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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Highfive (discontinued)

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AHighfive was a web conferencing platform acquired by Dialpad in 2020. Its functionality became part of the now obsolete Dialpad Meetings, the functionality of which is now contained in Dialpad Connect.N/A

    Twilio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ATwilio offers a CPaaS and CCaaS solution, with the combination of its programmable Voice, Video, and Messaging APIs, as well as the Twilio Flex cloud contact center. Additional capabilities include Twilio's Elastic SIP Trunking, as well as API for WhatsApp.

    $0

    per min per participant

    Pricing
    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Programmable Video
    $0.0015
    per min per participant
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.0042
    Per WhatsApp Template message sent
    WhatsApp Business API
    $0.005
    Per WhatsApp session message
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.007
    Per min for termination
    Programmable Messaging
    $0.0075
    per message sent or received
    Programmable Voice
    $0.0085
    per minute to receive a call
    Programmable Voice
    $0.013
    per min to make a call
    Elastic SIP Trunking
    $0.045
    Per min for origination
    Twilio Conversations
    $0.05
    per active user per month
    Twilio Authy
    $0.09
    per authentication
    Programmable Wireless
    $0.1
    per MB
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $1
    per active user hour (5000 hours free)
    Programmable Wireless
    $2.00
    per SIM card
    Twilio SendGrid Email API
    $14.95
    per month up to 100k emails. (Up to 40k emails free for 30 days)
    Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns
    $15
    per month for 5,000 contacts and 15,000 emails. Your first 2,000 contacts are free
    Twilio Flex (Contact Center)
    $150
    per named user per month (5000 hours free)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—1. Pay-as-you-go pricing: Simple usage-based pricing without contracts. 2. Volume discounts: Discounts trigger as usage grows. 3. Free trial credit that includes full API access.
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    Community Pulse
    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Twilio
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    34 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    28 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    Features
    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Highfive (discontinued) and Twilio
    Feature
    Highfive (discontinued)
    7.8
    27 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video8.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements6.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Highfive (discontinued) and Twilio
    Feature
    Highfive (discontinued)
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing8.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Highfive (discontinued) and Twilio
    Feature
    Highfive (discontinued)
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration7.219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation6.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events7.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Highfive (discontinued) and Twilio
    Feature
    Highfive (discontinued)
    7.5
    12 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Highfive (discontinued) and Twilio
    Feature
    Highfive (discontinued)
    6.1
    17 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication6.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions6.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list5.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Highfive (discontinued) and Twilio
    Feature
    Highfive (discontinued)
    8.9
    53 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Video conferencing8.832 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio conferencing9.253 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video screen sharing8.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant messaging8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Simplify360
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Customer.io
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    SAP Service Cloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (83 ratings)
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (39 ratings)
    5.7
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Highfive (discontinued)Twilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The free version I would absolutely recommend, we've had some great use out of it for the past few years. Presenting, sharing screen, the conference line and some other features are all free. If we did need more analytics and more features, perhaps making it easier for the potential customer to share screen, we might re-start the search and we'd potentially rate UberConference lower, but for the free version it's been great for us.
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    Twilio
    I have tried other competitors. But I always end up going back to Twilio because I feel like it is dependable, easy to use, and, has competitive pricing. The only time I wouldn't recommend Twilio to someone as if they are completely inexperienced about using webhooks or APIs. Because you can't really just sign up and start using Twilio without connecting it to another platform first.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • I appreciate being able to select a local phone number: it adds credibility and convenience for in-market clients/prospects.
    • I like being able to customize the hold music. One of our employees wrote and produced custom hold music for Anvil, which generates discussion and engagement as an ice-breaker.
    • The screen sharing is easy-to-use and is far more reliable than in the past. Prospects and clients do not have to download any app to make it work properly.
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    Twilio
    • Easy to see my team in one place, when they log in and out and what call status they are in.
    • Twilio is a simple, user friendly way to log in and out of work activities.
    • Excellent services and support.
    • The omnichannel feature which allows agents to get request from all channels.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Can be very laggy - I have been part of screen share conferences where the connection keeps dropping.
    • Call quality is not always the best.
    • Limited functionality - this cannot be your all-in-one go-to conferencing solution because there are no video call capabilities.
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    Twilio
    • Control panel. Often, navigating through lists is challenging. I want endless scrolling, not pagination.
    • Conversational intelligence service require a Language. I would like it to detect it.
    • We would like to have some credit on clients that chose to use their own Twilio account.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    UberConference is more expensive than some of its competitors and we have not found a real advantage to using UberConference over certain less-expensive applications. UberConference charges per month per organizer and those costs add up quickly, so we will be moving forward with a more budget-friendly option in the coming months.
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    Twilio
    Unless we can get this handled quickly -- less than 1 week -- we will likely switch to another provider who, in my opinion, we'll have to spend close to $3,000 in development time to build a new integration for texting. Our clients need texting and I feel Twilio has failed us miserably.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    The interface is intuitive and stupidly simple, no complicated sub-menus or configuration settings. Easy to create a meeting space and then have others join with a link or dial-in PIN on the free tier. On the paid tier it's even easier with PIN-less joining and automatic reminder calls to get participants to join.
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    Twilio
    Twilio has well documented APIs and examples. There are several tutorials, videos and Q&As regarding their services. So, usability is very good. I must say that advanced knowledge of telephony, API/Programming and error-handling is essential to make good use of Twilio. It's not just plug-and-play unless you are integrated with a system that has all of the programming built for it.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    Twilio executes what it is designed to do: send SMS messages at scale while providing very good deliverability. I believe that Twilio is very good at what we use for adding SMS messages to our comms strategy. We can see those messages get opened and replied to, which is exactly what we are looking to achieve.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    I haven't needed support for the most part, which is a positive for Highfive. It's intuitive and most features are straightforward to use. In the one instance that I did contact them, it took them longer then expected to respond, but they were able to answer my question once they did.
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    Twilio
    I have not had to communicate with Twilio support in the last 3 years but my past experience with them has been very positive. They replied to my previous requests promptly and kept me well informed to resolve my inquiries. With their documentation that's available, I hardly imagine why anyone would need to contact support since it's all there in a concise and easy to understand format. It would probably take you longer to type out a support ticket than to just open their doc websites.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Uberconference is by far more reliable and has a better quality of service than the other providers in this space. I have never had a dropped call with Uberconference (unlike Skype and Hangouts). I do think they need to do more marketing because fewer people know about them than others and sometimes people decline to use the service so we have to use one of the other platforms to connect.
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    Twilio
    We evaluated many fundraising-based text-to-give programs and found the subscriptions prohibitively expensive for our small scale and uncertain first few years of development. While we may be willing to invest that kind of money after discovering how things work, we're happy with Twilio now and have no desire to start over.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Our teams use this every day. It makes it easy to meet with clients and share a screen and display analytics.
    • Some of my clients thought that they need to register first to be able to contact me. It's bad that they are not notified in any way that it's enough just to enter its names and that's it.
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    Twilio
    • We found that associates who had the opportunity to respond to a survey about their assigned job were 37% more likely to return to a job site
    • We were able to reduce the number of resources required to manually respond to associates using Twilio Studio, so those resources could have more time to complete other tasks
    • We were able to scale the number of associates who received survey messages at least by a factor of 8 without increasing our resource demand
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    Screenshot of the “Explore Products” section, which is where to build products.Screenshot of the optional drag-and-drop visual editor and code editor.Screenshot of Flex, which is a programmable Contact Center that puts you in control.