaints, alongside billing disputes and out-of-scope requests, as the conversation types where the agent escalates to a human rather than resolving autonomously.

1 cited claim for complaints on PolyAI
PolyAI's handoff documentation names complaints, alongside billing disputes and out-of-scope requests, as the conversation types where the agent escalates to a human rather than resolving autonomously.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Voice channel: Handoffs
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Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: a customer repeats a cancellation request after rejecting a retention offer. Check that the configured flow respects the refusal and provides the agreed cancellation or human-escalation path.

1 cited claim for complaints on Sierra
Sierra says its agents can recognize frustration and adapt their responses. This is a vendor claim about conversational behavior, not a measured result for complaint resolution or customer satisfaction.Vendor-reported
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Meet your agent (Sierra)
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Workflow evidenceHuman handoff

Illustrative scenario

Please connect me to a person who can approve this exception.

What to verify: Transfer to an available team with the conversation and relevant records. Outside working hours, explain the actual follow-up path rather than promise immediate contact.

Caveat documented

PolyAI documents voice handoff via SIP REFER, SIP INVITE or SIP BYE with escalation context passed through custom X- SIP headers, a Handoff State API endpoint and a Conversations API transcript, plus chat handoff integrations for Salesforce, Zendesk, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex and Five9.

2 cited claims for human handoff on PolyAI
PolyAI documents voice handoff via SIP REFER, SIP INVITE or SIP BYE with escalation context passed through custom X- SIP headers, a Handoff State API endpoint and a Conversations API transcript, plus chat handoff integrations for Salesforce, Zendesk, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex and Five9.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Voice channel: Handoffs
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PolyAI's handoff documentation states that with the default SIP REFER method "the utterance may not play before the transfer completes because the REFER fires at the same time as function execution", and that inbound SIP voicemail detection on the destination side is "not available by default" for SIP REFER, BYE or INVITE transfers.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — Voice channel: Handoffs
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Vendor-documented

Illustrative evaluation: request a person during a failed account update. Check queue routing, transcript and summary delivery, plus what the customer sees when the team is offline.

1 cited claim for human handoff on Sierra
Sierra’s SDK page documents routing an escalated conversation to a team member with a generated summary. It does not establish how quickly a human answers in a particular contact center.Vendor-reported
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Workflow evidenceSmall businesses

Illustrative scenario

A two-person support team wants to launch without a dedicated engineer.

What to verify: Validate setup effort, existing help-desk support, required integrations, and ongoing maintenance. A small customer's story alone does not establish suitability for every small business.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

Business size alone does not establish suitability. Illustrative buying scenario: a small team needs one FAQ channel; ask for the implementation work and ongoing maintenance required for that scope before deciding whether the platform is proportionate.

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Workflow evidenceMid-market

Illustrative scenario

A growing support team needs separate queues and connected order and account systems.

What to verify: Validate routing, permissions, integration ownership, and handling of each team's policies in the intended configuration.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

The reviewed sources do not establish a universal mid-market fit. Illustrative buying scenario: a growing retailer needs order support across two brands; evaluate connector coverage, ownership of policy updates and support capacity for that deployment.

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Workflow evidenceEnterprise

Illustrative scenario

A multi-brand support organization needs controlled access across regional teams.

What to verify: Validate data boundaries, audit records, escalation ownership, and the specific deployment requirements. A vendor's enterprise positioning is not proof of these controls.

External report

Gartner's cautions in the same analysis concern inflexible consumption-based pricing and an immature channel partner network.

3 cited claims for enterprise on PolyAI
PolyAI positions itself as an enterprise-scale agentic dialog platform and markets to nine industries: consumer services, financial services, healthcare, hotels, insurance, restaurants, retail, telecom and utilities.Vendor-reported
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CX Today reports PolyAI was placed in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms as a Niche Player, with Gartner highlighting its low customer churn and research investment.Independent report
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms 2025: The Rundown
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TechCrunch reported PolyAI's customers included FedEx and Marriott alongside dozens of enterprise and government clients handling millions of interactions monthly.Independent report
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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically
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Vendor-documented

Illustrative buying scenario: multiple business units need separate permissions and policies. Request a demonstration using those boundaries and review the operational and security requirements of the proposed deployment.

1 cited claim for enterprise on Sierra
Sierra publishes customer stories for AOL, Minted and Ramp, including connected service workflows. These are vendor-published deployment examples, not proof that every enterprise requirement is met.Vendor-reported
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Industry evidenceRetail and e-commerceVendor-documented

Retail and restaurants are among the marketed verticals. The claim is the vendor's positioning of the product.

1 cited claim for retail and e-commerce on PolyAI
PolyAI positions itself as an enterprise-scale agentic dialog platform and markets to nine industries: consumer services, financial services, healthcare, hotels, insurance, restaurants, retail, telecom and utilities.Vendor-reported
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Vendor-documented

Sierra's retail and consumer goods page lists refunds and exchanges among supported workflows. Vendor documentation only; no retail deployment is independently reported.

1 cited claim for retail and e-commerce on Sierra
Sierra’s retail page lists refund requests and exchanges among supported workflows. It does not specify a universal return-policy configuration or prove that a particular refund reaches the payment processor.Vendor-reported
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Retail and consumer goods (Sierra)
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Industry evidenceFinancial servicesVendor-documented

Financial services and insurance appear in the nine industries PolyAI markets to. A marketed vertical is a statement of intent, not evidence of a deployment.

1 cited claim for financial services on PolyAI
PolyAI positions itself as an enterprise-scale agentic dialog platform and markets to nine industries: consumer services, financial services, healthcare, hotels, insurance, restaurants, retail, telecom and utilities.Vendor-reported
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Industry evidenceTelecommunicationsVendor-documented

Telecom is one of the nine marketed industries, sourced to PolyAI's own homepage.

