The contact center as a service (ccaas) market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• Rapid expansion has been the trend for the Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) market in recent years. The market value is projected to increase from $6.7 billion in 2024 and reach $7.96 billion in 2025, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.7%.
This growth during the historic period can be linked to factors such as preliminary adoption of the cloud, rates of industry uptake, changes in regulatory compliance, integration with existing systems, market consolidation, and the facilitation of remote work.
The contact center as a service (ccaas) market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• The market for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) is predicted to expand swiftly in the upcoming years, with its worth hitting $16.06 billion in 2029, factoring in a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.2%.
The significant increment during this period can be credited to aspects such as the dominance of subscription-based models, changing customer demands, increased emphasis on customization and personalization, spike in remote work, and integration with corm systems. Key trends anticipated over the forecast period encompass AI-enabled customer interaction, adoption of the cloud, holistic customer experience, data-driven insights, and facilitation of remote workforces.
The surge in the number of individuals utilizing the internet globally is projected to accelerate the expansion of the contact center as a service (CCaaS) market. Internet users, defined as individuals active in online communities or on the internet at large, have risen significantly. The internet is an expansive web of interconnected computer networks, delivering access to a diverse range of resources on a variety of private, public, commercial, academic, and governmental networks. Contact center as a service (CCaaS) equips both businesses and consumers with the means to effortlessly share and receive information via the internet. As reported by the International Telecommunication Union, a Switzerland-based United Nations entity for information and communication technologies, in September 2023, 67% of the world's population, or 5.4 billion individuals, were active internet users. This figure shows a minor increase from 2022's figure of 5.3 billion or 66% of the global population. Simply put, the rising global count of internet users is bound to push the contact center as a service (CCaaS) market's growth forward.
The contact center as a service (CCaaS) market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Function: Automatic Call Distribution, Call Recording, Computer Telephony Integration, Customer Collaboration, Dialer, Interactive Voice Response, Reporting And Analytics, Workforce Optimization, Other Functions
2) By Enterprise Size: Large Enterprises, Small And Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
3) By Industry: BFSI, IT And Telecommunications, Government, Healthcare, Consumer Goods And Retail, Travel And Hospitality, Media And Entertainment, Other Industries
Subsegments:
1) By Automatic Call Distribution (ACD): Skill-Based Routing, Time-Based Routing, IVR-Based Routing
2) By Call Recording: Cloud-Based Call Recording, On-Premises Call Recording, Voice And Screen Recording
3) By Computer Telephony Integration (CTI): Integrated Voice Response (IVR), Call Center Software Integration, CRM Integration
4) By Customer Collaboration: Omnichannel Support (Voice, Email, Chat, Social Media), Co-Browsing, Video Collaboration, Chatbots And Virtual Assistants
5) By Dialer: Predictive Dialer, Preview Dialer, Power Dialer, Progressive Dialer
6) By Interactive Voice Response (IVR): Cloud-based IVR, Speech Recognition IVR, DTMF-based IVR, Visual IVR
7) By Reporting And Analytics: Real-Time Analytics, Historical Analytics, Performance Metrics (Kpis), Sentiment Analysis
8) By Workforce Optimization: Workforce Management, Workforce Scheduling, Quality Monitoring, Training and Coaching Tools
9) By Other Functions: Multi-channel Routing, Voice Biometrics, Speech Analytics
Key market players in the contact center as a service (CCaaS) arena are advancing their capabilities by creating cutting-edge solutions like cloud-based standalone platforms. These are designed to offer improved customer relationships and operational effectiveness. Such standalone platforms operating from the cloud are integrated and hosted solutions that help businesses handle multi-channel customer interactions without the need for any additional software or infrastructure. Microsoft Corporation, an American tech firm, for instance, introduced a CCaaS solution in June 2024. This standalone solution allows companies to manage customer interactions via various channels, such as email, chat, voice, and social media, without requiring extra infrastructure or software. The solution offers adaptability and scalability, allowing companies to alter and launch their contact center operations based on requirements. These solutions carry omnichannel support with real-time analytics and AI-enabled tools, including chatbots, which improve customer service and operational effectiveness. Also, standalone CCaaS can be integrated with systems belonging to third parties like CRM, making it a comprehensive solution for managing customer interaction.
Major companies operating in the contact center as a service (CCaaS) market include:
• Amazon.com Inc.
• Microsoft Corporation
• AT&T Inc.
• Accenture LLP
• IBM Corporation
• Cisco Systems Inc
• Content Guru Limited
• Capgemini
• CenturyLink Inc.
• NICE Systems Ltd
• Genesys
• Alcatel Lucent Enterprise
• Vonage Holdings Corp.
• Mitel Networks Corporation
• Unify Inc
• 8x8 Inc
• NICE inContact
• Zendesk Inc.
• Oracle Corporation
• Talkdesk Inc
• Anywhere365 Enterprise Dialogue Management
• Liveops Inc.
• Evolve IP LLC
• Enghouse Interactive Inc
• 3CLogic
• Computer Talk Technology Inc
• Luware AG
• Serenova
• Intrado Corporation
• Elevio
• Vocalcom
• Sharpen
North America was the largest region in the contact center as a service (CCaaS) market in 2024. The regions covered in the contact center as a service (ccaas) market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.