Google Voice is a free IP telephony service that provides users with one phone number that can be forwarded to multiple phones or devices. It includes features such as call forwarding, voicemail translation, text messaging, and voice calls. Fees may apply for international calling.
$10
per month
Telnyx
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
Offering a communications platform that provides global carrier-grade services, Telnyx in Chicago maintains an international, private IP network and grants its customers control over their communications through its portal and RESTful API. Telnyx products include voice (elastic SIP trunking, global number search, and telephony data), programmatic messaging, wireless (mobile IoT), embedded communications (WebRTC) and automated networking. Customers provision services a la carte and pay by usage…
$2
per month
Pricing
Google Voice
Telnyx
Editions & Modules
Starter
$10
per user/per month
Standard
$20
per user/per month
Premier
$30
per user/per month
Identity Services & Data
$0.0015
per LRN lookup
Voice API
$0.002
per minute
SMS API
$0.0025
per send (free to receive)
Elastic SIP Trunking
$0.0035 ($0.005)
origination (termination) per minute
Fax
$0.0070
per page
Verify API
$0.04
per API call
Wireless
$2.00
per month
Networking
$100.00
per month (starting price)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Voice
Telnyx
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Telnyx offers additional discounts as customers scale.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google Voice
Telnyx
Features
Google Voice
Telnyx
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
5.2
53 Ratings
43% below category average
Telnyx
-
Ratings
Hosted PBX
6.025 Ratings
00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
3.027 Ratings
00 Ratings
User templates
1.419 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call reports
6.846 Ratings
00 Ratings
Directory of employee names
9.027 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
8.4
67 Ratings
1% above category average
Telnyx
-
Ratings
Answering rules
8.446 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call recording
8.452 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call park
6.422 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call screening
10.060 Ratings
00 Ratings
Message alerts
9.065 Ratings
00 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Google Voice
7.5
44 Ratings
7% below category average
Telnyx
-
Ratings
Video conferencing
6.222 Ratings
00 Ratings
Audio conferencing
7.839 Ratings
00 Ratings
Video screen sharing
8.014 Ratings
00 Ratings
Instant messaging
8.027 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
I do think Google Voice works well for organizations that do not have a support team meant to provide regular telephone support, and instead do so on an ad hoc basis. I would not recommend it for high-volume call activities, such as SDR motions.
Telnyx is well suited for general phone number provisioning as they have a large pool to choose from. There is certainly room to grow with fax troubleshooting.
Price Matters for the flourishing organization like us. Telnyx [is] affordable to us.
Telnyx is very generous in terms of providing regular updates through webinar , free credits, real time support . One most important is that they are not in hurry of closing the account because of minus balance.
Telnyx Portal is pretty easy to navigate and manage the customized settings.
Among other giant SIP providers I found Telnyx with very modern and humble customer approach.
Number testing: Currently I need to call our fax numbers manually to confirm fax tones. It would be useful to test numbers in bulk from the portal.
Troubleshooting: Currently, samples are needed for each fax transmission when there are issues. And those samples need to be within 24-48 hours. It would be useful if Telnyx could do a health check out proactively to gather information on high failure counts prior to customer reports.
Transparency with system issues: We've run into scenarios where we wanted information on system-wide fax failures, but when the issues were resolved we didn't get root cause analysis.
Google Voice has been invaluable for us in our effort to provide exceptional customer service. With Google Voice, we have been able to increase our customer interactions while reducing the wait time to reach a live person on our team. We couldn't be more pleased with the way things have worked out since implementing Google Voice.
I think it works really well in the arena it operates in, but not so well in areas where an enterprise system would be more appropriate. It's great for quick solutions that just work, but not so much for more complex call management tasks.
They utilize a private IP network back end that makes SIP configuration for inter-carrier operation difficult because they assume that projecting their private network outside is ok.
They do not offer support unless you have the Business account for Google Voice under G Suite. This is tough, because Google doesn't really have a customer support team for this service, so when it gets shut down for a few hours, we have no choice but to wait it out. But this doesn't happen that often, which is great.
They are providing services using a Freeswitch system behind a NAT router and they expect carriers to deal with their NAT network. Their support team does not seem to understand that problems caused by exposing a NAT switch to the Internet at large.
It is a pretty seamless program to transfer to, even for people who either have little experience with these programs or people who were stuck on Skype
The integrations of Google Voice with all our devices are flawless, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and Mac. Also, the call performance is far superior on wifi as well as on mobile data. With Skype, we had several problems with personal accounts, performance issues, and in general, it felt awkward to use it.
Easy of use and better prices. Outstanding customer service. Variety of services in telecommunication needs. Easy use of interface even for not experienced users. Migration of SIP numbers is easier. Reporting is very easy to use and customizable for our specific needs, so we can keep track of costs in an easy way
Google Voice should be also be use to those who have difficulty in speaking English. So the contract term will need to be a little strict as Google Voice is used in navigations as the part of GPRS navigation is personal. The private data need to be in control much more securely and safely.
It help to connect with the products that we use as a part. We need to get in touch with our professional world. It is like a tool that helps us to get in touch with everything from A to Z in our professional careers. So we need to be in touch with everything as linearly as the jpb can be done.
Cost for Google Voice is stellar, starting at $10/mo per user.
While it doesn't offer a new Audio/Video conferencing solution it does integrate with GSuite so it makes use of Google Calendar and Hangouts/ Google Meet.
Gets the employee's to use their company phone numbers more as texting is easy and deployment is simple.
The cell phone app is reliable and easy to deploy.
Due to easy SIP truncation the cost of customer approach has become very convenient internationally. We got a so much scaling to play on large customer base. And large base makes sense of large positive ROI.