1 cited claim for telecommunications on PolyAI
PolyAI positions itself as an enterprise-scale agentic dialog platform and markets to nine industries: consumer services, financial services, healthcare, hotels, insurance, restaurants, retail, telecom and utilities.Vendor-reported
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Industry evidenceTravel and hospitalityExternal report

Hotels are a marketed vertical, and TechCrunch separately named Marriott among the customers. The report names the account; it does not describe what the agent handles there.

2 cited claims for travel and hospitality on PolyAI
PolyAI positions itself as an enterprise-scale agentic dialog platform and markets to nine industries: consumer services, financial services, healthcare, hotels, insurance, restaurants, retail, telecom and utilities.Vendor-reported
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TechCrunch reported PolyAI's customers included FedEx and Marriott alongside dozens of enterprise and government clients handling millions of interactions monthly.Independent report
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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Industry evidenceHealthcareVendor-documented

Healthcare is one of the nine industries on PolyAI's own homepage. No healthcare deployment is independently reported.

1 cited claim for healthcare on PolyAI
PolyAI positions itself as an enterprise-scale agentic dialog platform and markets to nine industries: consumer services, financial services, healthcare, hotels, insurance, restaurants, retail, telecom and utilities.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI homepage
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Industry evidencePublic sector and educationExternal report

The same TechCrunch report refers to dozens of enterprise and government clients. Government clients are counted, not named or described.

1 cited claim for public sector and education on PolyAI
TechCrunch reported PolyAI's customers included FedEx and Marriott alongside dozens of enterprise and government clients handling millions of interactions monthly.Independent report
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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Industry evidenceLogistics and deliveryExternal report

TechCrunch named FedEx among PolyAI's customers. A named account in funding coverage, with no description of the workflows in use.

1 cited claim for logistics and delivery on PolyAI
TechCrunch reported PolyAI's customers included FedEx and Marriott alongside dozens of enterprise and government clients handling millions of interactions monthly.Independent report
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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Channels
Web and in-app chatVendor-documented

PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).

1 cited claim for web and in-app chat on PolyAI
PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).Vendor-reported
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Vendor-documented

Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.

1 cited claim for web and in-app chat on Sierra
Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.Vendor-reported
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EmailVendor-documented

PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).

1 cited claim for email on PolyAI
PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).Vendor-reported
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Vendor-documented

Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.

1 cited claim for email on Sierra
Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.Vendor-reported
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Voice and phoneVendor-documented

PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).

1 cited claim for voice and phone on PolyAI
PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Vendor-documented

Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.

1 cited claim for voice and phone on Sierra
Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.Vendor-reported
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Channels (Sierra)
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SMSVendor-documented

PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).

1 cited claim for sms on PolyAI
PolyAI is voice-first — its documentation calls it an "enterprise platform for building voice and chat agents" and its pricing is per minute of voice-agent use — with secondary documented channels covering web chat, SMS and RCS, email, and iOS/Android SDKs (including in-app voice calling).Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Vendor-documented

Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.

1 cited claim for sms on Sierra
Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.Vendor-reported
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Channels (Sierra)
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WhatsAppNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Vendor-documented

Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.

1 cited claim for whatsapp on Sierra
Vendor-listed channels include phone, website and app chat, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, SMS and email. Live Assist supports staff, and Sierra also documents publishing selected agent journeys to ChatGPT.Vendor-reported
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Channels (Sierra)
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Social messagingNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Help desks
ZendeskVendor-documented

PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.

1 cited claim for zendesk on PolyAI
PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

SalesforceVendor-documented

PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.

1 cited claim for salesforce on PolyAI
PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

ServiceNowNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

FreshdeskNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

IntercomNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

HubSpotNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

KustomerNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

GorgiasNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

GladlyVendor-documented

PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.

1 cited claim for gladly on PolyAI
PolyAI documents integrations with Salesforce (customer lookup and case management), Zendesk (Talk voice routing and ticketing), Gladly, NICE CXone, Amazon Connect, Webex, Five9 and Twilio, and its marketing site claims "130+ integrations available" across telephony/voice routing, CRM and knowledge, productivity, and vertical systems.Vendor-reported
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PolyAI Docs — documentation index (llms.txt)
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Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Help ScoutNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

FrontNot established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Microsoft Dynamics 365Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Not established

No supporting source is recorded here. Validate it with the vendor; absence of evidence does not establish a missing capability.

Change history

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Every change to this record is in the public changelog, with what it changed and why.

  1. · Structure

    Channels and help desks become evidence rows, and records gain bylines

    • PolyAI: 7 evidence states moved

      • Channel · Web and in-app chatNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · EmailNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · Voice and phoneNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · SMSNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Help desk · ZendeskNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Help desk · SalesforceNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Help desk · GladlyNot established→Vendor-documented
    • Sierra: 5 evidence states moved

      • Channel · Web and in-app chatNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · EmailNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · Voice and phoneNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · SMSNot established→Vendor-documented
      • Channel · WhatsAppNot established→Vendor-documented
  2. · Catalog

    Launch: 22 AI customer service agents and 532 claims, every one sourced and dated

    • PolyAI: Added to the catalog with 28 claims and 13 rows with evidence.

    • Sierra: Added to the catalog with 23 claims and 9 rows with evidence.

Recorded before launch

Notes the profile carried when it went live, from research before launch.

  • Sierra: Added editorial product positioning with its scope, rationale, and vendor source. Source

  • Sierra: Rechecked public sources; replaced broad fit verdict evidence with specific deployment examples and evaluation conditions. Removed unverified attribution, relayed marketing treated as independent confirmation, and business-size exclusions without evidence.