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COMMUNICATIONS API (CPAAS) · BY TELESIGN

Telesign

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

Second business number: missing local numbers, mobile softphone app.

Short codes: missing dedicated or shared short codes, keywords and automatic opt-out.

Two-way business texting: missing shared team inbox for messages, 10dlc brand and campaign registration.

Virtual and international numbers: missing local numbers, call forwarding to any number.

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

Bulk and A2P SMS: missing 10dlc brand and campaign registration, delivery receipts, keywords and automatic opt-out.

Mass notifications: missing mass alerts across sms, voice and email, voice broadcast campaigns, delivery receipts.

SMS marketing: missing sends mms (images), keywords and automatic opt-out, contact lists and segments, scheduled and triggered messages, 10dlc brand and campaign registration.

AI voice agents: missing ai voice agent for outbound and inbound, transfers calls to staff, sends call summaries, native crm integration.

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

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 forwarding: missing call forwarding to any number, ring several devices at once.

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

Call transcription: missing call transcription, sends call summaries.

Click-to-call and in-app calling: missing webrtc calling sdk, click-to-call web widget.

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

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

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

MMS marketing: missing sends mms (images), contact lists and segments, keywords and automatic opt-out.

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.

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

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 Number lookup and validation (none required).

Includes add-ons required for Number lookup and validation
NumbersList priceForced add-onsEffectivevs median
1 numbers$1.50Toll-free number (TFN)$0$1.50-85%
10 numbers$15Toll-free number (TFN)$0$15-85%
50 numbers$75Toll-free number (TFN)$0$75-85%

List price: cheapest plan at that volume, including any base fee and overage. Effective adds the forced add-ons. Median of 1 other tracked products priced on numbers in the same currency. Full pricing breakdown

Price history

Toll-free number (TFN) plan, 1 recorded price

$1.50Oct 26Oct 26

Reliability (90 days)

Incidents—
Uptime—
Checked—

Integrations

None recorded.

Compliance

HIPAA BAAUnknown
SOC 2 Type IIUnknown
PCI DSSUnknown
STIR/SHAKENUnknown
Data residencyUS, EU

Acceptance by industry

IndustryStatusCheckedSource
Political campaignsNot Accepted2026-10-28Policy
NonprofitsNot Accepted2026-10-28Policy
i-gamingNot Accepted2026-10-28Policy
FinanceNot Accepted2026-10-28Policy
EducationNot Accepted2026-10-28Policy

Alternatives

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

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Twilio57%Shares 3 use cases—Compare
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Bird43%Allows finance customers with conditions—Compare