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Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)
Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) is a cloud-based customer experience solution that allows organizations to utilize a provider’s software to administer incoming support, or inquiries from consumers in a hosted, subscription model.
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On October 21, 2020, Avaya briefed its OneCloud CCaaS solution. OneCloud CCaaS provides an omnichannel experience with market-leading capabilities. If one’s organization is already embedded in the Avaya ecosystem, then OneCloud CCaaS ought to be leveraged if contact center functionality is sought.
Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) Products
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Genesys
Genesys Cloud
Genesys Cloud creates fluid conversations across digital and voice channels in an easy, all-in-one interface. Provide exceptional experiences for employees and customers and reap the benefits of speedy deployments, reduced complexity and simple administration — transforming your contact center into an experience center.
8.1
Composite Score
8.2
CX Score
+79
Emotional Footprint
86%
Likeliness to Recommend
30
Reviews
Five9
Five9 Virtual Contact Center
Five9 Contact Center Software enables agents to be more effective on the phone - so they can sell more and service better. Smart Dialers give agents more time with live prospects. Intelligent Routing gets calls to the right agent. On-Screen Caller Info puts customer information at their fingertips. And everything is automatically logged to your CRM.
8.1
Composite Score
8.4
CX Score
+89
Emotional Footprint
80%
Likeliness to Recommend
18
Reviews
Twilio
Twilio Flex
Flex delivers what you need to run an enterprise contact center out-of-the-box. Deploy and customize discrete components to match your exact business needs without deciding between build or buy.
7.9
Composite Score
7.8
CX Score
+82
Emotional Footprint
78%
Likeliness to Recommend
13
Reviews
Avaya
Avaya OneCloud
Avaya provides the most complete portfolio of software and services for multi-touch contact center and unified communications offered on premises, in the cloud, or a hybrid. Today’s digital world centers on communications enablement, and no other company is better positioned to do this than Avaya.
7.7
Composite Score
8.0
CX Score
+80
Emotional Footprint
77%
Likeliness to Recommend
27
Reviews
Cisco Systems
Cisco Webex Contact Center
Unified Contact Center Enterprise helps you provide contextual, continuous, and high-capability experiences. Fault tolerance helps ensure uninterrupted operation. Comprehensive reporting gives you the business intelligence you need to optimize your contact center.
7.7
Composite Score
7.9
CX Score
+79
Emotional Footprint
78%
Likeliness to Recommend
124
Reviews
Zendesk
Zendesk Talk
Even in the age of emails, texts, and DMs, sometimes a problem is best solved by talking to a real human. Zendesk Talk connects a voice channel into Zendesk’s omnichannel solution—allowing agents to easily pick up the conversation from any channel and resolve complex issues faster. Businesses of all sizes can quickly deploy a voice solution tailored to their needs and easily adapt as their customer needs evolve.
7.7
Composite Score
7.8
CX Score
+77
Emotional Footprint
75%
Likeliness to Recommend
18
Reviews
Vonage
Vonage Contact Center
Transform communications inside and outside your organization with Vonage contact centers. For companies using Salesforce, our Salesforce contact center solution (formerly NewVoiceMedia) provides full integration for great customer and agent experiences. We've also got other cloud contact center options for any business size or need.
7.5
Composite Score
7.9
CX Score
+85
Emotional Footprint
70%
Likeliness to Recommend
10
Reviews
Evolve IP, LLC.
Evolve IP CCaaS
Provide a ‘WOW!’ customer experience with Evolve IP’s omnichannel contact center solution. Our integrated communications and contact center platform will be Purpose-Built® for your business with all of the features you need to run a world-class call center!
7.1
Composite Score
7.2
CX Score
+73
Emotional Footprint
64%
Likeliness to Recommend
16
Reviews
Aspect Software Inc
Aspect Cloud Contact Center
Aspect's cloud contact center and workforce optimization solutions simplify and enhance the customer and agent experience. The contact center suite applications support both automated and live inbound and outbound communications across voice, SMS, email, chat, and mobile interactions. The workforce optimization suite applications support both workforce productivity and employee engagement strategies with best of breed workforce, performance, and quality management solutions.
7.0
Composite Score
7.2
CX Score
+73
Emotional Footprint
63%
Likeliness to Recommend
26
Reviews
Talkdesk
Talkdesk CX Cloud
With enterprise-class performance and consumer-like experience, Talkdesk allows you to adapt your contact center to the evolving needs of your customers and teams, resulting in increased productivity, customer satisfaction and cost savings.
6.3
Composite Score
6.0
CX Score
+51
Emotional Footprint
62%
Likeliness to Recommend
25
Reviews
Computer Talk Technology Inc.
ice Contact Center
Save time by efficiently handling different methods of communication on one platform including voice, email, web chat, IM, SMS, video, and social media. Users no longer have to manage inquiries from different channels on multiple pieces of software. More importantly, customers can contact you using their preferred communication channel.
