COMMUNICATIONS API (CPAAS) · SIP TRUNKING PROVIDER · VIRTUAL NUMBER PROVIDER · WHATSAPP PLATFORM · BY TWILIO
Twilio
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Best fit when you need
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.
True monthly cost
Includes add-ons required for Number porting (none required).
| Messages/month | List price | Forced add-ons | Effective | vs 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
Integrations
- Salesforce · native
Compliance
Acceptance by industry
No acceptance records.
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