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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kaltura

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AKaltura, headquartered in New York, offers enterprise or large scale video storage, streaming, and distribution supporting a variety of purposes such as streaming, enterprise video portal, interactive video and virtual classroom, or podcasting.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
    KalturaTwilio
    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
    KalturaTwilio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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
    KalturaTwilio
    Considered Both Products
    Kaltura
    No answer on this topic
    Twilio
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Would buy again
    66 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    69 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
    Features
    KalturaTwilio
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Twilio
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    Ratings
    Lead generation5.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video personalization10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce5.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for advertisements9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video SEO7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Platform Integrations
    Comparison of Video Platform Integrations features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    7.3
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Integration to Salesforce.com5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Marketo5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to Eloqua9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration to LMS10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Video access controls8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    User management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video link sharing8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal video8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    External video8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Player
    Comparison of Video Player features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Player customization8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded videos8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video quality / Bandwidth controls8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile compatibility5.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Analytics
    Comparison of Video Analytics features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    6.4
    5 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    A/B testing6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Streaming quality reports6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Per viewer tracking6.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Per video tracking6.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video analytics dashboard6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Hosting, Management & Storage
    Comparison of Video Hosting, Management & Storage features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    8.1
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    On-Demand video8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live streaming7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Impact of streaming on network8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video upload & format support8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video library / File management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video portal8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Engagement
    Comparison of Video Engagement features of Kaltura and Twilio
    Feature
    Kaltura
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Twilio
    -
    Ratings
    Audience polling6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience Q&A / Live chat6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video comments8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KalturaTwilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 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
    KalturaTwilio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kaltura
    Kaltura is an excellent tool IF you have a large library of content. It can be pretty pricey so if you are early in launching an online program you may be better off waiting a few years until you've amassed a large enough catalog to warrant the investment in such a tool. The tool is best purchased by a University or company-wide vs having a single department try to find the budget for it. The unlimited plan pays for itself in most cases if you go this route. Secondly, you must be willing to invest time and resources into on-going training for your faculty and staff, especially for those who wish to create their own media and use the quizzing features.
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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
    Kaltura
    • Very easy to use interface for uploading videos or capturing a screen recording. There are very few clicks required to get the media up and running. The video conversion process that happens on the back-end is fast and provides videos in device agnostic formats.
    • Integrates well with other systems, such as our Moodle LMS. This extends the capabilities of the LMS and also allows us to keep video/multimedia content organized in a central location (the KMC).
    • Kaltura can be connected to various processes within your organization. For example, we have a system in place that allows a video lecture in a classroom to be uploaded to Kaltura in a very easy manner.
    • User/role management is very important as some people on campus have more privileges to publish content than do others. We have Kaltura connected to our Single Sign-On solution for authentication and we can assign roles to specific people within the Kaltura software.
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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
    Kaltura
    • As it relates to the LMS integration, we would like to see improved workflow. But that may be just as much a Canvas issue as a Kaltura issue.
    • I would like to see the ability to add inline, anchored comments to the video timeline.
    • We are seeing issues with compatibility with certain browsers - especially Chrome. The faster Kaltura can move away from Flash the better.
    • The capture appliance (CaptureSpace Lite) needs to be reconsidered. It's not intutive enough.
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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
    Kaltura
    The choice to renew our subscription does not belong to us, though we are able to provide input. We are aware of competitive products who have matured in the past three years, and we are aware now of alternatives to conventional plugin usage (LTI).
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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
    Kaltura
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Kaltura
    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
    Kaltura
    The first line support agents seldom are able to diagnose or troubleshoot any problems that we have. These agents simply open support tickets in their system which are escalated to a foreign level 2 support agent which creates at least a day delay between reporting a problem and getting initial feedback. Any back-and-forth questions add at least another day delay.
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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
    Kaltura
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    The developer APIs and SDKs are super easy to follow.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kaltura
    Kaltura was the best option given the sheer volume of people we needed to support digitally. Others were better in their own regard, but due to limitations in number of attendees or sessions, Kaltura was the best option
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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
    Kaltura
    No answers on this topic
    Twilio
    Being in South Africa, direct local currency support would be nice
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    Return on Investment
    Kaltura
    • Managing video content with the KMC has greatly reduced the amount of hours previously needed to manage.
    • User issues ie: uploading video, viewing video has been greatly reduced.
    • Increased user engagement with using video in LMS courses. We currently have 6,929 videos on our system. Last month , 2/1/14, 17,623 videos were viewed at least 75% of the way through.
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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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    Twilio Screenshots

    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.