8.6
Composite Score
8.8
CX Score
+88
Emotional Footprint
85%
Likeliness to Recommend
6
Reviews
Chase Data Corp
Call Center Software
ChaseData Call Center Software is the call center software of choice to get calls where they need to go. Productivity is at your fingertips with hundreds of apps integrated through Zappier, connecting you to the tools your call center needs. You’ll notice upticks in customer satisfaction, retention, and in your staff’s morale, too. Robust analytics help management to keep their fingers on the pulse of the call center.
8.2
Composite Score
8.5
CX Score
+92
Emotional Footprint
76%
Likeliness to Recommend
7
Reviews
RingCentral, Inc
Collaborative Contact Center
RingCentral, Inc. is an award-winning global provider of cloud unified communications and collaboration solutions. More flexible and cost-effective than legacy on-premise systems, RingCentral solutions empower today’s mobile and distributed workforces to be connected anywhere and on any device through voice, video, team messaging, collaboration, SMS, conferencing, online meetings, contact center, and fax. RingCentral provides an open platform that integrates with today’s leading business apps while giving customers the flexibility to customize their own workflows.
6.9
Composite Score
7.0
CX Score
+66
Emotional Footprint
61%
Likeliness to Recommend
7
Reviews
NICE Systems
Cloud Contact Center
inContact cloud contact center gives companies of any size flexibility and scalability with their agents, so that their team can be anywhere at any time. Deploying agents is easy and cost effect and can be done quickly with a cloud solution. Companies only pay for what they need, when they need it.
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CX Score
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Emotional Footprint
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Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
8x8
8x8 Cloud Contact Center
Put the customer at the center of everything you do without breaking a sweat—anywhere in the world. Our powerful cloud-based call center software is extremely flexible, quick to deploy and simple to use.
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Composite Score
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CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
Reviews
Dixa
Dixa Call Center Software
Dixa is a born global customer service tech company on a mission to solve customer chaos, eliminate bad customer service and build strong bonds between companies and their customers - much like the connection between friends.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
+100
Emotional Footprint
89%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
Freshworks
Freshcaller
Call center software is the product that helps you handle your business phone conversations. Your phone teams can use your preferred call center software to make outgoing calls, handle incoming calls, track key call center metrics, perform workforce management, and load automated scripts for your phone team. Call center agents are your phone team members who use your call center software to engage with customers or prospects.
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CX Score
--
Emotional Footprint
--
Likeliness to Recommend
0
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Jive
Jive Contact Center
Jive Contact Center delivers a broad set of inexpensive contact center features and valuable real-time reports to enable better management of call queues and incoming customer calls. Increase agent productivity and enhance callers’ experiences with Jive Contact Center.
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Composite Score
--
CX Score
-19
Emotional Footprint
56%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
Sharpen Technologies Inc
Empower
Our platform was made for companies who have big visions but are stopped short by inflexible technology. However, with the right partner and the right tools that vision can become a reality. That’s where we come in.
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Composite Score
8.8
CX Score
+100
Emotional Footprint
100%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
Intermedia, Inc.
Intermedia Contact Center
Telax offers the leading Cloud Contact Software as a Service solution (CCaaS) combining the most robust suite of features, with carrier-grade reliability, and world-class deployment and support services. Telax also enables Communications Service Providers to enter the lucrative Contact Center market, with innovative Turnkey Sales & Marketing solutions that allow them to start selling, now.
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Composite Score
10.0
CX Score
+100
Emotional Footprint
100%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
INXPO
West Cloud Contact Pro
At West, we’re dedicated to a single proposition—making communication easy. Whether it’s coworkers across the office or partner firms around the globe, enabling that connectivity is the hallmark of our work.
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Composite Score
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CX Score
+92
Emotional Footprint
78%
Likeliness to Recommend
3
Reviews
VICIdial
Open-Source Contact Center Solution
The Vicidial Group was founded in 2007 to provide an array of professional products and services to the rapidly growing national and international Vicidial user community.
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Composite Score
10.0
CX Score
+100
Emotional Footprint
89%
Likeliness to Recommend
1
Reviews
XenCALL
Call Center Suite
XenCALL's predictive dialer CRM offers VoIP integration with fully featured inbound/outbound ACD, IVR and queues with a webphone that requires no plugins or hassle to run - or the option of external phone integration. XenCALL's app-oriented infrastructure enables a unique experience customizable towards your business and industry.
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Composite Score
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CX Score
+56
Emotional Footprint
67%
Likeliness to Recommend
2
Reviews
Zingtree
Call Center Agent Scripting
Zingtree makes it easy to guide anyone through complicated processes. Quickly create a decision tree that your site visitors, leads, trainees and/or customers navigate by clicking buttons to answer questions. And get detailed analytics on how your trees are being used to guide product, service and process optimizations. There's no better way to help people get answers faster.
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Composite Score
8.7
CX Score
+98
Emotional Footprint
72%
Likeliness to Recommend
2
Reviews
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[24]7.ai
[24]7.ai
Conversational AI delivers personalization and convenience by connecting with your customers the way they connect with friends.
