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COMMUNICATIONS API (CPAAS) · SIP TRUNKING PROVIDER · VIRTUAL NUMBER PROVIDER · BY BANDWIDTH

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IVR self-service: missing speech recognition in ivr, call queues.

MMS marketing: missing contact lists and segments, keywords and automatic opt-out.

Payment reminders and text to pay: missing payment links in texts, pci dss compliant.

AI voice agents: missing transfers calls to staff, sends call summaries, native crm integration.

Voice broadcasts and ringless voicemail: missing ringless voicemail, do-not-call list management, consent capture and records.

Appointment confirmation calls: missing outbound ivr calls, native crm integration.

Call failover and redundancy: missing automatic failover routing, geo-redundant data centers.

Call tracking and attribution: missing tracking number pools, dynamic number insertion, call attribution reports.

IoT and M2M connectivity: missing iot sims and data plans.

Outbound IVR and payment reminder calls: missing outbound ivr calls, take payments in ivr, calling-hours restrictions by recipient time zone.

PCI-safe phone payments: missing dtmf masking for card payments, pci dss compliant, take payments in ivr.

Phone surveys: missing ivr surveys, outbound ivr calls.

Spam label and caller ID reputation: missing spam label monitoring and remediation, stir/shaken a attestation, outbound cnam registration.

TCPA, consent and 10DLC: missing consent capture and records, do-not-call list management.

WhatsApp customer support: missing whatsapp business platform access, shared team inbox for messages.

WhatsApp marketing: missing whatsapp business platform access, whatsapp template messages, contact lists and segments.

Wholesale voice termination: missing wholesale termination routes, published international per-minute rates.

Fit by use case

Required features passed for each job, plus rank among tracked products for that job.

Click-to-call and in-app calling2/2#1 of 22Number lookup and validation1/1#1 of 9Number masking3/3#1 of 9Number porting1/1#1 of 31RCS business messaging2/2#1 of 22SIP trunking for an existing PBX4/4#5 of 15Teams and Zoom calling2/2#2 of 26Toll-free numbers2/2#1 of 31Virtual and international numbers3/3#1 of 31Order and delivery notifications2/3#5 of 22Second business number2/3#8 of 27Short codes2/3#8 of 22SMS and voice APIs2/3#3 of 9Two-way business texting2/3#11 of 37Appointment reminders2/4#16 of 22Branded caller ID and CNAM1/2#3 of 25Bulk and A2P SMS2/4#11 of 22Call forwarding1/2#6 of 31Call transcription1/2#13 of 36E911 for remote staff1/2#9 of 26Email to SMS1/2#3 of 22HIPAA-compliant fax1/2#1 of 13International calling for business1/2#10 of 31Mass notifications2/4#1 of 22SMS chatbots1/2#8 of 22SMS marketing3/6#14 of 22SMS OTP and 2FA2/4#4 of 9SMS surveys1/2#6 of 22Vanity numbers1/2#2 of 27Voice OTP and flash call1/2#6 of 9IVR self-service1/3#14 of 36MMS marketing1/3#15 of 22Payment reminders and text to pay1/3#7 of 22AI voice agents1/4#24 of 32Voice broadcasts and ringless voicemail1/4#3 of 21Appointment confirmation calls0/2#26 of 32Call failover and redundancy0/2#18 of 31Call tracking and attribution0/3#8 of 15IoT and M2M connectivity0/1#2 of 9Outbound IVR and payment reminder calls0/3#5 of 21PCI-safe phone payments0/3#10 of 22Phone surveys0/2#2 of 21Spam label and caller ID reputation0/3#14 of 25TCPA, consent and 10DLC0/2#17 of 33WhatsApp customer support0/2#27 of 37WhatsApp marketing0/3#20 of 24Wholesale voice termination0/2#7 of 10

True monthly cost

Includes add-ons required for Virtual and international numbers (none required).

Includes add-ons required for Virtual and international numbers
Messages/monthList priceForced add-onsEffectivevs median
1,000 messages/month$4U.S. 10DLC$0$4-86%
10,000 messages/month$40U.S. 10DLC$0$40-52%
100,000 messages/month$400U.S. 10DLC$0$4000%

List price: cheapest plan at that volume, including any base fee and overage. Effective adds the forced add-ons. Median of 11 other tracked products priced on messages/month in the same currency. Full pricing breakdown

Price history

U.S. 10DLC plan, 1 recorded price

$0.004Oct 26Oct 26

Reliability (90 days)

Incidents—
Uptime—
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No public incident history

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Integrations

  • Microsoft Teams · native
  • Salesforce · native
  • Zoom · native
  • Webex · native
  • Genesys · native
  • Five9 · native
  • Google Voice · native
  • Pindrop · native

Compliance

HIPAA BAAYes
SOC 2 Type IIYes
PCI DSSUnknown
STIR/SHAKENUnknown
Data residencyUnknown

Acceptance by industry

No acceptance records.

Alternatives

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