Bird vs. Directly vs. SendBird

SendBird

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bird	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Bird CRM, replacing the former MessageBird, is a CRM for Marketing, Sales, and Payments, powering messages to customers across Email, SMS, and WhatsApp.	$45 per month 3000 monthly contacts
Directly	Score 6.4 out of 10	N/A	Directly’s crowd platform harnesses thousands of independent experts and AI technology to automate common customer questions and deliver customer service that consumers love. The vendor states companies like Airbnb, Microsoft, and Samsung partner with Directly to improve the customer experience, boosting CSAT by 20% while reducing contact center volume and saving millions per year. Directly is based in San Francisco and backed by Microsoft’s M12 Ventures, Samsung NEXT, True…	N/A
SendBird	Score 8.9 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	SendBird is a packaged messaging-as-a-service that is designed to help developers build and manage messaging function in less than 5 minutes. SendBird says it strives to build the whole messaging SDK and backend from the scratch to help developers save time and resources in order to allow them to focus on making apps and services more engaging. SendBird allows mobile developers to easily attach 1-on-1 messaging and group chat to their application. The developer kit also comes with…	$0 Up to 1,000 chat MAU

Pricing

Bird

Directly

SendBird

Editions & Modules

API Pricing - WhatsApp: $0.01
per message
API Pricing - Voice: $0.01
per minute
API Pricing - SMS: $0.01
per message
API Pricing - Numbers: $1
per month
Pro: $50
per month
Pro Plus: $150
per month
Start Up: Free
Custom Plan: Contact sales team

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Free: $0
Up to 1,000 chat MAU
SPROUT: $49
Up to 10,000 chat MAU
TREE: $149
Up to 30,000 chat MAU, Broadcasting message is available
PARK: $499
Up to 100,000 chat MAU, Broadcasting message is available
ENTERPRISE: Contact us

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Bird	Directly	SendBird
Free Trial
No	No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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We offer Free plan but your Chat MAU will be limited to your service 1,000 and you’ll be limited to send only test broadcasting messages. Q. How is the Chat MAU calculated? A. Chat MAU (monthly active user) is calculated as any user who has sent or received a messaging data using SendBird platform during 30 days. Q. What happens if my app’s popularity explodes and I go beyond the Chat MAU quota? A. We don't have hard ceilings to prevent the Chat MAU rate from exceeding the pricing plan's quota (except for with the Sandbox option), but you will be charged for additional users beyond the stated limit. If your app exceeds the Chat MAU quota, you will be charged $0.012/user with Sprout pricing, $0.011/user with Tree pricing, $0.010/user with Park pricing, and even lower with Enterprise pricing. Q. Can I change the credit card information to another one? A. You can change your credit information on your Dashboard > Billing page.

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Community Pulse
	Bird	Directly	SendBird

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User Ratings
	Bird	Directly	SendBird
Likelihood to Recommend	5.3 (3 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)	8.9 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bird	Directly	SendBird
Likelihood to Recommend	Bird (formerly MessageBird) MessageBird seems to me a very useful tool for the times we are living [in] and the paradigm shift in corporate communications in all industries. It is very good at exchanging information and plain text. It works with some difficulty for sending images and other functionalities that the real WhatsApp application has, but the client on the other side does not know about this and sometimes sends information such as location that it is not possible to obtain. Incentivized PR Pablo Ritchie Product Manager Read full review	Directly Software, Inc. It is well suited for customer experience service management but, it should focus more on a support system. Incentivized Abhay Ranjan Founder Read full review	SendBird SendBird is well suited tool for those who are having sound technical knowledge and in-hand experience of app development and APIs. One might find it difficult to integrate if not having a technical team or a good technical background. Once implemented, using or management is not an issue. Startups having low budget might find it a little bit costier. Incentivized PS Pradyumn Singh Software Engineer Read full review
Pros	Bird (formerly MessageBird) Call reminders and follow up incl reviews Easy for the client to access the call without needing to download software Customizable branding Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Directly Software, Inc. customer messaging management IVR Branding Incentivized Abhay Ranjan Founder Read full review	SendBird Moderation around comments & chats. SendBird UIKit was super helpful for the design team. Our devs raved about the API documentation being so thorough & easy to follow. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Bird (formerly MessageBird) SMS authentication is pricey (like other players) Lack dedicated SMS phone numbers for Brazil Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Directly Software, Inc. support moderation termination process Incentivized Abhay Ranjan Founder Read full review	SendBird It's support system is not that efficient Documentation needs improvement It's pricing is a little bit high comparing to other available options Incentivized PS Pradyumn Singh Software Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Bird (formerly MessageBird) Regarding WhatsApp Business, it is a very useful tool because templates can be programmed for the entire organization and clients can also be referred to other users in order to decongest an agent who can become quite busy. Otherwise there would be no way to serve you through two agents and you could have a bad end user or customer experience. Incentivized PR Pablo Ritchie Product Manager Read full review	Directly Software, Inc. Directly is more user-friendly and provides an easy interface. It's help desk software and chat support is very interactive Incentivized Abhay Ranjan Founder Read full review	SendBird No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Bird (formerly MessageBird) Easy video calling for scheduled appointments has meant customer retention as they don't need specific software etc to have a call. Negative impact whilst our internet has been slow as I've been unable to use the product well as dial in to the call using a phone option. Emails reminders has meant more clients turning up for the calls leading to retained income and happier customers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Directly Software, Inc. increased branding increased numbers of customer increased customer loyalty Incentivized Abhay Ranjan Founder Read full review	SendBird Using SendBird has decreased the number of support calls to where we were able to hold off on increasing our customer support team's headcount. Customers have raved about having the chat functionality to review & assess their healthcare options without having to call in. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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