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Emotional Footprint
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Likeliness to Recommend
0
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Latest Research
On October 21, 2020, Avaya briefed its OneCloud CCaaS solution. OneCloud CCaaS provides an omnichannel experience with market-leading capabilities. If one’s organization is already embedded in the Avaya ecosystem, then OneCloud CCaaS ought to be leveraged if contact center functionality is sought.
Latest Research
On October 23, 2020, Verizon briefed its Contact Center Hub for SMBs. Launched October 1, Contact Center Hub is a hosted cloud service aimed at providing an easy-to-use multi-channel contact center solution for small- and mid-sized organizations. For SMBs that do not have a large customer base and only require the basics, consider shortlisting Verizon’s Contact Center Hub – especially if Verizon’s solutions are already being used in the organization.
Latest Research
On October 21, 2020, Talkdesk demoed On the Go, the latest addition to its cloud-based contact center solution CX Cloud. On the Go is built for convenience and remote work, using a device’s virtual assistant (such as Siri) for making calls and accessing data. However, this also means that part of On the Go’s success is tied up with how effective virtual assistants are.
Latest Research
On October 1, Twilio – a cloud-based communications platform – held its Investor Day for 2020. Twilio reported positive growth across all segments of the organization, especially for its CCaaS solution Flex.
Latest Research
Enterprise Connect 2020 Digital Conference & Expo featured a wide variety of sessions on communications and collaboration for enterprise. Thomas Randall reports on Genesys’ “experience as a service” for the contact center.
Latest Research
Enterprise Connect 2020 Digital Conference & Expo featured a wide variety of sessions on communications and collaboration for enterprise. Thomas Randall reports on Infobip’s latest Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solutions.
Latest Research
Enterprise Connect 2020 Digital Conference & Expo featured a wide variety of sessions on communications and collaboration for enterprise. Thomas Randall reports on upcoming trends and applications in speech technologies – including their dark side.
Latest Research
Enterprise Connect 2020 Digital Conference & Expo featured a wide variety of sessions on communications and collaboration for enterprise. Thomas Randall reports on ServiceNow’s “Now Platform” solution for the contact center.
Latest Research
Enterprise Connect 2020 Digital Conference & Expo featured a wide variety of sessions on communications and collaboration for enterprise. One session showcased Amazon’s Contact Lens for the contact center.
Latest Research
Enterprise Connect 2020 Digital Conference & Expo featured a wide variety of sessions on communications and collaboration for enterprise. One session showcased Talkdesk’s reframing of the customer experience to plan for post-pandemic contact center solutions.
Latest Research
On August 6, 2020, Info-Tech briefed with Uniphore, a rapidly growing AI-enabled conversational service automation platform. This note outlines Uniphores’ two SaaS solutions (AuMina and Akeira) and explores the reasons why Info-Tech members looking for contact center enhancements would do well to shortlist Uniphore as a dark horse.
Latest Research
As of July 1, 2020, over 70,000 small business users receiving their Microsoft 365 services from Navisite will now receive them from Intermedia. The move means that Navisite’s users now have access to a range of Intermedia offerings, including Unite, Contact Center, and AnyMeeting.
Latest Research
Exploring the vendor landscape for contact center solutions is complicated, with a variety of metrics to consider within a service level agreement. This note helps narrow down which key requirements and key metrics you need to consider when choosing a contact center.
Latest Research
In this fourth brief of four on Cisco’s January launch of upcoming collaboration solutions in 2020, I look at Cisco’s new additions for its Webex Contact Center portfolio.
Latest Research
Avaya has announced a new partnership with Afiniti: Avaya AI Routing with Afiniti AiRo. The partnership will bring AI technology to Avaya’s contact center as a service (CCaaS) platform, due to be released in mid-2020.
Latest Research
Five9 and Zoom have announced a new integration between Zoom Phone and Five9 Intelligent Cloud Contact Center.
Latest Research
Landis Contact Center for Microsoft Teams is now in preview.
Latest Research
It is likely that Mitel will acquire Avaya, following news that Avaya CEO Jim Chirico stated he would be seeking “strategic alternatives” during the company’s August 13 third quarter earnings call.
Latest Research
Avaya announced a partnership with RingCentral, a move that jointly strengthens the two companies’ positions in the growing cloud-based unified communications market.
Latest Research
Avaya moved away from the idea of being acquired following news that it is in talks to partner with RingCentral.
Latest Research
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire CloudCherry, boosting its contact center portfolio.
Latest Research
Avaya has announced its next generation Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) platform titled “IX-CC,” marking the company’s move toward a cloud-based subscription program.
Latest Research
TechSee has released the world’s first AI-powered visual recognition for contact centers, which identifies and detects problems with a product model via images submitted by the customer.
Latest Research
Google has launched several updates for its Contact Center AI product, improving speech recognition accuracy by 40%.
Latest Research
EmployBridge, America’s largest specialty industrial staffing company, has selected Talkdesk to support its customer service operations.
Latest Research
RingCentral’s VoIP approach to collaboration is an interesting alternative to the data-centric approach typifying competitors, but its teleconferencing service falls far short of expectation and does little to spur collaboration.
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