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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bandwidth

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ABandwidth, headquartered in Raleigh, provides business class communications platform as a service (CPaaS), supporting many use cases such as lead alerts for sales, automated customer surveys, conference calls and messaging, and virtual call center, among other cases.

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    Telegram

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ATelegram is an open source and free messaging app with a focus on speed and security. Telegram can be used on all devices at the same time — messages sync across any number of phones, tablets or computers. Telegram boasts over 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world.N/A
    Pricing
    BandwidthTelegram
    Editions & Modules
    Outbound Messaging
    $0.01
    per message
    Inbound Calling
    $0.01
    per minute
    Outbound Calling
    $0.01
    per minute
    Phone Number
    $0.35
    per line/per month
    Inbound Messaging
    Free
    per message
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    Pricing Offerings
    BandwidthTelegram
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BandwidthTelegram
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    WhatsApp Business
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    BandwidthTelegram
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bandwidth
    Bandwidth covers the majority of areas where we had customers. However, there are still some areas we would have like to see them cover for calls. They cover more areas than our other carriers, but they did surprise us from time to time by an inability to be able to deliver call transport.
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    Open Source
    Telegram has been very well suited for family video calls and conversations where detailed and private information is being shared. Video calling is fantastic and I'm so thrilled that they added group video calls now! The video quality is also so good that I've been able to use it to make virtual portrait sessions happen. I just don't use this for sending out formal contracts and things like that. I feel like email still needs to be used for those scenarios, but any client that just wants a secure way of communicating with me about their private family matters...this is THE app to use!
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    Pros
    Bandwidth
    • Bandwidth has great customer service. They are all friendly and super helpful.
    • They are innovative and constantly updating their APIs, UIs, and products they offer.
    • Their UI and API are user friendly and intuitive.
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    Open Source
    • Easy to use and user friendly
    • Collaborating application
    • File sharing
    • Audio and video calling feature
    • Instant messaging
    • Channel and group formation
    • Data security
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    Cons
    Bandwidth
    • Their dashboard is lacking. We would love to see some additional graphing components, live traffic views, etc.
    • Their E911 infrastructure is still separate, making things a bit complex to provision endpoints and manage them.
    • SMS/MMS is a little behind competitors like Twilio, but still usable and very reliable.
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    Open Source
    • It is so safe to use that many users can share anything, including private pictures of anyone, even nudity as well. That is horribly disgusting.
    • They should restrict those users who run nudity in the Telegram groups and community.
    • Otherwise, I don't have any problem[s with] Telegram. I am a very satisfied user of Telegram.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bandwidth
    Their pricing is tough to beat, the reliability is great. And then add a few more positive things, like the tools and customer support, and that makes it a no-brainer.
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    Open Source
    I used WhatsApp Business but it's limited. I can add only 250+/- members to the WhatsApp group. But in Telegram, it's 200000. So this is a big opportunity to promote my event. Telegram has much more user data privacy and company transparency than Signal. I am using both but telegram for vas communication
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    Return on Investment
    Bandwidth
    • We found Bandwidth to be very easy to work with and they grew as we grew. Their pricing was very competitive and they were always willing to take another look at their pricing for us.
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    Open Source
    • Easy spread of information and updates among customers.
    • Easier and faster communication among colleagues.
    • Groups may accumulate a huge number of people.
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