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COMMUNICATIONS API (CPAAS) · WHATSAPP PLATFORM · BY BIRD

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

SIP trunking for an existing PBX: missing works with your existing pbx, e911 service, number porting.

Branded caller ID and CNAM: missing branded caller id (name and logo), outbound cnam registration.

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.

Call transcription: missing call transcription, sends call summaries.

HIPAA-compliant fax: missing encrypted online fax, signs a hipaa baa.

International calling for business: missing published international per-minute rates, international numbers.

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

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

Number porting: missing number porting.

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.

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

Fit by use case

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

True monthly cost

Includes add-ons required for Toll-free numbers (none required).

Includes add-ons required for Toll-free numbers
Messages/monthList priceForced add-onsEffectivevs median
1,000 messages/month$3.50SMS$0$3.50-88%
10,000 messages/month$35SMS$0$35-58%
100,000 messages/month$350SMS$0$350-12%

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

SMS plan, 1 recorded price

$0.0035Oct 26Oct 26

Reliability (90 days)

Incidents—
Uptime—
Checked—

No public incident history

Status page

Integrations

  • Zapier · native
  • N8n · native
  • Attio · native
  • Customer Io · native
  • Vercel · native
  • Tinybird · native

Compliance

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

Acceptance by industry

IndustryStatusCheckedSource
HealthcareRestricted2026-10-28Policy
FinanceRestricted2026-10-28Policy
Lead generationRestricted2026-10-28Policy

Alternatives

Ranked by overlap on use-case fit (50%), tool type (30%) and price band (20%). Not by opinion. All alternatives

ProductOverlapChoose it instead if10,000 messages/monthCompare
Telesign43%Shares 2 use cases—Compare
Twilio43%Shares 2 use cases$83Compare
Infobipin review42%11 native integrations vs 6—Compare
Plivo40%8 native integrations vs 6$77Compare