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COMMUNICATIONS API (CPAAS) · SIP TRUNKING PROVIDER · VIRTUAL NUMBER PROVIDER · WHATSAPP PLATFORM · BY TWILIO

Twilio

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Not a fit when you need

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Teams and Zoom calling: missing microsoft teams direct routing, zoom phone byoc.

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

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.

Number lookup and validation1/1#5 of 9Number porting1/1#6 of 31RCS business messaging2/2#4 of 22Voice OTP and flash call2/2#4 of 9Appointment reminders3/4#13 of 22SIP trunking for an existing PBX3/4#7 of 15SMS OTP and 2FA3/4#2 of 9Number masking2/3#8 of 9Order and delivery notifications2/3#8 of 22Payment reminders and text to pay2/3#1 of 22Second business number2/3#11 of 27Short codes2/3#11 of 22SMS and voice APIs2/3#6 of 9SMS marketing4/6#13 of 22Two-way business texting2/3#12 of 37Virtual and international numbers2/3#12 of 31WhatsApp marketing2/3#5 of 24Branded caller ID and CNAM1/2#4 of 25Bulk and A2P SMS2/4#13 of 22Call failover and redundancy1/2#4 of 31Call transcription1/2#16 of 36Click-to-call and in-app calling1/2#6 of 22E911 for remote staff1/2#5 of 26Email to SMS1/2#6 of 22HIPAA-compliant fax1/2#3 of 13International calling for business1/2#5 of 31SMS chatbots1/2#12 of 22SMS surveys1/2#9 of 22Toll-free numbers1/2#21 of 31Vanity numbers1/2#7 of 27WhatsApp customer support1/2#10 of 37MMS marketing1/3#17 of 22PCI-safe phone payments1/3#2 of 22AI voice agents1/4#26 of 32Mass notifications1/4#11 of 22Appointment confirmation calls0/2#30 of 32Call forwarding0/2#21 of 31Call tracking and attribution0/3#10 of 15IoT and M2M connectivity0/1#5 of 9IVR self-service0/3#26 of 36Outbound IVR and payment reminder calls0/3#10 of 21Phone surveys0/2#7 of 21Spam label and caller ID reputation0/3#15 of 25TCPA, consent and 10DLC0/2#21 of 33Teams and Zoom calling0/2#9 of 26Voice broadcasts and ringless voicemail0/4#13 of 21Wholesale voice termination0/2#6 of 10

True monthly cost

Includes add-ons required for Number porting (none required).

Includes add-ons required for Number porting
Messages/monthList priceForced add-onsEffectivevs median
1,000 messages/month$8.30SMS$0$8.30-71%
10,000 messages/month$83SMS$0$83+8%
100,000 messages/month$830SMS$0$830+108%

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

$0.0083Oct 26Oct 26

Reliability (90 days)

Incidents—
Uptime—
Checked—

No public incident history

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Integrations

  • Salesforce · native

Compliance

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

Acceptance by industry

No acceptance records.

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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Telnyx59%Costs 52% less at 10,000 messages/month$40Compare
Bandwidth57%Costs 52% less at 10,000 messages/month$40Compare
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