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What is omnichannel orchestration?

Last reviewed August 8, 20261 min readReviewed by BroadNet engineering

Quick answer

Omnichannel orchestration is the logic that decides, per message and per recipient, which channel to use and in what order — sending on the best eligible channel (WhatsApp, RCS, SMS, voice, email) and falling back automatically when one is unavailable or undelivered. It turns a set of separate channels into a single intelligent delivery layer that maximizes reach, richness, and cost-efficiency at once.

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The long answer

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Beyond multi-channel

Having many channels is not orchestration; orchestration is the routing brain that chooses among them per message based on eligibility, cost, and delivery outcome. See /answers/what-is-omnichannel-messaging.

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Channel eligibility and fallback

It checks whether a recipient can receive on a richer channel, sends there first, and falls back to SMS on failure or timeout — richness where possible, near-universal SMS reach underneath. See /answers/sms-fallback-strategy.

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Optimizing cost and experience

By routing conversational traffic to the cheapest suitable channel and reserving SMS for reach, orchestration lowers cost while keeping the customer experience consistent across a single thread. See /answers/sms-vs-whatsapp-for-business.

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One API, one identity

Effective orchestration runs behind a single API and a consistent sender identity, so the customer sees one conversation, not four disconnected channels. See /products/omnichannel.

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