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e departure of a number of foreign vendors from Russia. At the same time, he emphasized that Zoom and Microsoft Teams are "not just video communications, but a mass cloud service with low tariffs for users." According to him, there are currently no such inexpensive and multifunctional analogues in Russia, although the market share of Zoom and Microsoft Teams is partially occupied by the Russian solutions listed in the study.
Currently, several Russian solutions from different developers can work at once in one organization, noted Sery. For example, this could be a classic "heavy" video conferencing system for communication between top managers and holding online events, a separate solution for remote training of employees and holding seminars, and a third product for connecting from remote workplaces.
According to Dmitry Odintsov, Development Director of TruConf, import substitution of communications services in the public sector has already reached 95%, and the current growth of the video conferencing market is formed by medium and large businesses, industry and manufacturing. He noted that customers increasingly prefer solutions that are controlled only by them and "are not subject to the risks of globalization." Zoom and Microsoft Teams, according to Odintsov, have been losing their positions in Russia over the past three years. Thus, in 2021, Zoom's share in monetary terms (a model when companies pay for a product) was 21%, in 2022 - 17%, in 2023 - 13%; Microsoft Teams - 16, 11 and 8%, respectively.
98% of companies noted the uganda whatsapp resource stability of the video conferencing platform as the most important factor in choosing a solution. Among other important factors, respondents noted information security (97%). This study said that 60% of large Russian businesses used both a foreign and a Russian solution for business communications, and only 1% continued to use only the foreign product. At the same time, 42% of companies noted that they plan to completely switch to a domestic solution by the end of 2024.
Oleg Pashukevich, Director of the Meetings business unit at MTS Link, said that the main trend in the video conferencing market is now the transition to solutions where all types of communications and collaboration are collected on a single platform and accessible from a single account. Roman Korolev, Head of Sales for Yandex 360 (including Yandex Telemost) for Business, agrees with this. Among other current trends, he named horizontal diversification, when messengers appear in the portfolio of companies developing video conferencing. According to him, Russian video conferencing platforms are growing faster than foreign vendors are losing audience.
However, one of RBC’s interlocutors on the market noted that most Russian videoconferencing services were created in a hurry and they are not yet making a profit; the main goal is to gain an audience.
A representative of "Truconf" said that their cloud service TrueConf Online is free for users and does not bring any profit. The company earns money by selling server corporate solutions - TrueConf Server and TrueConf Enterprise. A representative of "SKB Kontur" says that "Tolka's business indicators already allow the service to become self-sufficient", but did not specify the details. Yandex does not disclose the financial indicators of its video conferencing service.
RBC sent a request to MTS about whether their service is profitable.
Currently, several Russian solutions from different developers can work at once in one organization, noted Sery. For example, this could be a classic "heavy" video conferencing system for communication between top managers and holding online events, a separate solution for remote training of employees and holding seminars, and a third product for connecting from remote workplaces.
According to Dmitry Odintsov, Development Director of TruConf, import substitution of communications services in the public sector has already reached 95%, and the current growth of the video conferencing market is formed by medium and large businesses, industry and manufacturing. He noted that customers increasingly prefer solutions that are controlled only by them and "are not subject to the risks of globalization." Zoom and Microsoft Teams, according to Odintsov, have been losing their positions in Russia over the past three years. Thus, in 2021, Zoom's share in monetary terms (a model when companies pay for a product) was 21%, in 2022 - 17%, in 2023 - 13%; Microsoft Teams - 16, 11 and 8%, respectively.
98% of companies noted the uganda whatsapp resource stability of the video conferencing platform as the most important factor in choosing a solution. Among other important factors, respondents noted information security (97%). This study said that 60% of large Russian businesses used both a foreign and a Russian solution for business communications, and only 1% continued to use only the foreign product. At the same time, 42% of companies noted that they plan to completely switch to a domestic solution by the end of 2024.
Oleg Pashukevich, Director of the Meetings business unit at MTS Link, said that the main trend in the video conferencing market is now the transition to solutions where all types of communications and collaboration are collected on a single platform and accessible from a single account. Roman Korolev, Head of Sales for Yandex 360 (including Yandex Telemost) for Business, agrees with this. Among other current trends, he named horizontal diversification, when messengers appear in the portfolio of companies developing video conferencing. According to him, Russian video conferencing platforms are growing faster than foreign vendors are losing audience.
However, one of RBC’s interlocutors on the market noted that most Russian videoconferencing services were created in a hurry and they are not yet making a profit; the main goal is to gain an audience.
A representative of "Truconf" said that their cloud service TrueConf Online is free for users and does not bring any profit. The company earns money by selling server corporate solutions - TrueConf Server and TrueConf Enterprise. A representative of "SKB Kontur" says that "Tolka's business indicators already allow the service to become self-sufficient", but did not specify the details. Yandex does not disclose the financial indicators of its video conferencing service.
RBC sent a request to MTS about whether their service is profitable.