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Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) Providers

Communications Platform as a Service

What is Communications Platform as a Service Providers?

A cloud-based platform that enables developers to add real-time communications features to their own applications without needing to build backend infrastructure and interfaces. Designs the engine behind communication services, rather than just providing them through an application.

Common Features

  • Integration APIs
  • Code Libraries
  • Communication APIs
  • Cloud Integration
  • Online Cloud Platform
  • Software Development Kit
  • MMS API
  • WebRTC-based Calling
  • Drag and Drop User Interface
  • AI Engine for CPaaS

Top Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) Providers

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Products: 10
Next Award: Feb 2025

Top Communications Platform as a Service Providers 2024

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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Cisco Systems

Webex Meetings

Composite Score
8.8 /10
CX Score
9.1 /10

Cisco Webex provides you with a proven, simple, and innovative solution that helps you achieve effective virtual meetings.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Commio

Commio

Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

Commio delivers a better way to power voice and text messaging in the cloud. Get up and running fast with their integrated thinQ io portal or flexible APIs. Commio makes it easy to bring your own 40 high-quality carriers to Twilio, Nexmo, Plivo, SignalWire or any SIP connection.

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Enables Productivity
Badge Winner
Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.6 /10

Amazon Connect is an easy to use omnichannel cloud contact center that helps companies provide superior customer service at a lower cost.

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Pros

  • Transparent
  • Reliable
  • Fair
  • Continually Improving Product
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Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

Rainbow CPaaS solution offers an interoperable eco-system across channels to make your employees more productive and your customers feel nurtured. It bridges communications between humans, objects and processes enabling faster, easier, and more secure digital engagement for your business.

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
Badge Winner
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Infobip

Infobip

Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10

Infobip is a global leader in omnichannel communication. Our programmable communications platform delivers a suite of tools for advanced customer engagement and support, plus security and authentication.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Effective Service
  • Fair
Badge Winner

Streamline your communication capabilities with Twilio's advanced suite of APIs

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Friendly Negotiation
Bandwidth

Bandwidth

Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10

Cloud-ready voice, messaging, and 911 built for the enterprise. Bandwidth is the only API platform provider that owns a Tier 1 network, giving you better quality, rates, and control.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
Badge Winner
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Telnyx

Telnyx

Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10

Telnyx is a next-gen communications and connectivity platform that offers carrier-grade services on a private, global IP network. Telnyx's simple Mission Control portal and API mean you can integrate voice, messaging, fax, wireless, video, and more into your applications with ease. Every Telnyx customer has access to 24/7 in-house engineering support, as well as complimentary services like configuration management, enterprise-level security, and fraud detection.

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Transparent
  • Efficient Service
Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
7.6 /10

Sinch APIs help enterprises enable meaningful communication at scale and connect with your audience seamlessly across messaging, email, voice, and video.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful

Products below are ineligible for awards due to insufficient recent reviews

Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Avaya Experience Platform makes it easy to connect everything—voice, video, chat, messaging, and more—to deliver effortless experiences for customers and employees at every touchpoint. And it brings together teams, resources, and insights to maximize contact center performance and experiences.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Includes Product Enhancements