What is UCaaS?
UCaaS, or Unified Communications as a Service, allows organizations to combine all of their communication channels into a single streamlined platform. Instead of having multiple applications and tools for live chat, calling, and video conferencing, UCaaS brings it all together in one application.
(Advantages)
In a rapidly evolving business ecosystem, UCaaS offers such as:
- Lower costs: UCaaS platforms don’t require extensive equipment or complicated installations and are paid by monthly or annual subscription.
- Flexibility: UCaaS platforms can be used on any device that is connected to the internet, making it perfect for hybrid office settings. There is no on-premises systems to purchase and maintain. This is all handled by the provider.
- Communication Hub: Instead of going back and forth between different applications, all communication channels are combined into one platform.
- Improved Collaboration: In addition to calls, team members can also move between digital communication methods such as chats and video conferencing quickly and easily.
- Higher Security: It’s important that small businesses through their communication channels. UCaaS platforms offer multiple protections such as end-to-end encryption, data segregation, malware protection and more.
What is CCaaS?
- While UCaaS is mostly used for internal communication, CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service) is used to enhance inbound and outbound business channels including customer service and sales.
An omnichannel approach has become the norm with companies providing more options for customers to engage with them. In addition to handling inbound and outbound calls, CCaaS also handles other digital channels..
Advantages
CCaaS provides organizations with benefits that include:
- Improved customer experience: Technology can ease the strain of common customer pain points, like hold times and missed calls. With CCaaS features such as IVR, call routing, ring groups, and queue call-backs, customers will report higher satisfaction.
- Analytics: Every call is a chance to nurture repeat sales or drive customers away. CCaaS gives data-backed insight into how agents are performing, talk-time, customers in queue and more.
- More productive agents: With the auto dialer and pre-recorded voicemail feature, sales agents spend more time on the phone and less time with tedious, manual tasks.
- Easy Integration: Enterprise-level contact centers were formerly out of financial reach for SMBs, but CCaaS changes the game. With one-day deployment and seamless integration with UCaaS and CRM platforms, CCaaS solutions are affordable and accessible. CCaaS platforms can be accessed from a single application on any device with no need for IT infrastructure or maintenance.With businesses undergoing digital transformations, it is no surprise that platforms that streamline communications and integrate multiple applications like UCaaS and CCaaS have grown in popularity. In fact, the market for unified cloud communications is expected to grow from its current value of 47.64 dollars to 210.07 billion dollars by the year 2028.
UCaaS and CCaaS offer different capabilities to your business even though many of their features and benefits overlap. UCaaS connects your internal communications and enhances collaborative capabilities and CCaaS systems take customer support and sales to the next level. Understanding the difference between them can help you decide which cloud based platform meets the needs of your organization.
